Deals
Israeli private equity company Viola Group has increased its ownership stake in RRsat Global Communications by acquiring an additional 6.6 per cent interest from Kardan Communications L for a total investment of USD9.4m.
"The increased ownership position reflects a significant, ongoing vote of confidence by a leading private equity investment group," says Avi Cohen, RRsat's chief executive officer.
Following this transaction, Viola Group owns approximately 28.6 per cent of RRsat's shares. This latest acquisition by Viola Group follows its previously reported acquisitions during 2013 of 15 per cent of RRsat's shares from Kardan Communications and seven per cent of
Berlin-based sociomantic labs has been acquired by dunnhumby Ltd, a subsidiary of the London listed Tesco, the world's third largest retailer.
Sociomantic offers real-time bidding advertising solutions for online advertisers in 60 countries.
An international team at CMS, led by partners Jörg Zätzsch and John Hammond, advised the founders of Sociomantic on the sale, which is one of the largest exits to date in the German start-up scene.
"The German start-up landscape is still pretty attractive for both domestic and foreign investors. For Berlin's entrepreneurs, this is a landmark transaction," says Zätzsch.
Sociomantic was established in 2009.
IK Investment Partners’ IK VII Fund has invested in Ramuddenbolagen, a provider of temporary traffic control services in the Nordics.
The partnership between IK and the company’s founder and management will enable the business to grow and strengthen further.
Financial terms of the transaction are not disclosed.
Ramudden, founded in 2005 and based in Sundsvall and Gävle, Sweden, delivers products and services for temporary traffic control solutions, including the rental of essential equipment (such as traffic barriers and guide signs), traffic arrangement plans, education programmes, surveillance and maintenance services. The company is the leading specialist in Sweden and
Private equity firm Sycamore Partners has completed its acquisition of The Jones Group, a designer and marketer of clothes and shoes, in a transaction valued at approximately USD2.2bn.
"We are excited to have finalised the acquisition of The Jones Group and are confident this will be a long and successful partnership," says Stefan Kaluzny, a managing director of Sycamore Partners. "We look forward to working with The Jones Group team to continue to grow this outstanding portfolio of businesses and brands and create exceptional products for our customers."
Wesley R Card, The Jones Group chief executive officer, says: "We
Maven Capital Partners has invested GBP7.5m in support of the GBP14m MBO of Rmec Ltd, a specialist mechanical and hydraulic engineering company.
This is the private equity firm’s seventh oil and gas transaction over the past nine months, and takes Maven’s recent investments in energy services companies that are active in the north-east of Scotland to GBP30m.
Rmec specialises in the manufacture, maintenance, repair, testing, recertification and rental of well services equipment for the oil and gas industry, and has 20 staff and a turnover of GBP9m for FY14.
The investment will enable Rmec to fast-track its growth
Gatehouse Bank, a wholesale Shariah-compliant investment bank based in the City of London, has completed the sale of its Rolls Royce manufacturing and logistics facility in Scotland.
The total amount of the sale reached GBP55m, which yielded a profit on equity of 29.2 per cent post costs and taxes and an IRR of 10.3 per cent.
The 541,000 sq ft purpose built warehouse is adjacent to Glasgow International Airport and the M8 motorway. The property was purpose built for Rolls Royce Plc to cater for its manufacturing and distribution requirements and is currently leased to Rolls Royce until 30
Private equity firm Warburg Pincus is to acquire a majority stake in mercator, a provider of software and technology-enabled outsourcing solutions to the global aviation industry, from dnata.
dnata will retain a minority stake.
Headquartered in Dubai, mercator helps airlines move passengers and cargo to their destinations safely and on time. mercator's five key products include cargo operations and management, financial solutions, loyalty and CRM, safety and passenger reservation and departure control. The company's solutions are used by more than 125 airline clients in over 80 countries and six continents. Current clients include United Airlines, Thai Airways, Qantas, British Airways, Singapore
Albert Medical Devices (AMD) has secured GBP940,000 in funding supported by the Angel CoFund, the GBP100m government and British business bank-backed fund, alongside existing investors North West Fund for Biomedical (managed by SPARK Impact) and the London Business Angels.
This is the third round of funding for the Liverpool-based med-tech company, who in April 2012 successfully raised a seed round of GBP300,000 from SPARK Impact’s North West Fund for Biomedical (the fund having collectively invested GBP680,000).
This initial funding was used to further develop the company’s flagship product, the melio leg bag. The melio is the world’s first intelligent catheter
Virtual reality (VR) games developer and publisher nDreams and Mobile app creator No Yetis Allowed have both secured funding from Mercia Fund Management (MFM), a provider of investment, accommodation and business support services across the UK.
These businesses are just two of Mercia Fund Management’s growing portfolio of gaming companies benefiting from both finance and sector expertise from former SEGA CEO Mike Hayes and ex-Codemasters MD Nick Wheelwright.
Hayes, head of Mercia Fund Management's digital and e-commerce division, says: “The expansion of our digital and e-commerce portfolio has allowed us to invest in a number of exciting and innovative ventures in
Waterton Global Resource Management has held the final closing of its flagship private equity fund, Waterton Precious Metals Fund II (Fund II), with total capital commitments of USD1.016bn.
With Fund II, Waterton Global aims to continue investing in the metals and mining space.
Fund II will generally target production and late-stage development assets in the precious metals sector that are located in politically stable jurisdictions, through acquisitions, joint ventures and partnerships.
"We are grateful for the significant level of support from our investors, who have provided a strong endorsement of Waterton Global's owner-operator business model," says Isser Elishis,
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