BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor in growing businesses, has welcomed the Australian Government’s announcement to establish an Australian Business Growth Fund that will help boost the growth of small and medium businesses. This is as a result of an in-principle agreement between the Government and leading banks;
Shinhan Investment Corp (Shinhan), Samtan Co (Samtan), EIP Investment Co (EIP Investment) and KDB KIAMCO, a South Korean-based consortium of infrastructure investors, has acquired a 50 per cent ownership interest in the Utopia Pipeline (Utopia) from investment funds affiliated with Riverstone Holdings. Originating in Harrison County, Ohio and delivering to
European venture capital activity saw EUR5.9 billion invested across 296 rounds during the third quarter of 2019, the strongest quarter on record according to research by Refinitiv. During the first nine months of 2019, total venture capital investments reached EUR17.4 billion across 1,113 rounds, a 52 per cent increase by
Data visualisation, reporting and analytics software developer Panintelligence, has secured backing from YFM Equity Partners and Comhar Capital in a Series A fundraising. The Panintelligence ‘Pi’ suite of software enables businesses to use data in almost any format to trigger bespoke reports, and visualise trends in real-time, helping businesses to lower
By Paul Bryant – Research by BDO shows take-private deal value more than tripling in one year to GBP14 billion in 2018/19, up from GBP 3.7 billion the year before.
A newly created Carlyle Group-managed fund, together with T&D, have partnered to acquire a 76.6 per cent ownership interest in Fortitude Group Holdings, whose group companies operate as Fortitude Re, from AIG for approximately USD1.8 billion. After closing, ownership interests in Fortitude Re will include Carlyle and its fund investors
Banco Sabadell, through its investment vehicle Sabadell Venture Capital, has led a funding round for Openbravo, in partnership with current principal shareholders of the Spanish technology company. Openbravo offers retail and restaurant chains a cloud-based omnichannel platform which enables them to accelerate the integration of all sales channels and fully
New Ventures Funds, a healthcare venture platform targeting companies that accelerate the industry, has raised the firm’s third fund, New Ventures III. The Fund raised a total of USD90 million and closed on 15 June, 2019 and has made twelve investments so far. New Ventures III follows in the footsteps
IK Investment Partners’ (IK) IK Small Cap II Fund is to acquire Mabtech, a specialist in immune monitoring. The founders and management team will continue to be invested in the business, while Merieux Equity Partners (MxEP) will also acquire a minority stake. Financial terms of the transaction have not been
Global growth private equity firm TA Associates has completed its previously announced strategic growth investment in premium tea provider Gong cha. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Founded in 2006 in Kaohsiung in southern Taiwan, Gong cha is one of the most recognised Taiwanese tea brands in
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