Private equity investor NextStage AM has promoted Aloys de Fontaines, Michaël Strauss-Kahn and Julien Potier to the position of Investment Director. All three have previously served as Associate, then as Senior Associate at NextStage AM. They will now focus their attentions on NextStage, an investment vehicle launched in June 2015,
Great Lakes Fund Solutions have launched CrowdKey, software-as-a-service (SaaS) that provides online private placement platforms with a white-labeled crowdfunding site and an outsourced back office. CrowdKey allows platforms to accelerate their time to market, reduce fixed formation costs, perform a variety of vendor management and compliance functions, outsource their call
James Cowper Kreston has advised independent private equity company Growth Capital Partners LLP on its investment in FLYdocs Systems Limited. The investment provides FLYdocs with development capital funding and strategic support to facilitate further international growth. James Cowper Kreston’s Corporate Finance team provided lead advisory services to Growth Capital Partners.
An affiliate of HIG Capita has completed the acquisition of Intelius an online provider of people-related information for consumers. Intelius is a leading provider of on-demand information about individuals and predictive analytics that can help identify connections to other people, places and things. Headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, the privately-held company
AMP Capital and 3i Infrastructure plc (3i Infrastructure) have entered into an agreement to jointly acquire 100 per cent of Danish company ESVAGT from Maersk Group. AMP Capital is investing approximately GBP109 million to acquire a 50 per cent interest in ESVAGT and will have an equal shareholding with
Actis has sold its majority shareholding investment in Mouka Limited (Mouka), a Nigerian mattress brand, to Abraaj, a private equity investor. Financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed. Mouka manufactures foam spring mattresses, polyurethane blocks, pillows and furniture for consumers in West Africa. Actis invested in 2007 and
Private equity firm RoundTable Healthcare Partners has completed the acquisition of TIDI Products. Founded in 1969 in Neenah, WI, TIDI was once primarily a manufacturer of paper-based barrier products. Through a strategically executed acquisition program and internal initiatives, TIDI has expanded its product offering to include a portfolio of differentiated,
In the first six months of 2015, Israeli high-tech exit activity accelerated, garnering USD5.29 billion in 54 deals – nearly 76 per cent of the total proceeds from exits in all of 2014, with 107 deals totalling USD6.98 billion, and 80 per cent of USD6.62 billion in 91 exits in
High Road Capital Partners has acquired Toronto-based Ariad Communications, which it will combine with its platform company Bluespire Marketing. Ariad is a strategic marketing agency specialising in serving Canadian clients with content, digital marketing and consumer activation capabilities. Bluespire is a leading provider of strategic, multi-channel marketing solutions with
Harris Williams & Co acted as the exclusive financial advisor to the shareholders of IS Group BV (IS Group), a provide of cloud computing and IT services, on its sale to strategic buyer Koninklijke KPN (KPN). The transaction was led by Thierry Monjauze (pictured), Jonathan Organ and Sylvain Noblet of
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