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Emma Levén, previously CFO at Swedeltaco AB, has been appointed as Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at fast-growing Scandinavian crowdfunding platform FundedByMe.
Levén (pictured), with her background in international growth and listings, will play a key role in a series of future ventures including FundedByMe’s upcoming listing on NGM.
“It is with great anticipation I look forward to working with FundedByMe and seeing them become a stronger and more global company, says Levén. “It is a company that has gone through an impressive journey through the years and I see it as a great opportunity. I can definitely use
Quantum Energy Partners (Quantum) has held the final closing on Quantum Energy Partners VII and its affiliates (QEP VII) above its hard-cap with USD5.575 billion of equity capital commitments, including commitments from the General Partner and its affiliates.
Quantum has built one of the leading energy private equity franchises that invests across the energy value chain and, together with its affiliates, has managed more than USD16 billion of equity commitments since 1998. Quantum remains committed to the cycle-tested investment strategy it has successfully implemented since its founding, partnering with exceptional entrepreneurs that have a strong emphasis on operational excellence and that can demonstrate unique and sustainable competitive advantages to better manage
An O’Melveny team led by Matthew Erramouspe, co-chair of the Entertainment, Sports & Media practice, advised Alibaba Group on its investment in NewTV, the mobile entertainment startup launched by former Disney and Dreamworks exec Jeffrey Katzenberg.
NewTV, led jointly by Katzenberg and former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, will acquire and produce short-form premium content and sell it via subscription to mobile-device users.
Messrs. Erramouspe and Monroe have previously advised Alibaba in strategic transactions with US companies focusing on the creation and exploitation of motion pictures, television programming, and other content. Additionally, O’Melveny has in the past acted as counsel to
Private equity investment firm Golden Gate Capital has acquired a majority equity interest stake in Aperio Group, a research-based investment management firm.
Upon closing, Aperio will continue to be led by its founders, Patrick Geddes, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Tax Economist, and Paul Solli, Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer. Geddes and Solli will each retain a significant ownership stake in Aperio.
Aperio designs and manages highly customised public equity portfolio solutions in separately managed accounts to meet the specific goals of advisors and their clients, specialising in three practice areas: Active Tax Management, Factor Tilts, and Socially Responsive Indexing/ESG.
Benhamou Global Ventures (BGV), an early-stage venture capital firm with deep Silicon Valley roots and an exclusive focus on the digital transformation of the enterprise with a cross-border innovation theme, has held the first close of the BGV Opportunity Fund with over USD40 million of capital committed to date.
Investors in this fourth fund include both existing limited partners as well as several new international and institutional LPs.
The BGV Opportunity Fund will focus on capturing the full pro rata in winning portfolio companies from BGV II and BGV III as they mature and raise late stage equity rounds.
Private equity firm Auxo Investment Partners has acquired Midway Rotary Die Solutions, adding deeper capabilities to its manufacturing platform – Bernal Rotary Dies, Atlas Die, and Atlas Chem-Milling.
Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
Joining Auxo’s portfolio of industry-leading die manufacturers allows Midway Rotary Die Solutions to continue to grow, serve a wider array of customers and offer its existing customers new capabilities in wide format RP® rotary dies and flexible rotary dies, while preserving its legacy of best-in-class customer service and unrivalled solutions to customers’ converting challenges. Midway designs, manufactures and sharpens dies for customers in
An affiliate of middle market private equity firm Peak Rock Capital (Peak Rock) has sold Precision Global (Precision) to an affiliate of ONCAP, the middle-market private equity platform of Onex Corporation.
Founded in 1949 by the inventor of the aerosol valve, Precision is one of the world’s leading producers of valves, actuators and related dispensing solutions. The Company operates a global network of facilities spanning fifteen countries on six continents, serving a diverse customer base comprised of many of the world’s largest multinational consumer packaged goods companies across personal care, household, food & beverage, industrial, and pharmaceutical end markets. Precision
KPS Capital Partners (KPS) has signed a definitive agreement, through an affiliate, to sell the attachments division of International Equipment Solutions (IES), consisting of IES’ Paladin, Genesis and Pengo business units, to Stanley Black & Decker for USD690 million.
KPS will retain ownership of the cabs division of IES, consisting of IES’ Crenlo, Emcor and Siac do Brasil brands (collectively, “IES Cabs”).
IES Attachments is a major independent manufacturer of attachment tools for off-highway applications. During KPS’ ownership, IES Attachments acquired and integrated CWS Industries (July 2012) and Kodiak (March 2015), and launched Paladin do Brasil (July 2013).
UK Technology investment specialists TECHNEDs has appointed Iain McKenzie as a partner. McKenzie joins founder and principal Simon Mewett and lead associates Archie Maddocks and Ed Crane as the business becomes an LLP.
“Having experience and success in corporate finance and managing significant growth for Enghouse Interactive to a USD100 million business, Iain brings a diverse experience to TECHNEDs’ market-leading, technology investment practice,” says Simon Mewett, Managing Partner at TECHNEDs. “We are excited to welcome Iain as a partner to TECHNEDs family as we enter an exciting phase as we become an LLP.”
McKenzie specialises in the M&A of
When the Trump administration ushered in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the Tax Act) on 22 December 2017, US federal corporate tax rates were slashed from 35 per cent to 21 per cent. It was the biggest cut in three decades and as far as private equity managers are concerned, the news was greeted with open arms.
“The corporate tax rate reduction was a big change,” says E George Teixeira (pictured), Tax Partner, Financial Services Tax Practice Leader and Co-Chair of the Private Equity Practice, Anchin. “Given that a lot of the PE investments that family offices and private
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