The Business Development Bank of Canada’s (BDC) Venture Capital Action Plan (VCAP) has completed its goal of supporting the close of four private sector-led funds of funds with a total of USD1.35 billion under management. This important milestone was achieved with the final closing of the HarbourVest Canada Growth Fund.
Insurance M&A specialists from Carey Olsen have advised Arthur J Gallagher & Co's insurance management unit, Artex Risk Solutions, on its acquisition of two insurance management operations. Artex, which specialises in captive management and alternative risk programs, has aquired Guernsey-domiciled Hexagon Insurance PCC Limited as well as the insurance division
Segulah V has acquired Hermes Medical Solutions AB from its founder Jan Bertling. Hermes provides systems and software for integrating, visualising, processing and archiving imaging data from different modalities and vendors’ scanning devices within molecular imaging and radiology. The systems are primarily used by physicians enabling faster and more accurate
Wine website Vinomofo has secured USD25 million in financing from Blue Sky Venture Capital to bolster rapid domestic growth and support operations in new markets. Vinomofo’s first capital raise coincides with the company’s fifth year in business and the roll out of a business ‘lite’ model offer into six new
PineBridge Investments has held the final close for PineBridge Structured Capital Partners III with USD600 million of aggregate capital commitments, surpassing its planned target amount of USD500 million. The Fund will invest in junior capital securities including mezzanine debt and structured equity issued by privately-owned middlemarket companies across all sectors
Palamon Capital Partners has completed a GBP20 million funding round alongside two co-investors for portfolio company Feelunique.com, a UK-based online retailer of premium beauty products. Founded in 2005, Feelunique is a leading online retailer of premium products in haircare, skincare, cosmetics and fragrances, selling full-permissioned stock from all of the
Origami Energy has raised a further GBP13.7 million from its existing shareholders, Cambridge Innovation Capital, Octopus Ventures and two private individuals, together with a new investment from Fred Olsen-related companies. Origami Energy has developed technology to monitor, communicate with and control a large distributed network of energy generating, energy using
Ogier partner Nicholas Plowman, with senior associate Richard Bennett in the firm’s Hong Kong office, has acted as British Virgin Islands counsel to All-Stars Investment Cayman Limited in relation to the establishment and offering of All-Stars XMI Limited as a private equity fund raising vehicle investing in a USD1.1 billion
Hamilton Lane’s New York Credit SBIC Fund has successfully completed its first investment. In partnership with company management, the fund is providing debt and equity to invest in LeverPoint Management a Clifton Park, NY based fund administration business that offers full service accounting, tax and back office support within the
Gibson Dunn has advised William Hill on the acquisition of OpenBet for GBP270 million and its commercial agreement with NYX Gaming Group. The Gibson Dunn team comprised of: corporate partner Jonathan Earle; associates Tony Downes, Hollie Cope Jones and Andre Van Zyl Gow; finance partner Philip Crump and associate Nisha
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