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toucanBox, a subscription-based children’s arts and crafts delivery service, has secured a GBP2.7 million investment from BGF Ventures, as part of a GBP3.2 million funding round, to accelerate its UK and international growth and introduce new products.
This is the company’s first institutional investment following previous rounds of angel and seed funding.
toucanBox makes and delivers themed boxes of arts and craft activities for children aged three to eight. Activities and materials are developed by educational experts and there is no contract or tie-in, with customers able to pause, cancel or upgrade their subscription at any time. The business
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and The Vietnamese State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) have signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a Russian-Vietnamese investment platform. RDIF and SCIC will identify attractive investment projects in bilateral trade, which are in line with Russian-Vietnamese strategic interests.
Under the agreement, RDIF and SCIC will each invest USD250 million in the platform. The funds will be directed towards projects that promote bilateral trade and foreign direct investment flows between the two countries, as well as business activities of Vietnamese corporations in Russia.
The signing ceremony took place today in Moscow in the
Pro-invest Group, a private equity real estate investment firm, has signed a fund administration agreement with global independent fund administrator, Apex Fund Services.
The partnership will deliver Pro-invest Group with the specialist private equity real estate fund accounting, regulatory reporting and middle office support services required to provide the required infrastructure and support investments.
Apex’s global presence and breath of service capabilities spanning the full value chain of a fund will ensure Pro-invest is supported by administrative resources that enable them to deliver cross-boarder services to their clients. With USD300 million (AUD) in committed capital, Pro-invest’s vision to provide
Amadeus Capital Partners has invested in Inotec AMD, a maker of mobile medical devices designed to heal chronic, hypoxic wounds that afflict millions of sufferers around the world every year.
As more than 90 per cent of wounds suffer from a lack of oxygen, the launch of NATROX addresses this serious concern with a simple, cost-effective application which treats a broad spectrum of chronic health problems.
Amadeus Capital Partners will bring investment and expertise to Inotec, based in Cambridge, UK, to enable the company to carry out large scale clinical trials outside the UK and to broaden the scope of
The hitherto opaque alternative investment funds (AIFs) industry has been making significant strides towards transparency, driven largely by the demands of institutional investors and global regulators, who want to see AIFs deliver clarity and accuracy in their trading and investor reporting methods.
This is good news for an industry that is growing in size and scale globally and going retail with liquid alternatives. But how are AIFS set up in the first place? How do traders and prop desk alumni take the first the steps to setting up their own AIFs in the transparent and correct format required by investors
Kayon Partners has teamed with The LeoGroup LLC as sub-advisor to the private equity fund LeoGroup Private Investment Access, LLC. LeoGroup is expanding its offerings to ultra-affluent individuals through its multi-family office platform.
Kayon Partners, founded by Stephen Garrow, David Vogel and Timothy Mitrovich, has partnered with LeoGroup as sub-advisor to the LeoGroup Private Investment Access (PIA) bringing a broad range of investment management and managerial skills to LeoGroup.
The arrival of Kayon Partners coincides with LeoGroup’s expansion of its capabilities to service ultra-affluent individuals within LeoGroup’s Multi-Family Office (MFO) platform. Their focus will be on private investments, special venture
Preliminary figures released by SL Capital in the Q1 2016 Private Equity Barometer, published by unquote”, show that overall the year to Q1 2016 witnessed a shift towards larger deals, with total deal value increasing by 28.2 per cent, while volume slipped by 15.9 per cent.
As a result, average deal value increased by 52.4 per cent
The number of European private-equity-backed deals declined by 11.7 per cent in the first quarter of 2016, from the 394 transactions seen in the previous three months to 348 transactions. Combined deal value also declined, slipping by 54.2 per cent.
The aggregate
Beacon Rail Leasing (Beacon), a leading Pan-European rolling stock leasing company, is to acquire Ascendos Rail Leasing (Ascendos), a European locomotive and rolling stock leasing company.
The completion of the transaction is subject to customary conditions, including clearance with the German competition authorities. The transaction is expected to be completed during the second quarter of 2016.
Headquartered in Luxembourg, with additional offices in London and Munich, Ascendos’ current portfolio includes 35 locomotives and 100 freight wagons on lease in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany, 35 passenger train units on lease in Germany, and 67 double decker coaches on lease
Private equity firm LCatterton has sold its remaining stake in Nature’s Variety to Agrolimen, joint venture partner for the investment. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
LCatterton invested in Nature’s Variety in 2008; and Agrolimen became a JV partner in 2014. Working together alongside Nature’s Variety Chief Executive Officer Reed Howlett, L Catterton and Agrolimen have developed a comprehensive brand positioning and go-to-market strategy for the brand.
Since LCatterton’s investment, Nature’s Variety has implemented a number of initiatives that have driven the business to quadruple in size and transformed Nature’s Variety into the leading raw and raw-inspired pet
Private equity firm Thoma Bravo has sold Vision Solutions, a provider of high availability, disaster recovery, and migration software and services, to Clearlake Capital Group.
The exit represents the culmination of a successful 10-year partnership between Thoma Bravo and Vision Solutions. The transaction is expected to close in Q2, subject to normal closing conditions and approvals. Financial terms were not disclosed.
“We’ve worked closely with the Vision Solutions executive team to identify the operational efficiencies and transformative acquisitions that would establish the company as the premier provider of data protection solutions for modern data centres,” says Scott Crabill, a managing
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