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European governments are involved in almost half of all venture capital investments for entrepreneurs, according to new research from emlyon business school.
The researchers, Yan Alperovych and Anita Quas, Professors in Finance at emlyon business school, and their colleague from Ghent University, wanted to gain a panoramic view of the European venture capital market and determine the influence that governments had on investments.
Using four separate investment databases, the researchers reviewed 55,000 individual venture capital investments, spanning across 25 separate European countries between the years 1997-2015. The researchers then identified whether these investments came from privately-owned firms, government-owned firms
Mid-market investment bank Lincoln International has appointed Siebrecht Declerck to spearhead its Belgian mergers & acquisitions (M&A) advisory activities. Declerck will work closely with Eric Wijs, Managing Director & Head of the Benelux, and Lincoln International’s global industry teams to further expand the firm’s presence in Belgium.
With one tightly integrated team of nearly 500 professionals across 20 locations in 15 countries, Lincoln International has become one of the leading mid-market M&A advisors worldwide, combining international reach and deep sector expertise.
Since the creation of the Benelux team in 2010, Lincoln International has grown to become one of the
Private equity firm HIG Capital’s (HIG) portfolio company Groupe Ecore (Ecore) has successfully completed a high-yield bond placement. The Group issued EUR255 million in senior secured floating rate notes, with Barclays acting as sole bookrunner.
Established in 1993, Ecore is a leading player in the French metal recycling market. It employs over 1,400 people and recycles and sell 3.7 million tons of materials each year, including more than 3.0 million tons of ferrous metals. Ecore manages all stages of the recycling chain, from waste collection to processing, transport, and sale of recycled products. In 2017, Ecore generated revenue of EUR1.3
AfricInvest, a pan-African mid-cap-focused private equity firm, has held the final close of its North African Fund, Maghreb Private Equity IV (MPEF IV).
The African Development Bank joined the third and final investment round, committing EUR20 million to the fund and taking the fund’s total capital commitments to EUR194 million, in line with the fund’s target size.
MPEF IV is a 10-year fund managed by AfricInvest. It will invest in small and medium enterprises in North Africa (including Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia), looking to take substantial minority stakes. The fund’s strategy will target companies that are well-established
Versa Capital Management has completed the sale of Bell and Howell to Boston-based WestView Capital Partners (WestView).
Founded in 1907 and based in Durham, NC, Bell and Howell is a provider of technology-enabled solutions focused on enhancing communications and e-commerce experiences.
Versa, along with co-investor Access Value Investors, acquired Bell and Howell in 2011, and this sale is the culmination of the successful repositioning and realisation of the investment which included two previous division divestitures in 2017 (BCC Software and Fluence Automation).
Versa worked closely with Bell and Howell’s management to lead a significant and value-creating transformation
Hitachi Capital’s elite cycling squad, Team Hitachi400, has presented The Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital charity with a cheque for GBP33,000 following a gruelling four-day cycle from the UK to France.
After vigorous training in the months before the 14-man team were waved off by staff from Hitachi Capital’s offices in Staines-Upon-Thames on Thursday 20 September. Over the course of the four days, the team cycled 400 miles crossing the channel and finished their marathon journey in Bordeux on Sunday 23 September.
Progress was continuously tracked from day one via Hitachi Capital’s social media pages, where hundreds of messages
Private capital adviser Campbell Lutyens has opened a new office in Charlotte NC. This is the firm’s fourth office in the US, and supports the continued growth of its fund placement and secondaries advisory business in North America.
The office is led by Matt Flynn, Principal, who joined Campbell Lutyens earlier this year.
“We have always recognised the need for a local presence, even in a global business such as ours,” says Chris Davidsson, Partner. “Charlotte is a natural complement to our offices in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, providing us with a base from which to maintain
EY has appointed Andres Saenz as the new EY Global Private Equity Leader, effective immediately. In his new role, Saenz will oversee more than 25,000 EY professionals serving the private equity enterprise worldwide.
Andres has more than 20 years of experience assisting private equity firms with investment strategy, commercial due diligence, portfolio company strategy, value creation and sell-side engagements. He has worked in a variety of sectors, including consumer products and retail, healthcare and life sciences and business and industrial services.
Shaun Crawford, EY Global Vice Chair – Industry, says: “Andres takes the helm at a critically important juncture
Imperative Execution, a financial technology company that created IntelligentCross, a trading venue for institutional investors, has completed a USD9 million Series A round of financing.
The investment round included participation from prominent buy side firms, industry executives and leading venture capital funds. It follows a USD5 million five-investor seed round in 2017 and provides Imperative Execution with funding to grow IntelligentCross, launched in September. IntelligentCross is a smart venue, pioneering the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the venue level. It uses AI-assisted scheduled matching, engineered to reduce market impact – a key implicit cost of trading.
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KKR has appointed Sumanth Cidambi and Vijay Padmanabhan as Directors for the firm’s credit business in India.
KKR operates in the credit space in India through an NBFC and Alternative Investment Funds, suitably complemented with global capital pools. Since 2009, the firm has executed on over 140 transactions in India, valued at close to USD6 billion.
Speaking on the appointments, BV Krishnan, Member, KKR, and CEO, KKR India Financial Services, says: “Both Sumanth and Vijay join our team at a very opportune time. Sumanth brings to us the much necessary owner-operator mindset and has a track record of delivering
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