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Round Hill Music Royalty Partners (Round Hill), a private equity firm solely dedicated to investing in music copyrights and one of the world’s largest independent owner of music copyrights, has closed its second fund, Round Hill Music Royalty Fund II with total equity commitments of USD263 million.   Fund II will continue Round Hill’s successful strategy of establishing a diversified portfolio of blue chip royalty producing music copyrights by acquiring individual catalogs from songwriters, artists and smaller independent music publishers. An additional unique component of the strategy is Round Hill uses its in-house administration team to increase the royalty income.
Benedict Kwon, Sheppard Mullin
Benedict O Kwon (pictured), has joined the Orange County office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton as a partner in the firm’s Corporate practice group, focusing on fund formation and taxation. Kwon joins Sheppard Mullin from Stradling. “Ben is a terrific addition to the firm. He brings a significant level of fund formation and tax expertise to our growing fund formation practice and overall Corporate practice group,” says Jon W Newby, vice chairman of Sheppard Mullin.   Kwon’s practice focuses on private equity fund and hedge fund formation and structuring, as well as domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions. He
Seurat Technologies has closed a USD13.5 million Series A round of funding led by True Ventures. Additional investors include GM Ventures, Porsche SE, next47 on behalf of Siemens Power and Gas, and Maniv Mobility. The funds will be used to accelerate the commercialisation of Seurat’s breakthrough metal additive manufacturing technology. Seurat previously raised USD3.41 million in a seed financing led by True Ventures in June 2016.   Seurat will bring to market an industrial metal printer with unparalleled speed and resolution. “We’ve been able to hit some significant milestones over the past few months,” says Erik Toomre, CEO of Seurat
VSORA, an entrepreneurial startup set to deliver digital signal processing (DSP) intellectual property (IP) for 5G wireless networks, has closed a Series A financing from leading venture capital firms Omnes Capital and Partech Ventures and angel investors. The USD1.7 million investment will be used to expand VSORA’s R&D and build sales channels in the United States and Asia.   VSORA was founded in 2015 by DSP engineers from the former DiBcom, now part of Parrot. Its DSP design process will target wireless mobile applications and boost DSP computing power, optimize power consumption and system performance, and reduce the silicon footprint.
BGF has made a significant minority investment in London Middlesex-based Revital, a multi-channel retailer of supplements, beauty and wellness products. Founded in 1991 by Raj Vora, the family business is now under the stewardship of his son, Chief Executive Rahil Vora. Revital sells branded and own-brand products across a range of categories including; vitamins and supplements, food & drink, beauty and lifestyle.   Revital is now an established, premium brand in the health and wellness sector, with 18 sites across the South East of England. The company’s customer service focus includes employing nutritional experts in every store.   The business
Houlihan Lokey is to acquire Quayle Munro Limited (Quayle Munro), an independent advisory firm that provides corporate finance advisory services to companies underpinned by data & analytics, content, software, and services. The agreement was signed on January 15 and is expected to close following regulatory approvals.   Quayle Munro was founded in 1983 and is based in London with a team of 40 financial professionals. Its client list spans the globe and includes private and publicly listed companies, financial sponsors, and entrepreneurs. In addition to the Data & Analytics Group, which covers a broad range of sectors, Quayle Munro also
RM Secured Direct Lending (RMDL), a specialist in tailored debt solutions, has provided EUR7 million in secured loans to the leading Private Equity firm, HIG Capital, to support its acquisition of all shares in TierOne Beteiligungs, holding a majority of the shares in Beinbauer Group. The investment, which is RMDL’s largest in Europe so far, was made alongside funds managed by Beechbrook Capital.   HIG Capital is a leading global private equity and alternative assets investment firm with more than EUR20 billion of equity capital under management. Beinbauer Group is a leading provider of complex machined metal parts for the
Transom Capital Group (Transom), a Los Angeles-based, private equity firm, has promoted James Oh to Partner and member of the firm’s Investment Committee. Oh joined Transom in 2015 and is responsible for sourcing investment opportunities, conducting due diligence, executing transactions, and monitoring portfolio companies including financial/operational oversight and capital structure management. He currently serves on the board of directors of Transom portfolio companies AT Cross, Bravo Sports, Heath/Zenith and Loud Audio. Oh previously served on the board of directors for American Driveline Systems.   Transom invests into opportunities across multiple industries where operational substance combines with management’s industry knowledge to create
Olivia Munro, Eze Castle Integration
By Olivia Munro – In today’s changing regulatory and investor landscape, Information Security Plans are critical for hedge funds and investment management firms to comply with SEC regulations, due diligence requests and state laws. In our recent webinar, we had our in-house information security experts weigh in on Information Security Plans: what they are, why they are important, and the nine steps your firm can take to create one. What is an Information Security Plan and Why Have One? An information Security plan can take on many forms, but generally it is a collection of policies and procedures around your information and
Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, law firm Cooley has grown on both US coasts in tandem with the technology and life sciences sectors; two areas of the market for which the firm is best known for.  Cooley is a full service law firm but its growth has been influenced both by its location and its expertise in these two burgeoning areas of the marketplace. In January 2015, Cooley took the decision to open up a London office where its two lead PE partners are Justin Stock and Stephen Rosen (pictured), Managing Partner and Head of PE.  It would appear to

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