European technology has come of age in 2016, with the total M&A deal value more than doubling in the last 12 months to USD127.2 billion, according to M&A advisory firm Magister Advisors. This was driven by the blockbuster acquisitions of ARM, Supercell and NXP. There was also a series
Burford Capital is to acquire GKC Holdings, the parent of Chicago-based Gerchen Keller Capital, for USD160 million in a combination of cash, Burford shares and loan notes and a further potential USD15 million in performance-based share consideration. The acquisition will be immediately accretive to earnings per share. GKC is
German hotel group Meinninger Hotels and private equity firm VIYM have signed a management agreement which will see Meinninger open its first hotel-hostel hybrid in Russia, as part of VIYM’s Nikolskiye Ryady development in Saint Petersburg. The overall cost of the Nikolskiye Ryady project, including both hotel properties – the
Online investment platform SyndicateRoom has seen the first exit for a company that raised funds on its platform, following the acquisition of Oval Medical. Oval, a medical technology company designing and producing auto-injectors to enhance medical safety and address trypanophobia (fear of needles), has been acquired by US-based healthcare contract
Mid-market private equity investor Equistone Partners Europe is acquiring a majority stake in Group of Butchers, alongside its current management, from Nordian Capital Partners for an undisclosed sum. Group of Butchers is a producer of high-quality meat products sold at supermarkets and delivered to the out-of-home market. Founded in
Elaghmore Partners has closed its initial fund, Elaghmore I, at GBP60 million and completed its first acquisition. The fund held a first and final close and is now fully operational. The fund was oversubscribed and the investors are a mixture of US and European institutions. The investment strategy of
Providence Strategic Growth Capital Partners (PSG), an affiliate of private equity and credit investment firm Providence Equity Partners, has closed its second fund with USD640 million of equity commitments. PSG Fund II, which closed at its hard cap and was oversubscribed, received commitments from existing and new investors, including corporate
Private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) funds in the US showed stronger performance in the second quarter of 2016 than the first, according to Cambridge Associates. Energy investments helped generate the rebound for the PE benchmark, and returns from healthcare VC investments made the biggest leap from the first
Diagnostic solutions specialist Curetis has secured a EUR25 million unsecured loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB). The financing is the first growth capital loan under the European Growth Finance Facility (EGFF), launched in November 2016 and is backed by a guarantee from the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI).
NTR has added a further 29 MW to its onshore NTR Wind 1 fund portfolio with the acquisition of Twin Rivers, a 28.7 MW wind project located in Yorkshire, from joint vendors InfraRed Environmental Infrastructure Fund and the Co-operative Group. Capital costs for the project amount to just over GBP80 million
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