Legal & General announces that it has provided circa GBP120 million of debt in support of the Equitix, HICL and Infrared consortium’s purchase of High Speed 1 (HS1), the high-speed railway connecting London to the Channel Tunnel. The deal was financed by LGIM Real Assets, on behalf of clients including
Maven Capital Partners has completed a GBP1 million investment in hedgehog lab Limited, a mobile app designer and technology consultancy headquartered in Newcastle. The funding will support hedgehog lab’s next phase of growth and allow the company to further invest in its sales and marketing function, boost its delivery capabilities
Funds managed by Blackstone Real Estate Partners and Blackstone Tactical Opportunities have completed the previously announced acquisition of International Market Centers (IMC), an owner and operator of premier showroom space for the furnishings, home decor and gift industries, from Bain Capital Private Equity, and funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management.
Tikehau Capital has arranged a USD130 million dual currency unitranche facility to support Sun Capital Partners’ acquisition of C&K Holdings, a manufacturer of electromechanical switches. C&K was founded in 1928 and has one of the industry’s broadest product portfolios, offering more than 55,000 standard products and 8.5 million switch combinations to
Siparex has raised EUR315 million in capital commitments for Siparex ETI 4, the firm’s fourth-generation fund, which will focus on helping mid-market firms expand. The new fund is significantly larger than the previous-generation fund, Siparex Midmarket 3, and has greatly increased Siparex’s investment capability in the midmarket segment. With the
Marwyn Value Investors has reported a 4.94 per cent increase in Net Asset Valaue (NAV) per ordinary share for the six months ended 30 June 2017, representing a 6.87 per cent total return including distributions to shareholders, compared with an increase in value of the FTSE AllÂShare of 5.50 per
Later stage VC and growth capital firm IVP has closed IVP XVI, a USD1.5 billion fund. This is the largest fund in the firm’s 37-year history and brings cumulative committed capital to USD7 billion. IVP XVI was significantly oversubscribed, with the firm’s existing Limited Partners contributing the vast majority of
Britbots, the mentoring organisation devoted to supporting British-based robotics start-ups, has launched Britbots CROWD, the world’s first dedicated equity crowd-funding platform for high potential companies in field of robotics and associated technologies. Many of the companies listed will have already been backed by the British Robotics Seed Fund, which raised
Coinsilium, an investor that finances and manages the development of early-stage blockchain technology companies, has announced its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2017. The company has reported total comprehensive income, which includes fair value gain on available for sale financial assets, of GBP290,210 (H1 2016: loss
Home Inc, a social e-commerce platform for the home furnishing industry, has completed a USD5 million Series A+ round of financing led by Sky9 Capital with participation from existing investor Capital Today. Home Inc is a social e-commerce platform for furniture and home furnishings in China. The Hangzhou-based company provides
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