A global study of 100 senior executives at life sciences companies by global law firm Reed Smith, in partnership with Mergermarket, reveals that 94 per cent are planning to make an acquisition in the next year. A further 87 per cent are expecting these to be cross-border transactions. The
Palamon Capital Partners has acquired a majority stake in The Rug Company from its founders Christopher and Suzanne Sharp, who will continue to hold a significant stake in the Company, and minority shareholder Piper. The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. The Rug Company is a global
Kebony has raised NOK177.5 million (EUR19.05 million) to fund a second European factory. Finance has been secured via the issue of NOK140 million of new shares and a subordinated loan of 37.5 million NOK. PMV and Investinor lead the new investment round, which was open to both new and existing
KeBeK Private Equity is to acquire a controlling stake in Belgian car superstore chain Cardoen from Karel Cardoen. The transaction marks the first investment made by the second KeBeK fund, which was established last June. Karel Cardoen remains an important shareholder of Cardoen and, together with KeBeK, will now lead
Consumer electronics developer Netatmo has successfully raised EUR30 million in a funding round led by Legrand, a specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructures. Existing investors Iris Capital, Ambition Numérique and Pascal Cagni also participated while Fred Potter and Netatmo’s other founders remain majority shareholders. “Thanks to the quality
Venture capital trust (VCT) provider Octopus Investments has launched a GBP30 million fundraise for Octopus Apollo Venture Capital Trust (Apollo VCT). The new share offer for Apollo VCT comes just two months after Octopus Titan Venture Capital Trust (Titan VCT) launched a GBP50 million fundraising offer. Launched in 2006,
Open source solutions provider Smile is in exclusive negotiations to acquire Open Wide, a move that will broaden the Smile’s offering while strengthening its position in the open source sector. European growth private equity investor Keensight Capital, the majority shareholder in Smile alongside Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners (Cabestan), has
oOh!media Limited is to acquire 100 per cent of the share capital of Inlink Group Limited (Inlink) for USD45 million. The acquisition is in line with oOh!’s digital strategy of driving engagement with audiences through digital screens in high dwell time locations and will further drive oOh!’s digital market leadership.
With some of the biggest names in private equity real estate raising ever larger funds, this extract from Preqin Real Estate Spotlight looks at how emerging managers are faring in the fundraising market and how investor appetite for new firms is changing. The fundraising environment for emerging managers* seems especially
Australian private equity and venture capital has continued to deliver strong returns, outperforming the S&P/ASX 300 Index by over 8 per cent in the June 2015 quarter and delivering a 23 per cent net return for the year to 30 June 2015. That’s according to data released today by the
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