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Alternative fund platform Kuber Ventures has warned financial advisors that the EIS market will face significant capacity constraints in 2017.
The firm writes that this will result in missed investment opportunities if investors do not bring forward their due diligence process. Kuber Ventures has identified that recent changes in legislation, specifically those removing the ability to invest in renewable energy production within an EIS investment structure, have reduced the market capacity of investible opportunities by an estimated GBP500 million for the year 2016/17. In previous years, the energy sector would account for approximately a third of the total GBP1.6 billion
Inspired, a schools organisation in Europe, Australia, Africa and Latin America backed by private equity firm Oakley Capital Investments (OCL), has acquired the International School of Europe Group (ISE), St Louis School and St John’s International School.
Oakley Capital Private Equity and Oakley Capital Private Equity II both hold indirect interests in Inspired via their key shareholdings in Educas.
The additions of ISE, St Louis and St John’s will expand Inspired’s global network to a total of 23 schools, providing an outstanding education to over 15,000 students. As part of Inspired’s family of international schools, students and staff at
Lewis & Clark Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on Series A and B stage investments, has raised USD20 million of new capital to drive agriculture innovation.
Founded in 2015, Lewis & Clark Ventures has raised a family of venture capital funds to support the highest potential start-ups in the Midwest US.
The funds focus on sectors such as agricultural technology, enterprise software, healthcare technology and financial technology.
With a total of USD124 million raised to date, Lewis & Clark Ventures has invested in companies including OneSpace, Adarza Biosystems, and SpringBuk.
The new commitment augments the USD104
JZ Capital Partners, a London-listed fund that invests in US and European micro-cap companies and US real estate, has closed the sale of its minority stake in Winn Group.
The stake was sold to a major financial institution for EUR20.8 million (USD23 million) following the receipt of regulatory approval.
Founded in 2002, Winn is a Newcastle-based UK legal services firm specialising in personal injury cases.
The announcement marks the completion of the two-phase transaction to sell JZCP’s stake in six European investments held through EMC 2010 to the same financial institution, which was originally announced in February 2016.
Private equity firm Golden Gate Capital has acquired Tronair Parent from Levine Leichtman Capital Partners.
Tronair will remain headquartered in Holland, Ohio and will continue to be led by its current senior management team, including president and CEO Harley Kaplan.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1971, Tronair specialises in the design, manufacture, and sale of ground support equipment (GSE) for business, commercial and military aircraft.
Its GSE product lines – comprised of over 1,000 SKUs – are used by over 300 unique aircraft platforms. It serves aircraft OEMs such as Bombardier, Gulfstream,
Private equity investment firm Thoma Bravo has completed fundraising for Thoma Bravo Fund XII, its most recent flagship fund, with USD7.6 billion in commitments.
Thoma Bravo has completed more than 140 software and technology-enabled service acquisitions, representing about USD30 billion in enterprise value.
"Over the past 15 years we have been able to help software and technology companies realise their growth and profitability objectives while launching them into their next phase of innovation," says Orlando Bravo, a managing partner at Thoma Bravo. "We thank all of our investors for giving us the opportunity to continue to implement our model
3i Infrastructure has completed its investment in renewable development and operating company Valorem.
3i Infrastructure has invested EUR57 million to acquire its 28.5 per cent interest in the French business and to fund the company’s pipeline.
3i Infrastructure acquired its interest from FCPR Capenergie, a fund managed by Omnes Capital, and other minority shareholders.
It has also committed to invest a further EUR12 million over the next three years with a view to increase the company’s owned installed capacity.
The transaction was announced on 14 July.
European private equity investor Idinvest Partners has held the first close of its Secondary Fund III (ISF III) at its initial target of EUR350 million.
ISF III will follow its predecessor fund by focusing on mature secondary transactions in the European small and mid-market.
ISF III has already completed its first secondary transaction and Idinvest Partners is targeting a final close of EUR400 million for ISF III during the remainder of 2016.
The fund's 2014-vintage predecessor, ISF II, closed at EUR228 million and is now fully invested across 17 secondary transactions.
Christophe Bavière, CEO of Idinvest Partners, says: “We are very grateful
Investors hunting for returns should closely monitor five trends that could spark an increase in corporate takeovers in coming months, according to asset manager AllianceBernstein (AB).
Mark Phelps, AB’s chief investment officer—Concentrated Global Growth, says that while the annual scale of global mergers and acquisitions was currently down on the past two years, the five trends could support a pickup in mergers and acquisitions activity as CEOs across regions and industries were compelled to consider deals to boost earnings.
These five trends are:
Cheap finance – “With interest rates at record lows, companies can easily find leverage to
Hong-Kong based private equity firm NewQuest Capital Partners has acquired Integreon, a provider of legal, document, business and research outsourcing, from LiveIt Investments and Actis.
Financial terms of the deal have not been released.
Amit Gupta, partner and chief operating officer at NewQuest, says: “The Integreon transaction is an exciting opportunity to invest in a global leader with attractive growth prospects. Over the past few years, the business has achieved an exceptional market position and is poised to take advantage of its long-standing strong client relationships, its global delivery platforms, and deep experience in working with professional clientele. Integreon
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