Mid-market private equity house LDC has completed a significant investment to support the GBP42 million management buy-out (MBO) of Eley Group from Birmingham-headquartered engineering business IMI plc. Based in Sutton Coldfield, near Birmingham, Eley Group comprises two trading subsidiaries: Eley Limited (which includes Eley Americas Inc.) and Accles & Shelvoke.
TVM Capital Life Science has held the final closing of its latest fund, TVM Life Science Ventures VII, raising more than USD200 million from a broad mix of investors including Teralys Capital and Eli Lilly and Company. Other investors include the Business Development Bank of Canada, the Minnesota Life Insurance
SoftBank Corp is to invest USD250 million in Legendary Entertainment, a US film production company. The two companies will also form a joint venture to exploit Legendary’s intellectual property rights. Law firm Morrison & Foerster is providing advice to SoftBank on the deal, which is expected to close in
Macoma Capital Group has made its largest investment in W North, an energy company focused on the acquisition, exploration, and development of oil and gas properties in the Williston Basin. The energy company structures strategic alliances and exploration agreements with leading operators and mineral owners to increase production in the
Venture capital (VC) firms are seeing three times more investment opportunities than private equity (PE) firms, but despite this PE firms are twice as likely to invest as VCs, according to research by qodeo. Early stage VCs see, on average, 900 business plans per year, and deal flow is at
EFG Hermes’ private equity arm has signed a USD208 million transaction to acquire a 49 per cent equity shareholding and outstanding shareholders loans in EDPR France. EDPR France has a portfolio of 33 operational wind farms with a combined gross capacity of 334 MW. The company is a subsidiary of
Gramercy Funds Management, a USD4.2 billion emerging markets investment manager, has made a USD34 million investment in Columbian consumer finance company Credivalores-Crediservicios. Grupo Credivalores is comprised of four complementary companies: Credivalores (non-regulated consumer finance company), Credifinanciera (regulated consumer finance company), Microfinanzas & Desarrollo (microfinance company), and Proteccion Garantizada (micro-insurance broker).
Impax Asset Management Group has signed a EUR106 million project financing arrangement with KfW IPEX-Bank for its Kuolavaara-Keulakkopää (Kuke) wind farm in Finland. The wind farm is owned by Impax New Energy Investors II (NEFII), Impax’s second private equity fund which is dedicated to investments in renewable energy infrastructure.
Frost Brooks, the boutique private equity firm co-founded by mid-market private equity specialists Miles Frost and Peter Brooks, has completed its first deal with a significant capital raising for Parcel Monkey. The new investment, which included commitments from Frost Brooks’ founders and also from the firm’s network of HNW individuals
Argus Cyber Security, which specialises in automotive cyber security, has raised USD4 million in a Series A funding. The round included Magma Venture Partners, Vertex Venture Capital and a group of prominent investors including Zohar Zisapel. As cars become connected to the internet and to external devices such as
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