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Skillsoft closes USD150m credit facility

Skillsoft has entered into a USD150 million accounts receivable Credit Facility provided by Sound Point Capital Management, LP and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. The borrower under the Credit Facility is Skillsoft Receivables Financing LLC, a bankruptcy-remote Delaware limited liability company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Skillsoft Corporation. The Credit

Healthcare tech firm Dorado Systems secures private equity funding

Dorado Systems, a national healthcare EDI platform, has closed a round of equity funding from Spring Lake Equity Partners. "Dorado is thrilled to be partnering with the team at Spring Lake," said Ed Kennedy, Dorado's CEO. "Aligning with a private equity market leader is a testament to Dorado Systems' continued

Elite Crowdfund launches online equity-based crowdfunding platform

Atlanta-based Elite Crowdfund has launched a new crowdfunding platform designed to connect accredited investors with highly vetted early stage investment opportunities. Elite Crowdfund users can invest in early growth stage firms in exchange for an equity share in the company. Unlike some other equity-based crowdfunding platforms, Elite Crowdfund relies on

Howard Kennedy advise Puma Investments on VCT launch

Law firm Howard Kennedy has advised Puma VCT 12 (managed by Puma Investments, part of the Shore Capital Group) on the launch of its 2015 prospectus. This is the twelfth Puma VCT promoted and managed by the Puma Investments team and sponsored by Howard Kennedy. Puma Investments has a strong

Francisco Partners to exit Aesynt

Technology-focused private equity firm Francisco Partners is to sell Aesynt to Omnicell for USD275 million. Francisco Partners acquired Aesynt in October 2013. “It has been a true pleasure to partner with the Aesynt management team to transform the business,” says Chris Adams, partner at Francisco Partners and chairman of the Aesynt

Dunedin-backed CitySprint completes Bexley Couriers acquisition

CitySprint has completed the acquisition of Dartford-based Bexley Couriers, bringing the number of acquisitions made by CitySprint to twenty-one, since it received investment from UK mid-market private equity firm Dunedin in 2010.   It follows the acquisition of two Milton Keynes based logistics operations, CJ’s Logistics and Worldwide Logistics and

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Private debt fund performance and dry powder: Q3 2015

Fund performance and industry dry powder is analysed in this extract from the Preqin Quarterly Update: Private Debt, Q3 2015. Fig 1 displays the median proportions of committed capital called up by the end of the first and second investment years, among all private debt funds for vintage years 2006-2014.

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The South Korean private real estate market

Preqin’s Real Estate Online currently tracks 62 South Korea-based institutions that are actively investing in the real estate asset class, collectively representing USD2.5 trillion in total assets. A large proportion of South Korea-based real estate investors are insurance companies (31 per cent) and banks or investment banks (27 per cent),

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