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Overall European private equity deal volume rose by 11 per cent in Q2 2017, continuing the market’s rebound after a two-year decline that ended in Q1 2017, according to preliminary figures from unquote”’s Q2 2017 Private Equity Barometer, which is published in association with SL Capital.
The combined value of European private equity backed deals jumped 50 per cent to EUR42.9 billion, while the average deal value in Q2 2017 (EUR96.5 million) was up 35 per cent on Q1 2017 (EUR71.6 million).
Deal volume was the highest since Q4 2015 while deal value was the highest for a decade.
National commercial property consultancy, Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH), has been instructed by administrators, David Rubin & Partners, to market the business and assets of Spymaster.
The London based retailer of surveillance, counter-surveillance and personal protection equipment, which was founded in 1991, offers a wide range of high specification surveillance products from its Portman Square store and concessions in two department stores, and has a strong reputation for supplying state of the art equipment. The company is staffed by its own expertly trained personnel and in addition to its retail trade, works with many international organisations and security specialists.
The
Finles Capital is anticipating oversubscription for the EUR100 million ICO of FundCoin, the first ever ICO backed by investments in a private equity fund.
The proceeds of the ICO will be used to invest in the Finles Lowestoft Equities Fund, a Fund managed by Finles Capital Management an independent fund management boutique operating since 1977. The ICO will open up a new class of cryptocurrencies backed by a high-performance asset class rather than a single company or currency. It thus provides investors with a more diversified way to invest in blockchain through a structure that was previously only accessible to
UK private equity firm Sovereign Capital’s portfolio company Arachas Corporate Brokers (Arachas), an insurance brokerage operating in Ireland, has made its first acquisition – Capital Cover Group (Capital) – six months after Sovereign backed the management buy-out of the business.
Capital, an established broker of insurance products, brings a complementary product set to Arachas’ existing offering. Sovereign will continue to work with the management team to further grow and develop the business through a strategy of buy & build. The Capital Cover Group transaction is subject to approval from the Central Bank of Ireland.
Established in 2004, Arachas is
SumRidge Partners (SumRidge), an electronic fixed income market maker, has closed on a minority investment from funds managed by Stone Point Capital LLC (Stone Point), a private equity firm focused on investing in financial services businesses.
This investment will enable SumRidge to expand their footprint in the fixed income marketplace by broadening its product offerings and investing in its proprietary trading technology.
“This investment is an affirmation of the hard work and accomplishment on the part of the entire SumRidge team including the partners, employees and board. We are thrilled to be partnering with Stone Point as we embark
GA Telesis has raised a new USD500 million investment vehicle from institutional and private clients, advised by Wafra Capital Partners (WCP), to establish a second aviation investment vehicle focused on aircraft and engine investment opportunities.
This capital raise constitutes the second round of funding from WCP Inc.
The vehicle will be named GA Telesis Aviation Investments 2 (GAIN 2) and will be managed by GA Telesis Capital Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of GA Telesis. Together with this capital raise, GA Telesis’ own capital, and existing credit facilities, GA Telesis Aviation Investments’ capacity for investments is up to USD2
Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Venture Capital Trust (VCT) specialist Calculus Capital has made a second-round investment of GBP2 million in Origin Broadband (Origin) to support growth.
Origin is an award-winning provider of internet and phone services. Since Calculus Capital’s first investment in the business in December 2016, Origin has been extremely successful in acquiring new residential customers, surpassing its projected numbers by more than 300 per cent. To help meet the exceptional level of demand for its products and services the company has increased its headcount by over 100 per cent since December.
Calculus Capital’s new round of
Global Infrastructure Partners’ (GIP) Global Infrastructure Partners III (GIP III) fund is to acquire a 50 per cent stake in the Borkum Riffgrund 2 Offshore Wind Farm project from DONG Energy for a total consideration of approximately EUR 1,170 million.
Borkum Riffgrund 2 is a 450MW offshore wind project in the German North Sea, currently being constructed by DONG Energy. DONG Energy will provide a full-scope EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) contract for the construction of the project. In addition, DONG Energy will provide operation and maintenance services and a route to market for the power production.
The transaction is
Otterbourg PC has appointed Jason I Miller (pictured), as a member in the firm’s specialty finance group. His practice focuses on commercial finance matters such as asset based lending, cash flow lending, middle market, factoring, leveraged finance, first and second lien loans and term loans. He joins Otterbourg from Blank Rome LLP.
Miller represents many leading institutional lenders, including major national and international commercial banks, finance companies, private equity groups, mezzanine lenders and independent factors.
“Jason has a strong practice and is a perfect fit for our specialty finance group,” says Richard L Stehl, Otterbourg’s chairman. “He is smart,
DeepCrawl, a web crawler and search marketing analytics and insights company, has secured GBP1.75 million in a Series A funding round led by growth investor Beringea.
Beringea is investing GBP1.5 million, with the remaining funding provided by existing individual high net worth investors.
DeepCrawl’s web crawler provides brands with a comprehensive overview of their websites’ technical health. In-house and agency search marketing teams can get the data and actionable insights they need to make their websites more visible to users and turn organic traffic into revenue. The London-based company counts all six major global agency groups – WPP, Omnicom,
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