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NewWorld Environmental Infrastructure has invested in a six-project 11.6 megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic electricity production project portfolio developed by Soltage.
The projects will be located in Connecticut and Massachusetts and will commence construction this month.
Soltage specialises in the development, design, ownership, finance and operation of solar power plants for large commercial customers. Since its founding, Soltage has developed 10 solar power generating projects representing more than 14 megawatts of distributed generating capacity. Soltage is backed by a group of investors, including independent energy company Tenaska, ranked by Forbes as the 35th largest privately held US company based on
Terra Venture Partners has held the first closing for its new fund at USD20m.
The fund’s primary investors include a US private equity fund, a Brazilian bank, European family offices, and additional strategic investors, many of which have invested in Terra’s first fund.
Terra is targeting USD50mn in total. On completion of fundraising for Fund II, Terra will manage a total of USD90m.
The capital raised for the second fund is expected to be invested in ventures not necessarily associated with the traditional cleantech industry, and which connect between internet, software and mobile technology, and have a
Paine & Partners, a private equity investment firm focused on investing in food and agribusiness, has made an investment in SGF Produce Holdings, the parent entity of Sunrise Growers~Frozsun Foods, which was an affiliated portfolio company of Sun Capital Partners.
Following the closing, Sunrise will no longer be an affiliated portfolio company of Sun Capital.
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Sunrise is a frozen fruit processor and marketer. The company, headquartered in Placentia, California, was founded in 1977 and operates processing facilities in Oxnard and Santa Maria, California, which are strategically located in the
The US IPO market surged in the early part of 2013 and, in overall equity capital markets volume, the US exchanges continue to dominate the globe, driving the most deal activity.
According to Ernst & Young’s Global IPO update, 24 IPOs have gone effective in Q1, raising more than USD6.7bn in proceeds.
The Ernst & Young US IPO Pipeline Analysis indicates an additional nine IPOs, which are scheduled to price before quarter end, will raise USD1.8bn and will be on par with the 33 IPOs which raised USD8.7bn in Q4.
As the US housing market continues
Resilience Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on investing in lower mid-market companies, has acquired a majority interest in Aerospace Products International (API), an aviation parts and equipment distribution and supply chain management firm, from First Aviation Services.
"Aerospace Products International is well-positioned to take advantage of the industry’s trend toward the outsourcing of after-market product distribution and other critical functions. We will make a significant investment of capital to execute on our strategy of enhancing API’s capabilities and competitiveness and build it into a truly great international company," says Steven H Rosen, co-chief executive of Resilience.
Iris Capital has led an expansion fundraising round for reBuy reCommerce.
The equity investment will allow reBuy to grow its re-commerce business (which gives a second life to goods through new distribution channels) of entertainment products ranging from mobile devices, Apple products, tablets and video consoles to books, video games, DVDs and CDs.
As investor, Iris Capital joins a group of German private and venture capital investors, among them Hasso Plattner Ventures, DuMont Venture, Mountain Cleantech and Klaus Wecken.
Created in 2004 and originally named trade-a-game, reBuy is today the leading player in the German re-commerce market
Leading M&A practitioners are the most bullish on deal activity since the collapse of the last buyout boom with 97 per cent of North American advisers forecasting an uptick from 2012.
The primary driver of this optimism, the strongest in the six years this survey has been conducted, is greater confidence among CEOs and in the board room (64 per cent), followed by optimism of a burgeoning economy (53 per cent) and the ready availability of inexpensive debt (45 per cent).
The 6th Annual Brunswick Group M&A Survey polled over 100 top advisers from North America, Greater China, and
TA Associates, a growth private equity firm, has completed an investment in Onlineprinters, one of Europe’s largest online printing companies.
Terms of the investment have not been disclosed.
Founded in 2004, Onlineprinters is one of the largest web-to-print providers in Europe. Also operating under the brand DieDruckerei, the company provides cost-efficient, on-demand printing of marketing materials primarily for small and medium size businesses and marketing agencies. Onlineprinters serves 30 countries across Europe and is headquartered in Neustadt an der Aisch, Germany.
“Onlineprinters’ on-demand model is transforming the business printing market with extremely low prices and a reputation
Packet Design, a provider of IP network route analytics software, has been acquired by Lone Rock Technology Group, an Austin-based private equity firm specialising in enterprise software.
The company has also appointed Scott Sherwood, a network and systems management industry veteran, as its new chief executive.
Since it was founded in 2003, Packet Design has pioneered the complex science of route analytics. Its patented technology provides visibility into routing and traffic behaviour across the entire cloud. Network managers at hundreds of the largest service providers, mobile operators, cable and broadband providers, enterprises and government agencies spanning five continents
China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) has acquired a 28.57 per cent stake in ENI East Africa, owner of a 70 per cent interest in an offshore gas block in Mozambique.
With an investment of USD4.21bn, CNPC indirectly acquires a 20 per cent stake in Area 4 in Rovuma natural gas basin.
The deal highlights growing trend of Asian majors to diversify and secure energy sources. CNPC is China’s largest oil and gas producer and supplier. The deal is CNPC’s largest overseas purchase ever, according to Bloomberg. It marks the entry of a Chinese major in the highly prospective
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