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Alongside Rand Merchant Bank Ventures (RMBV) and other shareholders, Ninety One, via its Africa Private Equity Fund 2 (91APEF2), has sold a portion of its equity investment in Kamoso Africa (Kamoso) to the Botswana Development Corporation (BDC). Founded in 2015, Kamoso has established itself as one of Botswana’s leading diversified fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) platforms. Ninety One and RMBV acquired a controlling stake in Kamoso in 2017, in what was believed to be Botswana’s largest ever private equity investment.
In this transaction, BDC acquired a 24 per cent shareholding in Kamoso and has joined the board.
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Parabellum Investments, an international investment firm specialising in the mid-market, has teamed with operational investors The Acacia Group to acquire The Column Group a privately-owned technology consulting, systems and services provider. Working in partnership with the Column management team, Parabellum and Acacia plan to accelerate the company’s growth with new investment in the brand, strengthening strategic customer and partner relationships, a renewed focus on operational effectiveness, and market expansion through acquisition.
The deal follows Parabellum Investment’s recent acquisition of Advanco, a specialist in product serialisation software, providing a strong launchpad for further US acquisitions. Rami Cassis, founder and CEO of Parabellum
Blockchain Valley Ventures (BVV), a blockchain technology-focused venture capital firm, in collaboration with Delio, a provider of private markets investment technology, has launched the BVV Dealroom – a virtual deal marketplace for blockchain startups and investors. The new platform – one of the first of its kind in the blockchain space – will offer a solution to the current funding bottleneck that has beset many startups, owing to the Covid-19 related restrictions imposed across the world.
Heinrich Zetlmayer, Founder and General Partner of BVV, says: “We are on a mission to provide the essential support that startups require during these
FalconX is to expand its digital asset trading platform following a new USD17 million VC funding round. Read the full story at Hedgeweek…
HKW, a middle-market private equity firm focused on growth-oriented companies, has appointed Jeff Bistrong as Partner. In his new role, Bistrong will incorporate his technology transaction expertise into all aspects of HKW’s Four Pillar approach to investing, leveraging the strength of the existing deal sourcing engine to enhance the firm’s technology sector activities. Based in Boston, Bistrong will serve as a member of HKW’s Investment and Exit committees.
“This is a great opportunity to add a leading technology executive to our team,” says Ted Kramer, President & CEO of HKW. “Jeff’s business acumen, and more importantly his embodiment of HKW’s culture
CEE-focused Mezzanine Management has fully exited its investment in European contract research organisation Optimapharm by selling it to The Rohatyn Group.
Mezzanine Management is an advisor to the AMC group of funds, whose total investments exceed EUR700 million. The investment advisory firm has been operating in Central Europe since 2000 from its offices in Vienna, Warsaw, Bucharest, Budapest and Prague.
The funds’ investment portfolio includes 53 transactions across 12 countries in the CEE region. The firm is also adding a direct lending strategy to its regional private debt platform to address the growing market in Central Europe, and to support local
Cathay Capital Private Equity (Cathay Capital) has raised USD850 million for its private equity fund, Midcap II. Founded in 2007, with offices in the US, Europe and China, Cathay Capital has completed over 140 buyouts, growth and venture capital investments. Midcap II represents Cathay Capital’s largest fund, an increase of USD325 million over its Midcap I fund which closed in 2014. With the new fund, Cathay Capital will have [USD3.8-plus billion] in assets under management.
“This significant increase in assets under management in the current environment reflects the renewed confidence of Cathay’s existing investors, as well as the many new partners attracted
UK Innovation funder Rocking Horse has announced a multi-million-pound partnership with London-based specialist investment firm Quilam Capital.The companies will look to assist the millions of UK SMEs who are eligible for around GBP22 billion worth of Government R&D tax credits or Innovate UK grant schemes, with advance funding to support their growth and development.
Rocking Horse provides unique loan solutions at competitive rates with no monthly capital payments to SME’s which are secured against R&D tax credits and Innovate UK grant regimes. The loans are then repaid when the funding comes through. It anticipates that the loans will range from GBP50k
Praetura Ventures, an investor in businesses in high-value sectors, has launched the Praetura EIS Growth Fund.As an ‘evergreen’ fund, the Praetura EIS Growth Fund is looking to raise up to GBP30 million per annum and will soft close twice a year with the funds raised being deployed to support the growth ambitions of businesses in the North and across the UK.
This will include early-stage businesses looking for smaller, seed-stage investments as well as capital and support for more developed businesses that are looking to scale.
David Foreman, managing director at Praetura Ventures, says: “We speak to entrepreneurs and
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