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Exceptional Innovation has completed the acquisition of Quadriga Worldwide Limited and its subsidiaries (Quadriga), an international provider of managed guest services for the hospitality industry and The SmarTV Company (SmarTV), an developer of interactive entertainment solutions for commercial and consumer markets.
The combined companies will form a global technology service provider that maximises guest engagement and satisfaction, enhances the entertainment experience, and increases revenue while delivering operational efficiencies for hotels. The group will have its headquarters in the Netherlands and significant operating subsidiaries located in England and the United States, as well as regional offices in Europe, Africa and the
Crowd analytics specialist Crowd Vision has completed a combined funding round which brings on-board significant US investment, providing a partial exit for the business’ early stage angel investors, including the Angel CoFund.
This partial exit will allow the Angel CoFund to re-invest the funds back into more high-growth British businesses.
Crowd Vision’s core offering enables a wide range of customers to perform live crowd analytics, tracking the movement and concentration of people from a standard video feed. This funding will be used to support Crowd Vision, as the business eyes up the next growth stage.
The company was set up
Partners Group is to acquire Knowledge Universe's US early-childhood education business, KUE LLC, on behalf of its clients.
KUE LLC is the largest for-profit provider of early childhood education in the US and the parent company of KinderCare Learning Centers, as well as the brands Children’s Creative Learning Centers (CCLC) and Champions. The transaction is expected to close later this year.
KinderCare Learning Centers has been educating and caring for children for over 45 years and has a strong reputation for delivering high-quality educational programs through approximately 1,400 centres in 38 states. KinderCare is on track to achieve 100 per
Century Park Capital Partners has completed its acquisition of Mikaway, a 105-year-old producer of Japanese pastries and specialty frozen desserts.
Mikawaya is credited as being the creator of mochi ice cream, a handheld and portion-controlled ball of premium ice cream enrobed in a soft and chewy, sweet rice cake. Mikawaya is the market’s largest producer of the Japanese specialty frozen dessert. The brand offers an exciting range of popular flavours including Asian-influenced flavours like green tea and mango, as well as more traditional favourites like kona coffee, cookies and cream, mint chip, chocolate, strawberry, vanilla and others. The products are
BitFury Group, the Bitcoin Blockchain infrastructure provider and transaction processing company, has secured USD20 million in funding. Investors participating in the round include DRW Venture Capital, iTech Capital and the Georgian Co-Investment Fund.
Don Wilson, Founder of DRW Venture Capital, says: “DRW's investment in BitFury is an acknowledgment of the impressive work Valery Vavilov and the team has done to become a leader in the business of securing the blockchain. By supporting BitFury’s efforts in this regard, and by providing liquidity in bitcoin via its wholly owned subsidiary, Cumberland, DRW aims to facilitate the widespread adoption of the distributed ledger
Brookdale Care, a UK authority on autism, has been acquired by Tracscare, a provider of care and support for adults with challenging and complex needs.
Livingstone’s Healthcare sector team advised entrepreneur Michael McInerney, who founded Brookdale in 2002.
Established in 1983, Tracscare provides support and care for adults with complex needs associated with acquired brain injuries, Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD), mental health illnesses and both learning and physical disabilities. Specialist healthcare investor GSquare invested in 2014 to support group’s buy-and-build development strategy.
Brookdale is renowned for its specialism in delivering outstanding care and support for people with ASD and its
Balidor Oil & Gas has secured a USD150 million equity commitment from Kayne Anderson Energy Funds and members of the Balidor management team.
Balidor is a Houston, Texas based independent oil and gas company formed to target the acquisition and development of oil and natural gas assets in North America.
The Balidor management team is led by Dave Baker, CEO; Brian Dorr, COO; and Steve Liles, Vice President. Prior to forming Balidor, Dave Baker and Brian Dorr served as senior executives at Breitburn Energy (“Breitburn”) where Dave Baker served as Senior Vice President of Operations, managing engineering and operations for
Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division and GRO Capital are to acquire M-Tec Holding, Pandrup, the parent company of Trackunit, from the founders of the company, Svend M Hansen and Jesper Fjeldsø.
Trackunit is an independent provider of machine telematics products and software.
“Over the past years Trackunit has grown significantly and is today positioned as one of the leading global providers of fleet management solutions for off-highway vehicles. The management team is very excited about the new ownership and believes the competences of Goldman Sachs and GRO Capital will be highly valuable to the company. We will continue to focus
BeneStream has raised USD4.26 million a a series A funding round with commitments from health insurance industry investors and existing investors.
BeneStream is a health technology company that connects qualified employees to government health benefits, saving their employers the cost of insuring those employees. The company is currently working with more than half of the top 10 largest brokerages in the country.
“Our series A financing is led by health insurance professionals who understand the need for a product that reduces the overall cost of health insurance to businesses while increasing employee access to health benefits,” says Ben Geyerhahn (pictured),
The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was down -1.9 per cent in June. None of the 12 Lyxor Indices ended the month in positive territory. The Lyxor Fixed Income Arbitrage Index (0 per cent), the Lyxor Convertible Arbitrage Index (-0.1 per cent), and the Lyxor Variable Bias Index (-0.8 per cent) were the best performers.
Another round of global steepening early June gave way to a sudden Greek-related risk aversion. A second phase of curve steepening started early June adding approximately 40bps to German 10Y yields and 30bps to UST. The Euro finished where it started, but with great volatility. Equity
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