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Octopus Investments’ Octopus Titan Venture Capital Trust (Titan VCT) has raised a record GBP100 million. This is the largest ever fundraise for Titan VCT, the UK’s biggest Venture Capital Trust (VCT).
The news follows swiftly on the heels of the latest figures from the Association of Investment Companies, which revealed that the VCT sector raised GBP457.5 million in the 2015/2016 tax year – the highest amount since 2006.
This is further evidence of the growth in investor demand for VCTs and mirrors recent market commentary. As new restrictions on lifetime and annual pension investment limits come into force from
Law firm Paul Hastings is advising COSCO (Hong Kong) Group Limited (COSCO HK) on its acquisition of 67 per cent of Piraeus Port Authority SA. COSCO HK is a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company.
This marks one of the most high profile Greek privatisations of recent years and successful execution of the deal is a key part of the plan to turn Piraeus into a logistics hub for Chinese exports to Europe.
Paul Hastings has demonstrated significant strength over the years in acting as international deal counsel for Chinese buyers, including acting for WH Group (formerly
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has joined Georgia based JAM Capital Partners to raise a new USD100 million fund to invest in fast growing and innovative businesses in the Southeast.
JAM Capital Partners is a private investment partnership that makes majority and minority investments in lower middle market growth companies.
John McCallum, Managing Partner of JAM Capital Partners, launched the firm in 2010 and believes that the Southeast provides unique advantages for investors seeking to invest in fast growing businesses. The lower middle market, typically businesses with annual revenue of USD5 million to USD25 million, is underserved by private investment
Harvest Capital Credit Corporation (Harvest) closed a USD10.8 million junior secured debt financing for Yucatan Foods in support of a recapitalisation, as well as to finance the Company’s long-term strategic growth initiatives.
The debt financing was comprised of two tranches; an USD8.2 million junior secured subordinated debt investment and a USD2.6 million subordinated convertible note.
Headquartered in Los Angeles, CA, and founded in 1990, Yucatan is a pioneer in avocado processing and is consistently recognised within the food industry for outstanding taste, quality, and safety. Today, the Company offers an array of guacamole products in various flavours, which are found
Diversis Capital,, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm focused on acquiring and growing small- and middle-market companies, has acquired the majority of the assets of Caligor Rx, Inc.
Based in Secaucus, New Jersey with an additional facility in Dartford, UK, Caligor provides services that enable pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to maximize the value of their clinical supply chain investments. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
From its roots as a pharmacy started in 1919, Caligor has established itself as a leader in sourcing and distributing comparator drugs for clinical trials worldwide. Complementing its comparator business, Caligor provides regulatory
Conner Strong & Buckelew has formed a strategic alliance with Century Equity Partners (Century) to accelerate the firm's expansion strategy.
The alliance leverages Conner Strong's market-leading service and delivery model with Century's extensive M&A experience and industry relationships to immediately enhance organic growth and targeted acquisition strategies.
Under the terms of the alliance, Century will acquire a minority interest in Conner Strong & Buckelew. George E Norcross, III, Conner Strong's Executive Chairman; Mike Tiagwad, President and CEO; and Joseph Buckelew, Chairman, will maintain their majority interest in the firm. Together with the existing management team, they will continue in
Financial services private equity firm AnaCap Financial Partners has sold Simply Business, a UK-based digital SME insurance distributor, to Aquiline Capital Partners.
The transaction is subject to completion upon change of control approval from the Financial Conduct Authority and is expected to complete in this summer. The exit comes just short of 3 years since the initial investment and will generate a return of 4.5 times AnaCap’s investment.
Established in 2005, Simply Business was among the earliest online brokers in the commercial insurance industry. Since AnaCap’s investment in 2013, the company, led by CEO Jason Stockwood, has disrupted the
Medical diagnostics company STAT-Diagnostica has closed a Series C financing round totalling EUR25 million (USD28.5 million). The proceeds will be used to prepare for the 2017 European launch of its DiagCORE Near Patient Testing system.
Led by new investor Gilde Healthcare, the financing round also drew participation from existing investors, including Kurma Partners; Ysios Capital; Idinvest Partners; Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund; Caixa Capital Risc; and Axis.
“STAT-Diagnostica’s DiagCORE system can become the best-in-class platform for decentralised molecular testing, the most attractive growth area in molecular diagnostics today,” says Arthur Franken, partner, Gilde Healthcare. “The company’s exceptional team has taken the
Maven Capital Partners (Maven), one of the UK’s most active Private Equity houses, has led the management buyout (MBO) of Westfield Medical (Westfield), a leading provider of sterilisation barrier products to the healthcare and industrial sectors.
The GBP12 million funding package includes an equity raise from ‘Maven Investor Partners’, a syndicate of institutional, family office and high net worth investors, which will help support the forecast growth of the company.
The ever increasing focus on sterile environments in international healthcare and specialist manufacturing sectors, combined with increased healthcare spend in terms of GDP per capita, is expected to ensure strong
Causeway Capital has launched the Causeway Capital Partners I, a new EUR60 million private equity fund which will support growing small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) based in Ireland and the UK.
The fund will invest in growth equity and buyout transactions of companies initially requiring up to EUR10 million of equity capital.
Causeway Capital has secured cornerstone investments in the Fund from the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) and AIB (through Allied Irish Banks (Holdings and Investments) Limited), together with funding from a number of private investors. The Fund will remain open to subscriptions from additional investors up
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