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Investec Private Banking has been confirmed as strategic partner for one of the largest fundraising events in the private equity industry – The Norwood Private Equity Dinner – which will be held on 6 June.
The dinner is expected to raise over GBP150,000 for Norwood, a leading charity supporting vulnerable children and their families, children with special educational needs and people with learning disabilities.
Deborah Sayagh, Private Equity Banker at Investec Private Banking, says: "The partnership highlights our commitment to supporting Norwood in raising funds for vulnerable children and their families, children with special educational needs and people with
idverde has acquired the holding company of Quadron Services, the UK grounds maintenance provider.
Following quickly on from the acquisition of The Landscape Group (TLG) in 2015, idverde’s UK activities will grow to GBP90m annual turnover and 1,600 staff with enhanced geographical coverage across the UK and a significantly strengthened position in Greater London and Birmingham as a result of the transaction.
Nick Temple-Heald, Chief Executive of idverde UK, says: “Bringing together Quadron and TLG under the idverde UK banner is the perfect outcome of our growth strategy. The two businesses are both green specialists and passionate about the
AgFunder, the leading agriculture-focused online investment platform, has reported a record USD4.6 billion of investment into the agriculture technologies sector for 2015, almost double the USD2.36 billion invested in 2014, and outpacing growth in the broader venture capital market.
Over the past five years, global investment in the agtech sector has markedly accelerated from barely USD500 million in 2012 to approaching USD5 billion as entrepreneurs and investors look to tackle production and sustainability issues facing the farming sector.
“Mid-year we projected the agtech sector would end with USD4.1 billion; the extra half billion surpassed expectations,” says Rob Leclerc (pictured),
Private equity managers are finding that increased demands for transparency from their LPs are requiring them to change their mindset, especially when it comes to sharing information on how assets are valued.
LPs are doing more due diligence, asking PE managers to explain why they value a target company at, say, 8X EBITDA, and a comparable non-target company at 10X EBITDA. In effect, LPs want to get more involved in the valuation process. This is the new normal that all alternative fund managers are waking up to, and in part, it is being driven by the onset of regulation.
As PE managers become more open with LPs, this is helping
British Business Bank Investments, the commercial arm of the British Business Bank, has agreed to provide a GBP25 million facility to UK independent leasing company Haydock Finance.
The three-year funding commitment is structured as a block discounting facility and is part of the Bank’s Investment Programme, which has now committed a total of GBP110 million to asset finance companies. The programme forms a key part of the Bank’s efforts to increase the diversity and supply of finance for small businesses.
The facility will help Blackburn-based Haydock grow its asset finance division, providing hire-purchase, leasing and refinance for business assets
Private equity firm Wynnchurch Capital has acquired Texas Hydraulics, a manufacturer of highly engineered, custom-designed hydraulic cylinders, swivels and related components for mobile equipment applications, from Dover Corporation.
Founded in 1968, and headquartered in Temple, TX, Texas Hydraulics provides front-end design solutions for the most challenging applications in a diverse range of end-markets, including infrastructure, utilities, natural resources and transportation.
"We are excited to partner with Wynnchurch to grow our business and continue our nearly 50 year history of delivering innovation, quality and exceptional service to our customers. Wynnchurch has extensive experience helping manufacturing companies reach their full potential
Orion Labs has secured USD9 million in new financing from Avalon Ventures and Motorola Solutions Venture Capital.
Orion creates group voice communication accessories that bring people together across any distance. Its accessories incorporate the best features of two-way radios and group messaging, bringing simplicity and style to anyone who needs to be readily connected to a group without the distraction of a screen. Using Orion, groups of people can easily talk to each other throughout the day, anywhere in the world, while being physically engaged in the moment.
"Consumer wearable devices have the potential to transform the way people
Advantage Capital Agribusiness Partners has made a second investment in American Botanicals, a Missouri-based supplier of bulk herbs and botanical products, to help fund the acquisition of Aloha Medicinals, a biotechnology company focused on medicinal mushroom production.
American Botanicals buys, processes, sells and exports hundreds of roots, herbs, barks, berries and other botanical products, which are purchased directly from U.S. farmers and dealers and used in products ranging from food to nutritional supplements by the company’s more than 400 customers. Over 90 percent of these natural items are collected in the wild.
“We are excited about welcoming Aloha Medicinals
KKR has acquired an approximate 9.95 per cent stake in Max Financial Services, the newly demerged entity of the Max Group that owns an approximate 72 per cent stake in Max Life, India’s fourth-largest private life insurance player.
KKR acquired its stake from a sponsor group led by Analjit Singh, Chairman Emeritus of the Max Group.
KKR made its investment from its Asian Fund II through the portfolio investment route. Further details of the transaction were not disclosed.
The partnership between KKR and Max Financial Services comes as the Indian life insurance sector steadily recovers from a recent
Securus Group a provider of electronic security and life safety systems specialising in the installation, maintenance and monitoring of open protocol products, has raised a GBP25 million flexible senior debt facility from Muzinich & Co in the first transaction for Muznich’s recently launched UK Private Debt Fund.
Securus Group was formed in 2008 by Managing Director Stuart Glover, supported by funding from Infinity Asset Management. Since then it has grown rapidly through a combination of organic growth and ten acquisitions combining to create a full national service platform under the Securus Group brand.
The GBP25 million six-year senior secured
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