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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
Private Advisors has closed its sixth dedicated small company private equity fund, Private Advisors Small Company Private Equity Fund VI with USD350 million in total commitments, exceeding its target of USD
250 million. Private Advisors and its employees, along with parent organization New York Life, committed approximately USD
51 million, demonstrating alignment with investors and continued confidence in the strategy. Fund VI is comprised of a diverse client base with over 50% of the capital committed from existing investors in prior funds. The investor base includes foundations, endowments, family offices, and pension funds.
Since 1997, Private Advisors has
KKR has held the final closing of KKR Global Infrastructure Investors II, a USD3.1 billion global fund focused on identifying, pursuing, executing, and managing infrastructure investments with an emphasis on OECD countries.
The Fund will follow KKR’s existing infrastructure investment strategy, which stems from the firm’s belief that there is – and will continue to be – a growing need to replace, upgrade and expand infrastructure across the globe. KKR will continue to make investments in the energy supply chain, water systems, roads, railways, airports, and communications networks.
“A decrease in public funding and weakened economic conditions in many regions
Pemberton Asset Management’s inaugural European Mid-Market Debt Fund, which brings together investors from large blue-chip financial services and insurance companies across Europe, has held its first close at EUR447 million.
Legal & General Capital (LGC) purchased a 40 per cent stake in Pemberton Asset Management in July 2014, with an initial commitment to invest EUR250m into mid-market loans in order to develop a European lending capability, accelerating its participation in the direct lending market and providing a new source of institutional funding to corporates over the long term.
The Pemberton European Mid-Market Debt Fund I provides much-needed finance to established
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