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Imagineer Technology Group, a provider of investor relations and fund marketing software to the asset management industry, and Synap Software Labs, a provider of cloud-based investment research, due diligence, and account management applications, are to merge.
The combined business will operate under the Imagineer name.
“Since our founding in 1998, Imagineer has been committed to transforming the way fund marketing and relationship management professionals engage with and service their clients,” says Erol Dusi (pictured), founder of Imagineer, who will continue to serve as President of the company. “We are excited to join forces with the Synap team whose rich
Last year, Pantheon celebrated its 35th anniversary. It is testament to the drive and determination to evolve the business model in response to changing market dynamics that has helped Pantheon stand the test of time to become, arguably, one of the most experienced global private equity, infrastructure and real assets fund investors.
Consider the numbers: 450 investors; 245 staff across six global offices; USD37.3 billion of discretionary and non-discretionary AUM, including those limited to a reporting function (as of 30th September, 2017), with USD21.5 billion committed in PE primaries and USD11.1 billion in PE secondaries; USD2.4 billion in co-investment and
2017 proved to be hugely successful for global private equity and despite rising valuations and increased levels of competition, the general feeling among PE groups is upbeat for 2018, confident that they can still deploy capital with effect.
As Preqin outlined in its recently published 2018 Global Private Equity and Venture Capital report, the headline numbers for 2017 were impressive.
A total of USD453 billion in aggregate capital was raised by 921 PE funds. This took total AUM within private equity to USD2.83 trillion.
95 per cent of investors felt that their PE investments met or exceeded expectations. More than
IK Investment Partners (IK) has closed the IK Small Cap II Fund (IK Small Cap II) at its hard cap of EUR550 million. IK Small Cap II was substantially oversubscribed and allocated to existing IK platform investors.
The Fund is nearly double the size of IK’s maiden small cap fund, which closed at its hard cap of EUR 277 million in March 2016. IK Small Cap I Fund has invested in 12 companies of which three have been successfully realised to date.
IK Small Cap II will continue to target growing businesses in IK’s core markets within the Benelux,
InnovMetric Software, a provider of universal 3D metrology software solutions, has acquired Prefixa Vision Systems, its PolyWorks Master distributor in Mexico, following five years of successful cooperation.
“The growth of the automotive industry in Mexico has been so phenomenal in recent years that in our latest fiscal year Mexico became the 5th largest PolyWorks market in the world. InnovMetric is deeply committed to expanding its local technical expertise to assist its Mexican customers in their successful migration to the PolyWorks universal 3D metrology software platform,” says Marc Soucy, President of InnovMetric.
The acquisition allows InnovMetric to expand the capabilities of its
Oakley Capital Private Equity II is to sell its 38.5 per cent stake in Parship Elite Group (PEG) and 9.9 per cent stake in Verivox to NuCom Group (NuCom), ProSiebenSat.1’s Commerce unit. The agreement is subject to approval by the responsible antitrust authorities.
The Company will realise estimated cash proceeds of approximately GBP51.1 million on completion of these transactions. The realisations would represent an increase of GBP10.6 million to the NAV range announced on 31 January 2018, lifting the NAV per share of GBP2.43 – GBP2.45 by 5 pence.
Following increased focus on the digital consumer sector, Oakley partnered
Arma Partners has acted as exclusive financial advisor to Creditcall, a portfolio company of FPE Capital and Bestport Ventures, on its sale to NMI, a portfolio company of Francisco Partners and Great Hill Partners.
Creditcall is a recognised leader in the EMV payment terminal market and develops contact and contactless payment software for mobile, online and in-store payments services for a global customer base across industry sectors including parking, ticketing, transportation, vending, retail and hospitality. Creditcall is headquartered in Bristol, UK, with offices in New York, USA, and has operations in 37 countries and over 100 employees.
NMI is
OXIS Energy UK is to receive a GBP3.7 million investment from Brazilian private equity fund Aerotec, its first international deal.
The Aerotec Fund is centred on Aerospace and advanced manufacturing and is anchored by CODEMIG, the Economic Development Company in the state of Minas Gerais in Southeastern Brazil. CODEMIG is managed by Confrapar which is a pioneer in the Brazilian Venture Capital and private equity market.
The Aerotec investment paves the way for OXIS Energy to open a subsidiary in Brazil. The Brazilian team will be trained at OXIS Energy’s headquarters in Oxford in the UK, prior to creating
Private equity investor Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone) has agreed to sell a majority shareholding in the Plettenberg-based automobile supplier E Winkemann to Cathay Capital MidCap Fund, advised by Cathay Capital Private Equity.
Equistone and E Winkemann’s management remain invested in the company. The financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed and completion of the sale is subject to the approval of the relevant competition authorities.
Over its 80-year history, E Winkemann has become a major manufacturer of precision-stamped metal parts and currently employs 380 people. The company is based in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, and primarily supplies prestigious
An affiliate of private equity investment firm HIG Capital (HIG) has acquired a majority interest in Puerto de Indias Group (Puerto de Indias), with the goal of accelerating the Company’s growth initiatives and supporting its expansion into international markets.
Headquartered in Seville, Spain, Puerto de Indias was founded by Jose Antonio and Francisco Rodriguez Fernandez, and has become in a short period of time the leading player in the Rosé Gin market in Spain. Puerto de Indias has in place an ambitious international expansion plan targeting the development of a commercial network in Europe, the US, and Latin America, as well
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