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Investcorp, a global provider and manager of alternative investment products, and China Everbright Limited, a Hong Kong based alternative investment firm in Greater China, are combining their investment teams investing in the Chinese technology sector.
The combined team and investment committee, will jointly manage the China Everbright New Economy Fund I. In addition, Investcorp and China Everbright intend to explore the opportunity to establish a successor private equity fund, jointly managed by the two parties, to further access China’s technology sector.
This joint partnership will draw on Investcorp’s three decades of experience investing globally in the technology sector, and China Everbright’s
Validated ID, the Barcelona-based tech company which specialises in digital signature, electronic invoice, and digital identity, has raised EUR2 million in a funding round led by Randstad Innovation Fund, the corporate venture arm of Randstad.
Co-investor Caixa Capital Risc, CriteriaCaixa’s venture capital management company, also participated.
This round is also backed by founders, previous partners, and the leading law firm Cuatrecasas, via its investment vehicle for startups Cuatrecasas Ventures.
In the past few years Validated ID’s digital signature solution, VIDsigner, has established a leading portfolio of secure and easy to use electronic signature services with the highest legal and security
Intuitus, a provider of technology and digital due diligence and other technology advisory services to the private equity sector, has been acquired by Endava, a technology services provider.
“We are delighted to be joining Endava. Our due diligence expertise, combined with Endava’s technology know-how and international platform, will enhance our existing capabilities and bring significant new growth opportunities for the combined team” says Calum Stewart, CEO of Intuitus. “We remain fully committed to the private equity sector and to both serving and further strengthening our relationships with our existing client base.”
Endava helps its clients become digital, experience-driven businesses by
Pathstone, a Registered Investment Advisory (RIA) firm with over USD15 billion in assets under advisement as of end of September 2019, has secured an investment from Lovell Minnick Partners (LMP), a private equity firm focused on investments in the global financial services industry and related technology and business services companies.
Financial terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed.
Under the terms of the transaction, Pathstone will remain independent and it will continue to be managed by its existing leadership team. In addition, Pathstone will add 16 existing employees as new shareholders, bringing total employee ownership to 48 of
Global investment bank Houlihan Lokey has acquired Fidentiis Capital as the firm continues to grow its European Corporate Finance business.
With a focus on the midcap market in Spain, Fidentiis Capital provides independent corporate finance advisory services relating to mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, and financing.
This is the fifth acquisition that Houlihan Lokey has made in Europe in the past four years, following the acquisitions of McQueen Limited and Leonardo & Co. in 2015 and BearTooth Advisors and Quayle Munro in 2018. The firm now has more than 260 bankers in Europe, up from 80 in 2014, including 180
SureWerx, a portfolio company of The Riverside Company and a supplier of professional safety products, tools and equipment, has acquired Sure Foot Corporation.
Sure Foot, the company behind the Due North brand, offers a comprehensive portfolio of multi-purpose footwear traction aid products. Traction aids are lightweight and fit over footwear to minimise slips and falls on ice and snow, which reduces employee injuries and allows safe enjoyment during outdoor activities.
Established more than 35 years ago, Sure Foot has been a pioneer in the development and advancement of the fast-growing footwear traction aids category. Today, Due North remains a
HarbourVest Partners, a global private markets asset manager, has held the final close of the CAD300 million HarbourVest Canada Growth Fund II.
The fund, formed under the Government of Canada’s Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative (VCCI) to increase the availability of venture capital in the country, was oversubscribed and closed at its hard cap six months after its initial closing in April.
“Our collaboration with BDC Capital, first through the Venture Capital Action Plan program with Fund I, which has had strong performance since inception, and now through the VCCI with Fund II, has been successful and gratifying,” says Senia Rapisarda,
GP Bullhound has acted as exclusive financial advisor to Jellyfish on the strategic investment by Fimalac Group which will also see Tradelab (part of Fimalac Group) integrated into Jellyfish. The deal will put the value of the new enlarged Jellyfish at circa GBP500 million.
Founded in the UK in 2005, Jellyfish has grown at 45 per cent per annum over the last eight years and today employs 780 staff in 23 offices across the world. It has established itself a one of a select few globally managed Google Marketing Partners and is a global digital partner to leading brands including
Bruin Sports Capital (Bruin), a privately held global investing, operating and holding company has entered into a wide-ranging, long-term strategic partnership with private equity firms CVC Capital Partners (CVC) and The Jordan Company (TJC), to build best-in-class sports and entertainment companies.
The deal gives Bruin access to billions in capital, plus a global network of resources from the partners beginning with an initial combined investment for USD600 million from CVC Fund VII and TJC’s Resolute Fund IV.
“We are extremely proud to have the partnership and support of CVC Capital Partners and The Jordan Company, not only for what
UBS Asset Management’s (UBS-AM) Real Estate & Private Markets (REPM) Infrastructure business has completed the acquisition of a 49.9 perf cent stake in Phoenix Wind Repower, a portfolio of three wind farms located in Texas, USA, on behalf of its infrastructure equity strategy.
The stake has been acquired from a fund managed by Ares Management Corporation’s Infrastructure and Power strategy, which develops and owns power assets in the USA, and which retains a 50.1 per cent interest in the asset.
The three wind farms, initially commissioned between 2008 and 2012 with Clipper turbines, are currently being repowered by Vestas
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