Jazz FM, Neopolitan Music and The Ingenious Entertainment VCTs has completed a GBP2 million investment into the UK’s first three day, outdoor, camping jazz festival, Love Supreme Jazz Festival, to take place in Brighton in the summer of 2013. Launched this month, the Love Supreme Jazz Festival is set to
The European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA) has appointed Emma Thorpe as Head of Communications. Thorpe is responsible for the EVCA’s public relations and membership communications and will be based in Brussels and London. During 2011, Thrope advised the EVCA on strategic communications and issues management. Additional clients
Former Skandia and Cofunds CEO, Brett Williams (pictured), has joined a newly established private equity firm as a Founder Partner. The entrepreneurial hub, Lime Tree Investment Partners LLP (Lime Tree), invests in and facilitates the development of fast growth companies across the financial services, clean technology, real estate, biotechnology and
Venture capitalists put EUR4.4 billion into 1,012 deals for European companies in 2011, a 14% decline in investment and 19% decline in deal flow from 2010, according to Dow Jones VentureSource. This marks the lowest annual deal count for Europe since VentureSource began tracking the region in 2000. The fourth
MMC Ventures has led an GBP850,000 investment round in home-swapping website Love Home Swap. Love Home Swap (www.LoveHomeSwap.com) is an international holiday home exchange website founded by UK serial entrepreneur Debbie Wosskow. Love Home Swap launched in October 2011 to provide members with the opportunity to swap their homes for stylish
Offshore law firm, Mourant Ozannes, has opened an office in Hong Kong to provide clients and intermediaries with access to the firm’s offshore legal services in an Asian time zone. The office opening has been timed to coincide with celebrations for Chinese New Year, giving Mourant Ozannes’ Asian office an
AnaCap Financial Partners has promoted Justin Sulger and Fabrizio Cesario, Head of Credit Opportunities and Mergers & Acquisitions respectively, to Partner. Justin joined AnaCap in July 2006, shortly after inception, as part of the Business Services team, before building out the firm’s Risk & Liability Management function and launching AnaCap’s
Saugatuck Capital Company has made an investment in Tulip Molded Plastics Corporation. Saugatuck teamed with management to acquire the assets of the Molded Products Division from Tulip Corporation in a leveraged buyout. Saugatuck provided equity capital through its investment vehicle Saugatuck Capital Company VII LLC which, along with management, owns
HelloWallet, a provider of personalised financial guidance, has secured USD12 million in Series B funding. Chicago-based Morningstar invested USD6.75 million and DC-based TD Fund (TDF) invested USD4 million. Existing investors and new investors also participated in the round. Morningstar is a leading provider of investment research, reaching more than 20
Octopus chief executive Simon Rogerson (pictured) has welcomed the UK Court of Appeal’s decision to uphold the ruling that the DECC’s changes to the subsidy for solar installations, is unlawful. “This is good news for the solar industry,” says Rogerson. “It means that solar installations built after the 12 December
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