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Technology company Gas Tag has secured a multi-million pound investment from private equity house Waterland. The deal, which values Gas Tag at well in excess of GBP20 million, will enable the business to continue to scale up rapidly both within the UK and internationally.
In return for the investment, Waterland will gain a minority stake and two of its senior team will join the board of the Liverpool-headquartered company.
Waterland Private Equity has been established in Europe since 1999 but only launched its UK office in early 2017. It recently moved into larger offices in Wilmslow to house its
Inflexion Private Equity has completed the buyout of Alston Elliot, a provider of premium data-driven graphics solutions for live sports broadcasts.
Alston Elliot was founded in 1992, initially to provide computerised graphics to the BBC for its coverage of test cricket and World Snooker events. Today the business employs more than 100 people across its offices in London, Johannesburg, New Delhi and Melbourne with clients including Sky, BT, ESPN, Fox, Star, SuperSport and the BBC.
The business is led by CEO Nick Baily, who has 27 years’ experience in the TV sports broadcast industry.
Inflexion has also announced
InMotion Ventures, Jaguar Land Rover’s venture capital arm, today announces the appointment of Lars Klawitter as Executive Director Strategic Business.
Klawitter joins the business this month, and he will lead the development of proprietary mobility services and their integration into Jaguar Land Rover products and services. He will also oversee strategic partnerships and alignment on government affairs and act as an internal consultant.
Sebastian Peck, Managing Director, InMotion Ventures, says: “I am delighted to welcome Lars to the InMotion team. He joins us at an exciting time as we build on the investment success of 2017 and look to increase the
Private equity house Key Capital Partners (KCP), which has offices in Leeds and London, is celebrating a record-breaking year, having completed four deals worth a total of GBP28 million in 2017, the latest in a string of investments it has made in growing SMEs nationwide.
A leading investor in the underserved smaller buy-out market, KCP specialises in working with profitable medium sized businesses with potential for growth. Typically, the firm makes investments of between GBP3m to GBP15m and has highly experienced partners who are able to advise the management teams of its portfolio businesses, helping them to realise their expansion ambitions.
ZAIS Group Holdings has signed a definitive merger agreement with Z Acquisition, a Delaware limited liability company (Z Acquisition), and ZGH Merger Sub, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ZAIS.
Christian Zugel, the founder of ZAIS Group, the Company’s operating subsidiary, and the Company’s Chairman and Chief Investment Officer, is the sole managing member of Z Acquisition. Pursuant to the merger agreement, all of the outstanding common stock of ZAIS that is not (i) beneficially owned by (A) Z Acquisition, the members of Z Acquisition (including Mr. Zugel and Daniel Curry, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer), certain trusts for members
Ocorian – an independent provider of corporate, alternative investment and private client services – has completed the acquisition of MAS International (MAS), a Luxembourg and Mauritius based provider of fund administration and corporate services.
The acquisition represents a significant milestone in the development of Ocorian’s growing international portfolio of financial services, increasing its presence in Luxembourg to over 80 in-country experts, extending its capability in both regulated and unregulated funds and alternative investments, including AIFMD depositary services and providing a full range of corporate and domiciliation services, including director services and office rental facilities.
Established in 2003, MAS brings
New research from Fidante Capital concludes that there are clear indications of an overhyped investment market in diversified listed private equity and high yield bonds, and that both asset classes are top contenders for a market correction in the near future.
Fidante Capital used three inputs to assess the investment hypes in diversified private equity and high yield bonds: Google searches, ETF funds flows and Closed End Fund Premiums. The three indicators have been combined into a single hype index which, together with a momentum index, forms the basis of the analysis.
Joachim Klement (pictured), Head of Investment Research,
Law firm Paul Hastings has appointed Eiji Kobayashi, a corporate M&A and compliance/investigations lawyer, as a partner in the firm’s Corporate practice in Tokyo, Japan.
Kobayashi joins from Norton Rose Fulbright where he was a partner and Head of Corporate, M&A and Securities for Japan. His corporate team totalling four other people is expected to join in the coming weeks.
“Eiji and his team will strengthen our Asia Corporate practice in a strategically important location for our clients by helping them with their complex outbound acquisitions, cross-border investigations and compliance challenges,” says Seth Zachary, chair of Paul Hastings. “Eiji is
Twelve Capital Group invested USD67.0 million in three bilateral Private Debt transactions in December 2017, with ACCC Holding Corporation (USD15.0 million), Federated National Holding Company (USD25.0 million) and a commercial US based insurer for small to medium sized businesses (USD27.0 million).
On 28 December 2017, Federated National Holding Company (Federated National Insurance) (FNHC) placed USD25.0 million Senior Unsecured Floating Rate Notes for a ten-year period. Twelve Capital Group acted as the sole investor in the note offering. The deal was arranged by Aon Securities Inc.
Federated National Insurance intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the
Pan-African private equity specialist DPI, has been instrumental in creating KMR Holding Pédagogique, a state-recognised higher education platform in Francophone Africa.
This is because of rapidly growing demand for quality degrees and strong job placement that stem from the ever-growing emerging middle class on the continent, particularly in Africa’s fastest-growing region, Francophone Africa.
KMR announced today the acquisition of Université Internationale de Casablanca (UIC) from Laureate Education, Inc, the world’s largest global network of higher education institutions, subject to regulatory approvals. The acquisition is part of KMR’s mission to deliver affordable, quality higher education and strong employability for its students.
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