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Novan Therapeutics has secured USD50 million in an oversubscribed private financing led by new investor Malin Corporation with strong participation from Novan’s existing private investors throughout the Research Triangle area of North Carolina.
The round closed 27 March, 2015 at USD50 million, including an August 2014 initial filing of USD10.3 million.
Neal Hunter, Novan’s Founding Investor and Chairman, says: “We believe the promise of Novan’s pipeline and our advancement toward commercialisation enabled us to attract strong participation in this round, leading us to close at twice the original target of USD25 million. The funds secured will support Novan’s efforts to
Claranet, the European managed services provider, has signed a refinancing agreement, securing a long-term facility for the company.
Goldman Sachs’ Private Capital Team has joined Claranet’s existing and well-established finance providers RBS, ABRY Partners and Ares Management’s European Direct Lending Team for the first time in a move that reflects the strengthening performance of the privately owned company in the B2B technology space.
Commenting on the new agreement, Charles Nasser, Claranet Group founder and CEO, says: “Our new arrangements reflect the strength of Claranet and the confidence of our funders as we continue to expand both organically and through acquisition
Node4, a regional data centre, managed IT and communications specialist, has completed the acquisition of Reconnix, a leading open source technology services company, for an undisclosed sum.
The deal, which was transacted with support from leading private equity provider LDC, represents the second acquisition to be completed by Node4 since LDC backed the business in May 2013.
The transaction forms part of Node4’s ongoing acquisitive growth strategy, targeting complementary businesses operating within the data centre and cloud services markets.
Node 4 provides a wide range of data centre and managed IT services, including colocation, connectivity, managed hosting, communications and hosted
Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) has agreed to acquire the principal holdings of Competitive Power Ventures (CPV).
The transaction includes equity interests in a portfolio of power generation projects, as well as CPV's development and asset management platforms. CPV's management team will continue to lead the business and develop value-added investment opportunities in the US power sector.
The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2015.
Commenting on the transaction, Adebayo Ogunlesi, Chairman and Managing Partner of GIP, says: "This transaction combines a portfolio of high quality power projects with an experienced management team that has an outstanding
Aberdeen Asset Management is to purchase SVG Capital plc’s stake in their joint venture vehicle, Aberdeen SVG Private Equity Managers Limited (Aberdeen SVG Private Equity) for GBP29 million.
In May 2013, Aberdeen acquired a 50.1% stake in Aberdeen SVG Private Equity from SVG Capital plc with the option of acquiring the remaining 49.9% stake.
The transaction is part of Aberdeen’s strategy to consolidate and strengthen further its alternatives platform which provides multi-manager coverage of hedge funds, property and private equity allocations, infrastructure investments and Pan-Alternative capabilities.
The majority of the Aberdeen SVG Private Equity team will be fully
The Consumer sector team at Livingstone has advised JacTravel, a leading B2B hotel accommodation wholesaler and provider of inbound travel services, on the acquisition of TotalStay Group.
The transaction was supported by Vitruvian Partners, JacTravel’s existing institutional shareholder.
The enlarged group will benefit from greater scale in the accommodation market, achieving an annual combined turnover significantly in excess of £360 million, and direct contractual relationships with over 14,000 independent and chain hotel partners in 800 cities globally. Greater scale is expected to accelerate growth in both companies, which have been growing at around 20% per annum in recent years.
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Accenture Federal Services (AFS) has completed its acquisition of Agilex Technologies, Inc (Agilex), a provider of digital solutions for the US federal government.
The acquisition, first announced on 9 February, 2015, advances AFS’s ability to help clients harness the power of emerging digital technologies and enable rapid, predictable systems deployment for the federal government’s most complex challenges.
“Digital technologies are fundamentally changing the way that government organisations operate and interact with citizens, patients, employees, suppliers, partners and other stakeholders,” says David Moskovitz, Accenture Federal Services chief executive. “Combining the Agilex and AFS digital capabilities and agile methods accelerates our ability
The fortunes of European and US funds of hedge funds have become increasingly polarized over the past year, as the 2015 Preqin Global Hedge Fund Report found. In an extract from March’s edition of Preqin’s Hedge Fund Spotlight, we look at this trend and assess whether it is likely to persist in the longer term.
Funds of hedge funds have had a challenging road to recovery following the fallout of the global financial crisis and the events surrounding the Madoff scandal in 2008. The industry’s assets under management fell from a peak of USD1.2tn in December 2008 to USD948bn by
LFPI Gestion acquired Accolab, a group of eight clinical laboratories located in the area of Bordeaux, Lyon and in Spain.
For this acquisition, LFPI Gestion invests alongside Alain Dalléac, former CEO of Unilabs in France and renowned medical biologist. The new shareholders, with substantial financial resources allocated to this project, intend to pursue a dynamic build-up strategy partnering with additional medical biologists.
Alain Dalléac commented: “This project is a significant opportunity in the medical field with a special focus on patients’ needs and a high level of quality of service. The innovative environment of operational excellence in this level of
HIG European Capital Partners (HIG Europe) has acquired Monal Group through its Spanish-based portfolio company Tres60 Servicios Audiovisuales.
The acquisition, which will result in the creation of an entity generating sales of nearly 100 million euros, was successfully executed by the French and Spanish offices of HIG Europe, supported by Monal Group’s management team and by its founding shareholder, Denis Auboyer.
Tres60, a leader in providing comprehensive technical services and equipment for audio-visual production, post-production and advertising, broadcasting television channels and live events, is a major player in the Spanish market. The Monal Group offers its customers recognised technical expertise
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