Private equity fund manager and Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and venture capital trust (VCT) specialist Calculus Capital has sold its stake in Metropolitan Safe Deposits to private investors, generating a 158 per cent return in the process. Calculus invested in Metropolitan at 6.32p per share, in February 2012, selling its holding for
Bregal Unternehmerkapital has acquired a major stake in Swiss company Kunststoff Schwanden, a manufacturer of complex plastic parts and components. As part of the succession plan, the previous owner Albert Kiener will still play a key role in the company. Chief executive André Bermann and chief financial officer Martin
The Brexit vote is already leading to actions that are “silently killing” the UK’s technology sector, according to M&A advisory firm Magister Advisors. A poll of the fastest-growing UK technology companies suggests that half the key talent on average is British, 30 per cent from other EU countries and
IK Investment Partners and Five Arrows Principal Investments (FAPI) have acquired I@D Holding, a services platform dedicated to the first network of independent real estate agents in France. The founders Malik Benrejdal, Jade Benrejdal and Jerome Chabin as well as NAXICAP Partners, shareholder since 2012, are reinvesting 37 per cent
The Riverside Company has completed fundraising for Riverside Micro-Cap Fund IV (RMCF IV). The international investment firm’s latest buyout fund closed at its hard cap with USD650 million in capital commitments. RMCF IV invests in fast-growing North American companies with up to USD7 million of EBITDA. RMCF fund
One year on from the launch of its first venture debt fund for UK technology firms and innovative companies, Barclays is extending its High Growth fund to GBP200 million as part of its commitment to fund innovative scale-ups. Barclays has seen huge take up from businesses and since launching in
King & Wood Mallesons has advised Inflexion Private Equity on the management buyout of Bedell Trust, a corporate, fund and fiduciary administration company. Inflexion is an independent mid-market private equity house, investing in established high growth businesses. The MBO, backed by Inflexion, will help to accelerate organic growth and target
Five Arrows Secondary Opportunities (FASO), the European small and mid-cap secondary business of Rothschild Merchant Banking, has completed the fundraising of Five Arrows Secondary Opportunities IV (FASO IV) at EUR451 million after only a few months of fundraising. A significant majority of limited partner commitments originated from existing investors in
Capshare, an equity management platform, has closed an investment from Standish Management, a provider of private equity fund administration services in the US. The investment formalises a strategic partnership with Standish. “Standish is one of the most respected names in the investment fund business and we are thrilled to
Dundee Venture Capital, an Omaha-based seed-stage investment firm, has raised USD20 million for its Fund III, which will back start-ups in the broader Midwest US. The capital will be deployed into seed and early-stage investments targeting e-commerce, B2B SaaS and consumer-network focused start-ups. Dundee Venture Capital has made over 30
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