By Ian Kelly, Chief Executive Officer, Augentius – Enthusiasm for private equity as an asset class continues to rise in a time of opportunity for fund managers – Preqin data shows the number of private equity funds in the market continued to grow in Q3 2017, with a 10 per
Private equity firm Calculus Capital has invested GBP2.2m in Brighton-based Every1Mobile, the developer of a mobile communications platform that is helping to deliver measurable socio-economic inclusion programmes at scale across Africa. Every1Mobile provides digital communication solutions and online community management to large corporates and international development agencies. The funding from
CloudSense, a leading Salesforce-native, industry-specific cloud company, has secured a USD77 million growth investment from Vector Capital. The funding will be used to accelerate CloudSense’s rapid global expansion, especially in the North American markets, and to accelerate product innovation and development of enterprise focused vertical solutions. CloudSense enables leading customer-centric enterprises
Etraveli, a flight-centric and data-driven online travel platform which was acquired by CVC Capital Partners’ Fund VI in August 2017, is to join forces with e-Travel. Both Etraveli and e-Travel have seen rapid growth and expansion to a variety of markets in recent years. Their geographical footprints have little
Alternative Asset manager Ares Management closed approximately USD3.0 billion in investments commitments across 67 transactions during the third quarter of 2017. Accruent/Genstar Capital – Ares served as administrative agent, joint lead arranger and joint book runner for a first lien term loan to support Accruent’s acquisition strategy and to refinance the company’s
Amundi Private Equity Funds (Amundi PEF), a key player in private equity, and Entrepreneur Venture, have acquired a minority stake in Greenoffice, a designer of innovative solutions for selective sorting, to support its international development. Since its creation in 2004, Greenoffice has revolutionised selective sorting by designing innovative solutions that
Dallas-based private equity firm CenterOak Partners has completed a majority investment in FullSpeed Automotive. Based in Greenwood Village, Colorado, FullSpeed Automotive is one of the nation’s largest independent franchisors of automotive quick lube centres. President and Chief Executive Officer John B Adams and the existing management team will continue to
Tour Partner Group, a newly-formed formed holding company for Hotels & More, Irish Welcome Tours and Authentic Vacations, is to acquire Trans Nordic Tours, the largest local inbound tour operator to the Nordic countries by revenue. Trans Nordic Tours, launched in 1995, is based in Denmark and successfully led by
NXT Capital has held the final closing on approximately USD415 million in equity capital, above its original USD350 million target, for NXT Capital Senior Loan Fund V. When coupled with targeted leverage, Fund V will have approximately USD1.2 billion of available capital to invest. The Fund will invest in senior
Smartkarma, Asia’s largest provider of independent investment research, has closed a Series B round of financing led by Sequoia India, which brings the company’s total funding to USD21 million. Smartkarma is disrupting the traditional model of investment research, which has long been dominated by investment banks. It is a model
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