Climate Change Capital Private Equity’s (CPE) portfolio company Orège has completed an initial public offering on the French Euronext market, raising EUR20m of new capital to fund its next phase of growth and valuing the company at circa EUR60m. CPE invested EUR6m in Orège, a French water technology company,
ECI Partners, the UK growth-focused mid-market private equity firm, has sold healthcare IT company CliniSys to Montagu Private Equity. The exit has yielded ECI a 2.5x return on its investment. Based in Chertsey, and with offices in Germany, France, Belgium and Spain, CliniSys is a provider of software
Digital music provider I Like Music is on a recruitment drive after securing a GBP700,000 growth capital deal as part of Santander’s Breakthrough programme. The Richmond-based company, which supplies music to businesses including the BBC and Funky Pigeon, is looking to recruit an additional 10 staff to boost its
Solar market specialist Sungevity has secured USD15m in new equity financings, including an investment from venture capital firm GE Ventures. The funding will be used to accelerate the company’s capital efficient growth initiatives with a primary focus on the development of new service offerings that will diversify Sungevity’s business and
Irving Place Capital and funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management have entered into a definitive agreement to sell their ownership interests in Chesapeake to The Carlyle Group. Chesapeake is a supplier of specialty paperboard packaging, including folding cartons, leaflets and labels, for the pharmaceutical, confectionary, and premium drinks markets.
AIM-quoted China Private Equity Investment Holdings is planning a seven-year USD20m joint investment programme with the Hong Kong-based investment management firm Adamas Asset Management. The move is in line with the developing strategic partnership between the companies agreed last November. The programme will target investments predominantly in income-generating
Private equity firms invested about USD2.3bn across 82 deals in India during the quarter ended June 2013, according to early data from Venture Intelligence. The investment amount was 17.7 per cent higher than that invested in the same period last year (USD1,980m across 114 transactions) and almost 2.3 times
AVT, a specialist in automated retailing systems, customised kiosks and self service stores, has settled trade payables of approximately USD1.1m in exchange for the issuance of shares of its common stock to Ironridge Consumer Co, a division of Ironridge Global IV. The capital will be used to build company-owned
Pan-emerging markets private equity firm Actis has sold its 70 per cent stake in Vesta, a commercial kitchen equipment maker in China, to Illinois Tool Works (ITW). Vesta is the largest designer and maker of Western style, mid-range commercial kitchen equipment in China with its flagship brand, Justa, now
Joe Truelove has been appointed as a director of Carey Group’s fund administration business. He leaves Kleinwort Benson after 12 years, most recently as head of business development for the fund administration business. Truelove (pictured) is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales,
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