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KKR is to acquire a majority stake in Australian hospitality and leisure group Dixon Hospitality Limited.
Dixon Hospitality is one of the largest and fastest-growing food and beverage-focused operators in the Australian hospitality industry. The Company has a strategy of acquiring well-run venues and function spaces with a focus on providing patrons with an exceptional experience and unique atmosphere. Today, Dixon Hospitality operates a portfolio of more than 40 high-quality venues located across Australia. The majority of venues operate as a standalone pub, bar or restaurant with their own defined brand, service proposition and target clientele. Across the Dixon Hospitality
Leading mid-market private equity firm LDC has exited its investment in The Creative Engagement Group (TCEG) in a strategic trade sale to Huntsworth, an international healthcare and public relations communications group. The deal is at an enterprise value of GBP25 million.
TCEG is a group of three creative agencies – WRG, The Moment and Just Communicate – that provide experiential marketing, including events, digital marketing, virtual and augmented reality. The group serves an international client base of blue chip companies and has significant expertise in the healthcare sector, along with professional services, banking, leisure and tourism.
LDC originally invested
The Russia-China Investment Fund (RCIF) – established by the Russian Direct Investment Fund and China Investment Corporation – has made an investment in Zhaogang, the largest e-commerce steel distribution platform in China.
Founded in 2012, Zhaogang is a digital B2B platform that brings together steel producers and consumers in China. It accounts for more than 40 per cent of the online market for steel products trading in China. Zhaogang also offers a wide range of value-add services: from logistics to financial services and legal transactional support.
Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of RDIF and co-CEO of RCIF, says: “The Chinese steel
Private equity firm Thoma Brava has closed a strategic growth investment in Riskonnect, a provider of Integrated Risk Management technology solutions.
As part of the agreement, Riskonnect’s three founders will retain a significant minority stake in the business. Financial details have not been disclosed.
Riskonnect’s Integrated Risk Management solutions give companies a holistic view of the various risk factors they face, along with mitigants, costs and impact for those risks. Through a unified, highly configurable set of modules, the company provides the tools and business intelligence needed to reduce losses, control risk, manage key stakeholder relationships and increase shareholder value.
Peer-to-peer lending platform ViaInvest has reached the milestone of EUR10 million loans funded just seven months after launching.
Listed consumer loans issued by the alternative financial services provider VIA SMS Group in Czech Republic, Poland, Latvia and Spain were funded by investors from more than 30 countries.
“We are excited to be a part of a continuously growing peer-to-peer and fintech community,” says Eduards Lapkovskis, CEO of ViaInvest. “Success of ViaInvest shows that we have set the right goal – to deliver outstanding investor support service and bring added value instead of focusing on quantity. Currently, ViaInvest offers unique
HIG WhiteHorse, a credit affiliate of global investment firm HIG Capital, has completed, alongside Tikehau Capital, an investment of EUR85 million in Notes issued by Savio Group, controlled by Alpha Private Equity.
Based in Pordenone, Italy, Savio Group is a global leader in production of machinery and quality control systems for the textile industry.
Guido Lorenzi, Director at HIG WhiteHorse in Milan, says: “This transaction reaffirms HIG WhiteHorse’s commitment to invest in Italy, supporting leading companies and its ability to originate proprietary transactions. We will support the next stage of development of the Company. We continue to see Italy
The debt advisory team at AlixPartners has advised Brasserie Bar Co, the operator of casual dining brands Brasserie Blanc (Blanc) and the White Brasserie Company (WBC), on its refinancing and growth capital debt raising supported by OakNorth and ESO Capital.
Mark Derry, CEO of Brasserie Bar Co, says: “AlixPartners delivered first class advice throughout the refinancing process, marketing our complementary brands to the lending community and supporting us all the way through to documentation. We are delighted to have secured a new long term, bespoke debt financing from OakNorth and ESO Capital and look forward to working with them to
Funds managed by Alpina Partners have acquired a significant shareholding in virtual reality specialist Virtalis.
Dr Florian Strehle, a partner at Alpina, commented on the latest addition to the investment firm’s portfolio, says: “We are excited to be supporting the next phase of Virtalis’ worldwide growth strategy. Virtalis has launched innovative software like Visionary Render, VR4CAD and GeoVisionary in recent years, to work with its well-known ActiveWorks VR display systems, and this is where we see the growth potential. We will work with the Virtalis management team to further develop the Company as a leading player in the global enterprise
Atlas Venture, an early stage venture capital firm investing in groundbreaking biotech innovation, has closed ts eleventh fund, raising USD350 million in a highly oversubscribed fundraise.
With Fund XI, Atlas Venture will continue to advance its mission of doing well by doing good, building biotech companies to deliver high-impact therapies to patients.
“We’ve been humbled by the interest from the investor community in Fund XI,” says Atlas partner Jean-François Formela. “The deep support shown by limited partners who have invested alongside us for multiple funds, as well as by those that are joining us for the first time, is
Blue Sage Capital, an Austin, Texas-based private investment firm, has added Jonathan Kaskow and Alan Mire to its team.
Kaskow joins Blue Sage Capital as a Senior Associate. He will assist with evaluating, structuring, due diligence, and financial modeling of investment opportunities. Prior to joining Blue Sage, Kaskow worked as the Director of Business Development for Construction Partners (CPI), a portfolio company of SunTx Capital Partners in Dothan, AL, where he led M&A and various strategic initiatives. Prior to CPI, Kaskow was an investment professional at SunTx, a middle-market private equity firm in Dallas, TX specialising in industrial, manufacturing and
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