Atlante Ventures Mezzogiorno, the Intesa Sanpaolo Group’s venture capital fund, is betting on Italian technological innovation and investing EUR4.6 million in three young companies based in Southern Italy: Pantea, Samares and SpinVector. The three businesses, selected according to their extensive growth potential and goals of becoming leading companies in
SES Holdings Ltd (Saxon) has merged its rig business with the business of the Schlumberger Rig Management Group. Under the terms of the transaction, 14 Schlumberger land drilling rigs and crews in Oman, Pakistan, and Venezuela will become part of Saxon’s expanded international operations. Saxon will also provide technical drilling
RCP Advisors, an independent sponsor of private equity funds-of-funds, secondary funds, and co-investment funds focused on North American lower middle market buyouts, has announced the closing of its first co-investment fund, the USD110 million RCPDirect, LP. “RCP’s strategy has always been to partner with the best managers in the
The takeover bid for Parseq (AIM: PSQ) by CEO Rami Cassis, backed by Nova Capital Management and Dover Street VII LLP (the close-ended private investment fund controlled by HarbourVest Partners, LLC), has been declared unconditional. The offer, at 9p per Parseq share, was made via CNH Bidco, a newly-incorporated company
Tri-Star Electronics International, a portfolio company of Brockway Moran & Partners, has been acquired by an affiliate of Carlisle Companies Incorporated for USD285 million. The transaction was led by Jon Nemo, Chris Rogers, Chris Smith and Mike Rohman from the firm’s Aerospace, Defense & Government Services (ADG) Group, along with Darwin
Graycliff Partners has completed its investment advisory arrangements with HSBC to form an independent private investment firm. Established by the former management team of HSBC Capital, Graycliff Partners will continue to focus on private equity, mezzanine and real estate investments in the middle market of the United States and in
Energy industry and infrastructure private equity investor First Reserve Corporation and renewables company Renovalia Energy have established a joint venture, Renovalia Reserve, to own and operate wind projects in Europe and North America. First Reserve has committed USD150 million to the joint venture. The long-term agreement supports Renovalia Energy’s
UK-based alternative asset management company Duet Group has invested into Expatcare Health International Ltd, a Health Maintenance Organisation (HMO) based in Nigeria. This investment reflects the growing commitment of Duet to growth capital companies in Africa who are looking to expand their operations. The investment will be made through a
AXA Private Equity is selling its stake in the transport packaging company KTP Kunststoff Palettentechnik (KTP) to Andreas Wintrich and a new investor. AXA Private Equity acquired a majority stake in the company, which is headquartered in Bous, in 2006. Sales have since almost doubled, despite the economic downturn. As
Pitango Venture Capital and Index Ventures have completed another round of investment in Evolven Software, a provider of change and configuration management software for the modern data centre and cloud. This round of financing will be used for further development of Evolven’s SaaS-based Change Monitoring solution, targeting delivery to both
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