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SNCF is targeting start-up investments in the ‘digital ecosystem’ with its new EUR30 million SNCF Digital Ventures investment fund,
Under the management of Hi Inov, the venture capital unit of family-owned investment company Dentressangle Initiatives, SNCF Digital Ventures will focus on France and other European countries primarily, but will also look to the US and Israel to source investments in the EUR500,000-EUR4 million range
The fund will cover a wide spectrum of technologies – the Internet of Things, surveillance drones, big data, mobile customer service and information apps, the sharing economy, digital tools for SNCF employees and more. It
Morgenthaler Private Equity (MPE) has recapitalised Trachte, a manufacturer of preassembled and modularised control buildings.
The company's custom buildings house critical electrical components that control and protect electrical infrastructure, such as transmission & distribution substations. In addition, Trachte buildings are used extensively in industrial applications to house equipment, such as switchgear, motor controls, and pumps. Trachte serves utilities, OEMs, and other channel partners in the power generation, energy, chemical processing, data centre, and general industrial end markets.
MPE partnered in the transaction with the existing shareholders, including retiring President Randy Trachte and retiring VP of Sales Ron Trachte, as well
Concept Life Sciences, a scientific laboratory and consultancy group, has acquired pharmaceutical testing business Agenda1 Analytical Services Ltd.
This marks the second bolt-on acquisition for the company since it was formed in July 2014 through the simultaneous acquisition of three companies, following investment from Equistone Partners Europe.
Established in 2006 by Dr Simon Bristow and Ian Siragher, Bradford-based Agenda1 is a specialist contract analytical company, delivering high quality support services to pharmaceutical, healthcare and medical device companies. The team will continue to be led by Bristow and Siragher, along with Dr Caroline German (Site Operations Director) and Dr Eleanor
Jersey is successfully leveraging its appeal as a leading alternative funds domicile to attract innovative technology and software businesses that support the European asset manager community.
TORA, a technology and financial services company focusing on the investment management space, is the latest company to relocate to Jersey this summer and underlines Jersey’s position as a centre for both financial and digital services.
Having been founded in 2004, TORA has grown a strong international institutional client base and is now establishing a presence in Jersey in order to build out its European business. The new business in Jersey will be
Community Intervention Services (CIS), a portfolio company of HIG Growth Partners, has completed the acquisition of Northstar Psychological Services (NPS).
CIS was established by HIG in partnership with behavioural healthcare executive Kevin Sheehan, to acquire, develop and operate a national network of specialised behavioural health treatment facilities and programs. NPS marks CIS's seventh acquisition and further expands the Company’s geographic footprint into Georgia.
Headquartered in Alpharetta, GA, NPS was founded in 2000 and has since grown into a leading provider of community-based behavioural health services to individuals and families across Georgia. Over its 15-year operating history NPS has developed
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Investec Bank have closed the syndication for a GBP400 million senior secured acquisition facility, which funded the purchase of a portfolio of UK solar projects owned by funds managed by Octopus Investments (Octopus).
The portfolio consists of 74 operational, UK-based ground mounted solar projects that Octopus acquired from Lightsource Renewable Energy Ltd, the project developer.
Diversified across the south east and west of the United Kingdom, the solar projects attract 20 year fixed income tariffs under the UK Government’s Renewables Obligation (RO) subsidy regime and the 522MWp portfolio generates enough green energy
Mid-market private equity firm LDC has exited its minority investment in global managed service provider Easynet following completion of its acquisition by Interoute.
LDC backed the original buyout of Easynet from BskyB in 2010, working alongside management to build the UK’s leading independent provider of managed networking, hosting and cloud integration services.
It reinvested as part of Equistone Partners Europe’s simultaneous acquisition of Easynet and MDNX Group in 2013, a deal which created the largest independent network and hosting integrator in Europe.
The sale to Interoute delivers a money multiple of 2.2x for LDC.
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Law firm Noerr has advised Zalando on the takeover of the Berlin fashion fair Bread & Butter. Zalando is acquiring the operating company of the trade fair under an insolvency plan procedure.
The creditors have unanimously approved the insolvency plan today, and the insolvency proceedings are expected to be terminated soon.
In December of last year, Bread & Butter filed for insolvency, and Christian Graf Brockdorff was appointed as insolvency administrator.
Arma Partners has acted as exclusive financial advisor to IRIS Software Group Limited on its recapitalisation by HgCapital at an enterprise valuation of GBP763 million.
HgCapital has been an investor in IRIS Software since acquiring the business for GBP102 million in 2004 and a majority owner for seven of the past eleven years.
With 35 years’ experience, IRIS Software is a leading provider of business critical software and services to the UK accountancy and SME sectors. Over 18,000 UK accountancy firms use IRIS Software every day to run their practices, with 7,000 consuming at least one cloud solution
The private debt industry in Asia has already seen fundraising growth within the distressed debt and mezzanine segments in so far in 2015 compared to 2014. However, the industry in Asia is still far less established than in North America and Europe. Special situations funds have continued to see strong fundraising in the region, and the strategy is likely to once again be the most attractive avenue for exposure to Asian private credit.
Given the moderate fundraising for Asia-focused funds, dry powder levels have remained relatively stable, with USD6 billion in available capital. Mount Kellet Captial Management has held a
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