Technology investment firm Alpina Partners has acquired a significant stake in GefaSoft, a provider of MES-solutions (Manufacturing Execution Systems) and process visualisation software. The three founders Franz Fuchs, Heinz Rabe and Ortwin Tischler will stay on as managing directors. GefaSoft was founded in 1984 and developed into a leading
AMP Capital has raised USD2.4 billion for its global infrastructure platform at final close, with more than 50 institutional investors committing to its global mandate to invest in high-quality assets offering the best relative value. The platform, which includes the AMP Capital Global Infrastructure Fund and the relaunched Strategic Trust
Omnes Capital has held the final closing of its Omnes Croissance 4 midcap fund at EUR210 million. The fund, dedicated to investments in French SMEs, has closed above its initial target of EUR180 million. Omnes Capital has received support from its long-standing investors as well as new French and
Law firm Noerr has advised Volkswagen Financial Services on the acquisition of around 51 per cent of LogPay Transport Services, a subsidiary of DVB Bank SE, expanding its stake in the cross-European business in fuel cards and service cards and the fuel trade. By acquiring LogPay Transport Services, Volkswagen Financial
Clearwater International has advised MML Capital Partners on its sale of Optionis to Sovereign owned Arkarius Group. Trading under its brands Parasol and Clearsky, Optionis is a provider of accountancy and employment services to the UK’s flexible workforce. MML invested in Optionis back in 2013. Since then the company
Private equity firm Constitution Capital Partners (CCP) has held the final close of Ironsides IV and related segregated mandates with total commitments of USD755 million. Ironsides IV was oversubscribed and significantly exceeded the original USD500 million target. As with its predecessor fund, Ironsides IV will focus on investments in
Switzerland’s annual Investor Summit 2017 will give 180 international investors from VC firms such as KKR and Robert Bosch Venture Capital and international groups such as Credit Suisse, UBS and Swisscom to meet some of the country’s most promising high-growth tech start-ups tackling serious social, biological and commercial issues. Hosted
Invenios, a micro-fabrication foundry specialising in glass structuring, micro glass packaging and glass bonding and a provider of consumables and devices for gene sequencing, bio-medical, sensor, electronic and optical applications, has acquired Varioptic, previously a business unit of Parrot Drones SAS, for an undisclosed amount. Founded in 2002 in Lyon,
Permira Debt Managers (PDM) is acting as sole lender in the refinancing of Away Resorts’ existing debt. PDM’s support will also enable Away Resorts to acquire its sixth park, Sandy Balls, based in the New Forest. In addition to the refinancing, PDM funds have also provided a capex facility
Hamburg-based CEE Group is to acquire the Gollenberg wind farm currently under construction in Rheinland-Pfalz from juwi Energieprojekte, the company that is also responsible for the construction stage as general contractor. The wind farm comprises six Vesta V126 turbines. The hub height is 137 m, the rotor diameter is 126
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