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Macquarie Mexican Infrastructure Trust has agreed to make a follow-on investment in Mexico Tower Partners (MTP) to fund the acquisition of a significant portfolio of wireless and broadcast telecommunication sites in Mexico.
Scotiabank is the agent and bookrunner for the debt financing of the acquisition. Scotiabank Inverlat, SA Institucion be Banca Multiple, Grupo Financiero Scotiabank is the agent and bookrunner for the debt financing of the acquisition.
“We continue to believe the wireless tower industry in Mexico presents attractive opportunities for independent operators such as MTP and are pleased to announce this additional investment,” says Jonathan Davis Arzac, Chairman, MMIF.
GlassesUSA, the online retailer specialising in prescription eyewear, announced the closing of USD12.5 million in new financing led by Viola Private Equity, a member of the Viola Group.
The funding will further GlassesUSA's aggressive business growth and accelerate their expansion as a leading player in the growing global market of online eyewear, both B2C and B2B.
GlassesUSA was founded in 2009 by CEO Daniel Rothman, COO Eldad Rothman, and CTO Roy Yamner. Leveraging their vast experience in online branding, marketing and operations and backed by a team of 70 employees, GlassesUSA has built a global leading e-commerce company ranked for
Intesa Sanpaolo and GSO Capital Partners, the credit investment arm of Blackstone, are partnering to provide an alternative source of funding to Italian middle market businesses.
The partnership will significantly expand the availability of private debt capital in Italy, enabled by favourable recent changes in the Italian legal and regulatory framework.
The collaboration will have a focus on both existing corporate clients of Intesa Sanpaolo as well as the broader Italian middle market corporate universe. The private debt capital will be provided to sub-investment grade companies for a variety of purposes ranging from growth capital, acquisition financing, to opportunistic refinancings.
Novan Therapeutics has secured USD50 million in an oversubscribed private financing led by new investor Malin Corporation with strong participation from Novan’s existing private investors throughout the Research Triangle area of North Carolina.
The round closed 27 March, 2015 at USD50 million, including an August 2014 initial filing of USD10.3 million.
Neal Hunter, Novan’s Founding Investor and Chairman, says: “We believe the promise of Novan’s pipeline and our advancement toward commercialisation enabled us to attract strong participation in this round, leading us to close at twice the original target of USD25 million. The funds secured will support Novan’s efforts to
Claranet, the European managed services provider, has signed a refinancing agreement, securing a long-term facility for the company.
Goldman Sachs’ Private Capital Team has joined Claranet’s existing and well-established finance providers RBS, ABRY Partners and Ares Management’s European Direct Lending Team for the first time in a move that reflects the strengthening performance of the privately owned company in the B2B technology space.
Commenting on the new agreement, Charles Nasser, Claranet Group founder and CEO, says: “Our new arrangements reflect the strength of Claranet and the confidence of our funders as we continue to expand both organically and through acquisition
Node4, a regional data centre, managed IT and communications specialist, has completed the acquisition of Reconnix, a leading open source technology services company, for an undisclosed sum.
The deal, which was transacted with support from leading private equity provider LDC, represents the second acquisition to be completed by Node4 since LDC backed the business in May 2013.
The transaction forms part of Node4’s ongoing acquisitive growth strategy, targeting complementary businesses operating within the data centre and cloud services markets.
Node 4 provides a wide range of data centre and managed IT services, including colocation, connectivity, managed hosting, communications and hosted
Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) has agreed to acquire the principal holdings of Competitive Power Ventures (CPV).
The transaction includes equity interests in a portfolio of power generation projects, as well as CPV's development and asset management platforms. CPV's management team will continue to lead the business and develop value-added investment opportunities in the US power sector.
The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2015.
Commenting on the transaction, Adebayo Ogunlesi, Chairman and Managing Partner of GIP, says: "This transaction combines a portfolio of high quality power projects with an experienced management team that has an outstanding
Aberdeen Asset Management is to purchase SVG Capital plc’s stake in their joint venture vehicle, Aberdeen SVG Private Equity Managers Limited (Aberdeen SVG Private Equity) for GBP29 million.
In May 2013, Aberdeen acquired a 50.1% stake in Aberdeen SVG Private Equity from SVG Capital plc with the option of acquiring the remaining 49.9% stake.
The transaction is part of Aberdeen’s strategy to consolidate and strengthen further its alternatives platform which provides multi-manager coverage of hedge funds, property and private equity allocations, infrastructure investments and Pan-Alternative capabilities.
The majority of the Aberdeen SVG Private Equity team will be fully
The Consumer sector team at Livingstone has advised JacTravel, a leading B2B hotel accommodation wholesaler and provider of inbound travel services, on the acquisition of TotalStay Group.
The transaction was supported by Vitruvian Partners, JacTravel’s existing institutional shareholder.
The enlarged group will benefit from greater scale in the accommodation market, achieving an annual combined turnover significantly in excess of £360 million, and direct contractual relationships with over 14,000 independent and chain hotel partners in 800 cities globally. Greater scale is expected to accelerate growth in both companies, which have been growing at around 20% per annum in recent years.
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Accenture Federal Services (AFS) has completed its acquisition of Agilex Technologies, Inc (Agilex), a provider of digital solutions for the US federal government.
The acquisition, first announced on 9 February, 2015, advances AFS’s ability to help clients harness the power of emerging digital technologies and enable rapid, predictable systems deployment for the federal government’s most complex challenges.
“Digital technologies are fundamentally changing the way that government organisations operate and interact with citizens, patients, employees, suppliers, partners and other stakeholders,” says David Moskovitz, Accenture Federal Services chief executive. “Combining the Agilex and AFS digital capabilities and agile methods accelerates our ability
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