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EcoMachines Ventures has invested in PointGrab, an Israeli-based electronics company developing innovative hardware and software for the building automation ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) device market, in a total round of $5 million.
EcoMachines Ventures is investing alongside two other leading industry players including ABB Technology Ventures (ATV), the corporate venture capital arm of ABB Group based in Zurich. Saar Wilf, PointGrab’s Chairman and first investor, is also participating in this round. This collaborative investment will fuel PointGrab’s expansion into the rapidly growing $30 billion home and building automation market.
PointGrab is at the forefront of integrating embedded deep learning
Duet Private Equity Group has acquired Abidjan-based ociete Africaine des Produits Laitiers et Derives (SAPLED) from the Sifaoui Group through the creation of Duet Consumer Ivory Coast Holdings (DCICH). The details of the transaction have not been disclosed.
SAPLED is one of the largest Dairy & Fruit Juice processing companies in Ivory Coast, as well as the exclusive owner of the Tampico fruit juice license in Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Togo, Benin and Guinea. SAPLED was founded over 25 years ago and over the years the company has built up a portfolio of brands and products that are today well
First Trust Global Portfolios Limited (FTGP), a global fund promoter, has launched a new actively managed open-end UCITS fund, the First Trust Tactical High Yield UCITS Fund, managed by its affiliate First Trust Advisors (FTA).
The First Trust Tactical High Yield UCITS Fund seeks to provide current income by investing primarily in high yield debt securities. Its secondary objective is to generate capital appreciation. The Fund may supplement its primary investment strategy with investments in investment grade corporate securities, government securities or exchange-traded funds in order to manage overall credit and duration risk. The fund’s investment approach includes a long/short
Now deep into the holiday season, some observers are cautiously optimistic towards the outlook for the retail sector, while others are outright sceptical. At the same time, the private equity community remains interested in retail, believing that the sector can offer the opportunity to achieve scalable growth.
These are some of the observations shared by Burt Feinberg, President, CIT Commercial & Industrial Finance, a division of CIT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT), a leading provider of commercial lending and leasing services, in “CIT Executive Insights: Commercial & Industrial – Retail Expectations”, the latest piece of market intelligence in the CIT Executive Insights
The EQT Mid Market Investment Strategy (EQT Mid Market) is to partner with management to acquire FocusVision, a provider of highly secure live video transmissions of qualitative research.
Founded in 1990, FocusVision has expanded its offering to become a complete end-to-end technology solutions and services provider. The offering includes end-to-end quantitative survey platforms, focus group and online interview streaming, reporting, project management and more. FocusVision is headquartered in Connecticut and has offices in California, United Kingdom, Brazil, Australia, Bulgaria and Singapore.
EQT Mid Market will support the continued growth of FocusVision both domestically and internationally, through investing in the
Cloudyn, a provider of hybrid, multi-cloud monitoring and optimisation solutions, has closed a USD11 million Series B round of financing led by Carmel Ventures, a member of the Viola Group, with participation of previous investors, Titanium Investments and RDSeed [a collaboration of Rafael and Elron Electronics (ELRNF)].
In addition, Cloudyn has announced that Ronen Nir, General Partner at Carmel, will join its Board of Directors.
Cloudyn has tripled its revenue for three consecutive years in addition to doubling personnel. The company's single pane of glass approach provides clarity and actionable insights for optimal cloud management. Currently monitoring more than 200,000
Blackstone has held the final close os its latest global private equity fund, Blackstone Capital Partners VII (BCP VII) at USD18 billion.
Fundraising began in November 2014 and the fund had a record USD15.7 billion first close in May, seven months after launching. There are more than 250 limited partners from 40 countries in the fund. Demand for the fund was significantly in excess of its hard cap of USD17.5 billion. Taken together with Blackstone and its employees’ commitment of USD500 million, BCP VII will have USD18 billion of available equity capital to invest. Blackstone expects to begin making investments
MUFG Investor Services has secured all regulatory approvals for its acquisition of UBS Asset Management’s Alternative Fund Services (AFS) business and the acquisition has closed.
The deal forms part of MUFG Investor Services’ strategy to build a global industry-leading fund administrator. The AFS acquisition raises MUFG Investor Services’ total assets under administration to USD266 billion across 2,300 funds.
Junichi Okamoto, Group Head of Trust Assets Business Group, Deputy President, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation says: “AFS is a strategic addition to our business and demonstrates our commitment and ambitions within the fund administration industry. MUFG Investor Services is
KKR has closed its acquisition of Allianz Capital Partners’ (ACP) stake in the Selecta Group. All conditions precedent in the acquisition agreement entered into between KKR and ACP in October 2015 have been fulfilled, including the consent of Selecta’s bondholders.
The partnership with KKR aims at further strengthening Selecta’s leading position in European vending and coffee services. Selecta is geographically diversified across Europe with operations in 21 countries and a special focus on Switzerland, Sweden and France. The company operates more than 145,000 vending machines, employing approximately 4,500 people, and serves more than 6 million consumers daily.
Under ACP’s
EOS Investment Management (EOS IM) has launched the second tranche of the Efesto Energy fund, which is incorporated in Luxembourg as a Specialised Investment Fund (SIF) and pools together photovoltaic (PV) power plants into a single vehicle giving international investors access to Italy’s booming renewable energy and solar market.
Following a well-received launch of the initial tranche in 2014, Efesto Energy has successfully completed its first round of acquisitions consisting of PV plants for a total value of circa EUR60 million and total capacity of 25 MW, with the next acquisition to be finalised by the year end. The current
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