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Drooms, a specialist in secure cloud solutions for the exchange of confidential documents, has supported B & Capital with its data room solution during the launch of the RB Capital France 1 fund marketing campaign.
B & Capital’s objective with this fund is to provide support for 10 or more French SMEs as part of their rapid expansion and transformation strategies. The companies have valuations in the range of EUR 20-100 million and are involved in sectors with particularly promising prospects including: healthcare, distribution, technology, specialist industries and the environment.
The companies supported by B & Capital will also
Aberdeen Standard Investments has launched its first comprehensive private markets solution for investors, targeting a return of 9-12 per cent per year (net of fees) over a rolling seven year period.
The new fund will invest in a diversified global mix of private equity, infrastructure, real estate and private credit.
The Global Private Markets Fund (GPMF) harnesses the full depth and breadth of Aberdeen Standard Investments’ private markets investment platform, bringing together the expertise and experience of around 380 investment professionals able to source opportunities for clients on a global scale. The fund has launched with GBP138 million.
Ocorian, a global provider of specialist financial services backed by private equity firm Inflexion, is to acquire ABAX, an advisory, corporate and business services provider based in Mauritius.
The acquisition will significantly extend Ocorian’s service range and delivery capability into Africa, Asia and the Middle East and swell its international team to 700 plus staff – including additional representation in Côte d’Ivoire, Dubai, Mauritius, Singapore and South Africa.
In turn, ABAX clients will now be able to access a much wider range of specialist alternative investment, corporate and private client services, across both onshore and offshore locations in Europe
Blue Ox Healthcare Partners, a private equity firm investing growth capital in the healthcare industry, has taken a 30 per cent stake in RX Solutions which aims to allow consumers to gain access to fixed and/or reduced cost prescription drugs.
RX Solutions serves consumers in the US who have an income in the 200-400 per cent range of the Federal Poverty Level.
RX Solutions serves consumers by identifying Prescription Assistance Programs (PAPs) specific to their medication needs and then follows them throughout the process to secure the subsidies and medications. RX Solutions facilitates the enrolment for these programs and
European private investment management funds Capzanine and Creadev are joining forces with the management of Recommerce Group in a EUR50m fundraising.
This fundraising aims to support the company’s growth in countries where it already operates and its expansion into new territories as it capitalises on the rapidly growing market for reconditioned smartphones.
Recommerce Group, a key player in the circular economy and pioneer of smartphone reconditioning, was founded in 2009. It anticipates 30 per cent market growth potential in the coming years, and rapid expansion in 2018 with revenues of over EUR50m. Operating around the world, Recommerce works with
Castanea Partners has made a minority investment in The Townshend Group, the parent company of Brew Dr Kombucha.
The Townshend Group (TTG) was founded in 2006 by Matt Thomas, the Company’s CEO, and consists of three operating businesses: Brew Dr Kombucha, Townshend’s Tea Company, and Thomas & Sons Distillery. Brew Dr Kombucha produces a line of 100 per cent raw, organic kombucha in a variety of flavors distributed in stores in the US and Canada, including New Seasons, Whole Foods, Costco, Kroger, Safeway, Trader Joe’s, and Target. Townshend’s Tea Company is a tea retailer with nine locations in Oregon, Montana,
NVM Private Equity (NVM) has backed a management buyout of Dale Power Solutions (Dale), one of the UK’s leading providers of reliable secure power solutions with a GBP9 million investment.
Dale provides its customers with systems that ensure reliable secure power for applications where power is critical.
It serves organisations in many diverse sectors including telecoms, healthcare, oil & gas and utilities, as well as the power distribution network itself. New opportunities for Dale in areas such as energy storage, are expected to complement strong organic growth in its core business, in what is a rapidly developing energy market
An Ogier team led by Global Head of Corporate Simon Dinning is advising UBM on the recommended offer by Informa, which values UBM at GBP3.9 billion.
Ogier is advising on the Jersey law aspects of the proposed deal, working with lead counsel Linklaters. Dinning is being assisted by managing associate Alexander Curry, senior associate Saraid Taylor and associate Chloe Watson-Hill.
UBM is a long-standing client of Ogier and the deal, which comprises share and cash components, will be effected by way of a scheme of arrangement in Jersey.
Dinning says: “We are delighted to, once again, represent UBM
Calculus Capital, an Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Venture Capital Trust (VCT), have invested GBP3 million in Open Energy Market, an online platform that helps companies secure the best deal with energy suppliers.
Businesses provide details of their usage for all major suppliers to submit bids for the contracts through a live reverse auction process.
Dairy Crest, EasyJet, Southampton Football Club and London Business School are among more than 200 businesses and organisations that have used the Open Energy Market platform to find the most attractive contracts with suppliers.
Alexandra Lindsay, Investment Director of Calculus Capital, says: “The
BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) has launched two new private debt strategies; European Infra Debt and European Real Estate Debt. The launches are BNPP AM’s first within infrastructure debt and commercial real estate debt.
European Infra Debt invests in senior secured loans in Europe across sectors including transport, social infrastructure, telecoms, renewable energy, conventional energy and utilities. European Real Estate Debt targets a portfolio of senior secured loans in commercial real estate across the whole European market, including offices, retails, logistics, hotels, operating assets and non-standard assets.
Asset sourcing for both strategies is based on a distinctive open
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