Deals
Brilla Group, a Miami-based private equity firm focused on the luxury beachfront hotel and resort asset class in South Florida, the Caribbean, México, Central America, and Colombia, completed the first closing for its Colombian Beachfront Hospitality Private Equity Fund on 1 February, 2012.
This local vehicle, regulated by the Colombian Financial Superintendent (Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia) and administered by Fiduciaria Bancolombia, has USD30 million in committed equity from Colombian institutions, including Bancoldex (Colombia’s Foreign Trade Bank) and local pension funds.
This Fund, which will invest in the region known as the Colombian Caribbean corridor, is the first such fund in
Cinven has completed its successful IPO of Ziggo NV, the largest cable operator in the Netherlands, on the NYSE Euronext Amsterdam.
Cinven led the original investment in Ziggo in 2006 and retains a 27% shareholding in the business post-IPO. At close of trading on 26 March 2012, Ziggo ordinary shares were trading at a 21% premium to the issue price.
The Ziggo IPO initially generated total gross proceeds of EUR804 million, through the sale of 21.7% of the Company at EUR18.50 per share. The shares were priced at the top end of the range, reflecting the strong demand and giving
Data centre design and maintenance specialist Aceco TI has secured an investment from growth equity firm General Atlantic in exchange for a minority stake in the company. This partnership will provide capital and strategic advice for Aceco TI as it continues to grow in Brazil and Latin America.
“General Atlantic’s investment is an important step to support our expansion, to strengthen our business and to realize our full potential. Together, we can further accelerate the company’s growth in Brazil and throughout Latin America,” says Jorge Nitzan, Chief Executive Officer of Aceco TI.
“We are excited to partner with Aceco
European private equity firm, Cinven, has completed its acquisition of CPA Global, a global provider of intellectual property (IP) management services and software.
The acquisition of CPA Global, headquartered in Jersey, Channel Islands, has received the required regulatory clearances and the approval of the Jersey courts, which sanctioned a new Scheme of Arrangement.
Cinven acquired CPA Global from its previous shareholders, including Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) and the founder shareholders (a number of patent attorneys in the UK and Australia) for an undisclosed consideration.
CPA Global, through its offices world-wide, supports many of the world’s best known corporations
Harbottle & Lewis has advised social media monitoring company, Brandwatch, on its USD6 million investment round led by Nauta Capital.
The funding will fast track Brandwatch’s plans to bring innovative products to market, expand internationally and bolster its sales and marketing teams.
Founded in 2007 by Giles Palmer, Brandwatch is based in Brighton, UK, with offices in New York and Germany. Since its launch in August 2007, Brandwatch has acquired more than 300 clients and several thousand users, including global brands and agencies such as HSBC, DDB, Ipsos and Mediacom.
“We are extremely pleased to be part of Brandwatch and to
The Securities and Exchange Commission has established comprehensive arrangements with the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) as part of a long-term strategy to improve the oversight of regulated entities that operate across national borders.
The two memoranda of understanding (MOUs) reached this month follow on a similar supervisory arrangement that the SEC concluded with the Quebec Autorité des marchés financiers and the Ontario Securities Commission in 2010 and expanded to include the Alberta Securities Commission and the British Columbia Securities Commission last September.
The SEC’s latest supervisory cooperation arrangements will enhance SEC
International law firm Eversheds has advised leading global private equity firm HIG European Capital Partners on its acquisition of Brand Addition Limited (together with its subsidiaries including those in Germany and Hong Kong) from 4imprint Group plc.
Brand Addition specialises in the design and manufacture of gift packaging and promotional health and beauty products, covering everything from design, product development, sourcing, supply-chain management, and co-packing.
4imprint Group are an international company providing promotional products, items and corporate gifts. The Eversheds team was led by partners Mark Spinner and Nigel Dale, assisted by senior associate Edward Waldron and solicitors Meghan
Bluewater Bio International has completed a GBP22.5 million financing round. The transaction was led by specialist Cleantech investors Ombu Group (Ombu) and Hermes GPE Environmental Innovation Fund LP (Hermes GPE), with GP Bullhound advising Bluewater Bio.
The board of Bluewater Bio believes that this transaction represents one of the largest growth capital finance rounds in the water sector over the last 12 months and reflects the Company’s recent commercial progress.
Stephen Brooke, CEO of Ombu Group, says: “Water technology is a core sector at Ombu and Bluewater Bio is the most exciting company we have seen in the field
Pinetree Capital Ltd has acquired ownership of 1,500,000 common shares and 750,000 common share purchase warrants of Mega Precious Metals Inc.
Each Warrant entitles the holder thereof to acquire one additional common share at a price of USD0.85 until March 23, 2014. In the event that the Warrants are fully exercised, these holdings represent approximately 0.7% of the total issued and outstanding common shares of Mega as of 23 March, 2012, calculated on a partially diluted basis assuming the exercise of the Warrants only.
As a result of this transaction, Pinetree and its joint actors collectively held, as at 23
Enterome has had a first closing of a series A funding round, raising EUR 5 million. This funding follows a previous seed round that raised EUR 1.5 million from Seventure and INRA Transfert.
The series A round has brought in Seventure and Lundbeckfond Ventures, as new colead investors. Seventure is one of the most active European investors in venture capital investing in Life Sciences and Information and Communication Technologies. Lundbeckfond Ventures is a pure life science venture fund investing into companies in Europe and in the US.
Enetrome is a medicine company developing biomarkers for chronic and challenging medical conditions
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