Managers
IK Investment Partners’ IK Small Cap I Fund is to acquire Messerschmitt Systems, a provider of access control and customised guest room management systems for the global hotel industry.
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1994, Messerschmitt Systems’ multifunctional Room Management Systems and Access Control Systems are used by more than 2,000 hotels worldwide. Founded by Hartmut Messerschmitt, the company provides a fully integrated value chain from development, engineering and manufacturing to supply, installation and the related aftersales market.
“For more than 20 years, Messerschmitt Systems has set the standards in access control
Omnes Capital has used a capital development transaction to buy a core minority shareholding in Batiweb, a digital platform serving the construction sector that brings together building trade professionals and consumers.
Ardian, the independent private investment company, has sold its shareholding in the company.
At the same time, Batiweb has acquired Habitat Trade to expand its geographical footprint and gain high value-added expertise. This deal has given rise to the Batiweb Group. The combined group posted sales of close to EUR10 million.
With backing from Matmut Innovation and other co-investors, Omnes Capital’s Small Cap funds supported the LBO, which
The private equity credit and fund restructuring team of institutional alternative asset manager Crestline Investors has closed four transactions committing a combined total of more than USD200 million in capital.
Crestline also assumed governance rights across another USD250 million of capital contributed or rolled by existing investors.
The group, first launched in October 2016, pursues niche financing opportunities in the private equity markets by providing bespoke capital solutions, including preferred equity and flexible debt structures, to mature private equity funds approaching the end of their structural lives.
Recently closed deals encompassed a broad range of industries, such as
Adams Business Credit, a national asset-based lender, is to rebrand as Context Business Lending, bringing the firm in unison with the family of businesses and affiliates under Context Capital Partners, an alternative investment firm.
The newly named Context Business Lending will continue to focus on providing flexible working capital solutions for businesses that do not qualify for traditional bank financing.
Context Business Lending typically provides loans of up to USD15 million for lower middle-market businesses that may be experiencing some type of challenge, which may include: rapid growth; seasonal fluctuations; supply chain and vendor pressure; operating losses/negative net worth;
Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management’s BRIDGE (Benjamin de Rothschild Infrastructure Debt Generation) platform has now reached EUR1.2 billion and has tripled in size since the first closing of FCT BRIDGE I in July 2014 with EUR400 million.
The second closing of BRIDGE II has been completed, after a first closing in early December.
The fund brought together a group of new investors based in France, Belgium, Germany, Spain and Italy, as well as existing investors from the first-generation fund, FCT BRIDGE I.
BRIDGE II (Luxembourg law vehicle) is expected to reach its final closing by this summer, with similar
One of the clearest messages that came out of CAIS 2017 was that the world is changing in innumerable ways that have the capacity to shock and destabilise. One only has to refer recently, to Brexit and the outcome of the US presidential election, to appreciate that uncertainty is the only known certainty to contend with in an ever more complex, interconnected world.
As KPMG's Cowell said, headline risk seems to dominate decision making: "It's unlikely that markets will be able to deliver on expectations. Turbulence in China and uncertainty in US markets is causing an institutional shift in investing.
The alternatives industry has a duty to not only defy gravity and deliver strong returns, but to do so in a way that can genuinely change the world for the better, inspiring the next generation of star managers and investors.
Cognisant of its importance, CAIS 2017 focused on philanthropy and impact investing and emerged as key themes among panellists. It demonstrated a collective vision of responsible investing in new technologies and energy initiatives, to make the world a better place. And a commitment to philanthropic endeavours to bring people out of poverty, not just in the developing world, but first
There was no shortage of idea generation when it came to discussing the various ways alternative fund managers are trying to overcome the gravitational effects of market forces in a bid to boost returns.
As markets begin to normalise, fundamental-focused active fund managers are seeing more opportunities to trade both long and short, while credit markets are offering opportunities, especially for those pursuing relative value strategies to profit from tightening spread ratios between investment grade and high yield corporate bonds.
But this is no time for managers to rest on their laurels. The alternatives industry, as a whole, remains vibrant but
Go Capital has held the first closing of Go Capital Amorçage II, a EUR60 million venture capital fund.
The first Go Capital seed fund of EUR57 million was launched in 2012, at the initiative of the Regional Councils of the western France, with the support of Bpifrance (through the French state-owned Seed Fund FNA), the European Investment Fund and a regional bank partner.
It has just closed its investment period with 25 equity investments in innovative start-ups.
Out of this first seed fund, over EUR60 million was invested into multiple start-ups, both by the fund and in co-investments
Vendep Capital has launched a EUR40 million venture find which will invest mainly in Finnish start-ups offering software to B2B customers.
The investors are Finnish institutional investors, foundations, family offices and private investors.
By the first closing at the end of April, Vendep Capital Fund II has received capital commitments worth over EUR30 million from more than 20 investors.
Among the investors in Vendep Capital Fund II are Tesi (Finnish Industry Investment Ltd), KRR II, Elo Mutual Pension Insurance Company, The Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra, AI-Partners, and Gerako.
Other investors include foundations, such as the Gösta Serlachius
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