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Mobeus Equity Partners and Beringea have co-invested in a GBP5 million funding round for mpb.com, a specialist online marketplace for second-hand photographic and filmmaking equipment.
Millions of new cameras, interchangeable lenses, and other equipment and accessories are sold each year, generating billions of dollars in retail revenue across Europe and the US. mpb.com facilitates the secondary market for this equipment, which has primarily been served by traditional retailers and online generalist marketplaces such as eBay. Inaccurate, unclear, or inconsistent listings on first-generation peer-to-peer online marketplaces can cause significant variation in price for identical products. mpb.com’s proprietary technology manages the entire
Victory Park Capital (VPC) has launched a new fund together with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, to invest in financial technology companies in emerging markets.
The partnership aims to improve access to debt capital for financial technology companies that lend to small businesses and consumers in emerging markets.
The new fund will combine VPC’s decade-long expertise in investing in financial services and financial technology with IFC’s leading role in investing in these sectors in developing countries. VPC and IFC will target growth investments in technology-driven companies across emerging markets with a focus
Culum Capital, a Singapore-based receivables and supply chain financing platform, has secured an investment from GTR Ventures which will be used to accelerate Culum’s expansion and support growth.
According to The World Trade Organisation (WTO, 2016), 80 per cent of trade is financed by credit or credit insurance. WTO estimates the value of unmet demand for trade finance in developing Asia is USD700 billon. The partnership will improve international investor access to this opportunity in Asia.
Culum Capital’s sophisticated platform provides Asian corporates with access to working capital funded by accredited investors. The platform provides an alternative form
Aquila Capital has launched a new energy transition strategy, ETIF (Energy Transition Infrastructure Fund) which will invest in energy infrastructure assets that are essential to Europe’s energy transition.
Aquila Capital currently manages renewable energy generation assets with a capacity of about 2,200MW.
ETIF will pursue the three most important sub-sectors of the energy transition, namely renewable energy generation, energy storage and energy transportation. It is planned to launch the strategy as a Luxembourg-based Reversed Alternative Investment Fund (RAIF) with a target volume of EUR 750 million and a term of 12 years. The target net IRR is 8 per
Brightstar Capital Partners, a private equity firm that invests in closely held middle market companies, has closed its inaugural fund program in excess of GBP710 million of institutional capital from investors worldwide.
The sum is one of the largest first-time private equity fundraises in the last year, according to data from PitchBook. Commitments come from a diverse set of institutional investors including several university endowments, high net worth investors, pension funds, private foundations, family offices and insurance companies.
Andrew Weinberg, Brightstar’s Founder and Managing Partner, says: “We are gratified by the enthusiasm and extraordinary level of support the institutional
Aberdeen Standard Investments and 21 Partners has formed a new UK-based 50:50 joint venture (JV) – 21 Aberdeen Standard Investments Limited (21ASI) – to launch a direct EUR1 billion private equity fund later this year.
The investment strategy for the fund will target active non-controlling interests with a focus on providing patient capital for the long term. The fund aims to support and facilitate growth in companies without owners ceding majority stakes in their business.
Beyond funding, 21ASI will provide portfolio companies with the support to help them manage challenges including managing their growth, the potential for disruption within
eFront’s latest quarterly private equity data shows that LBO performance reached a 10-year high in 2017, while overall risk levels reduced and average time to liquidity improved.
According to eFront, LBO funds posted their best performance in a decade in 2017, while multiples on invested capital of active private equity funds reached an all-time high in Q3 at 1.486x, marking the ninth year of improving performance from a low of below 1.1x in 2009.
Overall risk continues to reduce, as measured by TVPI spread, stabilising at 1.313x – close to the all-time low of Q2 2017 (1.275x) and well
Funds managed by Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone) have invested in BOAL Group, a designer and manufacturer of high-performance aluminium greenhouse roof and side-wall systems for glass and poly greenhouses.
Equistone will acquire a majority stake in BOAL Group from its current CEO Ronald Boers and the founder of the business, Marinus Boers, both of whom will retain a minority shareholding. BOAL’s management team will also acquire a minority stake in the business. The financial terms of the deal are undisclosed and the acquisition remains subject to clearance from anti-trust authorities.
Headquartered in Naaldwijk, the Netherlands, BOAL Group has 48
Clearlake Capital Group has completed fundraising for Clearlake Capital Partners V (Fund V) with over USD3.6 billion in commitments.
Fund V exceeded its target and was substantially oversubscribed, reaching its hard cap. At over USD3.6 billion, Fund V is Clearlake’s largest private equity fund to date. This brings Clearlake’s total cumulative capital commitments since inception to more than USD7 billion. Fund V has already begun investing with several signed or closed transactions including Perforce Software, Diligent Corporation, Janus International, ProVation Medical, and Wheel Pros.
“We are thankful and humbled by the opportunity to prudently invest on behalf of our prominent and expanding
Ropes & Gray has advised Ensono, a hybrid IT services provider based in the US and Europe, on its USD405 million acquisition of a hosted data centre services business from Wipro Limited.
As a result of the deal, which was announced on 14 March 2018, Ensono – a portfolio company of Charlesbank Capital – has acquired eight data centres, employing over 900 people, significantly expanding its geographic footprint and global services capabilities.
The Ropes & Gray team was led by private equity partner Phil Sanderson, assisted by private equity lawyers Sonal Patel, Karla Agulgub and Folake Fani-Kayode, all based in London.
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