Latest figures published today by the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) report that the Venture Capital Trust (VCT) sector raised GBP457.5m in the 2015/2016 tax year – the third highest on record. This compares to GBP429m in the 2014/15 tax year, which itself was a strong year for fundraising and
International law firm Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) has advised mid-market investor Aurelius Group (Aurelius) on the successful completion of its cross-border acquisition of Colt Group SA’s virtualised cloud computing and managed hosting services business, Colt Managed Cloud (CMC). WFW advised Aurelius on all corporate aspects of the transaction, in
A Capital Group, a venture capital firm focused on financial technology, has completed five fintech investments over the past 12 months, including Credit Sesame, Crown Global Insurance, Marqeta, LiftForward, and a yet to be announced fifth company. The firm has also reached major milestones in three existing portfolio companies: Financeit,
HIG Capital (HIG) has held the closing HIG Brazil & Latin America Partners (the fund), at USD740 million, exceeding its USD600 million target. The Fund will continue HIG’s successful investment strategy of focusing on private equity, buyout and growth-oriented investments in lower middle-market companies in Latin America, with a focus
The Jersey investment funds team at Carey Olsen has advised NTR on the successful final close of its new investment fund with a hard cap investment of EUR250 million. The private placement fund, NTR Wind 1 Fund LP, invests in onshore wind projects in Ireland and the UK and is
Private equity fund manager and Enterprise Investment Scheme specialist Calculus Capital has invested GBP2.25m in an Imperial College spin-out that has developed emissions detection technologies used to monitor air pollution in major cities and industrial centres around the world. Duvas Technologies (Duvas) produces equipment that enables remote sensing and identification
Vasona Networks has closed a USD14.6 million series C Round, bringing total funds raised by the company to USD48 million. The financing builds on global momentum that has seen the company's solutions used by tier-one mobile network operators in four of the world's largest cities, including announced use by Telefónica
The Business Development Bank of Canada’s (BDC) Venture Capital Action Plan (VCAP) has completed its goal of supporting the close of four private sector-led funds of funds with a total of USD1.35 billion under management. This important milestone was achieved with the final closing of the HarbourVest Canada Growth Fund.
Insurance M&A specialists from Carey Olsen have advised Arthur J Gallagher & Co's insurance management unit, Artex Risk Solutions, on its acquisition of two insurance management operations. Artex, which specialises in captive management and alternative risk programs, has aquired Guernsey-domiciled Hexagon Insurance PCC Limited as well as the insurance division
Segulah V has acquired Hermes Medical Solutions AB from its founder Jan Bertling. Hermes provides systems and software for integrating, visualising, processing and archiving imaging data from different modalities and vendors’ scanning devices within molecular imaging and radiology. The systems are primarily used by physicians enabling faster and more accurate
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