Peter Gustavson has launched Gustavson Capital Corp (GCC), a private equity firm targeting investments in early to mid-stage companies. "The strength of the US and Canadian economies and our success as nations depends, in great part, on building companies that create thousands of new jobs and wealth for their stakeholders,"
KPS Capital Partners’ portfolio company Waupaca Foundry has completed a successful recapitalisation. The proceeds of the recapitalisation, funded by a USD200m upsizing of the company’s term loan, were used to fund a USD200m cash distribution to stockholders. Following the recapitalisation, Waupaca remains conservatively capitalised and will have the continued support
US venture capital (VC) funding in the life sciences sector, which includes the biotechnology and medical device industries, dropped 14 per cent in dollars and seven per cent in deals during 2012 according to a PwC US report. The report, "Double-digit dip", includes data from the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers
Thames Valley and South Coast accountants James Cowper has advised the owners and management team of specialist insurance provider MicroEnsure on a new investment round and the structuring of a joint venture. MicroEnsure is a UK-based insurance provider offering micro-insurance products to four million low and middle income families in
Richard Gwilliam (pictured), Head of Property Research at PRUPIM offers his outlook for global real estate… Europe – Growth is expected to remain weak into 2013. The weakness of the economy is continuing to affect property markets, with rents largely staying flat in core countries, whilst selected peripheral economies record
Secondary buyouts produce returns that match or even exceed returns on primary buyouts sold to private equity acquirers, while carrying substantially less risk, according to a report by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management. The findings of the report, titled: "Take a Second Look
Apollo Aviation Group has raised approximately USD595m from a broad array of investors for its second aviation fund, Sciens Aviation Special Opportunities Investment Fund II (SASOF II). SASOF II is managed by Apollo Aviation, a full service commercial aircraft asset manager jointly owned by its founders and principals, William Hoffman
Dell Inc has signed a definitive merger agreement under which Michael Dell, Dell’s Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, in partnership with global technology investment firm Silver Lake, will acquire the company. Under the terms of the agreement, Dell stockholders will receive USD13.65 in cash for each share of Dell
Invesco Perpetual’s Adrian Bignell on growth opportunities in the Eurozone and why the worst is behind us… Fears of a euro collapse dominated the economic landscape in 2012. Can investors expect a more stable outlook in the coming year? Our starting premise is that Europe holds together with a break-up
Fortigent, a provider of high-net-worth solutions and consulting services, has formed a partnership with Central Park Group, an independent investment advisory firm that delivers private client and smaller institutional investors access to institutional hedge fund, private equity, real estate and fund of funds talent. This new partnership provides investment advisers
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