Tyre manufacturer Apollo Tyres, headquartered in the Indian city of Gurgaon, has acquired the Bielefeld-based reifencom Group. The purchase price was around EUR 45.6 million. The acquisition of reifencom is part of Apollo Tyres’ strategy to expand its European business. The transaction is currently awaiting approval from the competition authorities.
Private equity firm Lynx Equity Limited has received CAD15 million in financing from The Labourers’ Pension Fund. “This financing represents the culmination of many significant years of growth and surpassing many of our goals,” says Lynx President Brad Nathan. “This investment will allow us to continue achieving our strategic goals
Invest Securities has launched PRE-IPO, the first European crowdfunding platform for private investments in the last financing rounds of unlisted growth companies a few months before they go public. A website describing the concept will be live between 20 November and 20 December, and will introduce PRE-IPO's first exclusive investment
Law firm Howard Kennedy and its regulated London Stock Exchange sponsor, Howard Kennedy Corporate Services, have advised a new entrant to the VCT market – Hazel Targa VCT. Hazel Targa VCT PLC brings together Hazel Capital, an established investment adviser in the VCT market, and investment advisers Welbeck Capital Partners
Many investors choose to disregard potential investment in an infrastructure fund due to terms and conditions. Utilising information from the 2015 Preqin Private Equity Fund Terms Advisor and the Preqin Investor Outlook: Alternative Assets, H2 2015, this extract from this month’s Preqin Infrastructure Spotlight examines the fund terms and conditions
Preqin’s latest factsheet takes a detailed look at closed-end private real estate fundraising for emerging managers in the US. Fundraising Preqin’s Real Estate Online contains detailed information on 529 private real estate funds managed by US-based emerging managers*, which have secured a total of USD104 billion since 2007. Fundraising by
Noerr has advised Inflexion Private Equity on the joint acquisition of the global animal and crop health division of the market research group GfK. The British investor takes over this division with its global market research activities alongside with the current management under the lead of Stephen Hearn by way
The InfraDeals Latin America Analysis for YTD 2015 points to a sharp decline in infrastructure deal count this year after 2014’s boom. However new greenfield projects are on the rise as governments seek countercyclical investments, and foreign investors are attracted into the region because of the lack of profitable alternatives
Amplience, an on-demand Big Content Platform, has secured USD8 million in a financing round led by Silicon Valley Bank and Columbia Lake Partners. This latest financing comes on the back of impressive growth in North America. Over the last 12 months, clients including Panasonic North America, Marc Jacobs, John Varvatos,
Alibaba Group has launched its Entrepreneurs Fund for Hong Kong, which is aimed at entrepreneurs wanting to take advantage of the resources offered by Alibaba’s ecosystem in e-commerce, logistics, mobile platforms, cloud computing and financial services. The Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund, a not-for-profit initiative, will invest in qualifying companies in
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