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Eldridge Industries (Eldridge) has increased its investment in Maranon Capital (Maranon) and now holds a majority ownership stake in the business.
In addition to the equity investment, affiliates of Eldridge have made further commitments to Maranon’s platform, which will support the firm’s ongoing strategic initiatives, including expanding the company’s underwriting and hold capability. Maranon’s updated Form ADV, reflecting Eldridge’s majority ownership position, has been filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
“Since establishing our partnership with Eldridge in 2015, we’ve invested over USD3.7 billion in 150 transactions,” says Ian Larkin, Maranon co-founder and Managing Director. “The expanded
Crowdcube, a UK equity crowdfunding platform, has formed an exclusive 12 month partnership with Linklaters to be its legal advisor for the ongoing service delivery to technology companies post-funding.
Fintech is Crowdcube’s biggest growth area, having raised GBP53 million in investment for fintech companies in 2017 and has worked with companies such as GoHenry, Money Dashboard, Monzo, Revolut, Chip, FreeTrade, Squirrel, WiseAlpha, Babb, Nebeus and Fourex. This partnership is central to Crowdcube’s strategy of establishing longer term relationships with clients through the ongoing service delivery beyond initial funding.
The agreement will allow Linklaters to support a select number of
Capzanine has announced the sale of its minority stake in Finance Active, a digital finance solutions provider, to Cathay Capital. The transaction also involves a major investment from Jacques Descourtieux and Patrice Chatard, the Founders, as well as a buy-in from new key managers.
Founded in 2000 in Paris, Finance Active and its 150 employees provide SaaS-based digital solutions to improve debt management and financial risks performances. The Company paves the way for greater digital transformation in finance through cutting-edge technologies and a strong emphasis on user-friendly processes. Its more than 10,000 users on 5 continents include businesses ranging from
Aire, which aims to make credit fairer for consumers, and more valuable to lenders, has closed a Series B round of funding from Crane Venture Partners, Experian Ventures and Orange Digital Ventures.
Since receiving Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) approval, the company has grown from a start-up with eight people to a fully-fledged operation with a headcount approaching 40. Along the way, it has forged numerous alliances with notable financial institutions such as Toyota Financial Services and online retailer N Brown, alongside high-street banks. These partnerships have underlined the versatility of Aire’s technology, which can be integrated at various stages of
Far fewer active fund managers outperformed their benchmarks in 2018, according to an analysis of 15 key equity and bond fund segments by Scope. In fact, under a quarter of active equity funds beat benchmarks in 2018 and just 16 per cent of bond funds outperformed.
Scope’s study, which covered nearly 2,000 equity funds (UCITS) authorised for distributing in Germany, found that the proportion that outperformed their benchmark fell year-over-year by over half from 53 per cent in 2017 to 24 per cent last year. All eight equity segments saw their ratios worsen from 2017 to 2018.
‘Equity Germany’
Eiger Advisors – a UK-regulated business assisting alternative and traditional asset management businesses – and Investeam – an established, Paris-based third-party manager – have announced a new commercial partnership.
The partnership will support UK based fund managers wishing to access the French, Luxembourg and Belgium institutional investors, and French, Luxembourg and Belgium based fund managers wishing to reach British institutional investors.
These are cross border markets that to date have not achieved the expected levels of penetration, particularly when considering the quality and performance of the fund managers in the respective countries and the size and diversification of the
BlackRock Real Assets (BlackRock) is to sell five operating wind farms and one operating solar project (the Portfolio) located across the UK to Equitix Investment Management (Equitix).
This marks the fourth realisation in the past three months for BlackRock’s Renewable Power platform and the latest addition to Equitix’s significant capabilities in the renewable energy sector.
The portfolio achieved commercial operations between 2010 and 2015, and has a proven track record of consistent operational performance. The Portfolio was optimised by BlackRock through bringing the projects through construction and early stage development and optimising the Portfolio’s debt capital structure through a
Muzinich & Co has provided funding for the acquisition of Fraureuth-based manufacturer Spindel-und Lagerungstechnik Fraureuth (SLF) through private equity sponsor Avedon Capital Partners in collaboration with SLF’s founders.
This partnership approach is designed to expand new strategic goals, further invest in SLF’s operations and pursue new market opportunities. The ambition of both the founders and Avedon is to further strengthen SLF’s competitive positioning by focusing on attractive end-markets, growing its customer base and fostering international growth.
Founded in 1993, SLF is a niche manufacturer of specialised spindles and bearings for customers active in industries such as mechanical engineering, food
MJ Hudson has advised NextEnergy Capital on the first closing of NextPower III LP (NP III), a solar energy fund, with initial commitments of circa USD160 million.
NP III’s investment strategy is to invest in new-build solar photovoltaic (PV) projects internationally. NP III is expected to build a diversified portfolio that, when fully invested, will comprise an estimated 50 to 150 individual solar PV plants.
It is anticipated that NP III will typically commit equity of between USD5 million to USD30 million per solar PV plant. NP III will invest a minimum of 75 per cent of commitments in
Investcorp has signed an agreement to acquire a majority interest in Cambio Healthcare System AB (Cambio) from Valedo Partners Fund II AB (Valedo) and a group of minority investors.
Cambio’s management team and co-founders will continue to hold a meaningful stake in the Company. The transaction remains subject to receipt of customary regulatory approvals.
Cambio operates in the Electronic Health Records (EHR) market, offering software solutions for acute, primary, social and person-centred care. Cambio promotes a holistic view on health and social care and offers an EHR agnostic solution for clinical decision support applicable for all branches of health
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