Kensington Capital Partners has held the final closing of the Kensington Venture Fund after its exceeded its target of USD300 million in investor commitments. The Fund, which raised a total of USD306 million, received its most recent commitments from a mix of wealth managers, private foundations, and individual investors.
goTenna – the device that enables smartphone users to communicate without cell towers, wifi routers or even satellites – has secured a USD7.5 million Series A funding round ed by Walden Venture Capital, joined by MentorTech Ventures, BBG Ventures (a subsidiary of Verizon), and Bloomberg Beta. The round also includes
Tikehau IM’s Novo 2 fund has finalised its participation in a new seven-year bond issuance for the Prodware Group. The fund is underwriting EUR25 million of the EUR50 million total issue. Founded in 1989 by Philippe Bouaziz, Prodware Group is an international vendor and integrator of industry-specific and role-tailored IT
United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) has partnered with global equity crowdfunding platform, OurCrowd, allowing the accredited investors among UOB’s clients to broaden their investments into OurCrowd;s portfolio companies. The collaboration will see UOB making a USD10 million investment in OurCrowd. Through this collaboration, Asian companies with differentiated and highly
The Preqin Investor Outlook: Alternative Assets, H1 2016 finds that investors are mixed in their attitudes to the alternative assets industry. The majority (65 per cent) of investors holds a positive general perception of private equity, and only 6 per cent have a negative perception. However, more hedge fund investors
50 South Capital Advisors, the investment advisory subsidiary of Northern Trust is to acquire the hedge fund solutions provider Aurora Investment Management, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Natixis Global Asset Management. The addition of Chicago-based Aurora will offer clients of both firms access to an expanded global alternative investment platform with
Cyrus Investment Management (CIM), ab engineering turnaround EIS investment adviser, has acquired Ramp Surface Coatings Ltd a specialised surface coatings operation based in Yeovil. Cyrus’s first EIS Fund, Cyrus Precision Engineering EIS Fund 1, is now fully invested in four portfolio companies across the Aerospace, Defence and Security sectors after
Ogier in Jersey has assisted Slaughter and May in advising US infrastructure investor Global Infrastructure Partners on its sale of London City Airport to a consortium of buyers for around GBP2 billion. The group of investors comprises Ontario Teachers’ Pensions Plan Board, Alberta Investment Management Corporation, Borealis Infrastructure and Wren
HIG Capital (HIG) has promoted John Von Bargen and Todd Ofenloch to Managing Director in its US LBO group. Von Bargen has been a member of the Boston LBO team since joining the firm as an Associate in 2004. He has been a key player in a number of successful current
NVM Private Equity (NVM) has exited from Kitwave Wholesale Group, a delivered wholesaler with a wide product range including confectionery, soft drinks, ice-cream, alcohol and tobacco. The company has transformed itself from being a regional confectionery business to a national wholesaler through 11 acquisitions since 2006. The sale represents a
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