HarbourVest Partners, a global private markets asset manager, has been chosen by the Government of Canada to participate in the country’s Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative (VCCI) to increase the availability of late-stage venture capital in Canada. The Government of Canada, through the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), has committed
International private equity firm Cinven is to acquire Envirotainer, a global provider of temperature-controlled air cargo containers, for an undisclosed consideration. Headquartered in Stockholm, Envirotainer designs, manufactures and leases active temperature-controlled containers used primarily for air freighting biopharma products, transporting up to two millions doses of medicine per day. The
Natixis developed a new Green Weighting Factor methodology which will be applied to analytical RWA on the company’s financing deals in a move to address potential changes in regulation. The Green Weighting Factor provides for a positive adjustment on analytical RWA for deals that create affirmative climate and environmental action,
BlackRock Real Assets (NYSE:BLK) has completed the first close of its latest energy and power infrastructure fund, Global Energy & Power Infrastructure Fund III (GEPIF III). GEPIF III focuses on equity investments in the mid-market energy and power infrastructure value chain primarily in developed countries. GEPIF III has secured
Clearly Drinks, a private equity-backed soft drinks manufacturing company, has completed the acquisition of the IP and distribution rights for the Powerful Water Company (POW). This follows a year of double-digit growth in which Clearly Drinks increased headcount to over 100 people and secured a contract with a major supermarket.
Health-focused restaurant brand True Food Kitchen, which is backed by private equity firm Centrebridge, has secured an equity investment from Oprah Winfrey, who also joins the board of directors. Founded in 2008, True Food Kitchen has received national recognition as a culinary leader, with a health-driven menu of seasonal dishes
O’Melveny has represented Highview Capital in its acquisition of specialised food service distributor Good Source Solutions. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. The O’Melveny team was led by Corporate M&A partner David Smith, and included Corporate M&A partner Nicolai Schwarz-Gondek, Corporate Finance counsel Sarah Hoffner, and
Noerr has advised comdirect bank on the sale of its subsidiary European Bank for Financial Services (ebase) to FNZ, an international financial technology provider. The FNZ Group provides established financial institutions with platform solutions for the entire investment business value chain (Platform as a Service). ebase is a B2B direct
UK private equity house Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has completed a GBP2 million investment in Lending Works, a UK peer-to-peer (P2P) lender. The total transaction value also includes GBP800,000 of funding from NVM Private Equity, Pollen Street Capital, and a small number of business angels. The investment will be used
Moore Stephens has advised Webcredible Limited, a London-based experience design agency, on its sale to digital consultancy and software design agency Inviqa. The acquisition helps Inviqa to expand its customer and user experience capabilities in response to client demand, while Inviqa adds an improved development capability for Webcredible’s clients.
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