Octopus Investments, part of Octopus Group, has announced a GBP10 million over allotment facility for its current AIM VCTs fundraise. Octopus has rapidly reached the initial GBP20 million target within just seven weeks and is now offering a further GBP10 million of fundraising capacity to meet investor demand. The
L1 Treasury and Airborne Capital have launched AltitudeOne Aviation with plans to acquire a portfolio of leased in-production narrow body and wide body commercial aircraft. L1 Treasury and Airborne Capital have committed equity capital of approximately USD250 million to AltitudeOne Aviation, which will be supplemented with bank financing. Airborne Capital
Inverleith, a Scottish headquartered private equity firm, has held the final close of its first institutional fund Inverleith Limited Partnership, at its hard cap of EUR60 million. Inverleith was founded by former Chairman and Chief Executive of Noble Group, Ben Thomson and former President and Managing Director of The Glenmorangie
Investcorp has appointed Sir Michael Fallon, a British Member of Parliament and former Secretary of State for Defence, to the firm’s International Advisory Board. Fallon has served as a British Member of Parliament for more than three decades. He has held a number of senior governmental leadership roles, most notably
NorthEdge Capital has teamed up with artificial intelligence (AI) firm, Peak, to develop a first-of-its-kind platform set to facilitate deal origination in the private equity sector through the power of AI. Having identified a gap in the market for a more automated process to sourcing off market investments, NorthEdge approached
Private equity investment platform Seedrs has reported a platform-wide annualised rate of return (IRR) of 12.02 per cent and top quartile investor IRR of 31.34 per cent in its latest Portfolio Update, which provides an in-depth analysis of the characteristics and performance of the deals funded on the platform. The
TBG AG, a Switzerland-based private holding company and the owner of DTN, an independent provider of decision-support solutions to the global agriculture, oil and gas and other weather-sensitive industries, is to acquire MetoGroup, a global weather specialist. “We welcome the new owner who has significant experience in meteorological intelligence. The
Leading global insurer American International Group is to acquire Glatfelter Insurance Group (Glatfelter), a full-service broker and insurance company providing services for specialty programs and retail operations. Headquartered in York, Pennsylvania, Glatfelter brings high-quality program underwriting capabilities that will accelerate the strategic positioning of AIG’s General Insurance business. The terms
Orrick has represented the key institutional shareholders in Farfetch’s USD5.8 billion initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange. Orrick advised JD.com and Condé Nast, as shareholders, and Vitruvian Partners, as a selling shareholder, in the offering on the New York Stock Exchange. Orrick previously advised JD.com, Farfetch’s
IT services provider ClearPointe Technologies has been acquired by AccountabilIT, a portfolio company of private equity firm WestView Capital Partners. Drake Star Partners acted as the exclusive financial advisor to ClearPointe on the transaction. Founded in 1993, ClearPointe is an award-winning provider of managed IT services with a longstanding relationship
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