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Dechert advised US venture capital firms Accel Partners and LeadEdge Capital in the USD200m fund raising by BlaBlaCar, the French ride-sharing start-up.
This new fund raising, the largest to date for a French tech company, will help the company to continue its growth in countries where BlaBlaCar is already well established, accompany the launch of the carpooling in countries where the French startup has just launched and extend its international expansion to new territories.
With more than USD300million raised, BlaBlaCar is now one of Europe’s best-funded start-ups. Blablacar is the latest French Unicorn (i.e. Start up worth more than
Ontario Teachers', the largest single-profession pension plan in Canada, is to acquire a significant minority interest in OGF, a funeral services provider in France, from Pamplona Capital Management.
Pamplona, which remains the majority shareholder, has sold 30 per cent of OGF to Ontario Teachers’, which intends to increase its stake to over 40 per cent over time. The initial transaction is expected to close on 25 September 2015. Terms of the transaction are not being disclosed.
Ontario Teachers’ is a long-term investor that aims to identify unique opportunities and partner with strong management teams. Ontario Teachers’ and Pamplona have
SFX Entertainment has secured USD60 million in new financing and refinanced its existing USD30 million revolving credit facility, securing capital for new initiatives and operating and working capital needs.
The USD90 million comes from both new and existing investors, with USD60 million in private placement financing and USD30 million in a revolving credit facility.
“This round of financing from these sophisticated investors reflects a level of confidence and provides growth capital to support many of the exciting new initiatives SFX is undertaking,” says Robert F X Sillerman, the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “While the Company continues to explore
21 Concordia, the Warsaw-based, Polish branch of 21 Partners, held its second and final close with aggregate commitments of EUR100 million, garnering strong interest from leading international institutions.
Managed by four experienced Polish Managing Partners: Dariusz Górka, Andrzej Mierzwa, Marek Modecki (pictured) and Dawid Sukacz, the team on-the-ground invests in Polish mid-sized enterprises and accompanies them in a new phase of development.
The fund, which began investing in 2014, has already completed two investments: EGB, one of the most experienced and innovative companies in the Polish debt collection and receivables market, and TxM, a leading discount clothing chain with
Clive Christian, a UK-based luxury interiors and fragrance brand, has been acquired by EME Investments 5, a private equity firm backed by a consortium of investors including Sir Brian Souter, Ann Gloag, EME Capital and Perscitus Advisers.
The investment, which will see the founder, Clive Christian OBE, dispose of a majority stake in his eponymous company, will accelerate momentum and expansion in the business renowned for its fragrances and luxury interiors ranges. Alongside the investment, Amy Nelson-Bennett has been appointed to the position of Group CEO. Clive Christian will remain Creative Director of the company.
Clive Christian, says: “This
The international commercial law firm Noerr has advised recipe kit delivery service Hello Fresh on a financing round. Hello Fresh was valued at EUR 2.6 billion in the context of the transaction.
In this round of financing, international funds advised by the Scottish asset management Baillie Gifford invested EUR75 million in the rapidly growing Berlin company.
Ass well as Germany, Hello Fresh also operates the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Australia and the USA.
Creo Medical, an emerging leader in electrosurgery, has completed its latest financing round totalling USD8.45m, including new investor Pentax Medical (HOYA Group).
Participants in this financing round also include existing investors Finance Wales, the Angel CoFund and individual angel investors. To date, Creo Medical has secured investment totaling USD20.7 million.
Described as ‘the first new electrosurgical platform in a generation’ the Creo Medical CROMA energy system provides a unique combination of super high frequency microwave energy for controlled coagulation and bipolar radio-frequency energy for precise soft tissue cutting, supporting a wide range of surgical instruments for applications such as
Arlington Capital Partners has acquired Ontario Systems (OS), a provider of revenue cycle management (RCM) software and solutions to healthcare providers, outsourced RCM and accounts receivable management (ARM) firms, and government clients.
For more than 30 years, Ontario Systems has served healthcare providers and their business offices with software, technology and services that help access patients, streamline and optimise complex workflows, and accelerate revenue recovery. Ontario Systems’ customers include three of the top six health systems in the US, and nine of the ten largest RCM and ARM firms, with approximately 55,000 licensed users across more than 500 locations.
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Mid-market private equity firm LDC has backed the management buyout of UK based shower brand Aqualisa for an undisclosed price from Sankaty Advisors, LLC, the credit affiliate of Bain Capital, and RBS.
Aqualisa designs and manufactures a range of digital, mixer and electric showers and accessories, retailing through builders' merchants, distributors, specifiers, and showrooms.
Founded in the 1970s, Aqualisa’s patented, bi-metallic shower valve, which reduces limescale build-up, revolutionised the market in the 1980s and is still manufactured by the company today. It also launched the first digital shower in 2001 and introduced new wireless remote technology in 2005.
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In the face of volatility in the surrounding European continent, Germany has remained relatively stable and attractive to many private equity investors. Here, Preqin provides the latest statistics for German fundraising and deals, as well as details of the largest transactions of 2015 YTD.
Read the full factsheet here, featuring charts and tables demonstrating the latest research into the German private equity market.
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