Origo has raised approximately USD30m, before commissions and expenses, by way of the placing of 82,200,000 new ordinary shares of GBP0.0001 each in the capital of the company. The shares were placed with investors at a price of 25 pence per share. Liberum Capital acted as broker to the placing.
Private equity firm Riverside has completed its first exit of 2010 with the sale of environment consulting company Entrix to Australian company Cardno. Founded in 1984, Entrix has 33 offices in 17 states and three countries and offers environmental and natural resource management consulting services. Under Riverside’s ownership, Entrix expanded
Private equity firm Riverside has acquired Lewis Computer Services as an add-on acquisition to the Healthcarefirst platform. Founded in 1984, Lewis provides software and complementary products designed to help home care companies manage their businesses and clinical operations. This is Riverside’s 43rd healthcare acquisition. It is part of the Riverside
Soonr, a provider of cloud applications for protection and synchronisation of critical files and mobile productivity, has secured an additional USD4.5m of financing from existing investors and HighBAR Ventures, an early stage and structured venture capital firm. The funding will be used to grow sales, marketing and partnership efforts and
Argosy Capital, an investment fund manager focused on lower middle market operating companies and real estate, has held the final close of Argosy Investment Partners IV at USD180m. The close of the fund brings the total assets under management by Argosy Capital to more than USD500m. The close of this
Dechert plans to open an office in Dublin, making it one of a handful of international law firms to establish a presence in Ireland and the first major onshore transatlantic funds practice to do so in Dublin. The office will focus on advising investment funds, their investment managers and other
Investment managers must take lessons from the credit crunch to their portfolios, Collins Stewart’s global strategist told a wealth management conference in Guernsey this week. Modern portfolio theory failed prior to the crisis because it did not account for the fact that at times of extra stress risk levels rise
NB Distressed Debt Investment Fund has raised USD197.2m and unconditional dealings in its ordinary shares will commence trading on the Specialist Fund Market of the London Stock Exchange today. NB Distressed Debt Investment Fund is a closed-ended investment company incorporated in Guernsey. The company is managed by Neuberger Berman Europe,
Healthrageous, a personalised health technology company, has completed a USD6m series A financing led by North Bridge Venture Partners along with investment partners Egan Managed Capital and Long River Ventures. Proceeds will be used to commercialise a health technology platform that provides personalised, interactive, motivational self-management tools which help individuals
Los Angeles-based private equity firm Transom Capital Group has acquired Uncle Milton Industries, a toy manufacturer. Uncle Milton sells its products worldwide through mass merchandisers such as Toys ‘R’ Us and Target as well as through several thousand specialty toy stores. One of its most famous products is the Ant
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