Beechbrook Capital, a specialist direct lender, has reached the first close of its second UK SME Credit Fund, with commitments of GBP128 million. The Fund has also made its first two investments, in Hosted Desktop UK and Gravity Global. Beechbrook’s UK SME Credit II supports small and medium-sized businesses in
Wavecrest Growth Partners (Wavecrest) has held the close of its first fund, with over USD190 million in commitments. Investors include public pension funds, endowments and foundations, fund-of-funds, insurance companies, and family offices. To date, Wavecrest has led investments in three leading B2B software companies. Founded by partners Deepak Sindwani
Ropes & Gray represented the executives of Spirit Music Group, an independent music publisher, in the USD350 million recapitalisation of the company, announced on 25 January. The firm’s team, led by asset management partner Sarah Davidoff, advised Spirit executives Jon Singer and Ross Cameron, who secured capital commitments from a
Aero Capital Solutions (ACS), a mid-life aircraft leasing platform, has held the successful final closing on its first aviation investment vehicle with total aggregate equity commitments of USD200 million. Investors include a broad group of sophisticated investors, registered investment advisers, and single and multi-family offices. In addition to the USD200
Ogier’s Hong Kong team has advised on the launch of the USD300 million Cybernaut New Frontier Venture Fund focusing on Chinese start-up companies in AI and fintech. A team led by partner Kate Hodson and including associate Alan Wong advised New Frontier Capital Management on the Cayman law aspects of
VNDLY, a cloud-based Work Management System (WMS) powering the new gig economy, has closed USD11 million in Series A funding, bringing the company’s total funding to USD14 million. The financing was led by Battery Ventures and Hyde Park Venture Partners, with participation from EPIC Ventures, Bowery Capital and the Cintrifuse
Lawyers from Carey Olsen’s investment funds team in Jersey have advised long-standing client Kreos Capital (Kreos) on the launch of its largest ever growth debt fund. The fund, Kreos Capital VI (Expert Fund), has secured EUR700 million of committed capital and will continue the strategy of previous Kreos funds and
Pangea Blockchain Fund has held the close of its seed round and debuted its inaugural International fund focussed on transformative blockchain solutions. The firm secured USD22 million and expects fundraising to be capped at USD200 million. Pangea Blockchain Fund’s Swiss-based investment adviser, Blockchain Investment Advisory Sagl, is led by
Gradiente has held the final closing of its second private equity fund, Gradiente II at its hard cap of EUR135 million, with commitments from a diverse group of Italian, European and US investors and surpassed its target of EUR120 million. Gradiente’s previous fund, Gradiente I, had its final closing in
Global investment bank and asset management firm Alantra has held the second close of the Alantra Debt Fund II at EUR150 million. After reaching a EUR110 million first close in August 2018, the Fund has increased its target size up to EUR175 million – with a EUR200 million hard cap
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