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In this excerpt from Preqin Investor Outlook: Alternative Assets, H2 2015, we take a closer look at how investors source and select new investment opportunities, based on the results of our interviews with over 100 investors in hedge funds.
As our extract from the Preqin Special Report: Hedge Fund Manager Outlook reveals, fund managers are finding the fundraising environment more competitive. Therefore, it is more important than ever to understand how investors source and select new investment opportunities, in order to be in with a greater chance of gaining some of the capital earmarked for new investment. With this
Elian has agreed terms to buy SFM Europe, a provider of corporate services with more than EUR1 trillion of assets under administration.
Elian sees the acquisition ‘as an outstanding strategic fit for Elian as SFM Europe has a long established reputation for providing the highest level of client service, coupled with industry expertise and an outstanding portfolio of clients.”
According Paul Willing (pictured), chief executive officer of Elian: “This deal complements our corporate services business and extends the group’s geographic reach in the key European financial markets of Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Lisbon, Madrid and Milan.”
Established in 1999, and spanning
CensorNet has raised GBP2m in Series A funding. The funds will be primarily invested into bolstering its R&D for its popular platform, which helps organisations manage the risk of cloud applications in an increasingly mobile work environment.
The round was led by Talis Capital, with existing investors and management participating. Vasile Foca has joined the board as investor director.
SMEs and non-profit organisations use CensorNet to visualise, control and protect all internet activity and the use of cloud applications across all devices. CensorNet solutions give greater visibility to senior management and control to IT departments, allowing organisations to address
Capillary Technologies, a provider of cloud-based software solutions that help retailers intelligently engage with their customers, has closed a USD45 million Series C round of financing led by an affiliate of private equity firm Warburg Pincus.
Existing investors Sequoia Capital and Norwest Venture Partners also participated in the round. Capillary will use the capital infusion to expand its offerings to enable clients to develop an omni-channel view of their customers, both organically by broadening its product suite, as well as inorganically via the acquisition of MartJack, Asia’s leading Multi Channel Commerce provider.
Capillary’s cloud-based platform, which can integrate into
Care Capital Properties has completed the acquisition of eight skilled nursing facilities and one assisted living facility in Shreveport, Louisiana and simultaneously entered into a long-term triple-net lease with Texas-based operator Senior Care Centers (SCC) to operate the acquired portfolio.
SCC concurrently acquired the operations, which also included a rehabilitative therapy company, four hospice agencies and an interest in an affiliated pharmacy provider. CCP purchased the assets for approximately USD190 million and made a USD20 million five-year, fully amortising loan to SCC, resulting in a total transaction value of USD210 million. The initial cash lease yield on the properties is
Venture capital veteran Jeff Williams and Mutual Mobile founder Jason Story (pictured)have joined forces to launch Hangar Ventures, a USD50 million venture fund focused on early stage technology companies.
Hangar will be making new investments in companies looking to raise their first round of institutional capital.
Messrs, Williams and Story believe the ecosystem and climate are perfect for a new franchise in Texas. Their thesis is supported by such well known tech investors like John Jaggers, Managing Partner of Sevin Rosen Funds and David Hunt of Hunt Technology Ventures, who also believe the timing is right for not only
Cathay Capital inaugurated the Sino French Innovation Fund at an official launch ceremony at CEIBS Beijing Campus last week along with CDB Capital and Bpifrance.
As one of the new investors who have confirmed their contribution, Valeo, a leading automotive supplier, will partner with Cathay to reinforce its access to innovative startups in smart transportation and connected car applications. In addition, Cathay announced it will donate 500,000 Euros to CEIBS to set up the Cathay Global PE Research Fund.
In July this year, during the Chinese Prime Minister’s state visit to France, cornerstone investors Bpifrance and CDB Capital signed
Kuepa has closed a USD3 million convertible loan from the Multilateral Investment Fund and Inicia Fund, allowing the firm to continue opening new schools and expand its vocational training programs in Mexico, Colombia, and the rest of Latin America.
“We are very excited to work with Kuepa in expanding education opportunities to working adults in Latin America through affordable market-based solutions,” says Oscar Farfan of the IDB’s Multilateral Investment Fund.
Over 30,000 young-adult students have taken vocational courses with Kuepa over the last three years. Kuepa currently employs more than 250 people across five countries. Over 90 of them
Retail analytics specialist Retency has secured EUR5 million in financing from Truffle Capital, a European venture capital firm, which will be used to accelerate the company's development and boost its R&D activities.
Founded in 2014, Retency provides physical retailers with analytics, marketing and advertising solutions equivalent to those used by their e-commerce counterparts, allowing them to gain insights on shoppers' behavior in their stores and optimize their on- and off-line marketing.
Retency products have already been adopted by leading retailers in the cultural, clothing, leisure, DIY, cosmetics, grocery and automotive sectors.
Bernard-Louis Roques (pictured), Co-Founder and General Partner
The HQ Group is to combine its private equity and real estate businesses under the HQ Capital brand. This move will create an independent alternative investment manager, with more than USD12 billion under management in private equity and real estate.
As part of the rebranding, Auda, the private equity firm, and Real Estate Capital Partners, the real estate investment company, will operate under the new HQ Capital brand. Equita, the mid-cap buyout firm, will become a subsidiary of HQ Capital and be renamed HQ Equita.
“We have been investing in alternative assets for over 25 years, which makes us
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