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American Healthcare Investors completed the acquisition of four medical office buildings, one integrated senior health campus and one land parcel for an aggregate contract purchase price of approximately USD44 million, and completed developments for approximately USD15 million during the fourth quarter of 2019, for Griffin-American Healthcare REIT III, and Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV.The firm completed nearly USD262 million in aggregate acquisitions and developments based on contract purchase price on behalf of the REITs during the entirety of 2019.
“It was another active year of acquisitions on behalf of Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV, which acquired an excess of USD201 million of
Centaur Fund Services, a provider of fund administration and regulatory services for the alternative investment fund industry, has secured a significant growth equity investment from FTV Capital, a sector-focused growth equity investment firm. Centuar says the capital will position the company for continued expansion into new geographies and further investment into talent, product development and technology. As fund managers increasingly look to outsource their regulatory and back- and middle-office functions, Centaur has experienced rising demand for solutions as a tech-enabled independent fund administrator.
Ronan Daly, Karen Malone and Eric Bertrand, Centaur’s co-founders, will continue their leadership roles and remain significant shareholders
Sortis Holdings (SOHI), a Portland, Oregon-based alternative investment fund manager, has launched Sortis Growth Venture Fund. The USD10 million fund is a hybrid venture capital and consumer-focused private equity fund dedicated to accelerating the speed at which rising consumer brands can reach their full potential. Open to accredited investors, Sortis Growth Venture Fund has a target return of 20 per cent on invested capital.
“Sortis has developed a unique platform that aggregates highly experienced operators, advisors and investors with a world-class e-commerce agency, providing promising consumer brands with critical support and structure as they focus on achieving the next level,” says
Research by Adams Street Partners finds no evidence of sponsor-to-sponsor underperformance and that sponsors are a real and relevant source of deal flow for other sponsors. Moreover, such deals appear to offer stable returns with lower losses than non-sponsor deals.
Tosca Debt Capital (TDC) has provided a First Lien facility to support the acquisition of the remaining equity of Once Upon A Time (OUAT) by its Management Team from its private equity investor, Calculus Capital, and to provide funding for their ambitious growth and acquisition strategy.OUAT is a London-based marketing agency that delivers a full range of marketing services; from advertising, branding, media, all forms of creative, shopper and in-store marketing, and the production of physical and digital assets. Clients include high-profile brands such as Disney, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros, Netflix, William Grant and BMG Music.
Founded in 2013,
At a value of EUR294 million, the Polish venture capital market showed an eight times increase in 2019, according to a report by PFR Ventures.
The data, prepared in cooperation with Inovo Venture Partners, reveals that 269 transactions took place in 2019 with 85 funds involved. They provided capital worth over EUR294 million invested by domestic and foreign funds in Polish startups.
Bond has raised USDF15 million to in fundraising round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners,along with MizMaa Ventures and TLV Partners.Ultimately, the round will enable Bond to help online retailers deliver products – and accept returns – faster and with an enhanced positive experience, starting in New York, where it is opening a number of nano distribution centres (NDCs).
Bond’s system is designed to integrate with online retailers’ existing ecommerce process flows and provide a real-time, dynamic ecosystem of neighbourhood-level NDCs that are managed by local teams that deliver and return products with tailor-made, environmentally friendly electric trikes that help
Aumni, a SaaS company developing a robotic process automation and data analytics platform for private capital investors, has completed a USD10 million Series A funding round led by SVB Financial Group, the parent company of Silicon Valley Bank.
ARQIS has advised Liberta Partners, a multi-family holding company based in Munich, on the acquisition of Ameropa, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn AG. Both parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price.Liberta Partners will take over all of the approximately 120 Ameropa employees. Ameropa and Deutsche Bahn will continue to work closely together in the future, for example in sales or with respect to rail travel as part of Ameropa package offers.
The tour operator Ameropa, founded in 1951, has been part of the DB Group since 1973 and has been wholly owned by DB Fernverkehr AG since
CBPE Capital (CBPE) has invested in ETL Systems (ETL), a global designer and manufacturer of RF distribution equipment used in the ground segment of the satellite communications market. ETL serves various end markets including broadcasting, energy, defence, government and maritime, and has a distinguished track record of growth and technological innovation in support of its international client base. The company is the recipient of multiple industry accolades including three Queens Awards in recent years.
The business is embarking on further expansion, designed to take advantage of positive market drivers in the satellite industry, in particular the rapid increase in the
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