Swoon Editions, an online furniture business, has confirmed a GBP4 million Series A funding round to expand its business in the UK, led by Octopus Investments and Index Ventures. The investment will be used to grow Swoon Editions’ community of ‘insiders’ (interior-savvy people signed up to its email list) as
European private equity firm Silverfleet Capital has agreed to acquire AGR Holdings, the petroleum services division of Oslo-listed AGR Group, in a NOK1,640 million (EUR195m) transaction. Completion will be on or around end of August. AGR is the largest independent well management group operating globally. AGR delivers well, reservoir, HSEQ,
Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) has appointed David Painter as head of trustee and depositary services in the UK. Based in London, he reports to Bertrand Blanchard, SGSS’ country manager in the UK, and to Michèle Besse, global head of depositary control. Painter will play a key role in
There is a compliance shortfall among alternative investment funds (AIFs) on the eve of the deadline for Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) authorisation, according to research by BNY Mellon. While 82 per cent of managers canvassed confirmed the required AIFM structure has been established to meet tomorrow’s July 22
Arma Partners acted as exclusive financial advisor to Vero Software on its sale to Hexagon AB. Founded in 1988 and with headquarters in the UK, Vero is an independent provider of computer aided manufacturing software, with a presence in over 40 countries and more than 20,000 customers on maintenance worldwide.
Private equity firm Palamon Capital Partners has agreed the sale of Retail Decisions (ReD) to ACI Worldwide for USD205 million, subject to regulatory approvals. The sale will result in total Sterling investment returns for Palamon of 2.5x invested capital. ReD is a provider of payment fraud prevention technology and
ACTIVE Venture Partners has appointed two team members with entrepreneurial and venture capital experience. Sebastian Blum joins as partner coming from previous senior roles in Silicon Valley’s mobile technology and VC market, while Georg Stockinger takes up his role as venture advisor bringing large-scale digital business expertise to the firm. Blum was VP of business development at California-based photo viewing app developer Cooliris, where
21 Concordia, a private equity fund of 21 Partners, has completed an investment in Polish debt collection company EGB Investments. Founded in 1995, EGB Investments manages collection of consumer and corporate debt for banks, financial institutions, telecommunications, and utilities companies in Poland. EGB generates sales in excess of EUR12
Specialist financial services private equity investor Cabot Square Capital has made a GBP25m investment in Henry Howard Finance, in order to enable it to increase its provision of finance for SMEs. Cabot Square believes that the shortage of SME financing from banks in the wake of the credit crisis has
Nordic Capital Fund VIII has signed an agreement to acquire the majority of Lindorff, a European debt collection company headquartered in Oslo, Norway, from Investor and Altor. Investor and Altor will retain a minority holding in Lindorff. The total EV is EUR2.1bn plus EUR200m of a performance based vendor
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