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Clearwater International has advised MML Capital Partners on its sale of Optionis to Sovereign owned Arkarius Group.
Trading under its brands Parasol and Clearsky, Optionis is a provider of accountancy and employment services to the UK’s flexible workforce.
MML invested in Optionis back in 2013. Since then the company has completed five acquisitions and improved its quality of earnings as it shifted focus towards a “personal service company” offering.
Arkarius is a provider of outsourced accounting services including year-end accounts, corporation tax and quarterly VAT calculations.
The Clearwater International team was led by managing partner Phil Burns
Private equity firm Constitution Capital Partners (CCP) has held the final close of Ironsides IV and related segregated mandates with total commitments of USD755 million.
Ironsides IV was oversubscribed and significantly exceeded the original USD500 million target.
As with its predecessor fund, Ironsides IV will focus on investments in primary funds with USD200 million to USD1.5 billion in commitments and direct investments with enterprise values between USD100 million and USD1 billion.
To date, Ironsides IV has completed four direct investments and seven fund investments.
Commitments to Ironsides IV came from a diverse group of new and existing
Switzerland’s annual Investor Summit 2017 will give 180 international investors from VC firms such as KKR and Robert Bosch Venture Capital and international groups such as Credit Suisse, UBS and Swisscom to meet some of the country’s most promising high-growth tech start-ups tackling serious social, biological and commercial issues.
Hosted by digitalswitzerland, a cross-industry association focused on strengthening the country’s position as a digital hub, the half-day event will take place at Zurich Airport on the eve of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos which this year looks at the theme of Responsive and Responsible Leadership.
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Invenios, a micro-fabrication foundry specialising in glass structuring, micro glass packaging and glass bonding and a provider of consumables and devices for gene sequencing, bio-medical, sensor, electronic and optical applications, has acquired Varioptic, previously a business unit of Parrot Drones SAS, for an undisclosed amount.
Founded in 2002 in Lyon, France, Varioptic was acquired in May 2011 by Parrot.
Varioptic is a specialist in the liquid lens technology which enables variable focus, variable tilt, or variable cylindrical lenses with no moving parts, delivering unlimited number of cycles, unmatched shock and vibration resistance, low power, in a compact format allowing
New York law firm Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen has appointed Jared R Gianatasio, Jason W Soncini, and Christopher M Terry as partner at the firm.
"Jared, Jason and Chris each have a proven track record of excellence and a commitment to exceptional client service,” says managing partner Andrew Chonoles (pictured). “They have shown a great ability to collaborate with their colleagues and to advise clients on complex legal issues to help them achieve their goals. We are honoured to call them partners, and look forward to their future successes.”
Gianatasio has extensive experience representing market participants in the
Permira Debt Managers (PDM) is acting as sole lender in the refinancing of Away Resorts’ existing debt.
PDM’s support will also enable Away Resorts to acquire its sixth park, Sandy Balls, based in the New Forest.
In addition to the refinancing, PDM funds have also provided a capex facility to enable Away Resorts – a portfolio company of private equity firm LDC – to continue improving and expanding the range of facilities and accommodation provided across its six resorts.
Founded in 2007, Away Resorts owns and manages holiday resorts across the UK in locations such as the Isle
Hamburg-based CEE Group is to acquire the Gollenberg wind farm currently under construction in Rheinland-Pfalz from juwi Energieprojekte, the company that is also responsible for the construction stage as general contractor.
The wind farm comprises six Vesta V126 turbines. The hub height is 137 m, the rotor diameter is 126 m and the wind farm’s total capacity amounts to 19.8 megawatts (MW).
After commissioning, the turbines will supply environmentally friendly power to about 15,000 households each year.
The wind farm is expected to be fully connected to the grid at the end of January 2017.
CEE Operations,
PyroGenesis Canada, a clean-tech company that designs, develops, manufactures and commercialises plasma waste-to-energy systems and plasma torch products, has signed two additional military contracts totalling approximately USD1.2 million (CAD1.6 million).
As of 30 June 2016, total military contracts signed now exceed USD3.7 million (CAD5 million).
The military contracts are all expected to be completed by the end of Q2 2017.
"Since 30 June 2016, both military contracts and non-military contracts now exceed CAD13 million, the majority of which will be completed this year," says P Peter Pascali, president and CEO of PyroGenesis. "This coupled with the Company's success
Phantom, a provider of a community-powered security automation and orchestration platform, has raised USD13.5 million in Series B funding to accelerate growth in sales, marketing and engineering.
The latest round brings Phantom’s total funding to more than USD23 million and is led by Kleiner Perkins.
Existing investors TechOperators Venture Capital, Blackstone, Foundation Capital, In-Q-Tel, Rein Capital, Zach Nelson and John W. Thompson also participated in the round.
“Security teams are suffocating from the growing volume and velocity of security alerts,” says Ted Schlein, general partner, Kleiner Perkins. “Lack of integration between point products and a shortage of skilled
Global investment bank GCA Altium has acted as exclusive financial adviser to Edenhouse, the UK’s largest independent SAP specialist, on securing a minority investment by private equity house ECI Partners.
Edenhouse is an SAP “one-stop shop” offering the full range of consulting, support and implementation services across the entire portfolio of SAP products. The business has over 250 permanent onshore consultants based in its offices in Birmingham, Farnborough and Manchester.
Edenhouse has delivered over 800 SAP projects and currently serves around 300 enterprise customers, as well as a growing number of SMEs, across multiple industry verticals.
Edenhouse has
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