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Hypo Group Alpe Adria AG acquired by Advent International and EBRD

Funds advised by Advent International (Advent) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have acquired Hypo Group Alpe Adria AG, with its Southeast Europe banking network (SEE) from Heta Asset Resolution, the wind down asset of the former Hypo Alpe Adria owned by the Republic of Austria. The

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Real Estate Funds in Market

In an extract from the Preqin Quarterly Update: Real Estate, Q2 2015, we investigate private real estate funds currently seeking investor commitments, featuring the latest data. The number and aggregate target capital of closed-end private real estate funds in market has remained relatively consistent during Q2, with 417 vehicles looking

Private Equity Fundraising in Q2 2015

Private equity fundraising is analyzed in this extract from the Preqin Quarterly Update: Private Equity, Q2 2015, featuring the latest data and breakdowns by fund strategy and geographic focus.  Following the typical drop-off in the number of funds closed from Q4 to Q1, Preqin’s Q2 2015 data shows a levelling

Main Street Hub secures USD25m Series C Funding from Vista Equity Partners

Main Street Hub has closed a USD25 million Series C equity financing round from Vista Equity Partners. The investment will support the company’s rapid growth, which includes plans to introduce several new product offerings and hire 300 employees in its Austin and New York offices by the end of the

‘World first’ investment crowdfund reaches GBP500,000 target

Fuel.Ventures, a newly formed fund led by one of Europe’s leading technology entrepreneurs and investors, Mark Pearson (pictured), partnered with Europe’s leading equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs to give everyday investors access to a pipeline of high growth European e-commerce start-ups. To date, 274 investors have helped the fund push past

Stellar first half for Altium as deals pass GBP5bn

International investment bank Altium has had a strong start to 2015, advising on 26 deals worth GBP5.4 billion. The first half has seen a team, led by CEO Phil Adams, advise on the GBP1.9 billionn sale of UK retail business New Look to South African investment company Brait. Altium also

Exponent Private Equity acquires BBI Group

Exponent Private Equity (Exponent) is to acquire The BBI Diagnostics Group (BBI), a provider of products and technologies to the diagnostic, healthcare, research, defence and food industries, from Alere Inc for USD164 million. Founded in 1986, BBI became a listed company on London’s AIM market in 2004, before being acquired

Raising real estate capital in Chicago

Preqin’s Real Estate Online provides comprehensive information on 76 institutional investors based in Chicago that actively invest in real estate, which collectively represent over USD57 billion invested in the asset class. Nearly a quarter of all institutional real estate investors based in Chicago are foundations (Fig 1), closely followed by

BaltCap exits moulded fibre packaging manufacturer VLT Ltd

BaltCap has sold its 48 per cent shareholding in the Latvian moulded fibre manufacturing company VLT Ltd. BaltCap invested in the company back in 2004 to finance two rounds of expansion of production capacity. While post crisis economic environment proved challenging to sustain growth of the company, the moulded fibre

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