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Quercus Assets Selection, which specialises in infrastructure investments with a focus on renewable energy, is to launch two new renewable energy infrastructure funds, bringing the total number of funds in its portfolio to five.
The launch of the two new funds will complement the recently launched Quercus European Renewables fund to maximise the portfolio’s risk/return profile through a meticulous strategy of diversification.
Quercus is looking to raise a minimum combined target of EUR500 million across the three funds, which is to be invested in connected wind and solar plants in Italy, as well as in other renewable technologies throughout Europe.
A new private equity firm, created through a management buyout from Barclays, is looking to open up new growth investment opportunities in natural resources.
Following the deal, Barclays Natural Resource Investments (BNRI) is now Global Natural Resource Investments (GNRI) an independent, private equity firm, which will build on the existing management team’s strong expertise and proven track record in successfully managing natural resource investment opportunities globally over the last nine years.
Barclays will not be selling any of its existing investments as part of the acquisition. An investment advisory mandate between GNRI and Barclays has been agreed under which
Start-ups in ASEAN are drawing increasing attention from venture capital firms and several countries have put in place measures to encourage such activities. The appetite for venture capital investments has seen a growth in both the number of deals and aggregate value transacted between 2014 and 2015 YTD. On the other hand, buyout activity has yet to match the peak seen in 2014.
In 2014-2015 YTD, there were 401 venture capital deals completed in ASEAN, totalling USD2.2 billion in aggregate value. When looking at buyout activities in the same timeframe, a total of 81 private equity-backed buyout deals were transacted
London based Real-time consumer engagement app OnePulse has closed a USD1.07m seed investment round, led by AngelLab, D5 Capital and the London Co-Investment Fund along with a number of senior brand and technology executives.
With over 300 clients (including businesses like Aviva, CGA Strategy, Coca-Cola, Bartle Bogle Hegarty & LBi Digitas), and a large panel of mobile users in the UK, OnePulse is looking to disrupt the traditional market research sector.
OnePulse is a mobile and web-based platform that provides on-demand insights to brands and businesses at any size or stage. Via OnePulse, companies ask people around the UK questions
Cato Networks has raised USD20 million in a series A funding round led by Steve Krausz, general partner at US Venture Partners (USVP), and Theresia Gouw, founder of Aspect Ventures.
Cato Networks will use the funding to refine its new Network Security as a Service (NSaaS) platform, which the firm says will change the way network security is delivered, managed, and evolved.
Cato Networks was founded by Shlomo Kramer and Gur Shatz, who had bootstrapped the company until now. Kramer is one of the founding fathers of network security, best known for introducing the first firewall to the market as
Blockade Medical, a privately held company focused on the development of catheter based therapeutic devices for the treatment of cerebral aneurysms and ischemic stroke, has closed a round of equity financing.
Existing investors participated along with new investment from TitanMed Capital and GP Healthcare Capital, venture capital and private equity funds, which are dedicated to healthcare investments. The company also announced the formation of a joint venture for future manufacturing of Blockade Devices for the Chinese marketplace.
The funds will support the continued commercialisation of the Barricade Coil System™ and will also be used for the continued development of novel
Stone-Goff Partners (SGP) has held the closing of Stone-Goff Partners Fund II, a private equity fund focused on investments in businesses within the consumer and services verticals.
Fund II will continue its predecessor’s successful lower middle market private equity investment strategy, generally investing between $6 million and $20 million in equity per transaction.
Following the initial closing, SGP is pleased to be in a position to deploy capital in attractive new opportunities, explained co-founder and partner, Hannah Stone Craven.
“We are thrilled to announce another milestone in the evolution of SGP and honoured by the reception we have received from
Rockaway Capital is to acquire 100 per cent of Central European online retail business Netretail Holding and Heureka, the No1 online price comparison website in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, from Naspers and other minority shareholders.
The EUR200 million-plus acquisition puts revenue from Rockaway Capital's e-commerce holdingson track to exceed EUR1 billion in revenue over the next few years.
Rockaway is an investment firm building the Internet economy in emerging markets, via venture capital, private equity or its own incubation. Rockaway's e-Commerce Holding unit consists of grocery and non-food specialty e-commerce shops, a superstore generalist e-commerce retailer, price comparison engines,
MUFG Fund Services has selected Markit’s private equity services to provide valuations for illiquid debt and unlisted equity positions.
MUFG Fund Services is part of MUFG Investor Services, the global asset servicing group of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) and provides administration services for more than 1,100 alternative funds worldwide.
Blair Henderson, global head, business development & marketing at MUFG Investor Services, says: “Markit’s private equity valuation services will help us provide our clients with a comprehensive outsourced solution to their post-trade reporting requirements. This enables them to focus on sourcing deals and managing existing investments, and also ensures that
Baring Private Equity has secured regulatory approvals to complete its previously announced acquisition of a majority stake in Vistra Group from IK Investment Partners.
Vistra Group’s management team continue to hold a significant shareholding in the company.
Martin Crawford, CEO of Vistra Group, says: “Our partnership with Baring Asia brings a new and exciting chapter for the Vistra Group. With their support, we can continue the success and growth of the firm to the satisfaction of our clients, our employees and our shareholders. We very much look forward to what lies ahead.
“I would like to thank IK
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