UBS Asset Management’s Archmore International Infrastructure Fund II is to acquire a 10.8 per cent interest in CPV Towantic Energy Centre (CPV Towantic), a 785-megawatt combined-cycle power generation facility currently under construction in Connecticut, marking the Fund’s second investment in the US market and fifth investment in the Fund. The
Patron Capital has completed its acquisition of Punch Taverns (Punch) for 180 pence in cash per share, valuing the equity of Punch at approximately GBP402 million and implying an enterprise value of around GBP1.8 billion. Punch is an owner of tenanted pubs in the UK. In the 12 months to
Bridg, a marketing software company that leverages point-of-sale data to drive precision-marketing campaigns for restaurant and retail brands, has secured USD11 million in Series B Funding. The financing was led by Morpheus Ventures, with participation from new investors NextEquity Partners and Visa, as well as returning investor March Capital.
Chief Outsiders, an “Executives-as-a-Service” firm offering fractional Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs) to mid-sized companies across the nation, has been named on the Inc 5000 2017 list as one of the country’s fastest growing companies. This is the fourth consecutive year Chief Outsiders has earned a place on the list, with
ICEYE, a specialist in synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) technology for micro-satellites, has secured USD13 million in new funding, including an USD8.5 million financing round led by Draper Nexus. ICEYE will use the latest funding to scale up operations, including manufacturing of the company’s SAR technology built from off-the-shelf components, and launch
Jaisal Pastakia, Investment Manager at Heartwood Investment Management comments on sterling’s fall to an eight-year low… The single currency’s strength this year is a far cry from the days when investors feared its demise. Year-to-date the euro is up 8 per cent against sterling and 12 per cent against the
Amenity Analytics has raised USD7.6 million in a Series A round of funding led by an investment from State of Mind Ventures. Additionally, Yuval Baharav (pictured), managing partner of State of Mind Ventures, has joined the company’s board of directors. The funding will be used to accelerate product development and
Club deals, often used by private equity managers prior to the ’08 financial crisis, are a thing of the past. The new kid on the block is the co-investment deal, which over the last four or five years has been gaining real traction with institutional investors. Speaking with Private Equity
Brella, developer of a networking application for business events that was founded in Jyväskylä, Finland, in 2016, has raised EUR1.2 million in private equity. The lead investor was Vendep Capital together with a team of international angel investors, including from the USA, France and Finland. The investment will allow
Kirkland & Ellis has advised private equity investors Bain Capital and Cinven on the successful takeover offer for the German pharmaceutical group Stada. With a total value of EUR5.4 billion, this is the largest buy-out ever realized in the German market. In a second voluntary public takeover offer, 63.85 per
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