Diamond Foods has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire potato chips maker Kettle Foods from Lion Capital for USD615m in cash. Pursuant to the agreement, Diamond will acquire Kettle operations in both the US and the UK. The transaction is structured as a purchase of all of the outstanding
DLA Piper has advised H.I.G. Europe, the European affiliate of private equity firm H.I.G. Capital, on its acquisition of Synseal Extrusions, a UK-based supplier of PVC-U windows, doors and conservatories. Synseal Extrusions was acquired from its founder, Gary Dutton MBE. The transaction will see the management team of Synseal,
Baidu, a Chinese language internet search provider, is to receive a USD50m investment from private equity firm Providence Equity Partners for its new online video company. The funds will be used to develop an advertising supported online video business providing premium licensed content in China. Baidu will continue to maintain
Private equity firm The Carlyle Group has agreed to merge Obtineo Netherlands Holding with LBi. Obtineo is a combination of bigmouthmedia, a search engine marketing specialist in Europe and a portfolio company of Carlyle Europe Technology Partners, and EUR40m of newly committed capital. The combined business, which will continue to
Enerkem Technologies, a Canada-based provider of synthetic gas and other alternative fuels, has raised CAD53.8m in a venture capital funding round from Waste Management. Existing investors Rho Ventures, Braemar Energy Ventures, BDR Capital and Cycle Capital Management also participated in the funding round. The investment will support Enerkem’s growth plan,
The Aureos China Fund has completed a USD3.38m investment in Shanghai Fucheng Environmental Protection Engineering, a Chinese environmental protection company. The Aureos China Fund is managed by Aureos Capital, a private equity fund management company specialising in investing in small to medium-sized businesses in emerging markets. SHFC specialises in
CalStar Products has closed a USD15m equity investment to fund the growth and expansion of its green building materials business. Nth Power, a venture capital fund focused on energy and cleantech investing, led the equity round that includes new investors The Westly Group and Clearpoint Capital as well as continuing
Kommera Chakradhar (KC) Reddy (pictured), Head of India Equities at Baring Asset Management Limited (London) summarises the impact of India’s latest Budget. The surcharge on India’s corporate and personal income taxes was reduced to 7.5% from 10%. While this is not a huge tax cut, it is the first corporate
Synseal Extrusions, a UK-based supplier of PVC-U windows, doors and conservatories, has been acquired by private equity house H.I.G. Europe with debt funding from Yorkshire Bank. The deal sees the management team led by chief executive officer David Leng take a significant equity stake in the business. It also provides
Ergo Media Capital, an entertainment and media investment firm headed by former Cinetic Media co-founder Matt Littin, has launched in New York. The company will provide venture capital and private equity funding to companies in the film, video game, music, television and new media spaces at stages ranging from start-up
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