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Finch Capital has led the Series A investments for two companies – an investment in Ayopop, an Indonesian mobile bill payment platform, and a EUR2 million investment in Ikbenfrits, a digital mortgage broker based in the Netherlands. Finch Capital will join both companies’ boards.
From its offices in Amsterdam, London and Singapore, Finch Capital invests in innovative technology companies that are driving the transformation of the financial services industry. Its portfolio companies are solving problems associated with legacy financial services systems and innovating to increase revenue, reduce costs and improving customer interactions.
Radboud Vlaar, Partner at Finch Capital, says:
An affiliate of leveraged buy-out specialist Sun Capital Partners is to acquire ClearChoice Holdings, which serves ClearChoice Dental Implant Centers, a national network of providers delivering same-day dental implant services in the US.
Terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 2004, the ClearChoice network currently includes 39 dental implant centres in 22 states. The Company supports the network of professionals who provide complex, full-mouth dental implant restorations which restore the function and aesthetics of healthy, natural teeth using a multi-disciplinary approach that uniquely combines surgical, restorative, and laboratory functions in an all-in-one centre. The Company
Australian consumer lending fintech company, MoneyMe, has finalised an AUD120 million asset-backed wholesale securitisation facility led by AUD100 million from global investment manager, Fortress Investment Group, and joined with AUD20 million of bonds issued by corporate advisory, Evans & Partners.
The funding places the fintech company in an ideal position to continue capturing an even greater share of the digitally-savvy millennial consumer market over the next 3 to 5 years through an expanded product range, and additional delivery channels.
“A capital investment of this magnitude is recognition of the strength and depth of our value proposition, and an indication
Gradiente SGR has held the first closing of its second private equity fund, Gradiente II with total capital commitments in excess of EUR60 million. The Fund has a target of EUR120 million and is backed by a group of Italian and international investors.
Gradiente was established in 2009 by Pietro Busnardo with the backing of Italian banking foundations to focus on the Italian lower-mid cap segment. Today the Fund has a team of seven professionals, which includes three Partners: Pietro Busnardo, Carlo Bortolozzo and Fabrizio Grasso. The Fund will continue the successful strategy of Gradiente I and will target export-oriented
Fried Frank has advised Balderton Capital (UK) (Balderton) on the structuring and raising of its new USD375 million venture capital fund, Balderton VI. The fund exceeded its target of USD350 million, with support from investors across the globe.
The Fund will primarily invest in European technology companies at Series A-stage.
Mark Mifsud, asset management partner at Fried Frank, says: “The Fried Frank team is delighted to be a part of Balderton’s latest highly successful fundraising, continuing our long-standing relationship with the Balderton team and further demonstrating our reputation globally as a leading provider of services to asset managers within
General Tools & Instruments (General Tools), a portfolio company of High Road Capital Partners, has completed the acquisition of the assets of PacTool International.
Based near Seattle, Washington, PacTool International designs and manufactures siding tools and gauges, specialty hand tools, cutting tools and blades used to cut and install fiber-cement siding, wood shingles and other exterior siding and cladding materials.
PacTool’s products are used in construction, renovation and remodelling, and its products include the patented Gecko Gauge, which holds fibre-cement siding in place during installation and can reduce labor requirements by half; Snapper Shears, a collection of dust-free cutting
I Squared Capital, through its ISQ Global Infrastructure Fund II, is to acquire the Latin American and Caribbean businesses of Inkia Energy Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of IC Power Ltd (IC Power).
The transaction includes only the LatAm Businesses. IC Power’s Israeli asset, OPC Energy Ltd., is not being sold as part of the transaction.
One of the largest independent power producers in Latin America, Inkia has a highly contracted portfolio of approximately 3.4 gigawatts of gross installed capacity in nine countries, with a fleet of highly efficient hydroelectric, wind and thermal facilities across the region. The company also
Linklaters has advised the African Development Bank (AfDB), Export Credit Insurance Corporation of South Africa (ECIC), Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI), together with ECIC and NEXI covered commercial banks, on the multi-billion-dollar financing of the USD4 billion Nacala Corridor Rail and Port project in Mozambique and Malawi.
This is the largest ever successful project financing of infrastructure development in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The Project comprises the construction, refurbishment and operation of a 912km railway line through Mozambique and Malawi as well as the construction and operation of a coal terminal in the
Seabury Capital is to sell a controlling interest (51 per cent voting and 44.1 per cent economic) to FinTech Global.
The transaction is expected to close by the end of the year. FGI and the group it leads contributes to the growth and development of companies in all sectors of industry through investment banking and principal investment activities.
“We are delighted to see FGI’s strategic investment in SGI Aviation, and together with FGI, we are committed to supporting further expansion of its worldwide operations,” says Seabury Capital Chairman, President & CEO John E Luth. “Our global alliance with FGI
Libra, a specialist in financial software for the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry, has closed a USD7.8 million Series A round led by a prominent, multi-billion dollar European family office.
Participating investors include Liberty City Ventures, leading trader and liquidity provider XBTO, Boost VC, and Lee Linden.
The funding will be used to continue building the Libra Enterprise Platform, as well as releasing new applications and data services. Libra’s platform provides institutional-grade blockchain and cryptocurrency ecosystem connectivity, standardisation, and delivery of data in a scalable, secure, and fully auditable solution. While the new applications and data services will provide real-time,
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