Alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group is to acquire the Red Oak power generation facility in Sayreville, New Jersey, and has separately closed on the purchase of five power plants in California. The acquisitions, which were executed in conjunction with Carlyle’s power affiliate Cogentrix, bring the total enterprise value
The Angel CoFund, a fund that invests in high-growth SMEs alongside UK angel groups, has realised its first investment through the sale of Nonlinear Dynamics, a Newcastle-based developer of software for analysing proteins, to Waters Inc. Waters is one of largest companies in the analytical instruments industry, listed on the
Vermilion Software has expanded its operations to the Far East with a new office at 8 Marina View, Asia Square Tower 1, Singapore. This expansion of operations will be led by Simon Cornwell (pictured), co-founder and global sales and marketing director, who has relocated to Singapore to ensure continuity
TyresOnTheDrive.com, the online mobile tyre-fitting service, has secured a further GBP1.5m investment, led by MMC Ventures and supported by EV Group, to support its nationwide expansion. This latest round of funding brings the total investment, including funding from the founders, to over GBP2.6m. Tyres on the Drive, which
Carey Olsen has acted for private equity fund Better Capital PCC Limited on the raising of GBP185.6m through a placing and open offer to new and existing shareholders. Net proceeds of GBP182.0m were deployed into Better Capital’s Fund II to invest in a portfolio of distressed businesses. The
Matthew McAskin has joined the Evercore’s investment banking business as a senior managing director in its healthcare group. He will be based in New York and will focus on advising clients in the healthcare services sector. McAskin was most recently a managing director and co-head of healthcare services
Foundation Capital has named Jonathan Ehrlich as partner at the firm. Ehrlich (pictured), a former director of marketing at Facebook, will concentrate on identifying and investing in early-stage consumer, mobile, and small business oriented startups and technologies. “Jonathan is everything Foundation Capital looks for in a partner,” says
Murano’s Chromic Reverse Solicitation Process (Chromic RSP) enables investors and fund managers to comply with the AIFMD reverse solicitation conditions. Chromic is an important tool to assist in the documentation process. Chromic enables investors to receive information directly from fund managers using the service provider’s infrastructure when carrying
Katherine Woodthorpe is retiring from her role as chief executive of The Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCAL). Woodthorpe says that after seven years in the role, the time is right for her to pursue fresh challenges. AVCAL’s chairman John White says: “Shortly after Katherine joined
Summit Partners is to sell Actix Ltd, an independent software provider in mobile optimisation, to Amdocs for approximately USD120m in cash, subject to customary closing conditions. Bill McHale, chief executive of Actix, says: “Summit Partners’ expertise in the mobile telecommunications and software sectors enabled Actix to develop the ActixOne
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