Deals
Ingenious Clean Energy has backed its first anaerobic digestion plant, located on the premises of Thomas Swan, the County Durham-based, family-run specialist chemicals business.
Ingenious Clean Energy has invested GBP4.5m in the project through its investee company, Generation X Energy Ltd.
The investment was financed by the Ingenious Energy Efficiency EIS Fund and is Ingenious’ first anaerobic digestion deal.
The cost of the installation is financed by Ingenious and will be recouped through the sale of heat and electricity to Thomas Swan under long term agreements.
The plant, managed by Generation X, will produce around 8,500MWh of
UK-based B&M Group is entering the German discounter market by acquiring a majority stake in the JA Woll Group.
The Soltau-based firm mainly sells clearance and end of line stock under the JAWOLL and HAFU brands in the north-west of Germany.
The transaction is currently awaiting approval from the competition authorities; the purchase price was not disclosed.
A team from CMS Hasche Sigle led by Dr Oliver C Wolfgramm advised Stern Vertriebs GmbH and its shareholders on all legal aspects of selling the JA Woll Group to B&M.
The current owners and CEOs of JA Woll, Ingo
EyeSee360, creators of the panoramic video camera 360Fly, has secured a growth capital investment from private equity firm Catterton Partners.
The investment will be used to accelerate market awareness and finalise development of 360Fly cameras, the 360MicroFly smartphone attachment and the 360Fly.com video hosting and sharing service.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
The 360Fly is a panoramic video camera that allows users to capture and share an interactive 360 degree panoramic video.
The 360Fly camera is shock-proof, waterproof, and has built-in Wi-Fi/Bluetooth functionality.
360MicroFly is a smartphone lens attachment that offers smartphone users the
Bridges Ventures is investing in Clothingsites.co.uk, a UK-based premium designer menswear e-commerce business.
Established in 2002 the business grew by 30 per cent last year.
It consists of: Woodhouse Clothing, an in-season premium menswear e-commerce retailer; Brown Bag, which sells out of season stock at discounted prices; and Trainerstation, which sells trainers and shoes.
Bridges’ investment will further fuel the business’ growth with the majority of capital being used for stock, recruitment, technical upgrades and the relocation to a new, larger warehouse.
Bridges identified Clothingsites as an attractive platform on which to scale up an already well-established
CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution, is making a USD28m equity investment in Ratnakar Bank (RBL Bank) in India.
The investment, which sees CDC take a 4.8 per cent stake in the bank, will support RBL Bank’s expansion into new regions of India and is CDC’s first direct equity investment into a bank in India under its new strategy.
Founded in 1943, RBL Bank was traditionally concentrated in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Goa. In 2010, a new management team was brought in to pursue an expansion strategy focusing on financial inclusion, agribusiness financing and lending to small and medium-sized
Independent mobile solutions company Somo has received USD5.5m follow-on funding from MMC Ventures – including the MMC London Fund – and other private investors.
Somo was one the first beneficiaries of the MMC London Fund, which is overseen by the Mayor of London and intends to support the growth of London-based businesses.
Since taking the investment last year, Somo has grown by more than 100 per cent – having hired 60 additional staff, including mobile engineers, insights, loyalty and social specialists, while attracting several new clients including De Beers, British Gas, and Tesco.
In addition, Somo has worked
X2 Resources has secured USD2.50bn of committed equity capital funding and up to a further USD1.25bn of conditional equity capital funding from a group of five investors.
The committed equity capital is available for immediate draw down and will be used to finance the creation of a new mid-tier diversified mining and metals group.
The investors, who have contributed in equal amounts, comprise Noble Group, TPG Capital, sovereign wealth and pension fund investors.
X2 Resources is in discussions with a further select group of potential investors who are also seeking to benefit from opportunities in the natural resources
Schroder UK Property Fund has acquired Tata Steel’s UK distribution hub, The Steel Park, Wednesfield in Wolverhampton from Threadneedle Property Investments Management for GBP34.10m.
The 60 acre site comprises three industrial warehouses, a headquarters office building and a study centre totalling 761,614 sq ft.
The entire site is let to Tata Steel UK Limited by way of six co-terminus occupational leases. The leases have c.12 years unexpired and benefit from 2.5 per cent per annum increases compounded and receivable five yearly.
James Lass, fund manager of Schroder UK Property Fund, says: “This purchase forms a key part of
HIG Capital’s Brazilian affiliate has made a significant investment in Office Total, a Brazilian managed print services (MPS) provider.
Established in 1995 with headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Office Total outsources and commercialises a wide range of office equipment from several suppliers and offers a wide range of leasing programmes to its clients.
The company operates regionally and has a client base spread over several industries. It has nearly 500 long-term outsourcing contracts and provides ongoing technical support and monitoring services.
Andre Vinicius, CEO of Office Total, says: “HIG’s partnership will enable the company to participate in larger
Enstar Group and Stone Point Capital have completed the acquisition of Torus Insurance, an A-rated global specialty insurer with six wholly owned insurance vehicles.
The purchasing entity is indirectly owned 60 per cent by an Enstar subsidiary and 40 per cent by Trident V and its affiliated co-investment funds, which are managed by Stone Point.
Enstar contributed approximately USD45.2m in cash and 1,898,326 of its ordinary voting shares and 714,015 newly created non-voting preferred shares towards the purchase price and related transaction expenses, with the Trident V funds contributing approximately USD260.8m in cash through their equity co-investment.
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