Managers
Harris Williams & Co has advised Zitcom HoldCo ApS (Zitcom Group), a portfolio company of HgCapital, to The Intelligent Group, a portfolio company of Waterland Private Equity Investments B.V. (Waterland).
Harris Williams & Co is serving as the exclusive financial advisor to Zitcom Group, a Danish hosting and cloud solutions provider. The pending transaction is being led by Thierry Monjauze, Jonathan Organ and Sylvain Noblet of Harris Williams & Co’s Technology, Media & Telecom (TMT) Group and Krishna Patel of the firm’s London office.
“The team at Zitcom Group has built an impressive business which has delivered rapid growth,
Artificial intelligence company Element AI has raised USD102 million in a Series A funding round led by Data Collective (DCVA) with participation from Fidelity Investments Canada, Hanwha Investment, Intel Capital, Microsoft Ventures, National Bank of Canada, Development Bank of Canada (BDC), NVIDIA, Real Ventures, and several of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds.
Element AI will use the funding to accelerate its capabilities and invest in large‐scale AI projects internationally, solidifying its position as the largest global AI company in Canada and creating 250 jobs in the Canadian high tech sector by January 2018.
China’s Tencent Holdings Ltd is
Cytox, a specialist in genetic testing for Alzheimer’s Disease, has raised GBP2.6m to fund the commercial launch and international roll out of its novel service.
The funding round was led by the GM&C Life Sciences Fund, managed by Catapult Ventures, alongside existing and new investors, including Perivoli Innovations, The Rainbow Seed Fund, The University of Oxford and private investors.
Dementia and late-onset Alzheimer’s Disease has become the silent epidemic of the 21st century, with over 46 million people currently living with dementia. These numbers are expected to double by 2030 and treble by 2050. Unfortunately, there are currently no
Hamilton Lane has held the final closing of Hamilton Lane Strategic Opportunities Fund 2017 with approximately USD435 million in commitments from a wide range of global investors, far exceeding the initial target of USD250 million.
Structured as an annual series with a single-year investment period, the Fund is focused on making credit-oriented investments with consistent cash yield. The 2017 Fund is comprised of a diverse set of institutions, including Taft-Hartley pension funds, insurance companies, endowments/foundations and high net worth individuals, including a number of existing as well as new investors from Asia, the Middle East, Europe and North and South
G.Network, the next-generation communications service provider exclusively focused on Central London, has received investment totalling GBP4.675 million from Albion Capital.
Based in Mayfair, London, G.Network provides affordable ultra-fast broadband connectivity to businesses across Central London, bridging the gap between constrained copper-based broadband and expensive leased lines which have long lead times.
A fast, reliable broadband connection is an increasingly critical requirement for Central London’s circa 100,000 SMEs, who are driving a rapidly rising demand for data, recorded at 30 per cent growth annually. However, London’s broadband falls significantly behind equivalent cities, with average speeds ranked 26th out of 33
Sunnova Energy Corporation, a residential solar service provider in the US, has raised aggregate capital of nearly USD1 billion in the past three months after closing a USD140 million round of debt funding with CIT Group and other investors this past week, with CohnReznick Capital advising Sunnova on both the tax equity and debt raise.
The amount raised in such a short amount of time, all while increasing customers’ and investors’ faith in the business, is further proof that Sunnova’s innovative approach is driving solar industry leadership and powering the company’s record-setting growth in distributed generation. It is also a
Modern Energy Management (MEM), a specialist in delivering project lifecycle certainty to renewable energy developers, financiers and investors has announced is to provide project management services during construction of the 50MW Hawa wind farm in the Sindh Valley, Pakistan.
With a wind energy development pipeline of over 1GW scheduled for installation by 2018, Pakistan’s wind ambitions will require strong technical and project expertise in order to continue to secure the foreign investment that has been allocated to the market to date.
MEM’s initial involvement in the Hawa project came when advising Canadian renewable energy IPP, JCM Power, on investing
Stella Advisors and EOC Partners are merging their businesses to create one of the largest media and technology investment banking boutiques in Europe.
Stella EOC will bring deeper, even more powerful coverage right across the high growth tech and media sectors, and will bring highly relevant M&A advisory services to the dynamic and fast-paced markets where tech and media are currently converging, all to the benefit of both new and existing clients. Stella EOC will employ over 40 experienced bankers and will be one of the largest media and tech teams in Europe whilst keeping a boutique culture that ensures
Optoscribe, a supplier of glass-based integrated photonics components, has closed a series B investment round of GBP1.8 million in line with its expansion and product supply plans.
The funding was led by Scottish business angel investment syndicate, Archangels, and also supported by its other existing investors, Par Equity, Scottish Investment Bank and the Optoscribe management team.
Optoscribe’s innovative technology produces optical components at a wafer level, primarily aimed at high volume optical transceiver manufacturers supplying the rapidly growing data centre market. The company’s solution enables simple and precise coupling of optical fibres to arrays of laser emitters and/or photodetectors
Nexxus Capital is exit its investment in Moda Holding, a holding company with the primary purpose of acting as a diversified platform of brands in the apparel retail industry in Mexico, such as Dorothy Gaynor (dress and casual footwear) and Zingara (swimwear & beachwear).
Nexxus Capital first invested in Moda Holding in August, 2011.
The divestment will be made through Nexxus IV&V, once certain closing conditions are met, including the approval from Mexico’s Antitrust Authority. Once the closing conditions are met, Moda Holding will be acquired by Acritus, a Mexican company dedicated to the design, distribution and sale of fashion
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