The Canadian investment landscape continued to show strength in the first six months of 2016 – especially on the venture capital (VC) side, according to the CVCA. Building on a huge Q1, CAD683 million was invested in Q2 bringing the total to CAD1.5 billion invested over 255 deals. This is
Aurora Capital’s portfolio company Alltub Group, a manufacturer of collapsible aluminium tubes, has acquired Karl Höll. Headquartered near Düsseldorf in Germany, Karl Höll is a manufacturer of collapsible aluminium and laminate tubes with annual production capacity of approximately 330 million tubes globally. The production capacity of the combined group
BlackFin Capital Partners is launching a venture fund focused on FinTech opportunities across Europe. The venture fund, which will be supported by a new dedicated FinTech team led by Julien Creuzé and Maxime Mandin, will focus on the FinTech sector including all aspects of banking, payments, wealth and asset-management,
Law firm Howard Kennedy has kicked off the 2016/17 VCT season with the early launch of the Octopus Titan VCT from Octopus Investments. The new share offer from the UK’s largest venture capital trust is seeking to raise up to GBP120 million for its GBP309 million fund. It follows last year’s unprecedented success, where Octopus
Roundtree Automotive Group has formed a long-term partnership with Lantern Capital Partners, a middle-market private investment firm headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Roundtree Capital Partners will focus on the acquisition of high-quality automotive dealerships throughout the US. Roundtree is the holding company for retail franchises of automotive-related companies extending from
Six months after creating a consolidation platform in the aeronautical subcontracting sector, Mecadaq Group and Activa Capital have acquired RBDH Marignier, a manufacturer of precision-made gearings with a turnover of EUR8 million. Located in the Arve Valley, Marignier is an independent subsidiary of the industrial group RBDH. Its revenues
Investment banking advisory firm Evercore has extended its strategic alliance for cross-border M&A advisory services with Korea’s NH Investment & Securities for an additional two year period. The advisory alliance enables Evercore and NH to continue to capitalise on what they believe to be a positive long-term trend driving cross-border
Livingstone’s consumer sector team has advised the management team of Long Tall Sally, a multi-channel retailer of fashion for taller women, on the GBP30 million acquisition of the business by Equistone-backed TriStyle Mode. Founded in 1975, East London-based Long Tall Sally, led by CEO Andrew Shapin and backed by Amery
Boutique asset manager Unigestion has held the first close of its fourth dedicated private equity secondaries fund, Unigestion Secondaries Opportunities IV (USO IV). The fund represents a continuation of the secondaries strategy that Unigestion has deployed since 2000. USO IV has now received commitments in excess of EUR177 million,
An affiliate of private equity and alternative asset investment firm HIG Capital has acquired CABLExpress Corporation d/b/a CXtec and TERACAI Corporation. Headquartered in Syracuse, New York, CXtec is a provider of refurbished networking and telephony hardware and data centre cabling products to a diverse base of blue-chip customers. Since
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