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Relay Ventures Fund III and Relay Ventures Parallel Fund III have acquired over 6,666,667 units of Axios Mobile Assets Corp at a purchase price of CAD0.90 per unit on a private placement basis.
Relay Ventures Fund III acquired 6,366,367 units and Relay Ventures Parallel Fund III acquired 300,300 units. Each unit consists of one common share of Axios and one common share purchase warrant. Each Warrant will entitle the holder to subscribe for one Common Share at a price of CAD1.50 per share for a period of 36 months following the closing of the Offering, subject to anti-dilution adjustments. Prior
OrbiMed has held the closing of its next venture capital fund, OrbiMed Private Investments VI, LP, with USD950 million in limited partner commitments.
Investors in the fund include some of the preeminent medical research institutions globally, along with leading endowments, foundations and sovereign wealth funds.
Consistent with its predecessor funds, the new fund will invest in all stages and sectors of the healthcare industry, with a focus on biopharmaceuticals, medical devices, diagnostics and healthcare IT companies located in North America and Europe. The new fund is expected to invest in approximately 30 portfolio companies in amounts generally ranging from
Eolus has, through its subsidiary Eolus North America, acquired two wind power projects under development in the state of Nevada.
The transaction means that Eolus will acquire 100 per cent of the shares in the US companies Crescent Peak Renewables LLC and Comstock Wind LLC for the sum of 50 000 USD. Crescent Peak owns the rights to a wind power project of 200-600 MW under development in Clark County, Nevada, and Comstock owns the right to a wind power project of 20-100 MW under development in Storey, Washoe and Carson City County, Nevada. The transaction includes a profit sharing mechanism
FGP Systems (FGP), a UK-based aerospace precision engineering company, is back in profit just three months after its acquisition out of administration by Cyrus Investment Management (CIM) with funds raised through the Cyrus Secured Loans Precision Engineering EIS Fund 1.
FGP was acquired in September and following growth investment and re-structuring by a total of 105 specialist engineering jobs have been saved.
FGP was founded in 1970 as a Tier 1 ‘build to print’ aerospace precision engineering company. It designs, engineers and manufactures bespoke mission critical components for the leading UK, European and US civil and military aerospace industries.
Private equity house WestBridge Capital has exited Aero Stanrew following its acquisition by TT Electronics plc, a global provider of engineered electronics for performance critical applications.
WestBridge backed the GBP8.5 million management buyout of Aero Stanrew in February 2012 and has worked in partnership with the executive team for the last three years to develop the business.
During that time, revenues and profitability have more than doubled and the company has deepened its relationships with its blue chip clients. The company’s transformation has been impressive, with sales forecast to be circa GBP18 million for the year ending 28 February
Octopus Ventures has invested GBP2 million in Segura Systems, a UK technology house delivering supply chain protection to a range of industries.
The cloud-based technology creates a comprehensive audit trail that allows all businesses to track every element of their purchases, not only from direct suppliers but also throughout the extended supply chain.
This Series A funding round is the first institutional money raised by the business, which was first conceived five years ago by Peter Needle and Ian Hepworth with the aim of helping businesses regain control of their supply chains. Segura Systems has already attracted the likes of
Hercules Technology Growth Capital has completed the previously-announced redemption of USD40.0 million of the USD85.9 million in issued and outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 7.00 per cent Senior Unsecured Notes due September 2019.
The partial redemption of the Notes will result in an annual interest expense savings of approximately USD3.0 million, prior to a one-time non-cash expense in the fourth quarter of 2015, attributed to acceleration of unamortised original debt issuance costs of approximately USD825,000, or USD0.01 per share of additional expense during the quarter. Hercules may elect to complete additional redemptions of its 7.0 per cent 2019
Global investment firm Summit Partners is taking a EUR31 million minority stake to support the growth of Signavio, a provider of SaaS-based software for business process and decision management.
CMS Germany’s Berlin-based technology team headed by partners Dr Jörg Zätzsch, Jesko Nobiling and Dr Ole Jani advised the Signavio founders on all legal aspects of the transaction.
Zätzsch says: "Signavio is regarded as a hidden champion in the Berlin start-up scene. Summit will undoubtedly prove to be a very important partner for expanding the business, especially in Europe, North America and Asia." During the year, the Berlin technology team has
Private equity firm Livingbridge has completed a GBP9.8 million investment in French restaurant group Le Bistrot Pierre, the Group’s first investment from its new, GBP220m, Enterprise 2 fund.
Established as a single franchise restaurant in Nottingham in 1994 by school friends Robert Beacham and John Whitehead, Le Bistrot Pierre provides customers with great value, authentic French cooking in a relaxing, lively atmosphere. The business now has a family of 14 bistrots located across a variety of locations, from large city centres such as Cardiff and coastal bistrots in Torquay to shopping centres in Newport and market towns like Leamington Spa.
Investec Growth & Acquisition Finance has provided a GBP55 million debt facility to support an affiliate of Sun European Partners (Sun) in its acquisition of Finlays Horticulture Investments Limited and Finlays Horticulture Holdings Limited (Finlays) from the Swire Group.
Blending asset-based and cashflow lending, the funding structure provided by Investec features revolvers and term debt to support the acquisition. It also caters for ongoing working capital and investment to drive future growth.
UK-headquartered Finlays, a distributor of fresh flowers, bouquets and packaged vegetables, generates annual revenues in excess of GBP300 million, selling to multiple retailers in the UK as well
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