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National law firm Seward & Kissel has promoted Kevin Neubauer to partner and Brian Maloney to counsel. The promotions are effective 1 January, 2020.
“We are thrilled to make these well-deserved promotions. Kevin brings our clients a tremendous wealth of knowledge in fund formation and other issues of concern to private funds and pooled investment vehicles,” says Seward & Kissel Managing Partner Jim Cofer. “Brian has demonstrated his litigation talents across a range of subjects and types of engagements, from banking and shipping disputes to securities investigations. His versatility is a great asset to our clients and the Firm.”
Neubauer has extensive experience
Akram & Associates, a boutique Public Accounting Firm specialising in accounting, audit and tax services to alternative investment entities, had another successful year in 2019, growing 40 per cent, and is targeting double-digit growth again in 2020.
Crestview Partners (Crestview) has completed the sale of JR Automation Technologies (JR) to Hitachi for USD1.425 billion. The agreement to sell JR was originally announced on 23 April, 2019.
Mike DuBose, Crestview Senior Advisor and outgoing Chairman of JR Automation, says: “It has been a privilege to work with the very talented teams from JR and Crestview. Over the past four years, we have built on JR’s strong entrepreneurial passion for custom automated solutions and put in place systems and processes that have allowed the company to rapidly scale around the world.
“Since our investment in JR in 2015, the
EV Growth, a Singapore headquartered venture capital firm, has hit the hard cap of its first fund at USD250 million, exceeding the firm’s initial USD150 million target.
This milestone is the result of the firm’s admission of new Limited Partners (LPs) which include several Asian based family offices and two of Asia’s largest sovereign wealth funds.
Launched in March 2018, EV Growth is a joint venture between East Ventures, SMDV and Yahoo! Japan Capital that focuses on providing growth capital to startups in Indonesia and the rest of Southeast Asia with an industry agnostic focus. The company is led by
KKR is to acquire OverDrive, a digital reading platform for libraries and schools, from Rakuten USA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Rakuten, Inc. Financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Serving a growing network of 43,000 libraries and schools in more than 75 countries, OverDrive delivers the industry’s largest catalog of ebooks, audiobooks, magazines and other digital media to millions of readers around the world. With its proprietary platform, the Company securely allows these institutions to acquire and manage premium and differentiated digital content from a strong publisher network OverDrive has built over more than 25 years.
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Thompson Street Capital Partners (TSCP), a private equity firm based in St Louis, has partnered with management to acquire Custom Wheel House LLC, (CWH) a Los Angeles, CA-based designer, marketer, and distributor of branded automotive aftermarket wheels, performance tyres, and accessories through its brands – Method Race Wheels, Tensor Tires, GMZ Race Products, and Dusty Times, a desert racing enthusiast-focused publication.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 2010, Method Race Wheels (www.methodracewheels.com) designs, develops and distributes high performance wheels and accessories for race and street applications. These products represent the company’s commitment to quality, driven
Omnio has held the first close of a private placement, successfully raising gross proceeds of EUR15 million by issuing 23,077 shares at a subscription price of EUR650 per Offer Share.
The Company received substantial interest from new institutional investors, family offices and HNWI across Europe, in particular building a strong investor base in the Nordic region. Omnio intends to increase the total fundraising size up to EUR25 million in January 2020. The net proceeds from the private placement will be used to invest in the Company’s sales force, compliance/risk management, product (platform) enhancements, working capital and to finance a pending
Blue Point Capital Partners (Blue Point) has made its seventh Fund IV platform investment, with the acquisition of Country Pure Foods (CPF), a provider of beverages and other natural juice products.
The acquisition of CPF also includes Silver Springs Citrus. Blue Point acquired CPF in partnership with management and CPF’s former CEO, Raymond (Ray) Lee. The Company is an excellent fit with Blue Point’s expertise in the food & beverage space.
For over seventy years, Country Pure, based in Akron, OH, has been a value-added producer, processor, packager and distributor of both branded and private label beverages and juice products
Blackford Capital has made an investment in the US business of Cartridge World, a franchised network for the leading printing consumables brand.
Blackford has completed an investment in the Cartridge World brand through the purchase of the brand licensing rights covering the United States territory.
Headquartered in McHenry, Illinois, the Cartridge World US business operates nearly 230 franchised retail store locations. The brand and franchise are internationally renown for high-quality ink and toner products, with the company’s locally owned and operated full print solution providers expanding their product and service offerings extensively over the past 18 months. Cartridge World is the
SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust plc, the first UK-listed investment company of its kind to invest exclusively in the energy efficiency sector, has agreed to acquire a 50 per cent interest in Primary Energy, a portfolio of recycled energy and cogeneration projects located in Indiana, USA, from a consortium led by Fortistar for an equity cash consideration of approximately USD110 million.
The 298MW portfolio consists of five operating projects which generate low-cost, efficient energy: three recycled energy projects, one natural gas combined heat and power project and a 50 per cent interest in an industrial process efficiency project.
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