Deals
Hedge fund stalwart, Lord Stanley Fink, has made a GBP3 million investment in UK-based turnkey homes specialist, Project Etopia.
Project Etopia creates turn-key properties that combine passive design, affordability, renewable energy generation, intelligent heating and cooling systems and smart home technology.
The cash injection from former Conservative Party Treasurer Lord Fink – currently Chairman of investment manager ISAM Europe – will help the company scale up its operations and market share over the next two years. It comes as councils increasingly turn to turnkey building to rapidly boost stock levels of quality homes at drastically lower cost than traditional
Octopus Investments, part of Octopus Group, has announced a GBP10 million over allotment facility for its current AIM VCTs fundraise.
Octopus has rapidly reached the initial GBP20 million target within just seven weeks and is now offering a further GBP10 million of fundraising capacity to meet investor demand.
The VCTs have existing portfolios of around 75 companies which have been built over a number of years and aim to provide investors with long-term growth as well as income through their established dividend policies. They offer investors access to a wide range of AIM listed growth companies across a diverse
L1 Treasury and Airborne Capital have launched AltitudeOne Aviation with plans to acquire a portfolio of leased in-production narrow body and wide body commercial aircraft.
L1 Treasury and Airborne Capital have committed equity capital of approximately USD250 million to AltitudeOne Aviation, which will be supplemented with bank financing. Airborne Capital will be the asset manager and lease servicer for AltitudeOne Aviation.
L1 Treasury manages the liquidity and financial investments of LetterOne, an international investment business with net assets in excess of USD25 billion. L1 Treasury combines a portfolio of liquid fixed income securities with investments in the financial markets,
TBG AG, a Switzerland-based private holding company and the owner of DTN, an independent provider of decision-support solutions to the global agriculture, oil and gas and other weather-sensitive industries, is to acquire MetoGroup, a global weather specialist.
“We welcome the new owner who has significant experience in meteorological intelligence. The proposed acquisition will enable MeteoGroup to deliver on its strategy and capitalise on a vast global market opportunity,” says Donat Rétif, Chief Executive Officer of MeteoGroup. “Our investment to date in meteorological expertise and best-in-class technology is already helping major businesses to drive efficiencies, mitigate risks and improve decision making.
Leading global insurer American International Group is to acquire Glatfelter Insurance Group (Glatfelter), a full-service broker and insurance company providing services for specialty programs and retail operations.
Headquartered in York, Pennsylvania, Glatfelter brings high-quality program underwriting capabilities that will accelerate the strategic positioning of AIG’s General Insurance business. The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
“Glatfelter Insurance Group is an outstanding strategic fit with AIG, bringing high-quality specialty programs business capabilities, a demonstrated track record of strong underwriting results and proprietary program management technology to our General Insurance operations,” says Brian Duperreault, President and Chief Executive Officer
Orrick has represented the key institutional shareholders in Farfetch’s USD5.8 billion initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange.
Orrick advised JD.com and Condé Nast, as shareholders, and Vitruvian Partners, as a selling shareholder, in the offering on the New York Stock Exchange.
Orrick previously advised JD.com, Farfetch’s largest shareholder, as well as Vitruvian Partners and Condé Nast in their initial investments in Farfetch. Last year, JD.com invested USD397 million in Farfetch and formed a strategic partnership with the London-based luxury online retailer. Vitruvian and Condé Nast were the lead investors in Farfetch’s Series C and D rounds,
IT services provider ClearPointe Technologies has been acquired by AccountabilIT, a portfolio company of private equity firm WestView Capital Partners. Drake Star Partners acted as the exclusive financial advisor to ClearPointe on the transaction.
Founded in 1993, ClearPointe is an award-winning provider of managed IT services with a longstanding relationship with Microsoft and a strong expertise in helping companies with digital transformations to Azure. ClearPointe delivers Managed Infrastructure and IT Services to mid-sized enterprises globally, with a strong focus in the Southeast United States.
Dennis Cooper, shareholder and advisor to ClearPointe, says “Jeff Baker and the Drake Star team
Despite the flux in many African markets over the past few years, the number of PE-backed IPOs in both African and global stock exchanges has remained relatively constant. Over the 2010-2017 period, PE-backed IPOs generated over USD3 billion, contributing 16 per cent in terms of volume and 23 per cent in terms of value to total IPOs.
That’s according to the African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association’s (AVCA) first report, in conjunction with PwC, analysing IPOs of African Private Equity (PE) portfolio companies on African and international stock exchanges.
The report, which focuses on initial listings between 2010-2017,
Adobe (Nasdaq: ADBE) is to acquire Marketo, a specialist cloud platform for B2B marketing engagement, in a USD4.75 billion deal, subject to customary purchase price adjustments.
With nearly 5,000 customers, Marketo brings together planning, engagement and measurement capabilities into an integrated B2B marketing platform. Adding Marketo’s engagement platform to Adobe Experience Cloud will enable Adobe to offer an enhanced set of solutions to companies of all sizes.
Adobe Experience Cloud enables B2C companies to drive business impact by harnessing massive volumes of customer data and content in order to deliver real-time, cross-channel experiences that are personalised and consistent. Adobe
Media and entertainment group Global has entered the ‘out of home’ (OOH) sector with the simultaneous purchase of Primesight and Outdoor Plus.
The deal sees GMT Communications Partners (Primesight) and Inflexion Private Equity (Outdoor Plus) exiting their respective investments in these companies.
Tthese acquisitions will be the foundation of a new division, Global Outdoor.
Primesight has an OOH advertising estate covering more than 35,000 sites nationwide, reaching over 95 per cent of the UK population. Primesight’s diverse portfolio incorporates large scale roadside billboards, display panels at cinemas and retail outlets and eleven of the UK’s airports including Gatwick.
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