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ForeVest Capital Partners has launched as an independent alternative investment firm, having completed a spinout from PineBridge Investments by mutual agreement.
Established by the four senior managers of PineBridge New Europe Partners (NEP) – Pierre Mellinger, Artur Haze, John Leone, and Doina Popescu – ForeVest will continue to focus on growth equity investments in mid-market companies across Central and Eastern Europe.
ForeVest has managed over USD1.2 billion in investments in CEE and nearly USD300 million in other assets in emerging markets.
The ForeVest team comprises 14 investment professionals with over 180 years of collective private equity experience, with
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally cleared VTech’s acquisition of LeapFrog Enterprises.
The CMA found that the merger may not be expected to result in a substantial lessening of competition in the supply of learning toys for 0-5 year-olds, children tablets and content or future innovation in toys.
The CMA’s final decision will be made after collecting views on the provisional findings and assessing all evidence.
"I am very pleased that the CMA has provisionally cleared this merger," says Allan Wong, chairman and group CEO of VTech. "We have always believed that the combination of
The alternative asset management arm of Global Investment House, Global Capital Management (GCM), has acquired a 100 per cent stake in Yum Yum Tree Food Court, one of the largest quick service restaurants (QSR) managers in the Gulf region.
Established in 1995 with five restaurants in Bahrain and one in the UAE, Yum Yum Tree has grown exponentially to reach nearly 180 restaurants, steered by the vision of its founder Adel Bukhowa and his son Omar Bukhowa.
Yum Yum Tree is today the master franchisee or operator of more than 20 international and regional brands including Vanellis, Subway (Bahrain),
The joint owners of Switzerland-based Unilabs, private equity funds Apax Europe VI, Nordic Capital Fund VI and Apax France VII, have accepted an offer from Apax IX, advised by Apax Partners, for the acquisition of their respective stakes in Unilabs.
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Under the new ownership structure, Unilabs will be able to continue to pursue its M&A strategy and be at the forefront of the ongoing consolidation of the European laboratory space.
The transaction marks the successful completion of the joint ownership between funds advised by Apax Partners, Nordic Capital and
Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) has completed its exit from Skyscanner, following the formal completion of the company’s GBP1.4 billion sale to Ctrip, a Chinese online travel services provider.
SEP, which was Skyscanner’s largest shareholder, owned approximately one third of the Edinburgh-headquartered travel search company and made its initial investment back in 2007.
At the time, Skyscanner employed less than 30 people, had revenues of approximately GBP1 million and focused on budget airlines in Europe.
It now has over 800 employees and is one of the top online travel brands in the world, serving 60 million monthly active users
Noerr has advised long term client Foodpanda on the sale of Russian food delivery company Delivery Club to Mail.Ru Group, one of Russia’s largest Internet companies.
Mail.Ru Group will acquire 100 per cent of Delivery Club in an all cash transaction. The total deal value is USD100 million. The deal is not subject to any third party approvals.
Delivery Club is the leading player in the growing Russian internet food delivery market. It currently has over 4,500 connected restaurants with the number of daily orders reaching 20,000. In H1 2016 net revenues were RUB296 million.
Mail.Ru Group, listed
November was Assetz Capital's best month ever with GBP26 million worth of capital flowing through the peer-to-peer (P2P) platform.
Assetz Capital, launched to the public in early 2013, aims to help British small and medium sized businesses and property developers with their funding requirements.
To date over GBP185 million has invested through the platform, typically earning investors gross rates of return between 3.75 per cent and 15 per cent per annum.
Each of the businesses receiving funds through Assetz Capital has provided tangible assets to provide security for P2P investors while mitigating risks.
As a result, Assetz
Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners has entered into final exclusive negotiations with Advent International to acquire Corialis (Core Innovative Aluminium Integrated Solutions).
Founded in 1984 and headquartered in Belgium, Corialis is a European supplier of aluminium profile systems for windows, doors, sliding elements, roof systems and conservatories.
The group has global reach with significant operations in Belgium, France, the UK and Poland.
The terms of the transaction, which requires workers’ council information and consultation and is subject to the approval of relevant market authorities, have not been disclosed.
Scottish Equity Partners-backed Exco InTouch, a provider of patient engagement, data capture and digital health solutions for the clinical research and healthcare industry, has been acquired by ERT, a provider of patient data collection solutions for use in clinical drug development.
The combined organisation will provide the biopharmaceutical industry with electronic clinical outcome assessments (eCOA), patient engagement and digital health supporting the entire clinical development to commercialisation spectrum.
Jan Rutherford, a partner at SEP and non-executive director of Exco InTouch, says: “Exco InTouch has been widely recognised as one of the fastest growing technology companies in the UK, quadrupling its turnover over the last three years and increasing its staff to over
KKR has held the final closing of KKR Next Generation Technology Growth Fund (NGT), a USD711 million fund dedicated to growth equity investment opportunities in the technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) space in North America, Europe and Israel.
The fund is focused on generating strong returns for investors by investing in high-growth companies.
Beyond access to financial capital, KKR offers partner companies access to KKR’s operational expertise, network, industry expertise, global reach and insights from its more than 100 current portfolio companies worldwide, which translates into over USD7 billion in IT spend and over USD10 billion in marketing spend
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