IGF, a commercial finance provider for SMEs, has delivered a GBP1 million asset based lending facility to newly formed Ayrshire business, Confida FM. Confida FM began in May 2017 after the purchase of an existing business, Sercon Support Services. With continued support from IGF throughout the MBO process, Confida’s management
KGAL has held the first closing of its core plus European renewable fund ESPF 4. With EUR255 million of committed equity, the Luxembourg-based SICAV-SIF vehicle is in line with its fundraising schedule, having attracted large commitments from four major European institutional clients. KGAL ESPF 4 fund was launched a year
The shareholders of Lazada will receive proceeds of more than a billion US dollars from the takeover of the South East Asian shopping portal by Chinese internet firm Alibaba. The sellers, who include more than 20 existing shareholders such as Rocket Internet, Tesco, Kinnevik, Summit Partners and JP Morgan relied
BGF has successfully exited its minority stake in North-East chemicals manufacturer Chemoxy International Ltd. The company has been acquired by a French based trade buyer, Novacap SAS, as it seeks to expand its Performance Chemicals division and geographical presence. BGF invested GBP10 million into Chemoxy in February 2015 and, as a
Foresight Group’s Foresght VCT (F1) has completed the successful sale of Simulity Labs Limited (Simulity) to ARM, a specialist semiconductor IP company. F1 received circa GBP11.4m at completion and will receive up to GBP 0.3 million of deferred consideration after 12 months subject to certain conditions, implying a cash on
With the successful closing of the acquisitions of the global Darex Packaging Technologies business and the Sonderhoff Group, Henkel has strengthened its Adhesive Technologies business and technology portfolio with the successful closing of the acquisitions of Darex Packaging Technologies and the Sonderhoff Group. Darex is based in Cambridge, MA, USA
Leading mid-market private equity firm LDC has exited its investment in The Creative Engagement Group (TCEG) in a strategic trade sale to Huntsworth plc, an international healthcare and public relations communications group. The deal is at an enterprise value of GBP25 million. TCEG is a group of three creative agencies
Ogier has advised Emperor International Holdings Limited (Emperor) in Luxembourg on the acquisition of Soho’s Ampersand Building. Emperor, a Hong-Kong based investment holding company, which is principally engaged in property investments, property development and self-run hotel, purchased the building for GBP260 million. Partners Fabien Debroise and Bertrand Geradin led
MPC Capital AG, a global investment manager for real assets, has launched MPC Renewables Panama, based in Panama City, Panama. MPC Renewables Panama will support the development, management and further expansion of the company’s renewable energies projects throughout Central America and the Caribbean. MPC Capital also announced that Fernando
Investment firm Octopus Titan Venture Capital Trust intends to raise GBP200 million when it opens towards the end of the summer, making it the biggest VCT fundraise ever. Alex Davies (pictured), CEO and founder of Wealth Club, the online investment platform for High Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs) says: “This is
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