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Diagnostic solutions specialist Curetis has secured a EUR25 million unsecured loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB).
The financing is the first growth capital loan under the European Growth Finance Facility (EGFF), launched in November 2016 and is backed by a guarantee from the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI).
EFSI is an essential pillar of the Investment Plan for Europe (IPE), under which the EIB and the European Commission are working as strategic partners to support investments and bring back jobs and growth to Europe.
The debt facility features typical market interest rates with more than half
Ranch Creek Partners, in partnership with Los Angeles-based St Cloud Capital, has made a majority equity investment in Los Angeles-based Apposite Technologies, a provider of enterprise-class network simulation products.
The company has also appointed Steve Fazio as its new CEO to lead Apposite's growth by focusing on the development of complementary products and features, as well as an expansion of the company's sales team and channel partnerships.
"Apposite has done a tremendous job in establishing itself as the solution for network simulation technology to the largest companies in the world," says JD Kritser, founder and managing director of Ranch
Carey Olsen’s Guernsey office has appointed James Cooke as a senior associate in the firm's corporate and finance team.
Cooke joins Carey Olsen from another offshore law firm, having worked in Guernsey and the BVI and initially trained at Eversheds in the UK.
He has been regularly recognised by leading legal directory, Legal 500, for his work in the investment funds, commercial and banking sectors. He has been recommended by IFLR1000 as a rising star for investment funds, financial and corporate work since 2014.
Ben Morgan, partner in Carey Olsen's Guernsey office, says: “James’ senior appointment represents the
NTR has added a further 29 MW to its onshore NTR Wind 1 fund portfolio with the acquisition of Twin Rivers, a 28.7 MW wind project located in Yorkshire, from joint vendors InfraRed Environmental Infrastructure Fund and the Co-operative Group.
Capital costs for the project amount to just over GBP80 million (EUR95 million).
“This is the 10th acquisition of onshore wind assets in the UK and Ireland by our NTR Wind 1 fund, bringing total MWs under management up to just over 170MW. We have experienced a very strong momentum in identifying, acquiring and financing wind projects throughout the year,
European financial services private equity firm AnaCap Financial Partners is to acquire Barclays’s French retail banking operations.
These include Barclays’ branch network, life insurance business, wealth and investment management and brokerage operations, subject to regulatory approval.
It follows the completion of a consultation with employee representative bodies that began in May, when Barclays entered exclusive discussions with AnaCap.
Following and subject to completion, AnaCap funds will leverage Barclays’ client base, network and relationship managers with a view to building the leading independent wealth manager in France. Plans include the relaunch of the mortgage lending proposition to attract and
Private equity firm Adveq has held the final closing of Adveq Europe VI at EUR462 million, well above its initial target fund size of EUR350 million.
The fund closing was held on 2 December 2016, attracting interest and support from investors around the world, including pension funds, insurance companies and endowments.
Adveq Europe VI targets primary, secondary and co-investment opportunities in the European small buyout segment. The fund invests with or alongside transformational, turnaround and specialist managers. It will focus on emerging managers who are raising their first or second fund and established managers in the third or later generation
ForeVest Capital Partners has launched as an independent alternative investment firm, having completed a spinout from PineBridge Investments by mutual agreement.
Established by the four senior managers of PineBridge New Europe Partners (NEP) – Pierre Mellinger, Artur Haze, John Leone, and Doina Popescu – ForeVest will continue to focus on growth equity investments in mid-market companies across Central and Eastern Europe.
ForeVest has managed over USD1.2 billion in investments in CEE and nearly USD300 million in other assets in emerging markets.
The ForeVest team comprises 14 investment professionals with over 180 years of collective private equity experience, with
Edge Investments, an investment house focused on the creative industries sector, has backed open video platform and British media technology company Newsflare.
Newsflare is a video marketplace platform for video creators, licensing UGC video to some of the world’s biggest media players.
Newsflare matches video content to demand and distributes the content to clients and partners around the world. It provides video to a wide range of media players, such as news websites, television production companies, Facebook and other social media channels, big content networks such as MSN and AOL, as well as distribution networks such as AP (Associated
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally cleared VTech’s acquisition of LeapFrog Enterprises.
The CMA found that the merger may not be expected to result in a substantial lessening of competition in the supply of learning toys for 0-5 year-olds, children tablets and content or future innovation in toys.
The CMA’s final decision will be made after collecting views on the provisional findings and assessing all evidence.
"I am very pleased that the CMA has provisionally cleared this merger," says Allan Wong, chairman and group CEO of VTech. "We have always believed that the combination of
The alternative asset management arm of Global Investment House, Global Capital Management (GCM), has acquired a 100 per cent stake in Yum Yum Tree Food Court, one of the largest quick service restaurants (QSR) managers in the Gulf region.
Established in 1995 with five restaurants in Bahrain and one in the UAE, Yum Yum Tree has grown exponentially to reach nearly 180 restaurants, steered by the vision of its founder Adel Bukhowa and his son Omar Bukhowa.
Yum Yum Tree is today the master franchisee or operator of more than 20 international and regional brands including Vanellis, Subway (Bahrain),
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