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Turkish producer of dried fruit, nuts, seeds and popcorn, Peyman, is set to expand its business with a EUR32 million loan from the EBRD.
The company, owned by Bridgepoint, a major international private equity fund, is building a new production facility in the industrial zone of Eskişehir, a city in north-western Turkey. The EBRD loan, with EUR10 million syndicated to FMO, the Dutch Development Bank, will finance the investment programme.
The new 59,000 sq m plant will become operational in the first half of 2018 and by 2023 it will have doubled the company’s production capacity to 45,000 tonnes.
Perusa Partners Fund II and co-investors have acquired Secura Industriebeteiligungen AG including MÜPRO-Group and UBB GmbH effective 23 January 2018.
MÜPRO Group is a leading provider of building technology solutions for fixing, sound insulation and fire protection applications with annual revenue of 95 million EUR. Its products and solutions are part of many commercial and residential buildings, industrial plants, and aboard ships, especially for the installation of heating, air conditioning and ventilation equipment.
The investment will support MÜPRO-Group`s long term international growth and help it focus on its core competencies of engineering, development, consulting, and project support.
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Cooley is expanding its Asia-Pacific presence with the launch of a Beijing office, the firm’s 13th worldwide and its second in China, having opened in Shanghai in 2011.
Investment funds lawyer Xun Zeng joins from Ropes & Gray and will be Cooley’s first resident partner in Beijing.
“China is a critical part of Cooley’s global growth strategy, and we are happy to welcome Xun Zeng to our partnership,” says Mike Lincoln, global chair of Cooley’s business department. “We have a history of achievement across the Asia-Pacific region and, in particular, have worked with private investment fund clients over three
Foundry Innovation & Research 1 (FIRE1) has closed a Series C financing totalling EUR40 million.
The financing was led by new investor Glide Healthcare, with the participation of new investors Gimv and Seventure and all existing investors, including Lightstone Ventures, Medtronic, and New Enterprise Associates.
Janke Dittmer, partner at Gilde Healthcare, and Patrick Van Beneden, partner at Gimv, have joined FIRE1’s Board of Directors.
The financing provides FIRE1 with capital to further advance its novel remote monitoring solution to improve outcomes for heart failure patients. Nearly six million Americans live with heart failure, a number that is expected
Carey Olsen has played a central role in advising its existing client NYX Gaming Group Limited (NYX) in relation to its recommended takeover by Scientific Games Corporation (Scientific Games).
The deal valued NYX at approximately CAD775 million and represented a premium of approximately 112 per cent over the closing market price on the day before the deal was announced.
NYX is a Guernsey-incorporated company, headquartered in Las Vegas and listed on the TSX Venture Exchange in Canada. It is one of the fastest growing B2B real-money digital gaming and sports betting platforms in the world and its group includes
Sixpoint Partners, a global investment bank serving the middle market, has closed Blue Point Capital Partners IV (Fund IV), with USD700 million of capital commitments.
The Fund, which is the fourth investment vehicle for Blue Point Capital Partners (Blue Point), closed at its hard cap and well in excess of its USD600 million target after only three months of marketing. The Fund received commitments from a number of top-tier investors, including endowments, insurance companies, multi-manager funds, consultants, public pensions, corporate pensions and family offices.
Fund IV will continue the strategy of its predecessor fund, Blue Point Capital Partners III,
Gen Cap America, a private equity firm focused on lower middle-market buyouts, sold three of its portfolio companies in the final month of 2017: Thomas Pipe and Supply sold to Winsupply Inc; Air Transport Components (ATC) sold to Holder Family Investments and its partners; and International Systems of America (ISA) sold to Align Capital Partners.
Terms of the transactions have not been disclosed.
“These three companies represent the latest iterations of our firm’s long history and successful track record,” says Barney Byrd, President of Gen Cap. “Our business model is built upon our ability to successfully provide liquidity and
Law firm Paul Hastings has appointed Rich Davis as a partner in the firm’s Finance practice, based in Washington, DC. He joins from DLA Piper, where he was a partner.
“Finance is one of our fastest growing practices at Paul Hastings thanks to increased client demand,” says Seth Zachary, chair of Paul Hastings. “Rich is a leader in the structured lending and fintech finance field and his addition bolsters our global structured lending capabilities.”
“Paul Hastings’ top-tier global Finance practice will allow me to take my practice to the next level. My clients are excited that I will be working
SpherePay, Singapore’s homegrown mobile payment app, has completed a fundraising round of over USD10 million.
With this latest round of funding and the affirmation of its strategic partnership with oBike since last December, SpherePay is well-placed to be the top three payment platforms in Southeast Asia. It currently serves over five million users and has more than 10,000 merchants in the region.
Last year, SpherePay announced its strategic partnership with oBike, Southeast Asia’s largest bike sharing operator. In a move that is set to deepen its partnership, SpherePay will integrate oBike’s operating system into its app. This means that
German technology venture capital investor Target Partners saw record portfolio fundraising results in 2017 with the startups financed by the firm raising more than EUR110 million in 25 financing rounds.
The total market cap of the Target Partners portfolio increased by EUR450 million and now exceeds EUR1 billion for the first time.
“Consumer-related startups historically got a lot of attention in Germany. Now, however, innovative technology startups are the ones shaping the future of our industry. Tech startups and tech venture capital are on the rise”, says Berthold von Freyberg, Partner and co-founder of Target Partners.
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