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Investment funds managed by JW Childs Associates, have held the recent closing of an investment in a newly formed holding company, Comoto Holdings, dedicated to motorcycle enthusiasts, alongside the founders and equity holders of RevZilla Motorsports.
Comoto Holdings will have equity investments in both RevZilla and Cycle Gear, Inc, two of the nation’s leading retailers of apparel, accessories and parts for motorcycle enthusiasts. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
RevZilla and Cycle Gear will continue to operate as independent sister companies with headquarters in Philadelphia, PA and Benicia, CA, respectively. Joseph M. Fortunato, former CEO and Chairman
NimbeLink, a solutions integrator and systems provider for the Internet of Things (IoT) market, has secured USD2.5 million in funding from First Analysis, a private growth-equity investor.
The company will use the proceeds from the financing to capitalise on strong customer demand, to continue broadening its product suite, and to expand internationally to support its global client base.
“Putting the right components together to form Internet of Things Solutions is an inherently difficult task, and we have seen too many promising solutions delayed or abandoned due to these difficulties. NimbeLink eliminates this complexity with its highly-flexible hardware platform supported
EDF Renewable Energy (EDF RE) has closed on the transaction to sell a 50 per cent interest in the 250 megawatt (MW) Roosevelt Wind Project and the 49.65 MW Milo Wind Project to a fund managed by BlackRock Infrastructure.
The closing of this transaction seals the partnership on the final two of five projects for which BlackRock and EDF Renewable Energy have signed agreements for over the past year.
The two wind projects are adjacently located in Roosevelt County, New Mexico. The combined 150 Vestas wind turbines produce enough clean, renewable energy to power approximately 170,000 New Mexico households.
The Greater Manchester Loan Fund (GMLF), managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven), has provided a GBP400,000 loan facility to Mobedia Limited (“Mobedia”), a digital design agency offering a full range of services to SMEs, mid-corporates and large multinational companies.
The investment will enable Mobedia to open its planned Manchester city centre office which is expected to generate up to 10 new full time jobs in the area.
Since being established in 2005 Mobedia has grown into a full service design agency offering expertise across a range of product areas including Branding, Web Based Content, Strategy, Mobile Apps, Video, and
QLess, an specialist in customer experience and queue management software, has secured USD2.5 million in True Growth Capital from Wellington Financial, a privately-held specialty finance firm.
QLess helps companies optimise their customer experience process by providing an interactive platform for employees to manage customer service flow, equipping management with real-time reporting and analytics to boost operational efficiencies. Its cloud-based patented application eliminates physical lines by allowing customers to instead join a virtual queue by mobile phone, website, or via an on-site kiosk. With its learning algorithms, QLess delivers more accurate wait times via text or phone message and notifies customers
Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance and SKG Capital have provided GBP1 million worth of funding and investment to support the acquisition of White Knight Laundry Services, a specialist provider of laundry services to international hotel chains.
The joint equity funding and asset based lending facility marks the second transaction that Secure Trust Bank and SKG have completed in the laundry sector, following the GBP4 million backing of AAA Linen in November 2014.
Established in 1904, White Knight works with over 2,000 domestic and business customers, including a number of international hotels. The company, which operates from sites in Reading
Inflexion Private Equity has completed the management buyout of Global Reach Partners Ltd, a leading UK foreign exchange specialist providing payments and hedging services to businesses and private individuals.
Global Reach Partners helps clients manage their foreign exchange exposure through a range of hedging strategies, which are tied to fundamental business needs. The hedging strategies are delivered through many products including spot payments, forward contracts and options in over 150 currencies.
Global Reach Partners transacts £3bn of foreign currency each year, through its team of over 85 expert traders and support staff based in London.
Inflexion will be
Italian corporate and financial law firm Gattai Minoli Agostinelli & Partners advised the private equity firm CVC on the acquisition of Italian generic drugs firm Doc Generici from Charterhouse.
CVC was assisted by a team composed by partners Bruno Gattai and Gerardo Gabrielli, together with senior associate Lorenzo Fabbrini. Lorenzo Cairo, Licia Garotti and Micaela Tinti, heads of the Firm’s Employment, IP and Administrative Law departments respectively, participated in the transaction, as well.
Founded in November 2012, Gattai Minoli Agostinelli & Partners is a law firm specialising in Corporate and M&A, Banking & Finance, Tax, Restructuring, Real Estate, Employment,
Deutsche Börse Venture Network, Deutsche Börse’s programme to fund young growth companies, has passed the 200-member mark nine months after its launch.
The Network has gained 31 investors and 10 growth companies since the beginning of this year. Specifically the number of participants from outside Germany, currently at 81, has seen a particularly large increase. In total, there currently are 60 growth companies and 142 investors active in the Deutsche Börse Venture Network.
In addition to the online platform, the Venture Network supports businesses and investors in expanding their networks. On March 16, an exclusive investor networking event focusing
Shifts in regulation and changes in attitudes towards reputation are prompting a rise in the inward migration of alternative fund managers to Jersey, delegates at a major annual funds conference have heard.
Discussing trends within the alternative fund space, panellists at this year’s Jersey Finance London Funds Conference agreed that a growing focus on governance, substance and reputation was presenting opportunities for Jersey to affirm itself as a major centre for fund management as well as fund servicing.
The net asset value of funds under administration in Jersey grew over the final quarter of last year to stand at
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