Funds advised by CVC Capital Partners (CVC) are to acquire a majority stake in betting company Tipico Group (Tipico). The current proprietors will remain shareholders in the company. The financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. The transaction is subject to the approval of the relevant anti-trust authorities
Capvent, a private-equity firm with a specialist focus on consumer businesses in Asia, has exited its investment in Tsingda, an education services company in China, to another domestic private equity firm resulting in distributions of approximately three times the invested capital. Capvent Asia invested in 2011 when the company revenues
Rand Capital Corporation (Rand), a venture capital company that makes primarily equity investments in companies with emerging product, service or technology concepts, has invested USD1.1 million as the lead investor of a USD2.0 million senior term loan package for GENICON. GENICON is recognised as an emerging leader in the design,
Kueski, an online lending company in Mexico offering real-time, micro loans to Mexican consumers, has closed a USD35 million round of equity and debt funding, with the potential to increase to USD100 million in total funding, the largest capital funding in Mexico for a fintech startup. The USD10 million equity
Employee-owned wealth management, capital markets, private equity and asset management firm Baird has posted record net revenues of USD1.3 billion in 2015, a 7 per cent increase over 2014, despite choppy markets and slow economic growth. Operating income totalled a record USD154 million, up 14 per cent from a year
Ortus Secured Finance, the London-based commercial lender, says it plans to double its commercial lending to UK leisure sector businesses within the next 12 months. It also hopes to triple the size of its lending book in Northern Ireland – where its focus centres on commercial property needs – by
BBH Capital Partners, the private equity arm of Brown Brothers Harriman & Co (BBH) has held final close of BBH Capital Partners V (CP V) with capital commitments totalling USD802 million, including more than USD110 million from the General Partner and Affiliates. CP V – which was oversubscribed – exceeded
Second Genome, a privately-held biopharmaceutical company developing medicines through microbiome science, has closed an oversubscribed Series B investment round with USD42.6 million in financing. The round was co-led by Pfizer Venture Investments and Roche Venture Fund, and brings the combined total investment in the company to USD59 million. The round
NorthEdge Capital has backed the management buyout of healthcare manufacturer, Direct Healthcare Services (DHS). A specialist provider of pressure area care solutions, DHS works closely with tissue viability nurses to design and manufacture mattresses, cushions and overlays to enhance the quality of patient care across the UK. Founded in
Bridgit, a specialist in construction project management software, has closed a USD1.7 million (USD2.2 million CAD) seed round led by Hyde Park Venture Partners with participation from Vanedge Capital. Bridgit, based in Canada’s technology hotbed of Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, plans to use the funding to hire new engineers and salespeople and
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