Lumi, a provider of nutritional beauty products in China, has raised USD20m (RMB120m) in a series B funding led by private equity firm ClearVue Partners. Fidelity, JAFCO and Capvent also participated in the round, along with existing shareholder, DCM. William Chen, managing partner of ClearVue, is also joining Lumi’s board
Ecorse Investments, a company indirectly owned by funds managed by private equity fund Advent International, has closed its tender offer for the sale of EKO Holding Group shares, reaching a total subscription level of 97.98 per cent. According to the schedule provided in the tender offer document for the sale
Pentaho has raised USD23m in a C funding round led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA), with participation from additional existing investors Benchmark Capital, Index Ventures and DAG Ventures. Pentaho will use the funds to expand its development, engineering, services, sales and marketing efforts needed to support its continued growth and
The Association of Investment Companies is calling on the FSA to withdraw its proposals to restrict the distribution of some investment companies. The proposals are set out in its consultation CP12/19 “Restrictions on the retail distribution of unregulated collective investment schemes and close substitutes”. The proposals would prevent advisers from
Satuit Technologies, a provider of client management software for professional investment and wealth management firms, has released a new version of SatuitCRM Platform, adding client report management and secure distribution modules to the core functions. The new platform provides SatuitCRM clients with the ability to create, organise, customise, collate and
Gide Loyrette Nouel advised the Tikehau Group on the takeover of Salvepar, a French investment company listed on NYSE Euronext Paris, from Société Générale. Tikehau Participations & Investissements, an investment company recently created by the Tikehau Group and whose objective is to invest equity in the capital of listed and
AXA Private Equity is providing EUR100m of additional financing to support the development of Ceva. The deal follows AXA Private Equity’s first investment of EUR30m in 2007. Ceva is an animal health company, which since becoming independent in 1999, has grown by more than 10 per cent per year, well
The European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA) has recruited James Crisp as its new media manager. Crisp is responsible for the EVCA’s media relations, website and social media communications. An experienced journalist, Crisp joins the EVCA from the Brussels office of MLex Market Intelligence, a global news agency
KPS Capital Partners has signed a definitive agreement to sell its portfolio company, North American Breweries, to Cerveceria Costa Rica, a subsidiary of Florida Ice and Farm, for USD388m in cash. NAB is one of the largest independently owned beer companies in the US and the owner of a diverse
iJento has received a USD8m equity investment led by MMC Ventures and existing investors Nauta Capital and Oxford Capital Partners. This new investment in iJento is driven by several key factors: • Market opportunity: digital and multichannel customer intelligence is an explosive global market with customer centric organisations investing
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