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Lawyers from Carey Olsen's Guernsey funds team have advised Creandum on the establishment of their latest venture capital fund, Creandum IV, which was oversubscribed and held a first and final closing at EUR180 million.
Private Equity Administrators Limited, Creandum's long term administrator, has again been appointed to provide administration services to the new fund.
Venture capital firm Creandum has 12 years' experience with over 50 start-ups, mostly focusing on the Nordic region. Creandum IV represents their largest early stage fund and was backed by a diverse global investor base from the Nordic region, Europe, the Middle East and North
Gide has advised Dalian Canglong Optoelectronic Technology Co on its acquisition of 70 per cent of the equity interests in French high-tech company Almae Technologies SAS.
Canglong Optoelectronic is part of the FiberHome Technologies Group, a major Chinese state-owned enterprise specialising in the manufacturing of optical fibre and cable products for the information technology and telecommunications industries. Its investment aims to boost the research, development and manufacturing of Almae Technologies’ photonic products in both France and China.
Gide acted as lead counsel to Canglong Optoelectronic on all the PRC and French legal aspects of the transaction, including assistance in
EnTouch Controls has raised USD8 million in Series C financing led by Egis Capital Partners. Also participating were new investors Traverse Venture Partners, Aster Capital and Calvert Investments along with existing investors SJF Ventures and Trailblazer Capital.
Richardson, Texas-based EnTouch provides facility asset and energy management intelligence and the financing will allow the firm to expand its sales and marketing team and capitalize on its leadership position in the Commercial Internet of Things (IoT) market.
The financing comes on the heels of a record year for the company as it tripled orders, expanded its footprint of connected facilities to
African Alpha Investment Partners (AIIP) has invested an undisclosed amount into SERS Ltd, an Africa focused equipment financing company based in Mauritius. The transaction was a refinancing of a facility raised and arranged by AAIP in October 2014, extending maturities and reducing the company's cost of borrowing.
The new facility also provided additional growth capital to allow SERS to finance further asset acquisition for its equipment financing clients, including those who have provided essential services to agencies active in the Ebola-affected countries of West Africa.
Rupert Boyd of AAIP, says: "We are delighted to be able to support such
Augentius, a specialist service provider to private equity and real estate funds, has expanded its client revenue by more than 30 per cent in 2015. This has enabled the firm to maintain its track record of achieving at least 20 per cent growth every year.
Augentius now has USD90.5bn assets under administration, spread across 373 funds for 145 clients. It is a truly global operation, with 12 domiciles, and its funds’ investors located in 101 countries.
Ian Kelly, Augentius CEO, says: “More business has transferred to Augentius from other administrators in 2015 than ever before, and that’s a testament
Movebubble, the start-up finding renters a home through real-time help and insight from other renters, has received a funding boost of GBP1.1 million from private investors taking total investment to GBP2.36 million.
The new capital will be key to helping Movebubble achieve its aggressive growth targets and continue to revolutionise the rental market.
Movebubble is London’s only renter-dedicated property service, with thousands of available properties. Renters can discover, book viewings and secure a home in just a few taps via an app – using other renters’ honest feedback in real time to save a huge amount of time and
LiveAction, an enterprise IT network visibility software platform, has secured USD36 million in a Series B financing round led by venture capital and private equity firm Insight Venture Partners led the investment round with participation from prior investors Accelerate-IT Ventures and Cisco Investments.
The funding will be used to expand operations globally and accelerate feature product development, further establishing LiveAction as the visibility software standard for the Global 2000.
As part of the transaction, Insight Managing Director Michael Triplett, as well as Phillip Vorobeychik, senior associate at Insight, will join the board of directors.
Initially developed to aid
Nexif Energy, a Southeast Asian independent power producer backed by private equity firm Denham Capital, has taken controlling interest in the 30 megawatt (MW) Coc San hydro power project in Vietnam through the acquisition of a majority ownership of Viet Hydro Pte Ltd.
This transaction marks the first project under the Nexif Energy platform formed in August 2015.
“Hydroelectric power is one of the most economical sources of electrical energy in Vietnam. With its strong renewable hydro resources, liberalising power regulatory regime and stable political environment, Vietnam is a key investment destination and presents an attractive growth opportunity for
Investindustrial has held EUR2.0 billion closing of Investindustrial VI (Fund VI), the largest private equity fund focused primarily on Southern Europe. The fund was marketed over three months and reached its hard cap with significant additional interest.
The investor base is made up of 47 long-term investors. 54 per cent of the capital comes from European investors, 41 per cent from the United States and 5 per cent from the rest of the world. 

Fund VI will continue to pursue majority investments in quality European mid-market companies, typically headquartered in Italy, Spain, Portugal or Switzerland, and with strong internationalisation potential.


Global sportswear brand, SKINS, has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign in the UK, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. SKINS is working with Seedrs (and partner company, Equitise in Australia and New Zealand) to launch the GBP2 million fundraising campaign.
SKINS, which was founded in 1996 and currently sells products in 43 countries, has become famous in recent years for a number of activist initiatives in the world of sport, including, most notably, its role in calling for reform in FIFA last year. The crowdfunding campaign goes live to the public on Monday 15th February 2016.
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