IK Investment Partners’ IK Small Cap I Fund is to acquire Messerschmitt Systems, a provider of access control and customised guest room management systems for the global hotel industry. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Founded in 1994, Messerschmitt Systems’ multifunctional Room Management Systems and Access
Omnes Capital has used a capital development transaction to buy a core minority shareholding in Batiweb, a digital platform serving the construction sector that brings together building trade professionals and consumers. Ardian, the independent private investment company, has sold its shareholding in the company. At the same time, Batiweb
The private equity credit and fund restructuring team of institutional alternative asset manager Crestline Investors has closed four transactions committing a combined total of more than USD200 million in capital. Crestline also assumed governance rights across another USD250 million of capital contributed or rolled by existing investors. The group,
Adams Business Credit, a national asset-based lender, is to rebrand as Context Business Lending, bringing the firm in unison with the family of businesses and affiliates under Context Capital Partners, an alternative investment firm. The newly named Context Business Lending will continue to focus on providing flexible working capital solutions
Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management’s BRIDGE (Benjamin de Rothschild Infrastructure Debt Generation) platform has now reached EUR1.2 billion and has tripled in size since the first closing of FCT BRIDGE I in July 2014 with EUR400 million. The second closing of BRIDGE II has been completed, after a first closing in
One of the clearest messages that came out of CAIS 2017 was that the world is changing in innumerable ways that have the capacity to shock and destabilise. One only has to refer recently, to Brexit and the outcome of the US presidential election, to appreciate that uncertainty is the
The alternatives industry has a duty to not only defy gravity and deliver strong returns, but to do so in a way that can genuinely change the world for the better, inspiring the next generation of star managers and investors. Cognisant of its importance, CAIS 2017 focused on philanthropy and
There was no shortage of idea generation when it came to discussing the various ways alternative fund managers are trying to overcome the gravitational effects of market forces in a bid to boost returns. As markets begin to normalise, fundamental-focused active fund managers are seeing more opportunities to trade both
Go Capital has held the first closing of Go Capital Amorçage II, a EUR60 million venture capital fund. The first Go Capital seed fund of EUR57 million was launched in 2012, at the initiative of the Regional Councils of the western France, with the support of Bpifrance (through the French
Vendep Capital has launched a EUR40 million venture find which will invest mainly in Finnish start-ups offering software to B2B customers. The investors are Finnish institutional investors, foundations, family offices and private investors. By the first closing at the end of April, Vendep Capital Fund II has received capital
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