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BDC Capital is planning to launch a USD135 million venture capital fund to support Canadian energy and cleantech start-up businesses with global potential.
BDC Capital’s Industrial, Clean and Energy Technology (ICE) Venture Fund II will invest in 15 to 20 high-impact Canadian start-up firms that demonstrate efficiency and strong scalability.
Fund II is a follow-on to BDC Capital's ICE Venture Fund I, which was launched in 2011. The ICE team now has USD287 million under management.
"Our goal is to intensify our support for innovative Canadian entrepreneurs who are leading the way in the transition to a low-carbon
Craig Cordle, a specialist in investment funds, has joined Ogier as a group partner based in the Guernsey investment funds team.
Cordle (pictured), who comes to Ogier from a major international London firm, is the third new member of the firm's partnership since August, and brings the size of the global partnership to 53.
The growth of the Guernsey investment funds team reflects Ogier's confidence in the sector – the most recent figures showed that the net value of funds under management and administration in Guernsey had reached nearly a quarter of a trillion pounds after four consecutive quarters
Law firm Howard Kennedy has advised Tasty plc on a share placing that has raised GBP9 million.
The proceeds from the fundraising, which completed on 9 November, will be used to support the continued expansion of its restaurant brands.
Tasty operates in the casual dining market under the dim-t and Wildwood brands. It currently has seven dim-t and 50 Wildwood and Wildwood Kitchen restaurants across the UK, with a further four under construction.
Tasty plans to have 62 restaurants by the end of 2016 and to open a further 15 by the end of 2017.
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DB1 Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Deutsche Börse Group, has participated in a Series B financing round for the Hamburg-based FinTech company figo and is investing a seven-digit amount for a significant minority stake.
Further investors are reputable business angels from Germany. figo raised around EUR6.8 million in total in the current financing round.
figo is a banking service provider focused on building the banking infrastructure of the future. In addition to the Banking API, the company offers clients and partners various products and services within the context of the amended Payment Services Directive 2 (PSD2).
LeapFrog Investments has acquired a USD22 million majority stake in Kenya’s Goodlife Pharmacy, the largest direct investment in the East African retail pharmacy sector to date.
The acquisition, from private equity firm Catalyst Principal Partners, is part of LeapFrog’s plan to diversify its private equity investments into a closely linked sector – healthcare.
This will develop a platform that combines both payers and providers, thereby bringing consumers greater access to affordable, quality healthcare.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that over 150 million people fall into poverty annually due to catastrophic healthcare events and an inability to pay
BGF (Business Growth Fund) has expanded its Manchester-based team with two appointments.
Paul Dolyniuk joins as an investor after 10 years at KPMG while Daniel Beckett, who joins from Bureau van Dijk, will focus on business development across the North West, Yorkshire and North East.
Most recently, Dolyniuk worked on a number of transactions in KPMG’s corporate finance team, including advising the board of BDP Holdings on the sale of the business to Nippon Koei.
Beckett has nine years’ experience in business development, including seven years spent at Bureau van Dijk Electronic Publishing where he focused on corporate
Clearwater International has advised the shareholders of the UK’s MacDonald Humfrey (Automation) Limited on its cross-border sale to L-3 Communications, a New York headquartered provider of communications and electronic systems products used on military and commercial platforms.
MacDonald Humfrey specialises in the deployment of checkpoint security and wider aviation solutions, as well as in the development of process automation and collaborative robotic capabilities supporting aviation and other end markets.
MacDonald Humfrey’s aviation solutions have been deployed throughout Europe, the Middle East and Canada, and most recently in the US where the company has engaged with airlines and airports to
L Catterton, a consumer-focused private equity firm, has closed its eighth buyout fund, L Catterton Partners VIII, at USD2.75 billion, including commitments from limited partners and the general partner of L Catterton.
The oversubscribed fund received strong support from existing investors as well as select new investors around the globe.
L Catterton VIII will commit between USD60 million and USD500 million to high-growth, middle market, consumer companies across North America and Europe. Similar to L Catterton's previous buyout funds, the fund will target control-oriented investments in companies growing strongly in attractive consumer categories.
With the closing of L
State Street Corporation’s GX Private Equity Index (PEI) saw an overall gain of 2.7 per cent in Q2 2016, with buyout, private debt and venture capital all posting positive returns.
“The last eight quarters have been difficult for all private equity funds. Rolling one-year returns have been in decline since the second quarter of 2014, down from a nearly 30 per cent return to single digits, mainly due to continued slow growth, economic and political uncertainty, and a lacklustre IPO market,” says Will Kinlaw, senior managing director and global head of State Street Associates, a division of State Street Global Exchange.
Satuit Technologies, a provider of software solutions for the professional investment market, has appointed Michael Kendall as vice president – strategic relationships, responsible for buy-side vendor channel partnership and key client initiatives.
Kendall has worked most of his career with client reporting technologies where he has engaged with key buy side technology and data providers.
In his new role, Kendall will be working with these firms to assure seamless integration between their products and Satuit’s product line. He will also be working with the Satuit product team as a subject matter expert in the client reporting space.
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