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Take Eat Easy raises EUR6m from Rocket Internet, DN Capital & Piton Capital

Take Eat Easy, the Belgian start-up that claims to be ‘reinventing food delivery’, has closed its series A round at EUR6 million.  The funds will be used to reinforce the company’s stronghold in Brussels and Paris, as well as expand its activities to other major European cities in Germany, Spain

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Onbone raises EUR10m from in funding round led by MVM Life Sciences Partners

Onbone, the developer of novel casting technology material, Woodcast, has raised a total of EUR10 million in a financing round led by MVM Life Science Partners, with participation from Finnish Industry Investment, Finnish private investors and existing investor Inveni Capital.  The funding round will be used to finance the international

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Oaktree completes acquisition of Pulse Electronics

Affiliates of investment funds managed by Oaktree Capital Managementt have completed the acquisition of Pulse Electronics Corporation. Oaktree invested a total of USD17.0 million in Pulse and subsequently acquired 100 per cent of its outstanding shares, making Pulse a private company. As a result of the transaction closing, Pulse’s stock

Patron Capital Partners acquires 90 petrol filling stations from Shell

Patron Capital Partners’ UK forecourt business, Motor Fuel Group (MFG), which is owned in partnership with Alasdaie Locke, has acquired 90 petrol filling stations from Shell for an undisclosed fee. Of the 90 sites, 53 per cent are located in the South East of England, including 21 sites in London.

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Credibility Capital launches online lending platform for small business owners

Credibility Capital, a marketplace lender focused on prime credit small business borrowers, has launched its online lending platform at www.CredibilityCapital.com.  New York-based company seeks to close a critical gap in small business lending, providing affordable financing solutions to businesses many of which are too small for traditional banks and are

SEI rolls out global framework for compliance management

SEI has launched SEI Firm Compliance, a new global regulatory management framework that equips investment organisations to oversee and orchestrate compliance functions firm-wide, across investment products and regulatory jurisdictions.  SEI’s Investment Manager Services (IMS) division developed the compliance framework as an add-on to the customised global operating platform it provides

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Ogier advises on Aviva’s GBP5.6bn acquisition of Friends Life

Ogier has advised Friends Life Group Limited, a London-listed Guernsey company, on its acquisition by Aviva, a deal which has created the UK's largest insurance, savings and asset management firm. The combined group will have some 16 million UK customers – equivalent to about one in four households – and

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NorthEdge-backed DW3 Products Group makes double acquisition

Newly formed investment group, DW3 Products Group (DW3), which is backed by private equity firm NorthEdge Capital, has acquired Window Widgets, and Eclectic Systems. Window Widgets was founded in 2004 and has become the first port of call for key components for the window, door and conservatory sectors. Eclectic Systems

Howard Kennedy leads 2014/15 VCT market

Law firm Howard Kennedy’s VCT team has advised on 27 offers in 2014/15 with a combined market value of GBP370m, which have so far raised GBP300m. Just 33 VCTs in total came to market in the 2014/15 tax year. Keith Lassman, Partner and Head of Capital Markets at Howard Kennedy,

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