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Ingenious, an alternative investment manager that specialises in the media sector, has launched Ingenious Vision VCT which will seek to provide early-stage funding to unquoted companies with high growth potential that develop, produce or exploit television and other forms of audio-visual content.
Ingenious is looking to raise an initial GBP10 million with a minimum subscription of GBP3 million. The VCT will seek to pay target dividend of 5p per Ordinary Share per annum commencing from July 2022 with the potential to pay special dividends if investments generate a significant profit or are realised with a substantial gain.
Ingenious will
Arma Partners has acted as exclusive financial advisor to Investcorp on the acquisition of Ubisense’s SmartSpace business and the Ubisense brand, a leader in Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) technology.
SmartSpace is an enterprise software and sensor platform that generates and interprets vast amounts of location data to create visibility of real-world objects and their interactions in real-time, enabling complex manufacturing processes with high levels of variability to be more flexible, easier to manage and easier to control. SmartSpace delivers a compelling value proposition for blue-chip customers across a number of verticals, including Aerospace, Commercial Vehicles, Passenger Vehicles, General Industry
Eventus WholeHealth (Eventus), a full-service, physician-led provider of interdisciplinary healthcare to individuals residing in skilled nursing and assisted living facilities, has secured an investment from Enhanced Healthcare Partners (Enhanced), a private equity firm focussed exclusively on investing in the healthcare industry.
Founded in 2014, Eventus is an on-site, primary care and ancillary service provider of integrated whole-health care for residents and patients of post-acute care facilities. Comprised of highly-trained physicians, psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, psychotherapists, podiatrists, optometrists, audiologists, and support staff, the Company provides residents and patients in post-acute care facilities with a progressive systems-based approach that aligns with
Macfarlanes has advised specialist investment firm Circularity Capital on the raising of its debut fund, Circularity European Growth Fund I LP, which has exceeded its GBP50 million target and closed at its GBP60 million hard cap.
Investment commitments came from global financial institutions, family offices, private investors and strategic corporate investors with funds being used to invest in growth stage European SMEs in the circular economy.
The Macfarlanes team was led by investment management partner Stephen Robinson with assistance from senior solicitor Harriet Miller. Tax expertise was provided by tax partner Mark Baldwin.
Stephen Robinson, says: “We are
Paul Hastings has represented North Technology Group, a global market leader in sails and spars, and its private equity investor Oakley Capital, on its acquisition of MBrands International BV, operating under the watersports brand, Mystic.
Mystic is a specialist in kiteboarding, wakeboarding and windsurfing apparel and equipment. The Paul Hastings team included corporate partners Anu Balasubramanian and Garrett Hayes, tax partner Arun Birla, and associates Aimée Fabri, Steven King, and Hannah Gray.
Van Doorne advised on the Dutch law aspects of the transaction.
This is Paul Hastings’ first transaction for Oakley Capital, following the arrival of Anu Balasubramanian at the firm in June 2018.
RSK Group, a UK-based integrated environmental, engineering and technical services business, has acquired design, property and construction consultancy Pellings.
This is the ninth acquisition that RSK, a privately owned company with 36 international offices, more than 2700 staff and an annual turnover of GBP200 million, has made in the financial year 2018/2019.
Pellings employs around 125 people with an annual turnover of GBP12.5 million and four offices in London and the South East of England. It provides surveying, architecture, planning and project management and facilities management services for housing, education and healthcare projects. It has recently worked on a
BGF has exited its minority investment in Petrotechnics, a provider of software solutions for hazardous industries, following its acquisition by US-based Sphera Solutions Inc.
BGF invested GBP6 million in the Aberdeen-based company in 2013 to support the development of Proscient – the first software enterprise platform for operational excellence in hazardous industries.
The funding was also used for geographical expansion, with the company’s software now being used by more than 80,000 people from some of the biggest businesses in the oil and gas, rail and petrochemical sectors, across 22 countries. Since BGF’s investment, the company has invested over GBP15m
Ironwood Capital has exited its investment in FIBER-LINE, a high-performance fibre manufacturer headquartered in Hatfield, Pennsylvania.
The company was purchased by PolyOne Corporation, a provider of specialised polymer materials, services and solutions.
Founded in 1987, FIBER-LINE is a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of high-tech fibre products for a growing range of industries and applications. With five manufacturing locations in North America, Europe and Asia, FIBER-LINE provides material science and polymer formulation expertise to engineer specified performance characteristics for fibre.
“FIBER-LINE has doubled its size from our initial investment. Under the leadership of CEO Dale Outhous, the company
Mesirow Financial has acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Disc Graphics (DISC) on its sale to Oliver Printing & Packaging Company (Oliver), a portfolio company of Pfingsten Partners.
DISC is a manufacturer of folding carton packaging, micro-fluted corrugated boxes and pressure-sensitive labels, serving the pharmaceutical, food and beverage, consumer products, and healthcare markets. Headquartered in Hauppauge, NY, DISC will continue delivering innovative packaging solutions from its current facility as part of the Oliver platform.
Donald Sinkin, chairman and chief executive officer of DISC, says: “Mesirow Financial was instrumental in securing a very positive outcome for DISC’s customers, employees
Albion Capital is seeking to raise up to GBP36 million through top up offers for its six venture capital trusts. 


The fundraising targets GBP6 million for each of the six Albion VCTs: Albion Venture Capital Trust PLC, Albion Development VCT PLC, Albion Enterprise VCT PLC, Albion Technology & General VCT PLC, Crown Place VCT PLC and Kings Arms Yard VCT PLC. Investments spread across all six portfolios will receive a monthly dividend with a yield of approximately 5.5 per cent, or 7.8 per cent after tax relief, a potentially attractive income source in the current low interest rate environment. 


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