Allocations
The Greater Manchester Loan Fund (GMLF) has invested GBP0.3m in Tactus Group (Tactus) which started its business as a brand developer and wholesaler for premium quality mobile phone and tablet accessories.
The funding will enable Tactus to acquire a new lease for a site in Salford, Greater Manchester to expand its product range and further penetrate the hi-tech consumer electronics sector. The acquisition of the Salford site lease will create around 10 new roles immediately with the potential for an additional 10-15 jobs over the next three years.
Founded in 2012, by CEO Scott Brenchley, who has over 20
European private equity is reawakening following a quiet six months after the UK’s EU Referendum last summer, with overall buyout value growing by more than a third between H2 2016 and H1 2017 to reach EUR35.8 billion for the first half of this year.
That’s according to provisional H1 data from the CMBOR at Imperial College Business School, sponsored by Equistone Partners Europe and Investec Specialist Bank.
Though the value increase is encouraging, it doesn’t tell the whole story: much of this recovery is accounted for by eleven mega-deals (deals valued at EUR1 billion-plus) across Europe in H1 2017,
Lawyers from Carey Olsen’s Guernsey corporate team have recently advised Pearl Diver Capital on the establishment of three registered, closed-ended funds.
Collectively known as PDC Opportunities Fund VII, the funds are targeting commitments of USD500 million to invest in a diversified portfolio of tranches of collateralised loan obligations (CLOs) issued by European and American companies.
The funds are structured as Guernsey limited partnerships, the first of which, PDC Opportunities Fund VII A Limited Partnership (Fund VII), held a successful first closing at 13 April 2017.
The Carey Olsen team advising on the launch of the funds was led
Palatine Private Equity has completed the successful sale of Chase Templeton to Nevada Investments following a period of extraordinary growth for the private medical insurance provider.
The private equity firm initially backed the Blackburn-based business in 2013 and has supported the management team through a successful buy and build strategy. It was the first investment from Palatine’s Fund II.
Founded in 2002, Chase Templeton is one of the UK’s leading PMI specialists. It operates from headquarters in Darwen, Lancashire and offices in Bridgwater, Somerset. The company has enjoyed rapid growth, completing more than 75 acquisitions and growing its annual
Calculus Capital, an EIS and VCT investor, will invest GBP2.4 million as a cornerstone investor in a GBP6.6 million institutional and private investment round in Blu Wireless Technology (BWT), a specialist in the provision of ultra-fast millimetre Wave (mmWave) wireless technology into homes and businesses through the roll-out of Wi-Gig and 5G networks.
Calculus Capital’s investment supplements the recent funding round that included ARM, the UK semiconductor IP company that was acquired in 2016 by SoftBank. The investment will enable Blu Wireless Technology to accelerate the design and development of its core wireless technologies.
Semiconductor manufacturers use Blu Wireless
BGF has invested GBP3.85 million in support of Dolphin Homes, a South Coast based specialist care provider for young adults with complex health needs.
The funds will be used for the provision of two new care homes in Hampshire, as well as investing further into Dolphin’s existing homes. Now operating 12 homes with a total of 99 beds, the investment will see the group expand to 136 beds.
Dolphin’s care homes cater for adults with learning difficulties, challenging behaviour, physical disabilities and complex health needs, focusing on quality of care and supporting them to live independent lives.
The
Cavendish Corporate Finance has advised Cotswold Collections Limited in an investment by Rockpool Investments, funding a management buyout of the business.
Cotswold Collections offers a unique range of fashionable women’s clothing and accessories, aimed at affluent mature women. The in-house design team, led by Managing Director Jane Cheeseman, has considerable experience of creating designs that appeal to its large and loyal customer base and fit within a classic British style. Using the direct retail channels of mail order catalogues, online and telephone, Cotswold Collections has successfully operated for over 20 years, maintaining the high quality design, materials, and manufacture of
Beechbrook Capital, a specialist direct lender, has completed two more investments for its UK SME Credit I fund, taking the total invested since its first close in January 2016 to GBP77 million in 10 companies.
The fund, which finances non-private equity-backed UK SMEs, has provided unitranche debt to support the management buyout of Nu-Heat, a leading UK supplier of underfloor heating products, from its founders. The lead equity investor is Bestport Capital, which primarily invests funds from family offices and high net worth individuals. Nu-Heat’s management team, supported by Bestport, has ambitious plans both to accelerate new product development and
Hilltop Private Capital (Hilltop), in partnership with KCB Private Equity (KCB) has acquired Spiral Binding (Spiral), a manufacturer and global distributor of a diverse line of print finishing, graphic arts, and presentation equipment, supplies and services, including binding, laminating, paper handling, photo finishing and custom imprint services.
Spiral was founded in 1932, is headquartered in Totowa, NJ and operates six distribution centres nationwide. The existing shareholders of Spiral will remain as substantial investors in the Company and will continue to manage the business. Debt capital was provided by TCF Funding and QS Strategies. Other terms of the transaction were not
Tages Capital SGR has held the final closing of Tages Helios Investment Fund (Tages Helios) with committed capital of EUR253 million.
Tages Helios is a renewable energy investment fund focused exclusively on the Italian solar infrastructure sector and represents one of the largest fundraisings dedicated to the sector.
Tages Helios has attracted interest from institutional investors who were typically enticed by the value and quality of the assets already acquired. Furthermore, the manager’s existing capability to increase target portfolio returns to an IRR in excess of 8 per cent, has added to the appeal. The final investor base breakdown
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