Deals
Bacchus Capital Management, a San Francisco-based private equity firm providing strategic capital in the wine industry, has made a follow-on investment in Wine by Joe, one of Oregon’s largest wine producers.
This capital infusion enables Wine by Joe to further expand its national and international distribution, as well as build inventory and infrastructure.
Concurrently, Wine by Joe has added Anthony Van Nice, an industry veteran, to the position of chief operating officer. Van Nice will be responsible for all business operations of the winery including the development and implementation of the company’s sales, marketing and strategic plans. He will work
Private equity firm Paine & Partners and the Costa Group are to acquire Adelaide Mushrooms.
Completion is subject to customary conditions. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Under the terms of the agreement, Costa will acquire all of Adelaide Mushrooms’ assets, including its state-of-the-art Monarto production complex in South Australia, farms at Spreyton and Huon Valley in Tasmania, and Mushroom Centre at the Adelaide Markets. Adelaide Mushrooms’ chairman, Douglas Schirripa, will work with Costa’s mushroom team in an advisory capacity.
Adelaide Mushrooms services supermarkets and greengrocers, as well as institutions and food service operations across Australia. Its
The North West Fund for Digital & Creative, managed by AXM Venture Capital, has led an equity investment of GBP250,000 into Gateway 3D, alongside a personal investment from its new chairman.
Gateway 3D is a fast-growing software and solutions vendor, providing an integrated 3D visualisation and e-commerce solution for the personalisation and promotional product markets. The system allows end-customers to view products in 3D and personalise them with their own artwork, and process the online transaction on behalf of the retailer. Gateway 3D powers personalisation sites for some of the largest retailers in the UK, including Pets at Home.
The
Fujitsu Limited and Panasonic Corporation are to consolidate the design and development functions of their system LSI businesses.
With the backing of capital contributions from third-party investors, Fujitsu and Panasonic will establish a new company under a fabless business model, enabling LSI design and development functions.
At the same time, the two companies have agreed to discuss the transfer of business to the new company. In establishing the new integrated company, Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) has been asked to assist with investment and financing.
Fujitsu and Panasonic are currently engaged in detailed discussions with the goal of promptly finalising
August Equity has exited is investment in 4Projects Holdings through a trade sale to TA Associates-backed Coaxis.
4Projects is a provider of secure online collaboration solutions for the building and infrastructure sectors.
Its web-based solutions are delivered to a large, international, blue chip customer base via a Software as a Service model. Its software has been used on large scale projects such as the Olympic Park main stadium and media centre, Emirates Stadium, the OCS Stand at The Brit Oval and the London Array.
Coaxis is a vertical-market, software development and management company. It provides software for mid-sized and large
The Cambridge Associates Australia Private Equity and Venture Capital Index rose by 2.90 per cent in the third quarter of 2012, according to the latest quarterly report released by The Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCAL).
For the 12 months ending 30 September 2012, the C|A Australia Index rose by 6.44 per cent. Over the same period, the S&P/ASX 300 Index surged to record a return of 14.46 per cent.
However, over the longer three- and five-year horizons the C|A Australia Index outperformed the public equities index, rising by 8.33 per cent and 2.97 per cent respectively on
Carrick Capital Partners is to invest USD28m in Axiom, a 1,000 person new model firm that helps general counsel manage their workload more effectively.
This announcement marks Carrick’s first deal since closing the firm’s first fund in November 2012.
Carrick focuses on investing in companies that provide technology-enabled service offerings, business process outsourcing, transaction processing, software as a service and enterprise software.
"We seek to invest in companies that possess the right fundamentals to significantly grow their operations," says Jim Madden. "Axiom is a pioneer in their space and uniquely situated for rapid growth. Our role is to leverage our
Omnes Capital (formerly Crédit Agricole Private Equity), via the LCL Expansion and Omnes Expansion funds, is investing in a management buyout for Groupe Eyssautier alongside the group’s management team.
Founded in 1935 by the Eyssautier family, the group is now the leading marine and transport insurance broker in France. It provides solutions to all insurance issues in the transport and shipping world, including risk analysis, negotiating and obtaining cover from insurers, insurance policy management, and claims and recourse management for policyholders. Its expertise includes Hull/P&I (hull and machinery insurance for merchant ships and ship owner’s liability) and Cargo insurance, in
Albion Ventures has invested up to GBP2m in MyMeds&Me, a healthcare software as a service (SaaS) company which provides a web-based solution for the capture of adverse event, product complaint and targeted medical information for pharmaceutical companies.
The pharmaceutical industry processed around six million such events last year and the volume has grown at 10 to 15 per cent p.a. over the last five years.
MyMeds&Me was established in 2011 by three senior pharmaceutical industry executives, Stephen Powell, Andrew Rut and Trevor Gibbs, who identified the need to capture important information on medicines at source.
The MyMeds&Me platform simplifies the
Social marketing software provider Spredfast has raised USD18m in venture capital, led by OpenView Venture Partners with follow-on investment participation from existing investors Austin Ventures and InterWest Partners.
The funding comes as Spredfast reports 400 per cent revenue growth and a doubling in employee headcount in 2012. The company plans to use the capital to fuel continued investment in its technology platform and to grow the team to support increased adoption of its social marketing platform.
Spredfast works with many of the world’s top companies and agencies to help them monitor, coordinate and measure social media with one robust platform.
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