Allocations
British Business Bank Investments, the commercial arm of the British Business Bank, has agreed to provide a GBP25 million facility to UK independent leasing company Haydock Finance.
The three-year funding commitment is structured as a block discounting facility and is part of the Bank’s Investment Programme, which has now committed a total of GBP110 million to asset finance companies. The programme forms a key part of the Bank’s efforts to increase the diversity and supply of finance for small businesses.
The facility will help Blackburn-based Haydock grow its asset finance division, providing hire-purchase, leasing and refinance for business assets
Private equity firm Wynnchurch Capital has acquired Texas Hydraulics, a manufacturer of highly engineered, custom-designed hydraulic cylinders, swivels and related components for mobile equipment applications, from Dover Corporation.
Founded in 1968, and headquartered in Temple, TX, Texas Hydraulics provides front-end design solutions for the most challenging applications in a diverse range of end-markets, including infrastructure, utilities, natural resources and transportation.
"We are excited to partner with Wynnchurch to grow our business and continue our nearly 50 year history of delivering innovation, quality and exceptional service to our customers. Wynnchurch has extensive experience helping manufacturing companies reach their full potential
Orion Labs has secured USD9 million in new financing from Avalon Ventures and Motorola Solutions Venture Capital.
Orion creates group voice communication accessories that bring people together across any distance. Its accessories incorporate the best features of two-way radios and group messaging, bringing simplicity and style to anyone who needs to be readily connected to a group without the distraction of a screen. Using Orion, groups of people can easily talk to each other throughout the day, anywhere in the world, while being physically engaged in the moment.
"Consumer wearable devices have the potential to transform the way people
Advantage Capital Agribusiness Partners has made a second investment in American Botanicals, a Missouri-based supplier of bulk herbs and botanical products, to help fund the acquisition of Aloha Medicinals, a biotechnology company focused on medicinal mushroom production.
American Botanicals buys, processes, sells and exports hundreds of roots, herbs, barks, berries and other botanical products, which are purchased directly from U.S. farmers and dealers and used in products ranging from food to nutritional supplements by the company’s more than 400 customers. Over 90 percent of these natural items are collected in the wild.
“We are excited about welcoming Aloha Medicinals
KKR has acquired an approximate 9.95 per cent stake in Max Financial Services, the newly demerged entity of the Max Group that owns an approximate 72 per cent stake in Max Life, India’s fourth-largest private life insurance player.
KKR acquired its stake from a sponsor group led by Analjit Singh, Chairman Emeritus of the Max Group.
KKR made its investment from its Asian Fund II through the portfolio investment route. Further details of the transaction were not disclosed.
The partnership between KKR and Max Financial Services comes as the Indian life insurance sector steadily recovers from a recent
Securus Group a provider of electronic security and life safety systems specialising in the installation, maintenance and monitoring of open protocol products, has raised a GBP25 million flexible senior debt facility from Muzinich & Co in the first transaction for Muznich’s recently launched UK Private Debt Fund.
Securus Group was formed in 2008 by Managing Director Stuart Glover, supported by funding from Infinity Asset Management. Since then it has grown rapidly through a combination of organic growth and ten acquisitions combining to create a full national service platform under the Securus Group brand.
The GBP25 million six-year senior secured
Sertec Group Holdings, a manufacturer of stampings and welded assemblies, has secured a GBP20 million funding package from BGF (Business Growth Fund) and Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking to support the management team’s continuing expansion plans for the 54 year old business.
The Coleshill headquartered manufacturer is a key supplier partner to Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) among others, producing over three million parts per week from aluminium and steel across its five operating sites in Birmingham. The business has enjoyed significant growth over the last eight years with sales rising from GBP40 million in 2008 to close to GBP200 million today.
BDC Capital has launched IT Venture Fund II, a new CAD150 million venture capital fund for the Canadian information technology (IT) sector.
This second fund brings the amount under management by the BDC Capital IT Venture Fund group to CAD300 million, all of which is helping to build and support a new generation of global Canadian IT market leaders.
"The fund focuses on direct mid-stage investments (also known as Series A and B financing) in more mature startups that have a product in market and are already generating revenues from customers," says Robert Simon, Managing Partner of the BDC
Shamrock Capital Advisors has held final the final closing of Shamrock Capital Growth Fund IV, a USD700 million fund focused on providing buyout and growth capital investments in companies within the media, entertainment and communications industries.
This marks the fourth such fund raised and managed by Shamrock focusing on these industries. Shamrock targets companies benefitting from growth trends in these sectors, seeking USD20 million to USD100 million of equity capital in both control and non-control transactions.
Fund IV’s limited partners comprise a diverse mix of existing and new investors from leading pension funds, endowments and foundations, family offices, and
Lawyers from Carey Olsen's Guernsey corporate team have advised Falcon Acquisitions Limited on its admission to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority (by way of a standard listing) and to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange for listed securities.
Falcon Acquisitions is a special purpose acquisition vehicle and will target businesses for acquisition in the mobile, online television and broadcasting sectors with a focus on 'over-the-top' content. This involves delivering media content, such as audio and video, either over the open internet without a multiple system operator or via an internet-enabled device such as
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