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Diamond Wipes International secures equity investment

Diamond Wipes International, a specialist in the contract manufacturing of private label disposable moist towels and sample packets has secures an equity investment from Nolan Capital, the family office of Peter Nolan, the former Managing Partner and current Senior Advisor to Leonard Green & Partners. "This investment by Nolan Capital

Silverfleet acquires Coventya from Equistone

Buy-to-build private equity firm Silverfleet Capital is to acquire a majority stake in Coventya from Equistone Partners Europe Limited for an undisclosed sum. The transaction is subject to competition clearances.  Coventya, a Paris-headquartered company with a strong international presence, develops, manufactures and supplies specialty chemicals used for surface treatment. Founded

HIG Capital sells Holding VM Industries Group to ActoMezz and management

Private equity firm HIG Capital has sold the Holding VM Industries group (H-VMI) to Actomezz (the mezzanine financing team of ACG Capital) and management. The H-VMI group was created in late 2009 following the partial acquisition of the automobile connectivity business of the Molex group at the Villemur-sur-Tarn site by

Jason Gabbard

Counselytics launches fund of funds AI technology

Counselytics has deployed its  AI technology in the alternatives investment space. Using machine learning technology, Counselytics is aimed at providing a fast, economical and automated process to find and analyse limited partnership agreements wherever they reside.  As Counselytics finds and centralises LPAs, it classifies and extracts up to 35 key partnership terms,

Stem cell tech company, Axol Bioscience raises GBP1 million funding

Axol Bioscience has exceeded all expectations in its crowdfunding investment round. The game-changing stem cell tech company listed on SyndicateRoom seeking GBP600,000, but massive investor interest saw the campaign quickly reach a revised overfunding limit of GBP1 million, with a surplus of demand following the close.  Axol’s huge raise is

Jersey Funds Association Ben Robins

Jersey funds industry focused on innovation in uncertain global environment

Jersey’s funds industry will need to embrace FinTech, assert its long-standing expertise and focus on innovation in order to remain at the forefront of a constantly evolving global funds landscape, according to the chairman of the Jersey Funds Association (JFA). Speaking at this year’s annual JFA Dinner (18 March), Ben

Ropes & Gray counsels HongDao advisors on trio of investment transactions

Ropes & Gray advised HongDao Advisors (HongDao) on the successful closing of three of its recent investment transactions. Ropes & Gray acted as HongDao’s legal counsel on all three transactions. In February 2016, HongDao investment funds invested over USD 10 million in Lagou Information Limited and subscribed for newly issued

Black Diamond Capital Management to acquire Long Carbon Steel Mills from ArcelorMittal

Black Diamond Capital Management is to acquire ArcelorMittal's LaPlace, LA, Harriman, TN and Vinton, TX  steelmaking and finishing operations focused on the production and sale of long carbon steel products in North America. The LaPlace operations are primarily located outside of New Orleans with an additional rolling mill in Harriman,

Founders Fund closes USD1.3bn VC fund

Founders Fund has closed a USD1.3 billion sixth fund, bringing the firm’s total amount of capital under management to over USD3 billion. Founders Fund VI will be led by partners Lauren Gross, Ken Howery, Geoff Lewis, Scott Nolan, Luke Nosek, Brian Singerman, and Peter Thiel. Members of the team have

Luis Pedro

Rebuilding Swiss investor confidence in hedge funds

Oligo Swiss Fund Services received its license from the Swiss authorities 13 months ago to provide Swiss legal representative services and has already onboarded more than 200 funds registered for distribution to Swiss qualified investors. These include offshore hedge funds, UCITS-compliant hedge funds and private equity funds.  "Our team has

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