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Stella Advisors and EOC Partners are merging their businesses to create one of the largest media and technology investment banking boutiques in Europe.
Stella EOC will bring deeper, even more powerful coverage right across the high growth tech and media sectors, and will bring highly relevant M&A advisory services to the dynamic and fast-paced markets where tech and media are currently converging, all to the benefit of both new and existing clients. Stella EOC will employ over 40 experienced bankers and will be one of the largest media and tech teams in Europe whilst keeping a boutique culture that ensures
Optoscribe, a supplier of glass-based integrated photonics components, has closed a series B investment round of GBP1.8 million in line with its expansion and product supply plans.
The funding was led by Scottish business angel investment syndicate, Archangels, and also supported by its other existing investors, Par Equity, Scottish Investment Bank and the Optoscribe management team.
Optoscribe’s innovative technology produces optical components at a wafer level, primarily aimed at high volume optical transceiver manufacturers supplying the rapidly growing data centre market. The company’s solution enables simple and precise coupling of optical fibres to arrays of laser emitters and/or photodetectors
Nexxus Capital is exit its investment in Moda Holding, a holding company with the primary purpose of acting as a diversified platform of brands in the apparel retail industry in Mexico, such as Dorothy Gaynor (dress and casual footwear) and Zingara (swimwear & beachwear).
Nexxus Capital first invested in Moda Holding in August, 2011.
The divestment will be made through Nexxus IV&V, once certain closing conditions are met, including the approval from Mexico’s Antitrust Authority. Once the closing conditions are met, Moda Holding will be acquired by Acritus, a Mexican company dedicated to the design, distribution and sale of fashion
Global private equity investor Advent International (Advent) has agreed to acquire IPH, a European industrial supplies distributor, from European private equity firm PAI Partners.
IPH distributes industrial supplies for maintenance and production applications in Europe. It offers power transmission products, machining solutions, industrial supply solutions and product-related services. IPH serves a range of industries, including heavy industry, chemical and pharmaceutical, food-processing, energy, transport, automotive, petrochemicals, and mechanical engineering industries. In 2016, IPH generated revenues of EUR1.3 billion.
Advent, which took private Brammer Limited (Brammer) from the London Stock Exchange earlier this year, intends to combine IPH with Brammer, to
Equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs has closed its first secondary market trading window having delivered impressive 10x returns for some investors.
Until Seedrs announced the launch of its secondary market, the long-term nature of the early stage equity asset class meant that the vast majority of shares would remain illiquid for some time and investors would need to wait for an exit event such as an IPO or a sale of the business.
The Seedrs secondary market is already changing that. The first trading window opened on Tuesday 6 June and has given investors the opportunity to sell shares in
Yorkshire-headquartered digital agency Ingenuity Digital Holdings Limited (IDHL) has completed a management buyout (MBO) of the business supported by a funding package from HSBC and Frontier Development Capital (FDC).
The investments from HSBC and FDC follow a period of consistent growth for IDHL and a record financial performance in 2016, with revenues exceeding GBP10.5 million. The MBO, which values the business at GBP30 million, has provided an excellent return for exiting investors and enables the senior management team to become majority shareholders.
Founded in 2000, IDHL’s 17-year track record has seen it become one of the UK’s largest full-service
THL Credit Advisors has closed on a total of USD511 million in commitments to its third direct lending fund.
Strong institutional investor demand from both existing and new investors enabled THL Credit Direct Lending Fund III and affiliated vehicles to exceed its target, driven primarily by the firm’s differentiated platform, and its origination and structuring capabilities in the lower middle market.
Founded in 2007, and with approximately USD10 billion of assets under management, THL Credit takes a proactive, disciplined, and creative approach to investment sourcing, underwriting and portfolio management. The firm’s lower middle market direct origination platform offers multiple
Capital Risks Limited (Capital Risks), a new Managing General Agency (MGA), has secured an agreement with CBL Insurance Ltd (CBL), of New Zealand to enable it to underwrite Transaction Liability Insurance.
With a specific focus on small and medium sized deals that are currently underserved in the market, Capital Risks will be offering capacity of up to GBP10 million on any one risk.
The Transaction Insurance market has evolved significantly in recent years, with a higher number of merger and acquisition (M&A) deals being insured as capacity has increased and premiums become more attractive for purchasers. Extensive market research
JW Childs Associates, an operationally-focused private equity firm, has acquired Ascent Medical Group, through a newly formed platform company, Siromed. Ascent Medical Group, LLC, a physician group practice based in Florida, is the first entity acquired by Siromed.
Ascent, founded in 2011 by Dr Steven Milstein, provides anesthesia care in Boynton Beach, Florida across a wide spectrum of subspecialty areas including general surgery, orthopaedic, obstetric and endovascular. Since 2011, the Company has been the sole provider of anaesthesia services to Bethesda Hospital East and West. Ascent employs 14 physicians and 20 CRNAs.
Siromed will target investments in a broad array
Gide has advised a consortium of investors including Ardian Infrastructure, Debiopharm Investment and Aloem on the sale of Aloe Energy to Sonnedix.
Aloe Energy is a successful solar developer and operator with 67MW under operation as well as a pipeline of projects under development and construction in France.
Sonnedix Power Holdings Limited (together with its subsidiaries, Sonnedix) is an independent solar power producer that develops, builds, owns and operates solar power plants globally. The transaction brings Sonnedix’s solar capacity in construction and operation above 600MW, with an overall portfolio over 1.2GW globally. Sonnedix ranks as France’s fourth largest solar
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