ThinCats, a European SME secured lending platform which has lent more than GBP140 million since its formation five years ago, has been acquired by a new market entrant, ESF Capital, The deal, which sees ESF take a 73.4 per cent stake inThinCats, is the first of a number ESF is
VentureFounders, the UK-based equity investment platform for sophisticated investors, has today announced that a GBP250,000 fundraise for Cipher Surgical has completed a GBP250,000 fundraise in less than four weeks via VentureFounders, a UK-based equity investment platform for sophisticated investors. Cipher’s OpClear device uses patented technology to make abdominal keyhole
Victory Park Capital (VPC) and KKR have led the USD175 million asset-backed securitisation of unsecured consumer loans originated via Avant, an online lending platform, that was priced on 13 November. The transaction with KKR marks VPC’s first issuance into the asset-backed securitisation market. The inaugural 144A securitisation is comprised of
In May 2014, MS Management Services SA, a Luxembourg-based subsidiary of the Maitland group, a leading global fund administrator, received authorisation from the CSSF to act as a third-party AIFM to alternative investment funds. At the same time, it established its own umbrella fund platform, MS SICAV SIF, to support
Hastings Equity Partners, a private equity firm focused on investing in lower middle market energy services and equipment companies, has made its fourth Fund III platform investment in Hybrid Tool Solutions (Hybrid). Hybrid provides its customers with a patent pending, revolutionary process for conducting frac plug drill outs. The Hybrid
Deutsche Telekom AG has entered into an agreement on the sale of the online platform t-online.de and the digital marketer InteractiveMedia CCSP to Ströer SE. The transaction is to be carried out by way of a capital increase of Ströer against in-kind contributions of the two entities. In this
Noerr is advising the globally operating e-commerce platform Global Fashion Group (GFG) in connection with a financing round and the integration of two additional Brazilian fashion portals. A Noerr team headed by Prof Dr Christian Pleister (pictured) acted for GFG. Under the leadership of the main investors Kinnevik and Rocket
Eze Castle Integration, a leading provider of strategic IT solutions and private cloud services, today announced that SEC registered investment advisor Wexford Capital has selected the Eze Private Cloud platform for its fully managed, enterprise-grade environment. Wexford, which was formed in 1994, manages a series of hedge funds and private
KKR and the management team, Drawbridge Realty, have recapitalised the company’s existing portfolio and formed a new independent platform to help grow the business. With assets under management of approximately USD800 million as of 1 June, 2015, Drawbridge is a real estate investment manager focused on acquiring, developing and managing
CAIS, an alternative investment platform for the independent wealth management industry, and investment consulting specialist Mercer, have added institutional private equity to the CAIS platform. For over 30 years, Mercer has advised top institutions allocating more than USD22 billion across private equity, venture capital and real estate investments. Now, through
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