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SEKO Logistics (SEKO) a provider of supply chain solutions, has selected Greenbriar Equity Group, a private equity firm focused exclusively on the global transportation industry, as its new equity partner to help spearhead the next stage of its growth.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1976, SEKO provides complete supply chain solutions specialising in forwarding, transportation, logistics, software and warehousing. Central to SEKO’s customer centric solutions are innovative and customisable technology tools that provide a seamless flow of information and give customers truly global supply chain visibility. With over 120 offices in 40 countries worldwide, SEKO’s
China Information Technology (CNIT) has entered into a strategic agreement with Shenzhen Capital Group Co.
Under the terms of the agreement, Shenzhen Capital will collaborate with the Company in exploring new investment opportunities in the cloud computing technology space. It will also assist the Company on an as-needed basis with its market expansion throughout China.
As a leading venture capital firm in China, Shenzhen Capital has RMB10.0 billion (USD1.6 billion) of assets under management. Shenzhen Capital has helped over 500 portfolio companies grow in sectors ranging from information technology and telecommunication to pharmaceutical and new material. The Shenzhen Capital investment
Firm Capital has held the closing of the initial capital raise of Firm Capital Private Equity Realty Corp (FCPERC), a real estate merchant banking and private equity investment corporation focused on opportunistic, tactical and distressed real estate debt and equity investments in Canadian public and private entities.
Investments will be heavily focused on the following investment platforms: Activist Strategies, High Yield Structured Debt, Distress Debt Acquisitions, and Real Estate Joint Ventures & Capital Partners.
FCPERC has raised its initial capital and its growth capital will come from both future equity offerings and possibly an Initial Public Offering.
FCPERC employs an
Space Ape Games, the developer behind the successful mobile title Samurai Siege, has secured GBP4.25 million in growth capital from Silicon Valley Bank.
The business will use the additional capital to continue its growth, with a second game – Rival Kingdoms: Age of Ruin – set to launch globally on iOS and Android in May 2015.
Samurai Siege, Space Ape’s first game, has seen global success, with more than 11 million downloads and aggregate revenues of more than USD23 million since its launch in 2013. Rival Kingdoms will offer an accessible, high-quality experience for mid-core gamers on mobile platforms,
China Everbright Limited (CEL) and Sinowel Enterprise Group (Sinowel) have signed a strategic partnership agreement to start their co-operation towards the secondary market of trust beneficiary rights.
CEL and Sinowel plan to maximise their value, as well as leveraging their respective experience and advantages in the asset management sector to build a marketing platform for the trust industry.
CEL, a member of China Everbright Group, is a diversified financial services enterprise operating in Hong Kong and mainland China. It leverages a "Macro Asset Management" strategy with specific focuses being placed on fund management and investment businesses, namely Primary Market Investment,
Octopus Investments has completed a development with Transact to enable shares in its Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) to be bought and held on a financial adviser platform for the first time.
Previously VCTs were unable to be purchased on adviser platforms or by a nominee account as they needed to be bought by the individual directly in order to qualify for the tax reliefs.
The launch of the service from Transact, which is an adviser-facing only platform, follows the change announced in the Finance Bill 2014 last year that allows shares in VCTs to be bought by a nominee
Law firm Ogier in Jersey has acted for the lenders in connection with amendments and an increase to approximately USD6.3 billion to financing provided to the Tullow Oil Group.
The lenders (including BNP Paribas) increased their lending facility by USD450 million, including a USD200 reserved based lending facility and USD250 million corporate credit facility.
Amendments were also made to the facilities to address the risk of potential covenant breach due to oil price volatility and to allow investment in the production and development of assets in West Africa.
The Ogier team was led by partner Chris Byrne with
Materne-Mont Blanc, a provider of fruit purees and dessert creams sold at ambient temperature in supermarket food departments, backed by LBO France since 2010, has successfully completed a seven year EUR230 million refinancing.
Pom’Potes is the group’s flagship brand for fruit purees sold in pouches, with a leading position among children in the snack segment. The brand developed a first mover advantage in the US, under the name GoGoSqueez.
BNP Paribas acted as Mandated Lead Arranger and Bookrunner of the new EUR230 million tranche B senior financing. The structure includes an additional EUR10 million revolving credit facility as well as
Rural Physicians Group has formed a strategic investment partnership led by Sorenson Capital with additional support from Leavitt Equity Partners.
This partnership will leverage Sorenson Capital’s extensive experience in accelerating growth of high performance companies and Leavitt Equity Partners’ expertise in healthcare, better positioning Rural Physicians Group to dramatically expand its reach and ability to support rural healthcare throughout the United States.
“Rural Physicians Group has a very innovative and thoughtful approach to improving rural healthcare, and we look forward to putting our extensive experience to work in helping the company find new ways to unlock its full potential.”
Rural
This extract from Preqin’s Quarterly Update: Private Equity, Q1 2015 focuses on global private equity-backed buyout deals, featuring the latest available data.
The number of private equity-backed buyout deals recorded globally in Q1 2015 fell by 20 per cent from 958 in Q4 2014 to 770 in the first quarter of 2015, consistent with a trend that has seen a dip in the number of deals in the first quarter in every year since 2008 (Fig 1). However, the aggregate value rose by 14 per cent from USD85 billion in Q4 2014 to USD97 billion in Q1 2015, the highest
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