Star Tech NG, the UK’s first portfolio company focussed on pre-IPO US tech giants, will shortly commence a second round of funding to raise in excess of USD50 million through a listed Guernsey fund. Accredited investors are still able to participate in its first funding round up to a total
White Oak Global Advisors has rebranded Capital Business Credit, the finance lender and provider of asset-based loans, factoring and trade finance products which it acquired in December 2016, as White Oak Commercial Finance. “The White Oak Commercial Finance platform will provide asset-based loans, equipment financing, factoring, working capital solutions and
Pictet Alternative Advisors (PAA), the alternative investment specialist of the Pictet Group, has held the final close at USD815 million of Monte Rosa IV, the fourth fund in a series of diversified, multi-manager private equity funds. Maurizio Arrigo, head of private equity at PAA, says: “This is 2.5x bigger than
Global private equity firm HIG Capital has sold Brand Addition to Elysian Capital. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Headquartered in the UK, Brand Addition is a global service provider in the design, sourcing and distribution of promotional merchandise to large corporates predominantly in the automotive, engineering,
Law firm Howard Kennedy has acted for the founders and shareholders of Solopress on its sale to German print giant Onlineprinters, which completed on 2 May 2017. Solopress, founded in 1999, is one of the UK’s largest fast-turnaround online print companies, providing a wide range of business printed materials, including
CVC Credit Partners’ US middle market private debt business acted as administrative agent on a first lien senior secured debt facility provided to Wastewater Specialities (WWS). The proceeds were used to refinance existing debt and support future growth through equipment purchases. Headquartered in Lake Charles, Louisiana and employing over
The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) and MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund (IAF), a seed-stage investor funded by the Province of Ontario and managed by MaRS, have held the first closing of StandUp Ventures Fund I. BDC Capital, the investment arm of BDC, has contributed CAD5 million to the new fund; other
Private equity deal volume in Q1 2017 rose by 3.6 per cent to 348 from 336, while the combined value of European private equity backed deals fell to EUR27.5 billion from EUR39.3 billion, according to the Q1 2017 Private Equity Barometer, published by unquote” in association with SL Capital Partners.
Tecum Capital has held the first closing of its second SBIC (Small Business Investment Company) fund having secured a license from the US Small Business Administration (SBA) for the fund’s operation. This second fund, Tecum Capital Partners II, is fully subscribed at USD225 million, and will continue the strategies of
EMK Capital has held the final close on its first fund, EMK Capital Partners, at the fund’s GBP575 million hard cap. The fund was raised from first meeting to final close in just eight months. EMK is an independent firm, established to continue the investment strategy of the managing
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