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A Leg To Stand On (ALTSO) is gearing up for its inaugural Rocktoberfest charity concert in London on 6 June 2018. Doors will open at 6:30pm for a night of live music as bands drawn from the hedge fund and private equity communities perform to raise money to provide free orthopaedic care for children.
Rocktoberfest-London will feature performers who by day work in financial services, including the likes of Société Générale, PAAMCO, Simmons & Simmons, Lombard Odier, Albourne, Apple and others. The firm which raises the most money gets to choose their spot on the bill. ALTSO has organised sister
The Goodwin London Private Investment Funds team reports that it assisted Ambienta on the raising of its third fund, Ambienta III, with a first and final close after less than three months of active marketing.
With demand well in excess of EIR1 billion, the fund surpassed its original EUR500 million target and hit its EUR635 million hard cap.
Ambienta III attracted capital commitments from close to 50 global investors representing total assets of EUR10 trillion. This included many leading pension funds, insurance companies, fund of funds, banks and foundations.
Approximately 75 per cent of the investor base came from
Bowmark Capital, a mid-market private equity firm, is backing the buy-out of LOD (Lawyers On Demand), an alternative legal services provider, from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP).
“This is all about access to capital for our next stage of growth,” says LOD CEO Tom Hartley. “We have been exploring alternative options since the summer of 2017 following our successful merger with AdventBalance in Asia and Australia in 2016.”
Neville Eisenberg, BCLP Partner responsible for LOD, says: “BCLP is extremely proud to have been a pioneer in the alternative legal services market. Nurturing the creation of LOD over 10 years
IK Investment Partners’ (IK) IK VIII Fund is to acquire Klingel medical metal, a manufacturer of high-precision and complex metal components mainly for a range of medical technology applications, from Halder.
Klingel was established in 1986 and has become a leading independent contract manufacturer of high-precision, hard-to-machine parts made from titanium and high-grade types of stainless steel. The Company operates a vertically integrated business model with in-house capabilities spanning the entire production value chain from design to manufacture to final packaging with a strategic focus on medical technology. Klingel’s high precision components go into various orthopaedic, cardiovascular and dental implants
JAB is to acquire ready-to-eat food specialist Pret A Manger from Bridgepoint, an international private equity firm and its majority owner, and other minority shareholders.
The transaction is expected to be completed during the Summer 2018. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Pret maintains a strong presence in the UK and boasts a rapidly growing international footprint with a presence in the United States, Hong Kong/China and France. Pret’s sandwiches, salads and wraps are freshly made each day in shop kitchens using quality ingredients. Pret’s offering includes an array of vegetarian or vegan sandwiches and salads, as customer
OnTruck, a haulage tech platform, has raised EUR25 million from a group of investors to fund its expansion across Europe and consolidation of its position in the UK and Spain.
The series B funding round was led by global venture capital fund Cathay Innovation, with participation from new investor GP Bullhound and existing investors Atomico, Idinvest Partners, All Iron Ventures, Total Energy Ventures, Point 9 Capital, and Samaipata Ventures.
OnTruck’s network of vetted truck drivers offers shippers guaranteed capacity and industry-leading service to ensure shipments are delivered reliably and on time. With their proprietary technology, OnTruck automates the matching
Rabobank, a global food and agribusiness bank, has appointed Gregg Fatzinger and Dean Asofsky as co-heads of its Wholesale Banking Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) business in North America.
The appointments reflect Rabobank’s growing M&A advisory presence in North America and globally, including recent deals such as Marfrig’s pending USD969 million acquisition of a 51 per cent controlling interest in National Beef and Fresh Del Monte’s USD361 million acquisition of Mann Packing. Asofsky and Fatzinger are based in New York and will lead a North American team that falls under Global Head of Mergers & Acquisitions Don Meltzer, and that is
Alternative asset manager Tikehau Capital has made a EUR114 million investment in Nexteam Group, a specialist in the machining of complex and hard metal parts for the aviation and space industries.
Pending approval from the French competition authority, this minority stake, alongside Nexteam Group’s management, will support the company’s future development.
Nexteam Group is a French company specialising in precision mechanics and the machining of complex and hard metal parts for the aviation, aerospace and defence industries. With 900 employees, Nexteam Group generates annual revenues of about EUR150 million. The company has six production units in France, one unit
British soft drinks company Cawston Press has successfully raised GBP1 million in an equity fundraising round to support continued expansion at home and overseas.
The total has been reached through existing shareholders, members of the Cawston Press team from the UK, Australia and USA as well as a select number of private investors in the food and drink industry.
Steve Kearns, Managing Director of Cawston Press, says: “Our team is made up of people who want to make better quality soft drinks the norm not the niche. When we initially considered undertaking a full external fundraising round, we quickly
Carey Olsen’s corporate team in the Cayman Islands has advised the Ultraviolet Foundation on its token generation event with respect to its innovative research and data exchange blockchain platform, Ultraviolet Protocol (UVP).
The platform allows teams and individuals to create independent research applications enabling participants to pose research topics or request data and generate a single, trusted and verifiable answer by leveraging the wisdom of the crowd. These applications intend to develop a new system of knowledge creation outside of centralised institutions that provides many millions of people with the opportunity to earn money by contributing research and knowledge.
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