Venture capital company Rand Capital Corporation has closed on the sale of its largest portfolio holding, Gemcor II. Rand had previously announced on 5 January, 2016, that it entered into an asset purchase agreement under which it had agreed to the sale of Gemcor. Gross proceeds to Rand, which owned
Forno d’Asolo, an Italian producer and distributor of sweet and savoury frozen pastry products, backed by 21 Investimenti, has acquired Donatella, a filled pastry and bakery product specialist. Founded in 1946, Donatella specialises in filled pastries and bakery products, most notably Tiramisu. Donatella is located in Venice, Italy and distributes
Rockpoint Group, a global real estate investment management firm, has held the final close of Rockpoint Real Estate Fund V at USD3.3 billion in total capital commitments, exceeding its USD2.5 billion fund target. Investors in Rockpoint V, the firm’s most recent opportunistic real estate fund, include prominent public and corporate
Columbia Pacific Advisors, a Seattle-based alternative investment firm, has sold POW Gloves, Holden Outerwear and Spacecraft Collective, three active outdoor apparel brands under the POW Holdings, umbrella. POW Gloves was sold to Rojo Australia, a snow apparel company based in Torquay, Australia, with strong international links in the snow market
Boutique asset manager Unigestion has held the first close of its private equity fund, Unigestion Direct Opportunities 2015 with commitments in excess of EUR100 million, is over half of the fund’s target size of EUR200 million. In achieving its first close, UDO 2015 has attracted investor support from both existing
GRESB, a provider of environmental, social and governance (ESG) benchmarking for real assets, has launched the 2016 GRESB assessments. GRESB provides ESG data to institutional investors with over 8.1 trillion in assets under management. Assessment results and data is used by investors and others to understand the risk/return profile of
McCarthy Capital Corporation has held the final closing of McCarthy Capital Fund VI, a USD353 million private equity fund that will invest in high growth, lower middle-market companies. “We are pleased to announce the closing of Fund VI,” says Patrick Duffy, President and Managing Partner of McCarthy Capital. “We appreciate
Cavendish Corporate Finance has advised on the sale of B2B creative marketing agency Twogether Creative Limited (Twogether) to Next 15 Plc, the AIM-listed digital communications group. As part of the deal R Capital, the turnaround specialist investors in Twogether, will exit the company. The entire issued share capital of Twogether
Berkshire Partners has held the closing of the firm's ninth private equity investment fund, Berkshire Fund IX, with total equity commitments of USD5.5 billion. Fund IX's capital was subscribed primarily by institutional investors in previous Berkshire funds. Investors include many of the world's largest endowments, foundations, pension funds and financial
Neel Bhatia, 41, has been promoted to Chief Executive Officer of Green Peak Partners. Bhatia succeeds Green Peak founder JP Flaum, 44, who will become Chairman. Green Peak is an organisational and human capital consulting firm that serves Fortune 1000 companies, private equity firms and their portfolio companies, and non-profits.
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