Representatives from PwC, Coller Capital, Dexion Capital, Baring Vostok, Hermes GPE and Metric Capital have been added to the roster of speakers for the Guernsey Funds Forum 2015. It has already been announced that Guy Hands, Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of Terra Firma Capital Partners Limited, will be the
Private equity fund Ambienta SGR has acquired a substantial stake in Oskar Nolte, a manufacturer of high-performance wood coating systems for the furniture industry. Oskar Nolte is a leading manufacturer of high performance wood coating and lacquer systems for industrial applications primarily in the furniture industry. For more than 2 decades, Oskar
I Squared Capita has closed the ISQ Global Infrastructure Fund with total commitments of USD3.0 billion. The fund attracted strong interest, with demand exceeding the USD3.0 billion legal cap. Limited Partners include a diverse group of pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, asset managers and family offices from the
Cnano Technology, a specialist in multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) products for the energy storage, structural and electronics industries, has completed its USD15 million Series C funding. Cnano will use the funds to expand its high quality carbon nanotubes manufacturing operation in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China in order to meet the fast
This extract from Preqin’s Quarterly Update: Private Equity, Q1 2015 focuses on global private equity-backed buyout deals, featuring the latest available data. The number of private equity-backed buyout deals recorded globally in Q1 2015 fell by 20 per cent from 958 in Q4 2014 to 770 in the first quarter
Sobera Capital has acquired assets from Polytechnos Venture Fund II in a secondary direct transaction. The assets include shares in Nanotron Ltd. (wireless technologies), Panoratio Holdings Inc. (software) as well as Capella Inc, the parent company of ArraVasc Ltd. (medtech). Sobera Capital is a Berlin based independent secondary direct investor
Car-sharing platform BlaBlaCar, headquartered in Paris, has acquired 100 per cent of the shares in Munich-based carpooling.com, which operates the online portals mitfahrgelegenheit.de and mitfahrzentrale.de. This acquisition sees the BlaBlaCar community growing to more than 20 million members in 18 markets across Europe and Asia. Members use the online system
The Michigan Angel Fund (MAF) has closed its second fund (MAF II) with USD2.05 million. MAF II will make its first investment this spring, and plans to make eight to 10 total investments within the next two years. "There's no doubt that MAF plays an important role in our entrepreneurial
Private equity investor Anchor Equity Partners and investment firm KKR are to acquire a controlling stake in South Korean mobile commerce company Ticket Monster (TMON) from Groupon. Anchor and KKR, in conjunction with TMON’s management, will jointly acquire a controlling stake in TMON and will inject new capital into the company
Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP) has held the first close of Middle East Venture Fund II (MEVF II) at USD15 million. The fund will invest in the region's tech and mobile businesses. MEVFII is MEVP's fourth fund and succeeds its USD70 million Impact Fund that was launched last year for
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