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AMP Capital has raised a record USD6.2 billion for its fourth infrastructure debt strategy, which includes the final close of the AMP Capital Infrastructure Debt Fund IV (IDF IV), co-investment rights and separately managed account commitments.
Central to the fundraise is the final close of the IDF IV, which reached its hard cap of USD4.0 billion, surpassing its USD3.5 billion target. An additionalUSD1.0 billion was secured in co-investment rights and a further USD1.2 billion from investors wanting access to AMP Capital’s infrastructure debt deal capabilities.
This is AMP Capital’s largest ever closed-end fund and is believed to be the largest
Middle market private equity firm One Rock Capital Partners is to acquire Innophos Holdings (Innophos), an nternational producer of essential ingredients, for USD32.00 per share in cash in a transaction valued at approximately USD932 million, including the assumption of debt.
The transaction has been unanimously approved by Innophos’ Board of Directors.
The offer price represents an 18% premium to the 30-trading day volume weighted average closing share price of Innophos’ common stock ended September 9, 2019, the last trading day prior to published market speculation regarding a potential transaction involving the Company.
“After careful consideration and a thorough
Middle market private equity firm Centre Partners has made an investment in Wisconsin Cheese Group Holding (WCG), and affiliates, a manufacturer of branded and private label Hispanic foods, including cheeses, desserts, meats and spices. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Founded in 1985 and based in St. Paul, Minnesota, WCG maintains an attractive portfolio of trusted, authentic Hispanic food brands, including La Morenita, El Viajero, Reynaldo’s, El Chilar, Lisy, and Orale!, alongside extensive private label capabilities. The Company has nationwide distribution with a strong presence within the mass, club, grocery and specialty / bodega channels and has built an outstanding reputation
A new EUR81.9 million project will help more than 1 million vulnerable small-scale farmers in Chad improve their incomes and food security and boost an underperforming agricultural sector hampered by recurrent droughts and rain-fed farming practices.
The Strengthening Productivity and Resilience of Agropastoral Family Farms Project (RePER) includes EUR49.3 million grant and EUR5.3 million loan from IFAD, as well as cofinancing from the Green Climate Fund grant (EUR17.1 million), the Government of Chad (EUR7.6 million) and by the beneficiaries themselves (EUR2.6 million).
The project was launched at a start-up workshop involving project participants, government officials, development partners, farmers’ organisations
SkyKnight Capital (SkyKnight), a San Francisco based private equity firm, has made an investment into AeroCare Holdings (AeroCare), a provider of home healthcare solutions focused on patients with chronic respiratory conditions.
AeroCare management and existing shareholders, including Peloton Equity, SV Health Investors, and Morgan Stanley Investment Management’s AIP Private Markets, will remain invested as part of the transaction.
Founded in 2000 by CEO Steve Griggs, AeroCare has established itself as one of the nation’s leading home health distribution platforms, focused on providing the highest quality service and equipment to patients with chronic respiratory conditions. With an extensive network of
Newcastle-based, Luminous Group, a mixed-reality company, has raised over GBP400,000 to support the launch of a new software to reduce hygiene risks in food processing plants.
The investment round was led by the North Eat Venture Fund (NEVF), which is supported by the European Regional Development Fund and managed by Mercia. Luminous Group is planning to create 28 new jobs over the next three years as it expands it management and technical teams.
The software, traXR, will help prevent outbreaks of pathogens in food manufacturing plants by using artificial intelligence to identify high risk areas where dangerous bacteria could
Alpha Private Equity (Alpha), an investor in the European mid-market segment, has entered in exclusive negotiations with Naxicap Partners to acquire a majority stake in Vervent Audio Group, the holding company of Focal JMLab and Naim Audio, two providers working in high-end acoustics and electronics markets.
Vervent Audio Group is a manufacturer and distributor of high-end and luxury audio equipment. The group has over 40 years of experience in the design and manufacture of audio equipment such as home or professional studio speakers, headphones and car speakers. The group has three production sites located in France and the United Kingdom
Speechmatics, a specialist in machine learning and automatic speech recognition, has raised GBP6.35m in Series A funding led by AlbionVC; IQ Capital followed on in this round along with several angel investors.
Speechmatics has built one of the most accurate speech recognition technology engines in the world. The technology is currently available in 29 languages, either in the cloud or, crucially, on-premises – a critical feature for businesses who do not wish or are unable to share data in the cloud. The diversity of languages and accuracy of the technology sets Speechmatics apart from other global brands in speech
London-based asset management consultancy MJ Hudson is to acquire the Jersey administrator, Anglo Saxon Trust (AST), subject to Jersey Financial Services Commission regulatory approval and certain other conditions.
AST is an established provider of company and trust formation, registrar and administration services and is regulated by the Jersey Financial Services Commission.
The acquisition follows the purchase by MJ Hudson of the Dutch ESG business of Spring Associates in July and US/UK benchmarking and analytics business Amaces at the end of 2018. It adds to MJ Hudson’s existing operations in Jersey and helps consolidate a growing pan-Channel Islands business for
Maven Capital Partners (Maven), one of the UK’s most active private equity houses, has led a GBP5.3 million funding round in E-Fundamentals, a leading eCommerce insights platform.
London and Edinburgh-based e.fundamentals is a market-leading ecommerce analytics platform that helps many of the world’s largest brand owners rigorously improve the sales and profit performance of their products on retailers’ and wholesalers’ websites.
The investment will give e.fundamentals, which already operates in 10 countries, the ability to deliver services in more key ecommerce regions and globally. This will include a launch in the US with a version of the e.fundamentals platform
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