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Khazanah Nasional Berhad, the investment fund of the Government of Malaysia, has acquired a minority stake in Sigfox, a provider of connectivity for the Internet of Things (IoT).
Khazanah joins Alto Invest, Salesforce Ventures, Henri Seydoux, Swen CP, Tamer Group and Total as new investor in Sigfox.
Over the past few years, Sigfox has deployed its presence in South-East Asia by opening up its regional headquarters in Singapore and securing contracts with local channel partners in Taiwan, Hong-Kong, Singapore and Japan, where the network is already present.
“We are proud to welcome Khazanah as an investor. The
Monroe Capital has acted as sole lead arranger and administrative agent on the funding of a USD28 million senior credit facility to support the merger of two consumer products research companies.
The merger will form the leading consumer products and testing research company in its industry.
The combined company will offer recruiting panellists for research studies, designing and administering tests, collecting all relevant data and analysing data for large blue-chip customers.
Maples and Calder has assisted aircraft leasing company Avolon Holdings in connection with its USD10 billion acquisition of the aircraft leasing business of CIT Group.
The acquisition has doubled the scale of Avolon’s business to create the third largest aircraft leasing platform in the world, with a combined fleet of 868 aircraft valued at over US43 billion.
Maples and Calder advised Avolon on all Cayman Islands and Irish law aspects of the financing, as well as the acquisition itself. The Cayman Islands team was led by partner Jonathon Meloy with the assistance of associates Anthony Philp and Shari
FIS is to sell its majority ownership stake in Capco to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R), establishing Capco as an independent company.
FIS will sell approximately 60 per cent equity interest in its Capco business to CD&R funds and receive net cash proceeds of USD477 million.
Upon closing, FIS will also retain approximately 40 per cent equity interest in the business.
The transaction, which includes other consulting-related assets, is expected to close by early third quarter, subject to required regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.
Capco, the public brand for FIS’ management consulting offering, is a
TPG Capital, the global private equity platform of alternative asset firm TPG, is backing RCN Telecom Services’ acquisition of Wave Broadband for USD2.365 billion.
Currently owned by Oak Hill Capital Partners, Wave management and GI Partners, Wave is a regional broadband fibre company offering a full suite of high-speed data, video, and voice services to residential and business customers.
RCN and Wave will combine to create the nation’s sixth largest cable operator, with a diversified presence across seven of the top 10 cities in the US.
The transaction is expected to close in the second half of
Real estate software solutions provider MRI Software has secured an investment from TA Associates, a global growth private equity firm.
GI Partners acquired MRI in June 2015 and will remain an investor in the company, alongside TA Associates.
MRI’s portfolio includes solutions for commercial and multifamily property management, leasing, accounting and finance; offerings for managing the tenant and resident lifecycle; investment management and modelling solutions for optimising the performance of deployed capital; and sophisticated reporting and analytics offerings.
MRI supports its 3,100 global clients from its headquarters in Solon, Ohio, and offices in Atlanta, Dallas, London, Hong
Noerr has advised Anschutz Entertainment Group in setting up a strategic partnership in the German cycling market.
Together with the Amaury Sport Organisation, it intends to revive the most important German stage race in road cycling, the Deutschland Tour.
The goal of the joint venture is sustainable development of cycling in Germany.
This means the return of the Deutschland Tour in August 2018 and the further development of the classic Eschborn-Frankfurt cycling race.
The Anschutz Entertainment Group has been active in the German market for more than a decade – its portfolio includes the German premier
IW Capital has completed the first close of a GBP2.2 million funding round for SaveMoneyCutCarbon – a UK-based business focused on enabling its clients to reduce their energy and water bills.
In a market increasingly conscious about energy efficiency and carbon output, SaveMoneyCutCarbon offers in-demand services extending from property surveys and investment-grade proposals to product installation.
The company has experienced 750 per cent growth in four years and has a multi-million pound turnover.
Its expanding client base includes global hospitality groups, retail and distribution centres, utilities companies, public sector organisations, healthcare, property ownership groups, corporate offices, and
Bain Capital Ventures has hired marketing veteran Annis Steiner as the firm’s vice president of marketing.
Steiner will be responsible for driving marketing strategy and execution – from branding and messaging to content, events and thought leadership – designed to expand the firm’s network of current and future founders.
Bain Capital Ventures has helped launch and commercialise more than 200 companies since its founding in 2000. With USD3.6 billion under management, the firm focuses on a mix of early- and growth-stage investments across enterprise software, cloud infrastructure and data-driven industries.
In the last 12 months the firm
YFM Equity Partners, a private equity fund manager, has backed the MBO of TEV Limited, a UK designer and manufacturer of cooling, heating and refrigeration equipment.
TEV marks the third investment from the YFMEP 2016 Fund which closed at the end of last month.
TEV operates through two widely recognised brands, Marstair and Quartz, both of which offer bespoke products which are unavailable in the mass market. Marstair supplies air conditioning and refrigeration equipment into a variety of end markets, such as retail, leisure, food manufacture and solutions for harsh climates. Quartz focuses on chilled water cooling solutions for commercial,
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