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Diagnostic solutions specialist Curetis has secured a EUR25 million unsecured loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB).
The financing is the first growth capital loan under the European Growth Finance Facility (EGFF), launched in November 2016 and is backed by a guarantee from the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI).
EFSI is an essential pillar of the Investment Plan for Europe (IPE), under which the EIB and the European Commission are working as strategic partners to support investments and bring back jobs and growth to Europe.
The debt facility features typical market interest rates with more than half
NTR has added a further 29 MW to its onshore NTR Wind 1 fund portfolio with the acquisition of Twin Rivers, a 28.7 MW wind project located in Yorkshire, from joint vendors InfraRed Environmental Infrastructure Fund and the Co-operative Group.
Capital costs for the project amount to just over GBP80 million (EUR95 million).
“This is the 10th acquisition of onshore wind assets in the UK and Ireland by our NTR Wind 1 fund, bringing total MWs under management up to just over 170MW. We have experienced a very strong momentum in identifying, acquiring and financing wind projects throughout the year,
European financial services private equity firm AnaCap Financial Partners is to acquire Barclays’s French retail banking operations.
These include Barclays’ branch network, life insurance business, wealth and investment management and brokerage operations, subject to regulatory approval.
It follows the completion of a consultation with employee representative bodies that began in May, when Barclays entered exclusive discussions with AnaCap.
Following and subject to completion, AnaCap funds will leverage Barclays’ client base, network and relationship managers with a view to building the leading independent wealth manager in France. Plans include the relaunch of the mortgage lending proposition to attract and
Private equity firm Adveq has held the final closing of Adveq Europe VI at EUR462 million, well above its initial target fund size of EUR350 million.
The fund closing was held on 2 December 2016, attracting interest and support from investors around the world, including pension funds, insurance companies and endowments.
Adveq Europe VI targets primary, secondary and co-investment opportunities in the European small buyout segment. The fund invests with or alongside transformational, turnaround and specialist managers. It will focus on emerging managers who are raising their first or second fund and established managers in the third or later generation
ForeVest Capital Partners has launched as an independent alternative investment firm, having completed a spinout from PineBridge Investments by mutual agreement.
Established by the four senior managers of PineBridge New Europe Partners (NEP) – Pierre Mellinger, Artur Haze, John Leone, and Doina Popescu – ForeVest will continue to focus on growth equity investments in mid-market companies across Central and Eastern Europe.
ForeVest has managed over USD1.2 billion in investments in CEE and nearly USD300 million in other assets in emerging markets.
The ForeVest team comprises 14 investment professionals with over 180 years of collective private equity experience, with
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally cleared VTech’s acquisition of LeapFrog Enterprises.
The CMA found that the merger may not be expected to result in a substantial lessening of competition in the supply of learning toys for 0-5 year-olds, children tablets and content or future innovation in toys.
The CMA’s final decision will be made after collecting views on the provisional findings and assessing all evidence.
"I am very pleased that the CMA has provisionally cleared this merger," says Allan Wong, chairman and group CEO of VTech. "We have always believed that the combination of
The alternative asset management arm of Global Investment House, Global Capital Management (GCM), has acquired a 100 per cent stake in Yum Yum Tree Food Court, one of the largest quick service restaurants (QSR) managers in the Gulf region.
Established in 1995 with five restaurants in Bahrain and one in the UAE, Yum Yum Tree has grown exponentially to reach nearly 180 restaurants, steered by the vision of its founder Adel Bukhowa and his son Omar Bukhowa.
Yum Yum Tree is today the master franchisee or operator of more than 20 international and regional brands including Vanellis, Subway (Bahrain),
The joint owners of Switzerland-based Unilabs, private equity funds Apax Europe VI, Nordic Capital Fund VI and Apax France VII, have accepted an offer from Apax IX, advised by Apax Partners, for the acquisition of their respective stakes in Unilabs.
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Under the new ownership structure, Unilabs will be able to continue to pursue its M&A strategy and be at the forefront of the ongoing consolidation of the European laboratory space.
The transaction marks the successful completion of the joint ownership between funds advised by Apax Partners, Nordic Capital and
Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) has completed its exit from Skyscanner, following the formal completion of the company’s GBP1.4 billion sale to Ctrip, a Chinese online travel services provider.
SEP, which was Skyscanner’s largest shareholder, owned approximately one third of the Edinburgh-headquartered travel search company and made its initial investment back in 2007.
At the time, Skyscanner employed less than 30 people, had revenues of approximately GBP1 million and focused on budget airlines in Europe.
It now has over 800 employees and is one of the top online travel brands in the world, serving 60 million monthly active users
Noerr has advised long term client Foodpanda on the sale of Russian food delivery company Delivery Club to Mail.Ru Group, one of Russia’s largest Internet companies.
Mail.Ru Group will acquire 100 per cent of Delivery Club in an all cash transaction. The total deal value is USD100 million. The deal is not subject to any third party approvals.
Delivery Club is the leading player in the growing Russian internet food delivery market. It currently has over 4,500 connected restaurants with the number of daily orders reaching 20,000. In H1 2016 net revenues were RUB296 million.
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