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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
Great Lakes Fund Solutions have launched CrowdKey, software-as-a-service (SaaS) that provides online private placement platforms with a white-labeled crowdfunding site and an outsourced back office.
CrowdKey allows platforms to accelerate their time to market, reduce fixed formation costs, perform a variety of vendor management and compliance functions, outsource their call centre and back office, and quickly begin to display deals for investors.
The vendor-hub features of CrowdKey allow online private placement platforms to tap into banking, legal and fund administration resources to keep issuers in compliance and actively structuring deals rather than becoming immersed in clerical work. CrowdKey is
An affiliate of HIG Capita has completed the acquisition of Intelius an online provider of people-related information for consumers.
Intelius is a leading provider of on-demand information about individuals and predictive analytics that can help identify connections to other people, places and things. Headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, the privately-held company has been in business since 2003 and has sold more than 50 million reports.
“We are pleased to support Intelius, a leading provider of online consumer information services,” says Elliot Maluth, a Managing Director of HIG Capital. “We view Intelius as a strong cash flow business with tremendous growth
AMP Capital and 3i Infrastructure plc (3i Infrastructure) have entered into an agreement to jointly acquire 100 per cent of Danish company ESVAGT from Maersk Group.
AMP Capital is investing approximately GBP109 million to acquire a 50 per cent interest in ESVAGT and will have an equal shareholding with 3i Infrastructure.
Headquartered in Esbjerg, Esvagt has been operating since 1981. It is a leading provider of emergency response and rescue services in the offshore oil and gas industry in Denmark and Norway, and has a growing presence in the UK and offshore wind services segments. Esvagt employs more
Actis has sold its majority shareholding investment in Mouka Limited (Mouka), a Nigerian mattress brand, to Abraaj, a private equity investor. Financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Mouka manufactures foam spring mattresses, polyurethane blocks, pillows and furniture for consumers in West Africa. Actis invested in 2007 and since then it has expanded the company and its operations across Nigeria; built best in class manufacturing facilities; expanded production and distribution; brought in a first-rate board and institutionalised the organisation, helping Mouka evolve from a well-respected, family owned business into a sustainable, successful corporation.
John Opubor, Director in
Private equity firm RoundTable Healthcare Partners has completed the acquisition of TIDI Products.
Founded in 1969 in Neenah, WI, TIDI was once primarily a manufacturer of paper-based barrier products. Through a strategically executed acquisition program and internal initiatives, TIDI has expanded its product offering to include a portfolio of differentiated, acute care focused medical products. Today, the Company is a designer, developer and manufacturer of a broad suite of medical devices and supplies for preventing infections and supporting caregivers across acute care, alternate site and dental end-markets. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Joe Damico, Founding Partner and
In the first six months of 2015, Israeli high-tech exit activity accelerated, garnering USD5.29 billion in 54 deals – nearly 76 per cent of the total proceeds from exits in all of 2014, with 107 deals totalling USD6.98 billion, and 80 per cent of USD6.62 billion in 91 exits in 2013, both considered part of the few most successful years for Israeli exits.
The figures published are part of the IVC-Meitar Exits Report H1 2015.
The average deal size in H1/2015 was USD98 million, 51 per cent more than the annualised average of USD65 million in 2014 and 34 per
High Road Capital Partners has acquired Toronto-based Ariad Communications, which it will combine with its platform company Bluespire Marketing.
Ariad is a strategic marketing agency specialising in serving Canadian clients with content, digital marketing and consumer activation capabilities.
Bluespire is a leading provider of strategic, multi-channel marketing solutions with emphasis on end-user content and digital marketing for healthcare, financial services and senior living companies. Each business will continue to operate its brands.
Mike Beckerman (pictured), a 20-year marketing veteran and President of Ariad, will serve as CEO of the combined company.
“Ariad and Bluespire are experts in
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