Joe Bedford (pictured), corporate partner at law firm Stevens & Bolton who advised the management team of TGI UK on its recent acquisition by Electra Partners, looks at how the casual dining sector is attracting interest from private equity investors… Looking at trends over recent months and years, together with
Zetta Venture Partners, a venture capital firm focused on the high-growth analytics market, has closed its first fund at USD60 million. Mark Gorenberg, a 25-year veteran venture capitalist, and Ash Fontana, who formerly launched online fundraising at AngelList, are Zetta’s managing directors. Debuting with a portfolio of eight investments, Zetta
GoldenTree Asset Management has appointed Dean Merritt as Partner, heading up European restructurings and turnarounds. He is based in GoldenTree’s London office and will be working closely with Ted Lodge, Global Head of Restructurings and Turnarounds. “We have worked with Dean for years and are very excited to be joining
Force Over Mass Capital has launched a Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) – Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) fund which will invest in fast growth technology companies. The fund will provide high net-worth investors with the opportunity to invest in technology, through a risk-mitigated portfolio of early stage technology companies
Duane Morris has appointed Ute Mueller (pictured) as a partner in the firm’s Corporate Practice Group in London. Mueller's addition further strengthens Duane Morris' international corporate capabilities. She joins Duane Morris from Boodle Hatfield. Mueller focuses her practice on domestic UK and international transaction work, with special attention to
Beringea, manager of the ProVen Venture Capital Trusts, has sold the VCTs’ stakes in Speed Trap Holdings (STH), a digital data analytics company, to IS Solutions plc. STH is the parent company of Celebrus Technologies – the developer of software that allows organisations to understand their customers’ interactions with their
Vector Capital (Vector) is to acquire Saba, a specialist in cloud-based intelligent management solutions, for USD9.00 per share in an all cash offer. "Over the course of Saba's comprehensive review, the Board of Directors and our advisors evaluated a wide range of strategic alternatives, and engaged with a number of
Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners’ BioDiscovery 3 portfolio company, GlycoVaxyn has been acquired by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in an all-cash transaction valuing the company at approximately USD212 million. GlycoVaxyn, founded in 2004, is a spin out of the Swiss Polytechnic Institute of Zürich. It has developed a biological conjugation platform which
The number of European private equity backed deals rose by 10% in Q4 2014, from the 334 transactions seen in the previous three months to 366 transactions, according to SL Capital Partners. The firm’s Private Equity Barometer for 2014 reveals that combined deal value also staged a recovery, rising by
Private equity firm Actiis is committing USD230 million to create an Indian renewable energy platform, Ostro Energy. Ranjit Gupta has been hired as CEO of the platform. With a strong background in the Indian energy sector, Gupta is building a strong team to lead the business. Ostro Energy’s first
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