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Alternative investment firm Cerberus Capital Management has executed a Deed of Company Arrangement related to certain subsidiaries of Axsesstoday Limited (Axsesstoday), a provider of equipment finance solutions to small and medium businesses in Australia.
Upon closing of the transaction, Axsesstoday will operate as a privately held company, majority-owned by Cerberus.
“Axsesstoday is a recognised specialist lender for commercial equipment for businesses across Australia,” says Lee Millstein, President of Cerberus Global Investments. “We look forward to leveraging our industry expertise, operating experience, and financial resources to expand the Company’s platform. Together with the Axsesstoday team, we are confident we will
CreativeCap Advisors, a global business advisory firm exclusively focused on asset managers, has ubveiled its second class, S’19, for the Global Emerging Manager Incubator.
The S’19 cohort includes: Navis Capital Partners’ Yield Fund, Tareo Capital Management and Pisano Capital.
“We are incredibly excited to announce our newest cohort, S’19. This round of Incubatees comes from a range of different countries illustrating our global commitment to funds worldwide,” says Tyra S Jeffries, Founder and CEO of CreativeCap Advisors. “Our program continues to be very competitive following our core mission of identifying and developing only the best-in-class emerging fund managers. Our class
MJ Hudson has advised 4BIO Partners LLP (4BIO) on the establishment of a closed-ended venture capital fund. 4BIO is a London-based investment firm that invests in venture capital and public equities in life sciences focussing on gene, cell and RNA-based therapies.
The fund focuses on investments in unlisted life sciences companies with a focus on development stage clinical life sciences, pre-clinical life sciences, early clinical life sciences, and advanced therapeutics. 4BIO is seeking to raise up to USD150 million of investor commitments.
MJ Hudson law division supported the 4BIO team right from the outset of the launch of their
McRock Capital has held an initial closing on its second venture capital fund, McRock Fund II LP, dedicated to investing in the global trend around the Industrial Internet of Things (IoT).
The new fund has reached over 80 per cent of its targeted USD100 million.
Investors include Cisco Investments, Shell and other significant corporate and institutional investors including BDC Capital, Export Development Canada, Alberta Enterprise Corporation (AEC), and HarbourVest.
McRock is a thought leader in the Industrial IoT sector and has emerged as one of the most experienced investors financing innovative private companies driving the digital transformation. The
An affiliate of private equity investment firm CenterGate Capital (CenterGate) has made an investment in Naumann/Hobbs Material Handling (“Naumann/Hobbs”), a material handling equipment platform with a comprehensive suite of products and services.
Established in 1949 and headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, Naumann/Hobbs serves a wide customer base across the southwestern United States, providing a robust product portfolio including class I-V forklifts and related equipment as well as comprehensive service via its large technician fleet. The company also provides distribution operations and systems solutions nationwide. CEO Tom Hobbs will continue to lead Naumann/Hobbs and serve on its Board of Directors.
“We
Busy Bees, a child care provider in the UK, has made two child care group acquisitions taking the business into the US and Italian markets for the first time.
Busy Bees has taken its first step into the US market with the acquisition of Educational Playcare, a child care provider which operates 19 centres in the state of Connecticut. Separately, Busy Bees has acquired bilingual child care provider Doremi, providing Busy Bees with its first presence in the Italian market.
Educational Playcare, founded in 1986, provides care for up to 4,300 children and offers spaces from the age of
Growth private equity firm TA Associates has completed a minority investment in MISA Joint Stock Company (MISA), a software provider in Vietnam. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1994, MISA provides accounting, financial, enterprise resource planning (ERP) and business management software to enterprises, government and individuals across Vietnam. The Company serves more than 70,000 government sector clients and 100,000 small and medium-sized enterprise (“SME”) clients across the country. MISA has more than 1,500 employees throughout its offices in Hanoi, Da Nang, Buon Ma Thuot, Ho Chi Minh City and Can Tho.
“MISA is among
By James Williams & Paul Bryant – Capital is flowing into ESG investments with many private equity GPs now on the case. But to stay ahead, they will need credible evidence of impact, not just slick marketing.
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing is fast becoming a juggernaut. In European ESG-oriented funds, AUM grew 40 per cent to EUR684 billion between 2015 and 2018, with 290 ESG-oriented funds launched in 2018. In the US, AUM doubled over the same period, reaching almost USD90 billion.
“To be (green) or not to be. That is the question!” states Frederique Duval (pictured),
Law firm Paul Hastings has represented private equity firm Oakley Capital on an investment Italian homeware business, Alessi.
Alessi is an iconic design brand with over 100 years of heritage and globally recognised products created alongside some of the world’s leading architects and designers.
The Paul Hastings team included corporate partner Anu Balasubramanian and corporate associates David Prowse and Aimée Fabri from the London office and Juljan Puna and Giulia Fiorelli from the Milan office. Gatti Pavesi Bianchi advised on the financing aspects of the transaction.
The Riverside Company has invested in TOOLPORT, a European online provider of professional tents and spare parts for the consumer and industrial markets.
Based in Norderstedt, Germany, the company operates an online direct-to-consumer model supported by a specialized and high-quality customer service team and decided to partner with Riverside to pursue an ambitious international growth strategy.
TOOLPORT’s product portfolio includes a broad range of professional tents, such as party tents, portable garages or arched shelters, catering to various use cases of both B2C and B2B customers. The tent offering is complemented by an extensive portfolio of related spare parts.
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