Nekton Global, an energy merchant business chaired by Gerard Lopez, the financier behind Skype, has acquired a 50 per cent stake in Rise Capital AB, a specialist private equity business focussed on pursing infrastructure investments in Russia. The infrastructure construction industry has experienced rapid early stage growth driven by substantial
Milestone Pharmaceuticals Inc., a clinical stage cardiovascular company in Phase 2, has closed a USD17 million Series B financing. The round was led by Domain Associates and included participation from all of Milestone's existing investors including Fonds de solidarité FTQ (FSTQ), Pappas Ventures, BDC Capital, GO Capital, and iNovia Capital.
JTC has been selected to administer Amedeo Air Four Plus, an aircraft acquisition and leasing investment company, as part of its recent successful Listing on the Specialist Fund Market of the London Stock Exchange (LSE). Amedeo Air Four Plus plans to acquire initial aircraft assets of approximately USD1.1 billion, increasing
Kirin Media Ventures, a Los Angeles-based film finance and management company, has launched its inaugural USD25 million investment fund. The fund, with strong backing from Chinese investors, will invest in Hollywood motion picture projects. “We are excited to launch the fund with a focus on investing in independent films with
Belgian-Dutch investment company Waterland Private Equity Investments (Waterland) is providing growth capital to the Intelligent Group, a Belgian developer and provider of hosting services. Intelligent was founded in 1999 by Jonas Dhaenens under the Combell brand and has grown to become the most important provider of hosting services in Belgium
An affiliate of private equity investment firm HIG Capital (HIG) has acquired ATX Networks Corporation (ATX) a designer and developer of patented, radio frequency (RF) and digital video processing equipment used by cable operators and a growing number of private video networks, A/V integrators, and telecommunication companies. Cable operators rely
OMERS Private Equity (OPE), the private equity investment arm of the OMERS pension plan, is to acquire Environmental Resources Management (ERM) from Charterhouse Capital Partners for an enterprise value of USD1.7 billion. The Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) will co-invest in the transaction. Created in 1977, ERM is a leading
Equity and bond markets experienced renewed tensions during the period under review. European markets saw higher selling pressure than US markets, which was a negative for Global Macro managers as they have sizeable long European equities positions in their portfolios.
IK Investment Partners (IK) has received a binding offer from International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (NYSE:IFF) (“IFF”), a leading global creator of flavours and fragrances for consumer products, for the sale of Lucas Meyer Cosmetics group of companies. The transaction is structured as an exclusive binding offer in order to
During its fiscal year that will end on 30 June, 2015, BioAdvance’s life sciences portfolio companies attracted USD85 million of capital from private investments and other sources. “It’s been another strong year for our portfolio companies” says Barbara Schilberg CEO of BioAdvance. “While several companies have raised significant amounts of
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