Venture capital firm Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) has raised GBP260 million for its fund SEP V. SEP V, which is one of the largest venture capital funds raised in Europe this year, was over-subscribed and closed above target. It will be invested in high growth technology and technology-enabled companies
CACEIS offers private equity fund managers bridge financing solutions that allow them to delay the process of collecting capital commitments from investors, thereby enhancing the internal rate of return of the fund. In such an arrangement, CACEIS provides Equity Bridge Financing to the manager – essentially a guaranteed line of credit
Capital Springboard, a peer-to-peer invoice financing platform, has launched the Pentad Capital Springboard Class for accredited investors in Singapore, through its partnership with Centurion Portfolio Managers. The fund provides exposure to Capital Springboard’s platform, which has transacted over SGD110 million on its platform since its pilot testing phase, via a
Noerr has advised the financing bank consortium on the acquisition of a majority stake in Betten Duscher by the investment company Odewald KMU. DZ Bank, Bremer Kreditbank and BHF-Bank belong to the consortium. Odenwald has acquired the company within the scope of a succession arrangement regarding the new fund
Pemberton, which is 40 per cent owned by Legal & General Capital (LGC), has completed the final close of its inaugural European Mid-Market Debt Fund with EUR1.2 billion of commitments. Paul Stanworth (pictured), managing director of Legal & General Capital, says: “Reaching well over EUR1 billion of commitments from institutions
CF Holding (CFH), a portfolio company of Alpina Partners, has acquired the operations of CrossLink Faserverbundtechnik as part of an asset deal. CrossLink is an engineering and manufacturing business based in Cadolzburg near Nuremberg, Germany. The company engages in the design, development and production of lightweight composite components.
Gemspring Capital, a Connecticut-based private equity firm specialising in lower middle market companies, has held the final closing of its debut fund, Gemspring Capital Fund I, with USD350 million of capital commitments. The fund was oversubscribed and closed at its hard cap in less than three months after the official
Online investment service Wealthify has exceeded its target to raise GBP1 million through crowdfunding, with a week to spare in its campaign. Over 650 people invested in Wealthify through crowdfunding platform Seedrs, and now share 9.3 per cent equity in the business. Typical investment sums were between GBP14 and
Law firm Paul Hastings has represented Dick Clark Productions, a televised live event entertainment programming company, on its sale Dalian Wanda Group for approximately USD1 billion. The transaction marks Dalian Wanda’s first move into the television business. Dick Clark Productions was launched in 1957 and produces the Golden Globes,
JLM Financial Partners and Eagle Merchant Partners have created the largest Planet Fitness franchisee, United PF Partners, with 59 operating clubs in nine states. The joint-venture partnership is aiming to capitalise on the USD30 billion fitness club industry, in which health club memberships increased from 41.3 million in 2005 to 54.1 million in
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