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Tifosy, a fully licensed sports crowdfunding business, has successfully raised GBP1 million in equity through its own platform.
Co-founded by former player and manager Gianluca Vialli and former investment banker Fausto Zanetton, Tifosy allows supporters to invest in leading clubs. More than 10,000 fans have already invested through the platform and Tifosy has worked with more than 15 clubs in England and Italy. Now, it is now scaling up to extend its operations across other European markets and into other sports, including rugby and cricket.
Tifosy has reached its GBP1m target in just six weeks – more than three
Ventilation systems specialist Monodraught has received a GBP2.65 million investment from BGF to support its long-term growth plans. The High Wycombe headquartered company will use the funding for product development and expansion into new markets.
Led by managing director Andrew McCubbin, Monodraught designs, manufactures, installs and maintains ventilation, cooling and lighting systems to create low energy, low carbon and sustainable buildings. The business works predominately within the education sector and provides a full service, from 3D building simulation analysis through to installation and maintenance.
Having partnered with many leading UK universities in R&D, Monodraught has a long history of
Heidelpay Payment, a leading German payment service provider in e-commerce, backed by private equity firm AnaCap Financial Partners (AnaCap), has acquired Hamburg-based StarTec Payment & Service.
The acquisition of StarTec, a provider for all aspects of cashless payment transactions at the physical point of sale (POS), will expands Heidelpay’s portfolio with additional services and expertise in both online and offline payments.
Heidelpay’s consolidation strategy reflects the wider movement towards an accelerated use by bothe-commerce and traditional businesses of streamlined payment processes. In addition to e-commerce payment systems, the acquisition of StarTec enables Heidelpay to offer payment solutions for brick-and-mortar
Tortoise Investments and Lovell Minnick Partners have teamed with existing management to acquire Tortoise, a specialist in essential assets and essential income investing. Terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed.
As part of the transaction, ongoing management and employees are expected to meaningfully increase their ownership of Tortoise. Employees will retain a significant equity interest, with many investing additional capital alongside Lovell Minnick, who will purchase the equity stake held by Mariner Holdings and retiring co-founders of Tortoise.
“We are excited and energised by our fit with the team at Lovell Minnick,” says Tortoise chief executive officer
Helly Hansen is to acquire Musto, the British specialist sailing and country apparel brand, from Phoenix Equity Partners and other shareholders.
With this transaction, Helly Hansen will become a global leader in professional sailing apparel, complementing its existing leadership position in professional skiing apparel and enhancing its presence in the UK outdoor market.
Musto is the British brand of choice for professional yachtsmen and world-class dinghy sailors. Granted two British Royal Warrants and an official supplier to both the British National Sailing Team and the British Equestrian Federation through to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, Musto leverages its British
The Halifax Group is actively pursuing investments for Halifax Capital Partners IV (Fund IV) after raising capital earlier this year and meeting its hard cap of USD650 million. Demand for the fund offering exceeded its original target of USD550 million.
David Dupree, Founder and Senior Partner, says: “With this fund, we responded to interest from existing investors, obviating the need to market the fund more broadly. We have shared a long-term relationship with our base of returning limited partners, in some cases over 18 years. In addition, we welcomed one new investor along with an investment team we know from
Endowment Wealth Management has launched its EWM Unicorn Technology Fund.
The private fund is seeking to raise up to USD25 million to capitalise on what its management team sees as opportunities in the secondary market for private, late-stage venture capital technology companies. Such firms are often referred to as unicorns due to their rarity and size. The fund manager will seek to build a diversified portfolio of companies that it believes may experience a liquidity event in the next 2-4 years. The Unicorn Technology Fund is currently fully invested across six such companies and the manager intends to add additional
AMP Capital, on behalf of investors in its global infrastructure equity platform, has agreed to acquire 100 per cent of Leeds Bradford Airport from Bridgepoint Advisers Limited.
Leeds Bradford Airport is an international airport serving the cities of Leeds, Bradford and the broader Yorkshire area, with four million annual passengers.
Leeds Bradford Airport is a compelling investment for AMP Capital due to its excellent location and strong growth prospects as well as AMP Capital’s expertise and successful track-record of investing in airports globally within its infrastructure portfolio for more than 20 years.
A mix of low-cost, charter and
Avedon Capital Partners has held the final close of Avedon III at EUR300 million, substantially above the fund’s target of EUR250 million.
Avedon III investors comprise a combination of institutional investors (banks, insurance companies, pension funds, endowments, fund-of-funds), both from Europe and North America, as well as a group of senior executives, further strengthening Avedon’s network in its home markets.
Avedon III will continue the Firm’s successful strategy of investing in growing, niche market-leading companies, with revenues ranging between EUR25 million and EUR150 million, which are at an inflexion point in their development and are looking for a partner
Apollo Global Management is to acquire a majority shareholding in Catalina. The agreement is subject to customary regulatory conditions, among others, and is expected to close in Q1 2018.
Affiliates of Apollo made an initial investment in Catalina in December 2013 and, as a result of the transaction announced today, the Apollo acquisition vehicle, which is expected to include investment from certain long term institutional and strategic investors, will have a controlling interest in the business. Since Apollo’s involvement in 2013, Catalina has grown substantially, doubling in size over the past three years, whilst maintaining its profitability. Catalina has completed
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