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Activa Capital has made an investment in Alliance Etiquettes, the first investment in its new fund Activa Capital Fund III. Alliance Etiquettes is a buy-and-build platform consisting of three initial investments including Imprimerie Laulan.
Created in 1964 near Bordeaux, Imprimerie Laulan is a third-generation family business producing premium labels for the wine and premium food industries. Managed by Olivier Laulan, the company employs 50 professionals. By relying on two production facilities based in the South-West of France, Imprimerie Laulan covers a large variety of printing solutions for its long-standing customer base.
Alliance Etiquettes has purchased Groupe Enes and is in
Ireland’s Minister for Finance Michael Noonan, TD has signed the European Union (European long-term investment funds) Regulations 2015 into effect to facilitate the establishment of ELTIFs in the country.
ELTIF application forms are available from the Central Bank of Ireland and it has confirmed that it is ready to accept ELTIF applications.
Pat Lardner, Chief Executive of Irish Funds, says: “ELTIFs represent a key component of the European Commission’s initiative on Capital Markets Union (CMU) and aim to promote cross-border long-term investment in projects such as infrastructure, sustainable energy and new technologies. As a leading centre for cross-border Alternative
Presence Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) startups, has launched a USD10 million fund.
The firm’s aim is to create a healthy pipeline of startups to fuel innovation, creativity and forward movement within the emerging VR and AR markets.
“We’ve seen time and time again from our previous endeavors that anytime there’s a platform shift, multi-billion dollar companies are created,” says Amitt Mahajan, managing partner at Presence Capital. “Our goal is to be early to support and empower exceptional entrepreneurs that share our vision and enthusiasm about VR and AR
IK Investment Partners’ IK VII Fund is to acquire CID Lines, a provider of innovative hygiene solutions, from Gilde Buy Out Partners (Gilde). Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Established in 1988 and headquartered in Belgium, CID Lines is a leading supplier of innovative hygiene solutions for the agricultural, food, vehicle care and institutional industries. With a network of over 750 distributors and importers, the Company exports its solutions to more than 90 countries. CID Lines offers its customers a complete product range of branded, effective and high quality solutions. Over the past years, CID Lines has
An alliance of global investors, development banks, financial sector associations & NGOs has announced the formation of a GreenInfrastructure Investment Coalition at the COP21 Conference in Paris.
The founders have invited government agencies, international asset managers, owners & development agencies to join and work more closely on promoting large scale development and financing of green infrastructure.
The aim of the Green Infrastructure Investment Coalition (GIIC) is to support the financing of a rapid transition to a low-carbon and climate resilient economy.
The Green Infrastructure Investment Coalition will bring together key actors in the financial system via investor-government global
Wearsafe Labs, a Connecticut-based technology company developing wearable safety products has secured a nearly USD3 million in financing round led by by former Goldman Sachs partner Ravi Singh, who has also been appointed to the Wearsafe board.
"In a market that is saturated with gadgets, there is a tremendous need for a personal safety device that is not only adaptable to every person's life, but one that works when it is needed most," says Singh, who spent 19 years with Goldman Sachs, eight of them as a partner, and is a private investor and advisor for several start-ups. He is
LeapFrog Investments is set to receive up to USD200m from the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) in what will be the OPIC’s largest commitment to date to any impact fund manager.
It also brings commitments to LeapFrog to over 1 billion USD, heralding the arrival of the first billion-dollar group dedicated to equity impact investing.
LeapFrog plans to invest the capital in financial services and healthcare companies, in both Africa and emerging Asia. By focusing on these underserved markets, LeapFrog portfolio companies recorded a 60% average revenue growth last year, and now serve 51.8 million people.
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Nordic Capital Fund VIII has acquired a majority stake in Greenfood Group (Greenfood), a supplier in the market for healthy foods (fruits, vegetables and salads) in the Nordic region.
Nordic Capital’s aim is to support Greenfood’s continued growth and international expansion driven by a strong underlying trend of increased healthy eating and demand for convenient meal solutions within fruits and vegetables.
Greenfood has a very strong position in the Nordic region within healthy foods, exemplified by the market leading Picadeli salad bar concept which is highly appreciated by both retailers and consumers. The company has sales of SEK3.9 billion
MANTA Instruments has held the first closing of a Series A financing round led by Joint Polish Investment Fund (JPI Fund), a new Life Science Venture Capital Fund co-financed by the Polish National Centre for Research and Development under the BRIdge VC program.
MANTA is a privately held company producing ViewSizer 3000, the first scientific instrument to deliver accurate and reproducible nanoparticle concentration and size distribution data. JPIF Fund invests worldwide, in early and mid-stage innovative Life Science companies lead by Polish people, located in Poland or, based on IP generated by Polish nationals. The Triton Technology Fund, MANTA's seed
TPG Growth has acquired a 28 per cent stake in Asiri Hospital Holdings (Asiri” from Actis, an emerging markets private equity investor. Asiri is the largest multi-speciality private healthcare business in Sri Lanka, which is controlled by the dynamic Softlogic group led by Ashok Pathirage.
“TPG is one of the leading investors in healthcare globally, with an accomplished team of investment professionals, operators and technical experts who identify and execute on great opportunities in the sector,” says Bill McGlashan, Managing Partner of TPG Growth. “This network of experts, combined with the deep local relationships and experience of TPG Growth’s regional
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