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Carey Olsen’s corporate team in Guernsey has advised Inflexion Private Equity Partners (Inflexion) on the establishment of two new funds, Inflexion Buyout Fund V and Inflexion Partnership Capital Fund II, securing commitments of GBP1.25 billion and GBP1 billion respectively.
Both funds were oversubscribed and reached their respective hard caps within just four months of launch, after receiving strong support from existing investors and attracting new investors from the US, Europe and Asia.
Led by partner Andrew Boyce and senior associate John Scanlan, Carey Olsen worked alongside onshore legal adviser Ashurst to advise longstanding client Inflexion on the formation of
Arma Partners has acted as exclusive financial advisor to Symphony Technology Group on the contemplated sale – subject to customary approvals – of its portfolio company Maincare Solutions to Montagu Private Equity.
Specialising in electronic patient records and hospital administration software, Maincare Solutions is the leading software and digital solutions provider for the healthcare ecosystem in France. The business was originally spun-off from McKesson in 2014 by Symphony and has developed independently by pursuing long-term organic growth initiatives and focussed acquisitions to support healthcare digitisation within hospitals and beyond. The company has also successfully expanded internationally with its best-in-class eHealth
Artis Exploration Ltd, a Calgary-based exploration and production (E&P) company, has closed a CAD180 million growth equity investment from private equity firm Warburg Pincus.
The common share private placement will be used to fund the company’s accelerated development program.
Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Artis is a privately held E&P company focused on the Duvernay East Shale Basin of Western Canada, where the Company holds a contiguous acreage position of over 260,000 net acres. Artis is led by Darryl Metcalfe, an industry veteran with over 30 years of experience in exploration, development and production, who was previously
Alternative investment firm KKR is to acquire BMC Software, a specialist in software solutions for digital enterprise.
The company is being acquired from a private investor group led by Bain Capital Private Equity and Golden Gate Capital together with GIC, Insight Venture Partners and Elliott Management.
Founded in 1980, BMC is a leading systems software provider which helps enterprise organisations manage and optimise information technology across cloud, hybrid, on-premise, and mainframe environments. Over the past 38 years, BMC has consistently expanded its scope alongside constantly evolving IT markets to address the ever-changing needs of the global enterprise. Today the
Toscafund Asset Management LLP, with USD4 billion in assets, is to acquire what it calls a ‘significant minority stake’ in London-based independent wealth manager Plurimi Wealth, through Tosca Private Investments Fund.
This is the first transaction from TPIF which is a new specialist vehicle that will target small/mid-market private equity opportunities in the European financial services sector.
The firm writes that TPIF intends to focus on partnering with founders and entrepreneurs looking to accelerate the growth of their business. Established in 2008 by Ramzy Rasamny, Plurimi has grown organically to become one of the leading independent wealth management platforms
The Pender Technology Inflection Fund I Limited Partnership, managed by PenderFund Capital Management (Pender) announces that it has made its first investment leading a CAD6.3 million financing of Clarius Mobile Health, with participation from Export Development Canada (EDC) and other investors.
The company will use the capital to fund overall growth, including expanding its sales and marketing efforts, and continued product development.
“With the combination of ultra-portability and high performance at a cost-effective price, Clarius has the ability to disrupt the point-of-care market for ultrasound and transform the digital health industry,” says Maria Pacella, SVP, Private Equity, Pender. “We
NorthEdge Capital (NorthEdge) has supported the MBO of engineering tooling supplier Cutwel Limited, backing the existing management team led by Adam Gillard, Graham Short and Shaunie Mangham.
Operating from its purpose-built, 24,000 sq ft distribution facility in Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, Cutwel specialises in supplying precision cutting tools and machine accessories to the engineering industry throughout the UK and Ireland.
Since founding the company in 1996, husband and wife Paul and Mary Hawksworth have invested in strengthening Cutwel’s sales and technical teams, increasing headcount to over 50 people and delivering year-on-year revenue growth from GBP6 million in FY12 to over
Creolus has launched the Creolus fund, which is focused on bioplastics innovation. Creolus says it will be world’s first fund with a specific focus on investing in materials and processes to repurpose, redesign and recycle fossil-fuel-derived plastics and across the entire bioplastics value-chain.
The team aims to deploy EUR60 million (GBP50m) in early and growth stage companies and select patents. Creolus seeks to identify exceptional products and teams which are well-placed to lead the development of plastic alternatives and recycling and recapture techniques. The fund has a broad range of tools available to accelerate such investments to commercial scale.
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China based venture capital firm Banyan Capital announces it is changing its English name from Banyan Capital to Gaorong Capital to establish a more consistent brand recognition among its domestic startups, investors and media.
Gaorong Capital currently manages four USD funds and four RMB funds, with a total commitment of USD1.7 billion approximately. Investors of Gaorong are world-class, including top US university endowments, well-known family offices, sovereign wealth funds and top-notch fund of funds; apart from financial institutions, investors on the strategic side include large conglomerates in tech and traditional industries, successful entrepreneurs such as founders or senior managers of Tencent, Baidu, Taobao, Xiaomi, 360,
Guernsey’s funds industry is seeing a number of new inquiries so far this year and expects to see a rise in the value of the sector before the end of the year, following a decline in the first quarter’s statistics.
Latest figures from the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC) showed the net asset value of funds business in the island declined by 2.9 per cent (GBP8 billion) during the quarter, with total assets under management and administration amounting to GBP262.5 billion. But the underlying trend is positive, with GBP40 billion growth over the past three years.
The decline was led
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