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Italian private equity firm Clessidra SGR is to acquire the entire share capital of Scrigno Group.
Based in Rimini, Scrigno is a manufacturer and distributor of counter-frames for pocket doors and windows worldwide. The company also manufactures and distributes armoured doors following the recent acquisition of Master, a company based in Piacenza.
Scrigno operates in over 20 countries in the world through commercial subsidiaries, besides Italy, in France, Spain and the Czech Republic. In 2017, it recorded revenues of approximately EUR68 million, half of which were realised abroad.
Scrigno is the fourth investment made by Clessidra Capital Partners 3, Clessidra’s
A renewable energy infrastructure fund managed by Impax Asset Management (AIFM), has completed the sale of the 36MW Dromadda More wind farm in County Kerry, Ireland to Greencoat Renewables PLC for an undisclosed amount.
The fund acquired the project to develop 11 turbines on the site in 2015 from a local developer. The project was constructed using 3.3MW Vestas V112 turbines, some of the largest to be installed in the country to date.
Funding for construction comprised Fund equity and third party non-recourse project finance. A sale agreement was signed following a competitive auction process late last year. The
Noerr has assisted Bayer AG with the sale of further crop science businesses worth up to EUR1.7 billion to BASF. Teams from Noerr’s Digital Business and Corporate/M&A practice groups advised the group on the sale of its global digital farming division.
The overall package also includes the worldwide vegetable seed business and certain seed treatment agents. In return for selling its digital farming division, Bayer will receive a grant-back licence for certain digital farming applications. The overall turnover of the divisions in 2017 was EUR745 million.
With this transaction, which also includes the transfer of around 2,500 employees, approximately
Oxx, a growth capital firm investing in B2B software companies, has completed the first close of its debut fund, Oxx I, with a total of USD100 million in funds under management so far.
Oxx was launched in January 2017 after Richard Anton and Mikael Johnsson left Amadeus Capital to co-found the business. Oxx I has reached its first close target with backing from a range of significant institutions, family offices and HNWs, including British Business Investments, the commercial arm of the British Business Bank, which is the largest single investor.
Notable individuals backing the fund include Amadeus Capital co-founder
StorageOS has closed a USD8 million Series A funding round, led by existing investor Bain Capital Ventures with participation from new investors: MMC Ventures in the UK, where StorageOS R&D is located, and 645 Ventures in New York, StorageOS’ new US headquarters.
StorageOS will use the investment to expand product development and drive global sales.
Unlike other solutions on the market that lack portability and flexibility, StorageOS delivers storage directly to the application and not to the infrastructure. This gives developers a unique and efficient way to operate that improves performance and decreases time to market for applications.
SVPGlobal, a global investment firm focused on distressed and deep-value opportunities, has held the final closing of Strategic Value Special Situations Fund IV (SVSS IV) at its hard cap of USD2.85 billion, including USD350 million of reserved capacity for a ‘fund of one’ relationship.
SVSS IV received significant demand beyond its hard cap and closed well above the Fund’s USD2.1 billion original target, with support from a diverse and global base of both existing and new investors. The Fund also exceeded the size of its predecessor, SVSS III, which closed in November 2014 on a total of USD1.56 billion, including USD250 million reserved capacity for a ‘fund-of-one’.
SVSS IV
Vine Acquisitions Limited, backed by Patron Capital and May Capital, has acquired The Laine Pub Company (Laine), in partnership with the Laine management team.
Laine will continue to be run by its existing management team, led by co-founder Gavin George. Gavin led a management buyout of Laine backed by Graphite Enterprise Trust (now ICG Enterprise Trust) and Risk Capital Partners in 2014, and this transaction sees both these investors exit completely.
Laine is one of the leading independent, vertically integrated managed pub companies in the South East of England. With origins dating back to the opening of the iconic Mash
Alcentra, the alternative fixed income specialist for BNY Mellon Investment Management (IM), has held the final close of Clareant Structured Credit Opportunities Fund III at USD513 million, surpassing its fundraising target of USD300 million.
This fundraising brings assets under management for Alcentra’s structured credit platform to over USD4.5 billion across a combination of open and closed end funds and separately managed accounts, and firm AUM to USD37.4 billion.
The Fund’s objective is to generate attractive absolute and risk-adjusted returns through opportunistic investing in structured credit debt and equity securities in the US and Europe. The Fund’s investors include leading
TresVista, a provider of high-end outsourced support for asset managers, investment banks, research firms, and corporates, has opened a new 45,000 square foot delivery centre in Pune, India; its largest yet.
The new delivery centre adds a custom built state-of-the-art training facility where professional development and technical training for all employees will be conducted. Along with the launch of its Data Analytics service as well as Book Keeping and Fund Administration support, TresVista’s core service to financial firms continues to gain traction globally. The company plans to grow its employee base by 200 per cent within the next three years.
A wholly owned subsidiary of CVC Capital Partners (CVC) Asia Fund IV is to acquire all of the outstanding equity of online retail trading platform OANDA. The transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals.
Founded in 1995, OANDA’s technology and institutional-grade execution across a wide range of asset classes enables clients to trade currencies, equity indices, commodities, treasuries and precious metals.
Under the new ownership of CVC Asia Fund IV, OANDA will continue to be led by Chief Executive Officer, Vatsa Narasimha, who was pivotal in the investment from CVC Asia Fund IV and instrumental in growing the business
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