Secondary buyouts (SBOs) helped to prop-up a deflated private equity market during 2012 as volumes and values hit an eight-year high, according to a report on global M&A trends. Since 2007, SBOs have on average represented 20 per cent of all private equity deals by volume and 30 per cent
Fenwick & West has released the results of its First Quarter 2013 Silicon Valley Venture Capital Survey, which analysed the valuations and terms of venture financings for 118 technology and life science companies headquartered in the Silicon Valley that raised capital in the first quarter of 2013. "During the first
Hyperoptic, a UK provider of fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband technology, has received an equity investment commitment of GBP50m led by Quantum Strategic Partners. Quantum is a private investment vehicle focused upon long duration investments and managed by Soros Fund Management exclusively for the benefit of George Soros and Soros family
Capital Dynamics, a private asset manager, has invested in a 21-megawatt (MW) onshore wind farm project in Northern Ireland. Capital Dynamics holds a 100 per cent ownership stake in the project called the Dunmore wind farm. Capital Dynamics has commenced construction of the project and has secured a
m2fx, the inventors and producers of a range of patented Miniflex fibre cables, has raised GBP2m in a funding round led by existing investor Linnaeus Capital Partner. The new investment will be used to accelerate the company’s worldwide sales and further expand its customer base, particularly in the Fibre to the
Blue Wolf Capital Partners and Atlas Holdings are to acquire a controlling interest in Twin Rivers Paper Company from Brookfield Asset Management. Terms of the agreement have not been disclosed. The transaction is expected to close in approximately three weeks, allowing time for certain procedural requirements. Blue Wolf
US Debt Ventures, a private equity firm that has acquired over USD750m in non-performing loans to date, has secured a USD100m revolving credit facility from a major financial institution. The facility gives US Debt Ventures increased capacity to further expand its successful non-performing loan and REO disposition model.
The aggregate value of all disclosed value deals grew 58 per cent year-on-year to USD36.4b, according to Ernst & Young’s Global technology M&A update: January – March 2013. Deal volume fell 12 per cent YOY and five per cent compared with the previous quarter to 661 deals. Aggregate
Irresistible Materials (IM), a UK materials technology company spun-out from the University of Birmingham, has secured GBP290,000 of further support from its investing shareholder Mercia Fund Management and new business angels from the US and UK. IM has also appointed Stuart McIntosh as its new chairman. McIntosh has 40 years’
Electranova Capital, the private equity innovation fund managed by Idinvest Partners in association with EDF, has invested in Forsee Power Solutions with the aim of supporting its growth and business development. Founded in 2011, Forsee Power Solutions is a leading participant in the market for batteries, specialising in integration
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