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EZBob Ltd, which trades as business e-lenders Everline and EZBob, has secured a three-year GBP25 million debt funding facility from Shawbrook Bank and Honeycomb Investment Trust (Pollen Street Capital Limited – Investment Manager).
This latest funding follows the close of the FinTech start-up’s Series C investment round in March, with a GBP20 million equity from Bank Leumi, and existing investor, Oaktree Capital Management LP.
Having already provided over GBP100 million and over 8,500 loans to small businesses in the UK, this new round of funding will allow EZBob Ltd to open up lending to more UK SMEs at more affordable
Global marketing services and secure & essential communications provider, Adare Group, has acquired Banner Managed Communication (BMC), another supplier of business marketing and essential communication services, for an undisclosed sum.
The landmark deal is one of the most significant transactions in the marcomms services space in recent years. It creates a GBP230 million turnover group with more than 1,000 staff and a well-balanced client portfolio across a range of key verticals. The combined business will enjoy an especially strong position in the global leisure, healthcare, FMCG, financial services and retail sectors. Leading global brands such as Coca Cola, Heineken, Carlsberg
toucanBox, a subscription-based children’s arts and crafts delivery service, has secured a GBP2.7 million investment from BGF Ventures, as part of a GBP3.2 million funding round, to accelerate its UK and international growth and introduce new products.
This is the company’s first institutional investment following previous rounds of angel and seed funding.
toucanBox makes and delivers themed boxes of arts and craft activities for children aged three to eight. Activities and materials are developed by educational experts and there is no contract or tie-in, with customers able to pause, cancel or upgrade their subscription at any time. The business
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and The Vietnamese State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) have signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a Russian-Vietnamese investment platform. RDIF and SCIC will identify attractive investment projects in bilateral trade, which are in line with Russian-Vietnamese strategic interests.
Under the agreement, RDIF and SCIC will each invest USD250 million in the platform. The funds will be directed towards projects that promote bilateral trade and foreign direct investment flows between the two countries, as well as business activities of Vietnamese corporations in Russia.
The signing ceremony took place today in Moscow in the
Pro-invest Group, a private equity real estate investment firm, has signed a fund administration agreement with global independent fund administrator, Apex Fund Services.
The partnership will deliver Pro-invest Group with the specialist private equity real estate fund accounting, regulatory reporting and middle office support services required to provide the required infrastructure and support investments.
Apex’s global presence and breath of service capabilities spanning the full value chain of a fund will ensure Pro-invest is supported by administrative resources that enable them to deliver cross-boarder services to their clients. With USD300 million (AUD) in committed capital, Pro-invest’s vision to provide
Amadeus Capital Partners has invested in Inotec AMD, a maker of mobile medical devices designed to heal chronic, hypoxic wounds that afflict millions of sufferers around the world every year.
As more than 90 per cent of wounds suffer from a lack of oxygen, the launch of NATROX addresses this serious concern with a simple, cost-effective application which treats a broad spectrum of chronic health problems.
Amadeus Capital Partners will bring investment and expertise to Inotec, based in Cambridge, UK, to enable the company to carry out large scale clinical trials outside the UK and to broaden the scope of
The hitherto opaque alternative investment funds (AIFs) industry has been making significant strides towards transparency, driven largely by the demands of institutional investors and global regulators, who want to see AIFs deliver clarity and accuracy in their trading and investor reporting methods.
This is good news for an industry that is growing in size and scale globally and going retail with liquid alternatives. But how are AIFS set up in the first place? How do traders and prop desk alumni take the first the steps to setting up their own AIFs in the transparent and correct format required by investors
Kayon Partners has teamed with The LeoGroup LLC as sub-advisor to the private equity fund LeoGroup Private Investment Access, LLC. LeoGroup is expanding its offerings to ultra-affluent individuals through its multi-family office platform.
Kayon Partners, founded by Stephen Garrow, David Vogel and Timothy Mitrovich, has partnered with LeoGroup as sub-advisor to the LeoGroup Private Investment Access (PIA) bringing a broad range of investment management and managerial skills to LeoGroup.
The arrival of Kayon Partners coincides with LeoGroup’s expansion of its capabilities to service ultra-affluent individuals within LeoGroup’s Multi-Family Office (MFO) platform. Their focus will be on private investments, special venture
Preliminary figures released by SL Capital in the Q1 2016 Private Equity Barometer, published by unquote”, show that overall the year to Q1 2016 witnessed a shift towards larger deals, with total deal value increasing by 28.2 per cent, while volume slipped by 15.9 per cent.
As a result, average deal value increased by 52.4 per cent
The number of European private-equity-backed deals declined by 11.7 per cent in the first quarter of 2016, from the 394 transactions seen in the previous three months to 348 transactions. Combined deal value also declined, slipping by 54.2 per cent.
The aggregate
Beacon Rail Leasing (Beacon), a leading Pan-European rolling stock leasing company, is to acquire Ascendos Rail Leasing (Ascendos), a European locomotive and rolling stock leasing company.
The completion of the transaction is subject to customary conditions, including clearance with the German competition authorities. The transaction is expected to be completed during the second quarter of 2016.
Headquartered in Luxembourg, with additional offices in London and Munich, Ascendos’ current portfolio includes 35 locomotives and 100 freight wagons on lease in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany, 35 passenger train units on lease in Germany, and 67 double decker coaches on lease
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