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Future Energy Solutions Lighting Group has closed a financial partnership with Orion Energy Partners.
The USD75 million credit facility from Orion Energy will supplement FES’s existing financial backing from UK-based Matterhorn Capital and Stonegate Bank, providing additional capital to support the company’s expansion programme.
FES delivers Lighting as a Service (LaaS) through energy efficient infrastructure installations across the US.
FES is a rapidly growing provider of energy efficient lighting infrastructure. The company’s Gold Initiative Program offers LaaS at zero capital cost to the customer.
Orion Energy provides creative capital solutions to middle market energy infrastructure businesses across
Middle market private equity firm One Equity Partners’ portfolio company Anvil International has acquired AFCON, a provider of patented fire protection pipe hangers and seismic bracing products.
Financial terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed.
Headquartered in El Monte, California, AFCON manufactures a complete range of fire protection products, including clamps, pipe hangers and sway brace fittings for a wide variety of pipes and copper system piping. Established in 1968, AFCON pioneered the fire hanger and pipe bracing business with innovative products designed to minimise damage to fire suppression systems during earthquakes.
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Private equity activity in Africa will inject billions of US dollars of sustainable investment over the next five years, research shows.
Private equity deals in Africa are growing from a low base equivalent to 0.18 per cent of Africa’s GDP in 2016.
Every 0.01 per cent increase will mean USD200 million more investment and could easily reach USD1.1 billion over the next five years.
A growth engine: Trends and outcomes of private equity in Africa, commissioned by global law firm Baker McKenzie with The Economist Corporate Network, also shows private equity investors in Africa are distinct from other
Tenzo, a data-driven hospitality tech platform, has closed a seed investment of GBP600,000 led by Acequia Capital, Force Over Mass and angel investors Charlie Songhurst, Michael Orland and Getti Restaurants.
The financing will be used to fund Tenzo’s continued international expansion, new hires and for further investment in its proprietary technology platform.
“Tenzo has developed a leadership position in the market for hospitality technology through delivering actionable business insights from existing data sources,” says a representative at Acequia Capital. “Christian and Adam have the perfect combination of technical and operational experience to build a scalable and defensible platform that helps
NVM Private Equity has exited from Coventry-based telecommunications and security systems integration provider Optilan following a secondary management buy-out by Blue Water Energy, delivering a 3.1x return on funds invested.
NVM first supported Optilan in the GBP18 million management buy-out in 2008.
Since then, under NVM’s ownership, Optilan has developed its technical capability and international footprint – opening operations in the Middle East, Azerbaijan, India and Turkey. It serves the energy, transport, infrastructure and industrial sectors.
Despite challenging market conditions for the energy sector and political volatility in some of Optilan’s overseas markets, the business has grown
ITI Technologies, operating under the brand Finvale, has closed a USD500,000 investment deal from a consortium of venture capital funds specialising in fintech.
Softline Seed Fund – a joint venture between Softline Group and Russian Venture Company’s seed fund – led the investment round, purchasing a minority stake for RUB15 million.
Da Vinci Capital, an emerging markets private equity fund manager, also co-invested in the deal from its co-investment fund.
Launched in 2016, Finvale develops fintech marketplace for trading financial products as well as risk management and other solutions for traders. The Finvale platform facilitates the distribution of
Redwood Bank, a new UK SME business bank, has secured a banking licence following approval from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA).
Redwood will now enter its mobilisation phase and expects to launch to customers later in 2017.
Redwood Bank is wholly owned by Redwood Financial Partners (RFP), a company controlled by Jonathan and David Rowland.
Warrington Borough Council has acquired a 33 per cent stake in RFP, the first time a borough council has made an investment of this type. The council's executive board has approved an investment of GBP30 million in Redwood as
Holiday Crowd, a holiday property investment service, has raised a total of GBP290,000 in seed funding from a group of angel investors.
The amount will be used to further develop the online platform and to launch new properties for investment in some of the UK’s booming tourist hotspots.
Launched in March of this year, Holiday Crowd provides an online platform for investment in the fast-growing holiday rental market. Recent research by Holiday Crowd has highlighted the resilience of the market in the UK, with average booking values increasing well above the rate of inflation.
Holiday Crowd enables investors
HIG WhiteHorse, a credit affiliate of global investment firm HIG Capital, has arranged a GBP27 million unitranche loan for Primesight, an out-of-home advertising company in the UK which is majority owned by GMT Communication Partners.
Primesight is headquartered in London, UK and has around 140 employees. The company operates a national network of some 20,000 advertising panels, selling the advertising space via advertising agencies and to companies directly.
HIG WhiteHorse has provided a flexible financing structure which replaces the company’s existing debt facility and provides additional capital to support growth and investment.
Jerry Wilson, principal at HIG WhiteHorse,
Exxelia, a manufacturer of high-performance complex passive components and subsystems focusing on highly demanding end-markets such as civil aeronautics, space and defence, has refinanced and simplified its debt structure.
The former structure, which comprised both senior debt as well as a mezzanine debt financing, was enforced in March 2014 before the acquisition by IK Investment Partners, has been replaced at the same leverage by the issuance of a new senior tranche of EUR160 million.
The debt has been arranged by a club of European blue chip banks and financial institutions: CM-CIC, HSBC and Société Générale acted as Global Coordinators.
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