Carey Olsen’s corporate team in the Cayman Islands has advised Brazilian corporate fitness startup Gympass on its latest funding round which has secured commitments of USD300 million – investment that puts the valuation of the company at more than USD1 billion. The company, which was founded in Brazil in 2012
Research from Cambridge Associates, the global investment firm, shows that investments by sector-specialist private equity funds outperform those made by generalist private equity funds by 4.7 per cent. For investments made from 2001 to 2014, the average Internal Rate of Return (IRR) on investments made by private equity funds focused
Ardenton Capital Corporation (Ardenton) has made its fifth investment in the UK, taking a majority equity position in Manchester-headquartered Food Innovations Baking Group (Food Innovations), a manufacturer of specialist products for the home baking and retail market. Founded in 2004, the business now has 250 employees across five sites and
Amethis, an investment fund manager focused on long-term responsible investments in Africa, has held the final close of its second Pan- African fund, Amethis Fund II, with commitments of EUR375 million from more than 70 investors in Europe and Africa, exceeding its initial target of EUR300 million. Amethis, founded by
Intertrust, a global provider of administrative services to corporate, fund, capital markets and private wealth clients, has acquired Viteos, a provider of technology solutions for hedge funds, private equity, real estate, private debt and other alternative asset managers, from PPC Enterprises, FiveW Capital and Viteos management. Viteos has approximately 715
H2 Equity Partners, Sherpa Capital and Auctus Capital Parters have teamed up to create Optimum Alliance, a new network of mid-market private equity investors in Europe. The Alliance covers key European private equity markets and consists of partners with a proven track-record of value creation and facilitates accelerating European rollouts and
German Equity Partners V (GEP V), a Fund managed by independent German investment company ECM Equity Capital Management (ECM), has acquired a stake in Berlin software developer PikeTec. PikeTec specialises in testing and verifying the functionality of safety-relevant embedded software for electronic control units, for example in the field of
Cairngorm Capital Partners’ portfolio company, Parker Building Supplies (Parkers), has acquired Sussex Turnery and Moulding Company Limited (Stamco). This is a key step in Parkers’ strategy to increase its business through a combination of acquisitions, new site development and organic growth. Parkers aims to become the market-leading independent builders’ merchant
Global investment bank GCA Altium has advised Unily, an SaaS provider of digital workplaces and digital experience platforms, on a USD68 million growth investment from Silversmith Capital Partners and Farview Equity Partners. Founded in 2005, Unily creates digital workplaces designed to improve collaboration, engage a geographically spread workforce and increase
Silverfleet Capital, a Pan-European private equity firm, has agreed the sale of Phase One, a technology business specialising in high-end digital imaging software and equipment, to funds managed by Axcel. Completion of the transaction is subject to regulatory approval. Phase One has two divisions: Software Imaging Systems (SIS), which provides
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