Allocations
American Capital received has USD215 million in cash proceeds from the sale of portfolio company CBIT Solutions Inc – USD2 million (1 per cent) less than the company’s third quarter 2011 valuation of the investment. American Capital’s compounded annual rate of return earned over the life of its total investment in CIBT was 15% for all debt and equity investments, including interest, dividends, fees and expected escrow proceeds.


"We are extremely pleased with the results of our CIBT investment, which illustrates American Capital’s long-term dedication to assisting portfolio companies with flexible financing solutions," says Brian Graff, American Capital Senior Managing Director. "We
Embedded memory and logic technology specialist NeoMagic Corporation has executed a private financing (PIPE) for 6,000,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock priced at USD0.01 per share. The financing is led by Bluestone Financial LTD investor group and Mediastone LLC, two prominent venture capital and private equity firms.
David Tomasello, NeoMagic’s Chairman of the Board, is managing director of Bluestone Financial and Jorge-Granier Phelps, a member of NeoMagic’s Board of Directors, is managing director of Mediastone LLC.
Also participating in the transaction, are Syed Zaidi, President and CEO, and Charlotte Willson, Vice President Finance and Principal Accounting Officer, and two
Ivycorp, creators of Ivytalk, a next-generation enterprise messaging network for businesses and organisations, has received an initial USD1 million in Series A investment capital from a combination of investors led by the Women’s Venture Capital Fund.
"Ivycorp is a great example of the large and growing pipeline of women entrepreneurs building capital-efficient but scalable businesses," says Helen MacKenzie, Managing Director at the Women’s Venture Capital Fund. "Mary Jesse, Ivycorp’s CEO, embodies the entrepreneurial spirit that we look for in our investments. Mary’s successful track record as an engineer and telecommunications executive ensures the level of leadership required to bring a
OMERS Private Equity, the private equity arm of the OMERS Worldwide group of companies, and a consortium equity group, including the Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec, have sold Cari-All Group Inc to German based cart manufacturer Wanzl Metallwarenfabrik GmbH.
Founded in 1969, Cari-All is the leading manufacturer and distributor of shopping carts, shelving and backroom equipment to retailers across North America.
Since OMERS Private Equity acquired Cari-All in 2005, the Company has strengthened its position in the North American cart market through a number of strategic initiatives, including bolstering the management team, improving operational efficiencies and growing through
Correlation Ventures has closed its initial USD165 million venture capital fund, 10 per cent above the USD150 million target. The firm leverages its analytics to offer entrepreneurs and lead investors co-investment decisions within two weeks. Limited partners include leading endowments, foundations, pensions, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals, including over 30 venture capital peers who invested personally.
Correlation Ventures, with offices in San Diego and Palo Alto, California, is creating a portfolio of over 50 US private companies and has a broad mandate to invest in all stages and industry sectors, including information technology, life sciences, and clean-tech. Launched in late
Lawyers from Walker Morris have acted for Barratts Trading Limited on its acquisition of the majority of the Barratts and Priceless shoe chains from administrators.
The acquisition follows the appointment of administrators, Deloitte LLP, to the Barratts Priceless group of companies on 8 December 2011.
Barratts Trading Limited has acquired 89 Barratts and Priceless stores, together with the ecommerce business of Barratts Priceless Limited, from the administrators, Deloitte LLP. The new business will trade under the Barratts name. As a result of this deal, 1,184 jobs will be saved across UK, the Republic of Ireland and at the Bradford Head
A greater focus from regulators and investors has led to an increased number of hedge fund and private equity managers actively considering strategic moves to more favourable domiciles, according to a new report from Clear Path Analysis. Emerging regions are particularly appealing to investors and as such managers are now looking at the business potential of setting up a presence overseas.
Regulation has been a key driver for this trend following the 2008 Madoff scandal and a general shift towards greater transparency across global financial markets. 2011 has been no exception with laws being tightened and new proposals such as
FedBid, Inc, which operates the FedBid online marketplace at www.FedBid.com, has secured the first investment made by the Revolution Growth fund, which was launched in December 2011 by Steve Case, Ted Leonsis and Donn Davis. Revolution Growth is now the largest investor in FedBid.
Leonsis has been named Chairman of the Board of FedBid, effective today, working closely with FedBid CEO, Ali Saadat, to accelerate FedBid’s growth and reach. FedBid and Revolution Growth also announced that General George Casey, the former Chief of Staff of the US Army, and Mark Walsh, co-founder and CEO of GeniusRocket and former CEO of
Funds managed by Blackstone are forming a partnership with PQ Energy to acquire or to develop power generation facilities throughout Europe. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, PQ Energy is led by a seasoned management and technical team. The team has extensive power project development and operating experience as well as a strong track record of identifying and investing in power generation assets and creating significant long-term value.
Blackstone’s funds have partnered with PQ Energy to provide necessary investment capital to the European power sector at a critical time when traditional sources of power supply have fundamentally changed due to the addition
ABS Group of Companies has concluded its acquisition of Safetec Nordic AS, with a signing ceremony attended by senior ABS, ABS Group and Safetec management in Trondheim, Norway, on 5 January, 2012.
ABS and ABS Group Chairman, Robert D Somerville, ABS Vice President David Weinstein, ABS Group CEO and President Tony Nassif and ABS Consulting President David Walker, joined Safetec CEO Jan Morten Ertsaas, Safetec Board Chairman Jon Daniel Nesje and Professor Jan Erik Vinnem to sign the agreement bringing Safetec into the ABS Consulting organisation.
The acquisition of Safetec will broaden the range of solutions and services provided to
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