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Capitama, a global direct private investment platform for sophisticated and professional investors, has reported that its members have exceeded GBP10 billion in annual investment appetite.
Analysis of the registered investors on Capitama, which includes circa 400 individuals, family offices, PE firms and investment offices, revealed that its members are willing to devote over GBP10 billion annually to private investment opportunities and philanthropy.
Private Equity is the most popular theme amongst the Capitama network, with investors willing to dedicate GBP7.2 billion annually to these opportunities. Registered investors indicated that they would be willing to provide a further GBP2.3 billion for Debt and Income
The management team of investment firm The RockCreek Group (RockCreek) is acquiring the 65 per cent of the firm currently owned by Wells Fargo, bringing management’s total ownership to 100 per cent.
This decision was made by senior management at both RockCreek and Wells Fargo and reflects their shared view that the transaction supports each firm’s strategic direction and the clients of RockCreek will be best served by a founder- and management-team-led ownership structure. The transaction is anticipated to be completed by the end of August.
RockCreek portfolio managers invest directly in emerging and frontier markets and alternatives, while its
Noerr has advised OSRAM on its acquisition of all shares in BAG electronics and the Philippine company BAG electronics Inc. The seller is the Trilux Group from Arnsberg, Germany.
With this acquisition, OSRAM is strengthening its business with electronic components and its expertise in light control. BAG is a specialist in lamp ballasts, LED modules and software for innovative light solutions. In 2017, the company achieved revenues of around EUR50 million. As part of the takeover, 380 employees are moving to OSRAM, of which 40 will be based in Germany.
With this transaction, OSRAM’s Digital Systems (DS) division is
London law firm Wedlake Bell LLP has advised Diversified Gas & Oil (DGO) on its conditional acquisition from EQT Corporation of approximately 11,250 additional producing wells located in the states of Kentucky, West Virginia and Virginia for an agreed consideration of USD575 million, to be satisfied in cash.
The deal will be financed with gross proceeds of a USD250 million placing of new shares on AIM and a new revolving debt facility of up to USD1 billion.
This is the largest acquisition by an Oil & Gas company in the history of the AIM Market and because of its
Fever, a data-led entertainment and experience company, has raised USD20 million in a Series C funding round co-led by Atresmedia and Labtech, with participation from existing investors Accel Partners and 14W Ventures.
Fever says the new funds will help it expand into new markets across Europe and North America and cement its position as the global go-to platform for city-lovers looking to find new experiences.
Fever is an events and experience technology company focused on inspiring users and helping event organisers generate demand. The Fever mobile app and website, together with its Secret Media Network, reaches and inspires over
With a team headed by Frankfurt office partners Till Kosche and Thorsten Reinhard, Noerr has advised the international software manufacturer Micro Focus on the sale of its subsidiary SUSE.
The buyer is the investor EQT Partners, which will be taking over the open source pioneer SUSE for USD2.5 billion via an investment vehicle.
The transaction is still subject to antitrust clearance and further closing conditions. Closing is expected to take place in the first quarter of 2019.
SUSE, which is headquartered in Nuremberg, has been developing Linux and open source solutions for more than 25 years. The software
Two entrepreneurs who are creating a new marketplace for online gamers have secured a GBP200,000 investment from the MEIF Proof of Concept & Early Stage Fund, which is managed by Mercia Fund Managers and part of the Midlands Engine Investment Fund.
The funding will allow Alex Booth and Nick Gillett to bring their idea to market. Player Lands, which will be based in Nottingham, will allow gamers with no previous experience of e-commerce to open online stores and sell the content they create or find while playing. The system will tap into the growing global market for in-game downloads and
easyCoffee’s plan to roll out 800 vending machines nationally in the next year has been given a boost following a GBP10 million investment by Stellar Asset Management.
The UK’s only value coffee chain – part of the ‘easy’ family of brands that includes easyJet – has enjoyed rapid growth since it launched in 2016 and recently installed its 50th vending machine in the market, matched by serving its millionth cup of coffee in its eight coffee stores.
This substantial capital injection from estate and succession planning specialist Stellar Asset Management more than triples the amount secured in earlier capital
Capzanine, a European private investment management company, and RAISE, a development capital company targeting mid-cap companies with high growth potential, are supporting Questel group’s management team, led by Charles Besson, as IK Investment Partners acquires a stake in the group.
Capzanine and RAISE, which have been Questel’s shareholders since 2015, are reaffirming their support for the management team and its ambitious expansion plan, which combines organic growth with build-up acquisitions. Under this transaction, Capzanine is arranging a unitranche loan facility and selling its equity interest in Questel. RAISE is reinvesting in the group as a stakeholder alongside the management team,
March this year saw Robert Mirsky, then Global Head of Hedge Funds at KPMG, become Global Head of Asset Management and UK Managing Partner at EisnerAmper.
Mirsky was also charged with opening EisnerAmper’s first UK office and now presides over a small but fast-growing team. The firm is better known in the US, where it is the fifth largest financial services practice, and offers a full suite of accountancy, audit, tax advisory and business advisory services to clients operating in a wide spectrum of business sectors and industries.
Staff globally total 1,500, including 180 partners and principals. The Financial Services
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