Investment into European companies continued its year-over-year decline during a weak fourth quarter of 2012, as Europe-based companies raised EUR967m from 233 venture capital deals, according to Dow Jones VentureSource. The drop represents a 26 per cent decrease in capital and a 22 per cent decrease in deals from the
Smedvig Capital, the London-based venture capital firm, has sold Swedish self storage company Selstor to Pelican Self Storage, another significant self storage player, operating in Copenhagen and Helsinki. Established in 2009, Pelican Self Storage is focused on the development, redevelopment, acquisition and operation of self storage facilities in Scandinavia.
Kuber Ventures, the first full service multi-manager platform for Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) portfolios, has appointed Brett Williams in an advisory role to the senior management team. Williams (pictured), who has acted as chief executive of both Skandia UK and Cofunds, brings extensive experience of mainstream platforms to the EIS
The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) has initiated a formal consultation process with the financial services industry and other stakeholders to further its dialogue with the industry on corporate governance practices, developments and standards as it relates to the private funds sector. HighWater supports the initiative and has previously engaged
PE-Nexus, the private market network for deal flow exchange between middle-market M&A professionals, facilitated a USD4m senior secured debt financing of HomeTown Oxygen by New York City-based Enhanced Capital Partners through its SBIC fund, Enhanced Small Business Investment Company (ESBIC). Sell-side representation to HomeTown Oxygen was provided by the Charlotte
Palatine Private Equity and Beechbrook Capital have backed the management of Selection Services, an IT managed service provider, in the acquisition of Aggregated Telecom, which trades as 8el. This is the first of what is set to be several acquisitions this year. The acquisition will significantly increase Selection’s service capabilities,
The European Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (EVCA) has appointed Michael Collins as public affairs director. Collins (pictured) will direct the EVCA’s political advocacy and regulatory affairs strategy, taking responsibility for all policy areas affecting the European private equity and venture capital industry and heading up the association’s policy
David A Sussman has joined Duane Morris’s corporate practice group as a partner in its Newark office. Sussman (pictured) further strengthens Duane Morris’ corporate practice, particularly in the area of private equity transactions. He joins Duane Morris from Day Pitney, where he was co-chair of that firm’s private equity and investment
Kidd & Company (KCO), a private investment firm focused on the middle market, has teamed up with Centerfield Capital Partners to acquire Imaginetics, a manufacturer of precision metal components and assemblies for the aerospace industry. Located in Auburn, Washington, Imaginetics has begun to benefit from substantial growing demand in the
Larsen MacColl Partners (LMP), a private equity fund based in Radnor, Pennsylvania, has sold a majority stake in its portfolio company, S&S Worldwide, to Sansei Yusoki (SY). LMP made its original investment in S&S in 2009 and supported S&S’s subsequent growth with additional financial resources and strategic guidance as S&S
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