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BTL Group (BTL) has closed previously announced brokered and non-brokered private placements raising a gross total of approximately CAD15.3 million.
BTL will use the capital raised to deliver its blockchain platform Interbit in early 2018. The company is targeting enterprises that can license Interbit to either build their own applications or form partnerships. BTL is also aiming to encourage
“We are delighted to have completed this funding round, where we saw significantly increased investor demand given the recent progress and exciting news from the Company,” says Dominic McCann, CEO of BTL. “The capital will be used to rapidly expedite
Britbots, an organisation devoted to promoting the fortunes of UK-based robotics companies, has invested the first part of a GBP300,000 funding package for Tethered Drone Systems.
Britbots operates the British Robotics Seed (SEIS) Fund and the equity crowdfunding platform, Britbots CROWD, which both support promising robotics-related businesses performing autonomous tasks on land, air and sea.
Dominic Keen, founder and CEO of Britbots, says: “Much is written about tomorrow’s world of driverless cars, where we are to be seamlessly whisked around by an all-pervasive fleet of unmanned road vehicles. However, the complexity of the road network and the high consequences
China Renaissance has expanded its asset management business with an array of strategies and approaches to investing in companies across high-growth sectors of China’s economy.
The business will offer a range of options for investors who want exposure to “new economy” entrepreneurs, those with progressive business models built around innovations in technology, media, and entertainment (TME) as well as healthcare and life sciences.
China Renaissance has built its asset management business around its longstanding focus on TME companies. Its proprietary investments in China’s most prominent TME firms have formed the basis for developing an independent fund management business that is
Quilvest Private Equity, the private equity arm of the Quilvest group, has acquired a majority stake in GEDH from Platina Equity Solutions, together with CEO Amin Khiari. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
GEDH is a French network of higher education schools dedicated to communication, arts management and journalism which operates three well-known brands across six campuses located in France (Paris, Lyon, Bordeaux and Lille), New York and Shanghai. Founded in 1961 and headquartered in Paris, GEDH has over 3,000 students and an alumni base of over 20,000. In recent years, the business has undertaken an ambitious
Over EUR1 million has now been invested in P2P platform DoFinance since its launch seven months ago.
“We’ve achieved one of our first major milestones, and DoFinance platform has been recognised by its investors. We’ve moved to this goal strategically and it is proven that with an easy and user-friendly solution it is possible to become an important player in the p2p lending market. DoFinance will continue to develop by actively following all the newest fintech trends, so we can continue to serve our investors and provide an opportunity for everyone to invest,” says Co-founder of DoFinance, Viesturs Kuļikovskis
Pan-European seed investor Seedcamp has held the first close of its fourth fund to invest in the next generation of European talent with GBP41 million in commitments.
The fund is already over 2x larger than Seedcamp’s last (EUR20m raised in 2014) and is backed by 60 leading corporates, venture capitalists and fund of funds from across the world including: Investec, Unilever Ventures, Thomas Cook Money, MassMutual Ventures, ADV, Draper Esprit, Index Ventures, Atomico, Idinvest Partners, Underscore Ventures, Speedinvest and British Business Investments, the commercial arm of the UK-government backed British Business Bank.
The launch of Seedcamp Fund IV also
The London team at Ropes & Gray has made some predictions for the private equity market in 2018, against the backdrop of market uncertainty caused by a range of factors including Brexit.
Phil Sanderson (pictured), private equity partner at Ropes & Gray, says: “M&A in the UK will remain resilient – doing deals will be a distraction from the protracted Brexit goggle-box.
“Funds are still being raised into an already saturated market. The market needs more good opportunities and sellers will still be in charge as a result. What is more, sellers will be able to sell a more credible
American Industrial Partners (AIP) is to acquires Rand Logistics, a provider of bulk freight shipping services throughout the Great Lakes Region.
AIP is a New York-based private equity firm with over USD4.0 billion of assets under management that focuses on buying, improving and growing industrial businesses in the US and Canada.
Under the terms of the agreement entered into between Lightship Capital, an affiliate of AIP, and the Company, AIP has agreed to convert all of the Company’s second lien debt into 100 per cent of the new common equity of the reorganised Company (subject to dilution by shares
Leeds Equity Partners, a New York-based private equity firm focused exclusively on investing in the Knowledge Industries, has completed its investment in Fusion Education Group (Fusion).
Fusion operates 43 schools in eight states and Washington, DC through a personalised education model and today educates more than 4,000 students in grades six through 12. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
The first Fusion Academy opened in 1989 in Solana Beach, California with a groundbreaking personalised educational model. Classes at Fusion are delivered by one teacher to one student through mastery-based learning, which enables each session to be attuned
IK Investment Partners’ IK Small Cap I Fund together with Management is to acquire Studienkreis (Studienkreis), a provider of tutoring services for primary and secondary school students in Germany, from Aurelius.
Since its inception in 1974, Studienkreis has developed into one of the leading providers of tutoring services on the German market. The Company operates a dense network of over 1,000 learning centres, offering small group tutoring to circa 60,000 primary and secondary school students across Germany, covering all common subjects as well as special preparatory courses for pre graduation exams. The Company has further developed a true online offering, comprising
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