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Victory Park Capital (VPC) has provided a credit facility to help refinance existing debt and finance working capital for Beacon Bay Holdings’ portfolio company Dental Lab Holdings.
VPC has also committed additional funding in support of future acquisitions for DLH’s expansion in the dental lab industry.
“As a recognised player in the dental lab sector with a strong reputation of delivering quality products, DLH is well positioned to execute on its acquisition strategy to acquire new labs and elevate its relationships with customers,” says Jason Brown (pictured), partner at VPC. “Our partnership combined with Beacon Bay’s expertise in leading
Alternative methods of accessing the private real estate market, including separate accounts, joint ventures and co-investments, are under the spotlight in this extract from the Preqin Investor Outlook: Alternative Assets, H2 2015.
Recent years have seen an increase in institutional investor appetite for alternative structures, which offer the investor a variety of benefits over the traditional commingled fund model, including greater control over their real estate portfolio, lower fees and a greater level of exposure to attractive assets. Fig 1 illustrates that the proportion of investors that will invest through separate accounts has steadily increased since 2011, with 39
Digital health innovator DynoSense has closed a USD9.4 million Series A funding round, with participation from WI Harper Group; JKOM Cloud Health Technology Co; Plug and Play Tech Center; Jinmao Capital; and Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich and Rosati.
The company will use the proceeds to support US regulatory clearance and commercialisation of its patented Dyno, the world’s first fully integrated multi-function health scanner technology that can capture more than 33 critical health metrics in less than 60 seconds with a single user action. The captured health data is securely and wirelessly uploaded to the company’s cloud computing platform for further analytics
NB Private Equity Partners has reported a 2.6 per cent increase in Net Asset Value (NAV) during the first six months of 2015 to USD713.0 million (31 December 2014: USD694.8 million).
The increase has been driven by unrealised gains on public and private equity holdings as well as cash and payment-in-kind (PIK) interest on the firm’s income investment portfolio.
NBPE’s NAV increase of USD45.1 million during the six months included:
• USD42.9 million of realised gains, or USD0.88 per Share, net of tax expense
• USD14.6 million of unrealised losses, or (USD0.30) per Share, net of tax expense
Energy-focused private equity firm Denham Capital and Nexif, a Singapore-based independent power management company, are teaming up to develop, finance, construct and acquire conventional and renewable power generation assets across Southeast Asia.
The platform marks a return to the region for Denham and builds upon Nexif’s strong experience and relationship base.
“We are excited to team with Denham in chartering the next phase of Nexif’s growth. Southeast Asia has a tremendous need for new power generation and we look forward to working with governments, our partners and the region’s communities to provide electricity solutions that are both economical and reliable,”
This extract from the Preqin Investor Outlook: Alternative Assets, H2 2015 analyses the responses gathered in Preqin’s latest round of investor interviews to find out what investors in private equity believe are the biggest issues they face at present.
Preqin’s recent survey exposed valuations, deal flow and fee pressure as some of the biggest challenges investors face while seeking to operate an effective private equity portfolio. While regulation has been cited as a key issue by over a third of LPs surveyed, it seems a large proportion of investors are yet to adjust their private equity investment plans in light
Franklin Square Capital Partners its senior secured investment in Blueprint Sub (doing business as iSqFt), a provider of software and bid information to the commercial construction industry.
The increased commitment finances the merger of iSqFt and CMD Group, a Norcross, GA headquartered provider of construction information.
The financing was provided by FS Investment Corporation (NYSE: FSIC), FS Investment Corporation II (FSIC II) and FS Investment Corporation III (FSIC III), BDCs managed by affiliates of Franklin Square and sub-advised by GSO / Blackstone Debt Funds Management LLC (GDFM), an affiliate of GSO Capital Partners LP (GSO).
The combination of iSqFt and
Reelio, an influencer marketing platform that connects global brands with today’s hottest digital stars, has raised USD5 million in Series A funding.
The round was led by a global syndicate of investors in strategically important markets, adding global breadth to the industry depth represented by Reelio’s existing investors (which include e.ventures; the venture capital firms of Philipp Schindler, Lorne Michaels, Tremor Video founders Jason Glickman and Andrew Reis, former Sony Music President and Bertelsmann executive board member Thomas Hesse; and senior executives from Apple, Google, Goldman Sachs, BBDO and others).
The influencer marketing industry has gained considerable steam in the
This extract from the Preqin Investor Outlook: Alternative Assets, H2 2015 features data gathered in our latest investor interviews (conducted June 2015) and focuses on hedge fund investors’ plans for the coming year.
A larger proportion of investors plan to invest less capital in hedge funds over the next year than are planning to invest more capital in the asset class (Fig 1). The failure of hedge funds to meet investors’ expectations, in terms of performance, over the past 12 months may have contributed to the reluctance of many investors to put more money to work in the asset class in the year to
Talem Africa (Talem) has bought 100 per cent of the shares of Silver Food, the largest fish canning facility in Morocco, and its two wholly-owned subsidiaries SOPCODA and Silver Fishing.
The three companies were part of Anouar Invest, a Moroccan family-owned conglomerate.
Founded in 2004 and based in Casablanca, Morocco, Silver Food is an industry leader producing and selling canned tuna, mackerel and sardines, under three brands – Mario, Silver and Atlanta. Half of its sales are within the Moroccan market, with the other half set for export to other parts of Africa, the Middle East, Europe and the United
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