Related Companies has made an investment in Ladder Capital, purchasing USD80 million of Ladder stock from certain pre-IPO shareholders of Ladder, including affiliates of TowerBrook Capital Partners and GI Partners. In connection with the investment, Ladder has granted Related a right of first offer with respect to certain horizontal risk

Preston Hollow Capital has completed a USD39.37 million bond financing for Blue School, an independent pre-primary, primary and middle school located in New York City. The transaction will facilitate the school’s continued growth and extension of its curriculum to older children.   Blue School began as a parent run playgroup

Noerr has advised Oddo Seydler Bank on a capital increase with subscription rights at Deutsche Konsum REIT-AG. The Noerr team, led by the Frankfurt-based capital market specialists Laurenz Wieneke and Stephan Schulz, also took a leading advisory role in drafting the prospectus for the client.   As a result of

BuyBay, a provider of total solutions for returned products in e-commerce and retail, has acquired a substantial investment of millions of euros from investment company Fortino Capital. In addition to the investment, Fortino Capital will advise the management of BuyBay on realisation of its international growth ambitions.   This partnership

Dealflo, a provider of end-to-end financial agreement automation services, has closed a GBP10 million investment round led by Holtzbrinck Ventures, with follow on investment from Notion Capital and participation from Frog Capital. The investment follows Dealflo’s rapid growth delivering automated financial agreement processes through its cloud-based platform.   The funds

Congenica, a provider of clinical genome analysis technology, has raised GBP8 million (USD10 million) in a Series B financing round. Existing investors Cambridge Innovation Capital (CIC) and Amadeus Capital Partners participated alongside new investor, Parkwalk Advisors.   Congenica will use the Series B investment to sustain the commercial roll out

Global investment firm KKR has invested in Gambol Pet Group, a provider of high-quality pet food headquartered in Shandong Province, China. Gambol and KKR are partnering to expand the company’s production capacity in key markets including China, Thailand, countries in Europe, and the US, where it is currently the largest

TripleMint has closed a USD4.5 million Series A round of funding led by DN Capital, with participation from new investors across the real estate and technology sectors, including Summit Action Fund and b-to-v ventures. The Series A brings TripleMint's total funding to over USD7 million.   Launched in 2013 by

Maple Media, led by Los Angeles-based entrepreneurs Michael Ritter and Clark Landry, has raised USD30 million from Shamrock Capital. Maple Media is a mobile media, advertising and technology company which acquires, manages and operates mobile applications in the utility, productivity, games and entertainment verticals.   Ritter was a founding employee