Managers
SumRidge Partners (SumRidge), an electronic fixed income market maker, has closed on a minority investment from funds managed by Stone Point Capital LLC (Stone Point), a private equity firm focused on investing in financial services businesses.
This investment will enable SumRidge to expand their footprint in the fixed income marketplace by broadening its product offerings and investing in its proprietary trading technology.
“This investment is an affirmation of the hard work and accomplishment on the part of the entire SumRidge team including the partners, employees and board. We are thrilled to be partnering with Stone Point as we embark
GA Telesis has raised a new USD500 million investment vehicle from institutional and private clients, advised by Wafra Capital Partners (WCP), to establish a second aviation investment vehicle focused on aircraft and engine investment opportunities.
This capital raise constitutes the second round of funding from WCP Inc.
The vehicle will be named GA Telesis Aviation Investments 2 (GAIN 2) and will be managed by GA Telesis Capital Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of GA Telesis. Together with this capital raise, GA Telesis’ own capital, and existing credit facilities, GA Telesis Aviation Investments’ capacity for investments is up to USD2
Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Venture Capital Trust (VCT) specialist Calculus Capital has made a second-round investment of GBP2 million in Origin Broadband (Origin) to support growth.
Origin is an award-winning provider of internet and phone services. Since Calculus Capital’s first investment in the business in December 2016, Origin has been extremely successful in acquiring new residential customers, surpassing its projected numbers by more than 300 per cent. To help meet the exceptional level of demand for its products and services the company has increased its headcount by over 100 per cent since December.
Calculus Capital’s new round of
Global Infrastructure Partners’ (GIP) Global Infrastructure Partners III (GIP III) fund is to acquire a 50 per cent stake in the Borkum Riffgrund 2 Offshore Wind Farm project from DONG Energy for a total consideration of approximately EUR 1,170 million.
Borkum Riffgrund 2 is a 450MW offshore wind project in the German North Sea, currently being constructed by DONG Energy. DONG Energy will provide a full-scope EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) contract for the construction of the project. In addition, DONG Energy will provide operation and maintenance services and a route to market for the power production.
The transaction is
DeepCrawl, a web crawler and search marketing analytics and insights company, has secured GBP1.75 million in a Series A funding round led by growth investor Beringea.
Beringea is investing GBP1.5 million, with the remaining funding provided by existing individual high net worth investors.
DeepCrawl’s web crawler provides brands with a comprehensive overview of their websites’ technical health. In-house and agency search marketing teams can get the data and actionable insights they need to make their websites more visible to users and turn organic traffic into revenue. The London-based company counts all six major global agency groups – WPP, Omnicom,
CapitalSpring, an investment firm focused on the branded restaurant industry, has held the final closing of CapitalSpring Investment Partners V, and parallel funds (Fund V), with USD725 million of aggregate capital commitments.
Fund V, which was substantially oversubscribed and exceeded its target of USD500 million, attracted strong backing from a diverse group of existing and new limited partners in the US and Europe, including public and private pensions, endowments, foundations, funds of funds, and family offices.
“We are pleased to have attracted strong demand from high quality limited partners for Fund V, and our team remains confident that our
Darkstore, a third-party logistics (3PL) company based in San Francisco, has secured USD1.4 million in seed funding from PivotNorth Capital, a venture capital firm known for investing in promising software enterprises.
Darkstore Founder and CEO Lee Hnetinka, who already raised USD150,000 in May of last year and another USD120,000 in August 2016, plans to use this latest round of funding to expand Darkstore’s growing reach in order to provide speedy order fulfilment services for a growing number of business partners across the nation.
Already, Darkstore features strategic fulfilment locations ranging from San Francisco to Los Angeles, Seattle, Phoenix, Chicago,
Global advisory and fund administration fund Maitland is to acquire Guernsey-based Designated Manager, R&H Fund Services (Guernsey) Limited.
Other Rawlinson & Hunter businesses in the Channel Islands, including R&H Trust Co (Guernsey) Limited, Rawlinson & Hunter Limited and R&H’s Jersey businesses, have an entirely separate ownership structure and do not form part of the transaction.
Maitland, named Best Multi-Family Office and Best Wealth Planning Team at the Wealth Adviser Awards 2017, will offer its full range of Institutional Client Services through the Guernsey office, including long-only fund administration, transfer agency, hedge funds, private equity and real estate administration services
Kettle safety controls manufacturer and supplier Strix Group has completed a GBP190m equity fundraising and listing on London’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM), in a deal led by independent investment bank Zeus Capital.
Established in 1982, the Isle of Man-based Strix is a global leader in the design, manufacture and supply of kettle safety controls and other water temperature management components. The company has built up market leading capabilities, with an estimated 174 million kettles sold worldwide in 2016 – a 38 per cent global market share.
Strix has enjoyed strong growth in recent years, with its latest financial results
CollabNet, a specialist in enterprise software development and DevOps solutions, and VersionOne (www.versionone.com), which focuses on agile software solutions and services, have merged.
The combined company will offer the industry’s most complete Enterprise Agile, ALM Collaboration, Version Control and DevOps solutions that power application development and delivery for many of the world’s leading businesses and government institutions.
The combined company, which will maintain the CollabNet name, will be headquartered in Atlanta. CollabNet CEO Flint Brenton will serve as CEO of the combined company, and VersionOne CEO Robert Holler will serve as chief strategy officer. Terms of the transaction are
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