BNY Mellon has launched an enhanced distribution “waterfall” capability as part of its private equity fund services. Distribution waterfalls in a private equity fund establish how proceeds from realised investments will be divided between investors and the fund manager. It is also through the distribution waterfall that fund managers
TopQ Software, a technology company founded by former private equity investors, has launched on topquartile.com. TopQ is a tool for the secure exchange and analysis of track record data between private equity fund managers and institutional investors. TopQ allows private equity fund managers to upload their fund performance
Vodafone has obtained unconditional merger control clearance from the European Commission for the voluntary public takeover offer for Kabel Deutschland. With merger approval from the European Commission, all conditions to the offer have been met and Vodafone expects to close the transaction on 14 October 2013. Kabel Deutschland
International law firm Edwards Wildman has advised Bessemer Venture Partners as lead investor on a USD35m series D financing for UK technology firm NewVoiceMedia. London based partner Shawn Atkinson led the cross-border team with assistance in the London office from Jill Hanson, Costa Smith and Joel Marris. Providence based partner
Gousto, the new recipe box delivery business that recently appeared on Dragon’s Den, has raised further funds from investors. A group of food industry veterans has invested GBP130,000 and the Angel CoFund has invested a further GBP120,000. Along with initial backers, this has given Gousto a total of half
Resource Capital Partners (RCP), a private equity fund management company with offices in Denver and Almaty, Kazakhstan, has made its first investment. The fund will allocate up to USD6m through a convertible debt instrument to finance a CapEx programme for the Maxut copper-nickel deposit in Kazakstan. The developer of the
Branding Brand, a mobile commerce platform for major retailers, has secured USD9.5m in series B funding led by existing investor Insight Venture Partners. The round also includes repeat investment from CrunchFund and Lead Edge Capital, along with new participation from eBay Enterprise. This brings the company’s total funding up
Investec Growth & Acquisition Finance has provided financing to Lomond Capital, a regional residential letting and property management group, to support the company’s growth strategy. The senior and subordinated financing package will provide additional firepower to assist Lomond as it continues its “buy and build” strategy, acquiring residential lettings
NewVoiceMedia has secured USD35m in a series C round of funding led by new investor Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP) with existing shareholders Highland Capital Partners Europe, Eden Ventures and Notion Capital. The investment will help fuel the company’s international growth and closely follows the opening of its new regional
KPMG has hired three industry veterans to augment its rapidly growing alternative investments (AI) team, focusing on hedge funds, private equity firms and real estate funds. Camille Asaro, Jay Freedman and Linda Grogan have recently joined KPMG’s AI team in New York. Asaro has been hired as an
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