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Tikehau Capital completes EUR300m bond issue

Tikehau Capital has successfully completed the placement of a EUR300 million bond issue maturing in November 2023. This inaugural senior unsecured bond issue has a fixed annual coupon of 3 per cent. The settlement-delivery is scheduled for 27 November 2017.   The proceeds of this issue will be used for

VITL raises GBP550k in follow on funding

VITL, the personalised nutrition platform, has finalised a GBP550,000 round of follow on funding, led by the Angel CoFund and backed by Zoopla founder and CEO Alex Chesterman, and Bulldog founder and CEO Simon Duffy. The company will use the investment to expand its features and products, as it aims

PiP to acquire portfolio of UK public-private partnership interests

The Pensions Infrastructure Platform (PiP) is to acquire a portfolio of interests in ten UK public-private partnership projects for just over GBP400 million from Aberdeen UK Infrastructure Partners (Aberdeen). PiP will manage the interests directly. The acquisition, by the PiP Multi-Strategy Infrastructure Fund (MSIF), includes hospitals, highways operations and maintenance

Swarm Fund brings institutional investment opportunities to crypto investors

The team behind Swarm Fund, a decentralised capital marketplace that provides cryptocurrency investors with access to institutional style investments, has raised USD5.5 million through its public token sale. Swarm has appointed serial tech entrepreneur Philipp Pieper as its CEO. The firm has also had what it calls its first ‘liquid

STIL launches Nobel Sustainability Growth Fund

Sustainable Technology Investors (STIL) has launced the GBP100 million Nobel Sustainability Growth Fund (NSGF) in partnership with the Nobel Sustainability Trust (NST), founded by members of the Nobel Family, and SET3, the global investment group founded by Gordon Power and Stephen Lansdown, co-founder of Hargreaves Lansdown. The Fund is backed

IK to sell passive fire protection expert svt Group to Ergon Capital

IK Investment Partners’ (IK) IK Small Cap I Fund has reached an agreement to sell svt Group (svt), a provider of passive fire protection products and services as well as restoration management services, to Ergon Capital Partners III (Ergon). Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.   svt

BTL raises CAD15.3m for Interbit launch

BTL Group (BTL) has closed previously announced brokered and non-brokered private placements raising a gross total of approximately CAD15.3 million. BTL will use the capital raised to deliver its blockchain platform Interbit in early 2018. The company is targeting enterprises that can license Interbit to either build their own applications

British Robotics Seed Fund adds Tethered Drone Systems to portfolio

Britbots, an organisation devoted to promoting the fortunes of UK-based robotics companies, has invested the first part of a GBP300,000 funding package for Tethered Drone Systems.  Britbots operates the British Robotics Seed (SEIS) Fund and the equity crowdfunding platform, Britbots CROWD, which both support promising robotics-related businesses performing autonomous tasks

China Renaissance expands asset management business

China Renaissance has expanded its asset management business with an array of strategies and approaches to investing in companies across high-growth sectors of China’s economy. The business will offer a range of options for investors who want exposure to “new economy” entrepreneurs, those with progressive business models built around innovations in

Quilvest Private Equity acquires GEDH

Quilvest Private Equity, the private equity arm of the Quilvest group, has acquired a majority stake in GEDH from Platina Equity Solutions, together with CEO Amin Khiari. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. GEDH is a French network of higher education schools dedicated to communication, arts management

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