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Idinvest Partners is making an investment in Secret Escapes, the exclusive members only travel club.
Following the USD60 million Series C fundraising closed by the company during the summer of 2015, Idinvest Partners has decided to join some of the most successful international venture firms (including Google Ventures, Octopus Ventures, Index Ventures,) by taking a minority stake in the company. As a result, Guillaume Durao, Investment Director at Idinvest Partners will be joining Secret Escapes’ board of directors as an observer.
Secret Escapes joins Onfido on the list of successful London-based startups recently backed by Idinvest Partners. Historically associated to
Golding Capital Partners (GCP) has closed 2015 with another record by raising almost EUR850 million new capital for GCP investment programmes, outstripping the previous record set in 2014 by almost 10 per cent.
The successful fundraising is further testimony to GCP's leading position in the European market for private equity, private debt and infrastructure investment programmes. Strong growth was also driven by new investors, with 35 per cent of the commitments in 2015 coming from first-time investors. GCP successfully expanded its private debt portfolio with commitments of EUR413 million for the fund Golding Private Debt SICAV VIII (SICAV VIII), enabling
A stronger euro helped boost second quarter 2015 returns as measured in US dollars in private equity and venture capital funds investing primarily outside the US. Funds focusing on ex US developed markets outperformed those targeting emerging markets – a result that was the reverse of the outcome for public market equities, according to Cambridge Associates.
The Cambridge Associates LLC Global ex US Developed Markets Private Equity and Venture Capital Index returned 7.6 per cent for the quarter ending 30 June, 2015, as measured in US dollars. Its public market counterpart, the MSCI EAFE, rose just 0.6 per cent over
Atlanta-based venture capital firm BIP Capital has launched a franchise development division, the BIP Franchise Accelerator, to help emerging brands accelerate their growth.
Currently, the BIP Franchise Accelerator's portfolio includes fast casual concepts Tropical Smoothie Café and Tin Drum Asian Kitchen, and the company is seeking to invest in brands with high growth potential across all franchise segments.
"We created the BIP Franchise Accelerator to leverage our team's deep franchise experience. Unlike other venture capital firms, we not only provide investment capital, but also work closely with franchisors to define a detailed plan to ignite franchise development, open more
SL Capital Partners has entered into an agreement to manage Aviva Investors’ private equity portfolio from 1 February 2016. SL Capital is a subsidiary of Standard Life Investments.
With the majority of the private equity portfolio in run-off, Aviva Investors has taken the decision to delegate the management and monitoring of the portfolio to SL Capital, while the economic interests remain with Aviva Group clients. This will ensure strong and committed resources for Aviva Group clients during this run-off process.
SL Capital will utilise its substantial European footprint to integrate the management and monitoring of 115 private equity fund
Private equity investment firm Pamplona Capital Management has acquired VText Holdings from Investcorp which acquired the business in 2010. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Veritext, headquartered in Livingston, New Jersey, is the leader in deposition and litigation support solutions in the United States. Veritext provides law firms and corporations with national coverage, state-of-the-art facilities, highly skilled court reporters, advanced technology, unparalleled client service and on-time delivery. The Company utilizes the latest, easy-to-use technologies to streamline the deposition process, enhance delivery flexibility, and reliably handle the most complex cases. Proprietary video, mobile and remote services combined with unmatched security help to
BGF has invested GBP2 million in Castleton Technology (LSE: CTP) the software and managed services provider to the public and not-for-profit sectors, to support the acquisition of Kypera Holdings Limited and Castleton’s longer term growth strategy.
At the same time, the Group’s existing investor MXC Capital has invested GBP1.5 million while Barclays has extended it bank facilities by a further GBP1 million.
Castleton provides tailor made software and infrastructure solutions, predominately in the social housing sector. Nearly a third of all the social housing associations in the UK are now Castleton customers. The business has made seven acquisitions in
Franklin Square Capital Partners, a manager of business development companies (BDCs), has originated a unitranche term loan for PSKW, LLC (PSKW), a developer and marketer of co-pay assistance (CPA) programs for pharmaceutical drugs.
The financing supported the acquisition of PSKW by Genstar Capital (Genstar), a San Francisco, CA-based private equity investment firm focused on actively investing in high-quality companies for more than 20 years. In addition, the financing also supported PSKW's add-on acquisition of PDR Network, LLC, a provider of behaviour-based prescription management programs.
The financing was provided by FS Investment Corporation (NYSE: FSIC), FS Investment Corporation II (FSIC
KFit, an Asia Pacific-based fitness-sharing platform to discover and reserve fitness activities, has secured a USD12 million Series A investment round led by Venturra Capital, with participation from SIG and Axiata Digital Innovation Fund.
Earlier investors, including Sequoia Capital India and 500 Startups, also participated.
KFit partners with studios and gyms, aggregating the supply of over 300,000 different activities every month. It then offers this wide selection to customers in one single, easy-to-use mobile app.
The new funding will enable KFit to expand in the region and invest in the technology, operations and marketing to further solidify its
Federated Wireless has successfully raised USD22 million to bolster the development of its cloud-hosted Spectrum Access System (SAS) and CINQ platform to bring the benefits of shared spectrum in the 3.5GHz band to Enterprise customers in the Education, Healthcare, Hospitality, Retail and Financial markets.
Federated Wireless raised USD22 million to bolster development of its Spectrum Access System (SAS) and CINQ platform.
The Series A round, led by Woodford Investment Management, demonstrates growing investor support for Federated Wireless’ efforts to collaborate with leaders in the Telecommunications and Wi-Fi industries, as well as with government agencies such as the Federal Communications
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