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An affiliate of private equity firm HIG Capital has completed a strategic investment in Constructive Media (CM), a platform of digital media products serving the casual gaming and digital education markets.
“We are very excited about the Company’s next phase of growth and partnering with HIG,” says Greg Barlow, Chief Executive Officer of Constructive Media. “Partnering with HIG will provide us the operating, financial and strategic resources to continue evolving and diversifying the platform and fulfill our mission of providing enriching, educational, fun products to users of all ages.”
Mike Phillips, a Managing Director at HIG, adds: “Greg and the
Partners Group, the global private markets investment manager, is to acquire Vermaat Groep BV, the Dutch market leader in high-end catering and hospitality services, on behalf of its clients.
The Company is being bought from its founding family and the transaction is expected to close later this year. Financial terms are not being disclosed.
Founded in 1978 as a single delicatessen store in Utrecht, Vermaat today provides outsourced catering services to eight end markets including corporates, museums and hospitals. It operates a total of 231 premium food and beverage outlets across the Netherlands, including cafés, bistros, restaurants and canteens, each
Private equity funds affiliated with Hellman & Friedman have acquired a controlling interest in Italian software company TeamSystem Holding from Hg Capital, Bain Capital, ICG and the company’s management team
The management will continue to invest in the business going forward and HgCapital intends to retain a minority stake.
TeamSystem, founded in 1979, is a leading provider of software applications to professionals and enterprises in Italy across different segments, offering a broad range of business-critical, on-premise and on-cloud solutions to a diversified base of over 200,000 customers.
Federico Leproux, CEO, says: “This transaction confirms the great value we have built
Masabi, a specialist in mobile ticketing and fare collection for transportation, has completed a USD12 million funding round with investment from international public transport operator Keolis, Lepe Partners, MasterCard, and existing investor MMC Ventures.
This latest round, including corporate partners for the first time, marks a step change in Masabi’s growth and speed to market.
Masabi’s JustRide platform is a cloud-based, end-to-end mobile ticketing and fare collection system, in use in cities worldwide. It comprises apps for ticket purchase, display and inspection, together with back-end infrastructure for secure payments, ticket management, ticket inspection, customer service, reporting and real-time analytics.
Aviva has launched Aviva Ventures, a wholly owned venture capital business which will invest in a range of digital and new technology businesses.
Aviva Ventures will provide early stage investment to back entrepreneurs with high growth businesses and, over time, expects to have a portfolio of small investments in a number of companies which have significant potential.
Housed at Aviva’s Digital Garage in London’s Hoxton Square, Aviva Ventures will look to commit approximately £20m per year over the next five years. Aviva Ventures will target investments in digital and technology companies operating in four areas: ‘the internet of things’, for
Renaissance Capital, an emerging and frontier markets investment bank, has completed two debt capital markets transactions last week.
A USD50 million Eurobond issue for ABH Ukraine, the sole shareholder of Alfa Bank Ukraine. The new bond issue was a Reg S market only transaction with a one-year maturity and a coupon rate of 10%. Alfa-Bank Ukraine is a leading Ukrainian commercial bank with international capital. The bank ranks among the ten largest banks in Ukraine, according to the National Bank of Ukraine. Renaissance Capital London acted as the Sole Lead Manager for the issue.
A USD40 million Bond Tender
MEAG, Munich Re’s asset manager, is to acquire 38.4 MW of wind power developed by Eolus in a deal worth SEK425 millon.
The agreement covers the delivery of eight Vestas V112 3.3 MW wind turbines for a total of 26.4 MW in wind farm Iglasjön in Kungsbacka municipality and the operational 12 MW wind farm Jung-Åsa comprising of six Vestas V90 2.0MW wind turbines in Vara municipality. Wind farm Jung-Åsa was taken into operation during 2014 and wind farm Iglasjön is under construction and is scheduled to be taken into operation during 2016.
As part of the agreement Eolus will
Gousto, the recipe box delivery company, has raised an additional GBP9 million bringing the total raised to date by the firm to GBP20 million.
Founded in 2012, Gousto delivers ingredients boxes for specific, suggested recipes. This latest investment includes GBP3m from BGF Ventures – the first investment for the GBP200 million fund since it opened its doors to early stage technology companies in the autumn of this year – alongside existing investors MMC Ventures, Unilever Ventures and the Angel Co-Fund.
Gousto is one of the UK’s fastest growing technology-based companies. Last month, it delivered more than 300,000 meals to homes
Private equity firm Arle CapitalPartners is to sell Stork, a provider of knowledge-based asset integrity services focusing on the Oil & Gas, Chemical and Power sectors, to Fluor Corporation (Fluor) for EUR695 million.
The sale of the business, formerly Stork Technical Services, represents a full exit from Stork Holdings BV. following the sale of Fokker Technologies to GKN for EUR706 million which was closed in October this year.
John Arney, Managing Partner of Arle, says: “We are delighted with the agreed sale of Stork to Fluor which delivers a full exit at an attractive valuation, fairly reflecting the high
Elian has formally completed its acquisition of SFM Europe. Merging Elian's existing International Finance team and the SFM Europe team, the combined service line will be made up of more than 150 employees, and it will be led by SFM Europe CEO, Robert Berry.
SFM Europe offers services for the management of securitisations, structured finance and asset finance to global banks, investment managers and blue chip corporates. The completion of this acquisition significantly bolsters and expands Elian’s international finance offering.
The deal, which was announced in September, brings Elian’s head count to 640 employees and increases its geographical spread
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