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Kuber Ventures, an alternative fund investment platform offering access to EIS/SEIS portfolios and funds, has added Tim Thornton, Matt Lenzie, and Kate Hopkin to its team.
All three hires are newly created roles as a result of the continued growth across the business and geographic regions.
Hopkin’s role as business development associate is key to providing support to the business development managers increasing Kuber’s geographical distribution footprint. Prior to joining Kuber Hopkin worked at Brooks MacDonald and Fidelity International.
Lenzie and Thornton also work to increase Kuber’s distribution capabilities and geographical coverage. Both have been bought in because
International law firm Taylor Wessing has enhanced its London private equity practice with the appointment of Duncan McDonald as partner.
The appointment McDonald, who joins from Olswang, brings the number of dedicated private equity lawyers in Taylor Wessing’s London team to 20.
McDonald is a highly experienced international private equity lawyer with an extensive track record in advising sponsors, management teams and companies on management buy-outs and buy-ins, portfolio company transactions, exits and growth capital deals. He also specialises in domestic and cross-border M&A and joint ventures.
McDonald brings deep experience across a wide range of sectors, including
NorthEdge Capital has launched a specialist deal origination team as part of its ongoing investment to support the development and growth of the firm.
NorthEdge now has over GBP525 million in funds under management since the final close of NorthEdge Capital Fund II, which reached its GBP300 million hard cap in March.
Ray Stenton, partner and head of new business, will be supported by James Hales who joins as head of origination.
Hales spent seven years leading the origination activities of global corporate finance advisory business Clearwater International. He will be responsible for identifying new investment opportunities and management
Clearwater International has advised Greek private equity house Global Finance, the majority shareholder of TotalSoft, in addition to other shareholders, on the sale of TotalSoft to Logo Software Investment.
Logo, a subsidiary of Logo Yazılım Sanayi ve Ticaret, has acquired 100 per cent of TotalSoft shares for an enterprise value of EUR30 million.
According to market reports, the Romanian enterprise application software (EAS) market is expected to grow significantly over the next five years.
TotalSoft reported a revenue of over EUR20 million in 2015 and its international sales made up 23 per cent of the overall total. In 2016
Rutland Partners has completed the sale of Millbrook Group to Spectris for GBP122 million.
The disposal from Rutland Fund II realises for investors a return of over six times its investment.
Millbrook was acquired from General Motors for an undisclosed sum on 2 October 2013. It is a test, validation and engineering service provider for the automotive, transport, tyre, petrochemical, security and defence markets.
Established in 1968, Millbrook is located at the heart of the UK automotive and fuels industries. The business owns a 665-acre site offering extensive test and validation facilities which complement over 45 miles of
Tikehau IM’s Novo 2 fund has underwritten EUR8.5 million of a EUR25 million private placement financing for homecare services provider Bastide, arranged by Société Générale.
Bastide is a family-owned group founded in Nîmes, France in 1977 which is active in the homecare services market in France, Belgium and Switzerland through three businesses: Homecare Assistance, Nutrition Infusion and Respiratory Assistance.
Bastide distributes products by selling and renting nursing beds, wheelchairs and rollators, and offers services such as installation and maintenance of medical devices.
In addition to the company’s organic growth, its acquisitions since 2010 have boosted its development.
GamCrowd.com has launched a free-to-access, technology-focused online service, which is set to be the home of innovation and ideas for the gambling industry.
The hub will provide a single location where start-ups, growth companies, early-stage investors and entrepreneurs can access ideas and follow the progress of firms in the gambling industry as they grow from start-up through to a successful exit.
An industry-first, GamCrowd will fill a gap in sharing ideas and information by bringing together a community of companies and thought leaders. It will generate news, features and discussion about tech innovation and development within – and pertinent
STAR Capital has acquired a majority stake in Globalways, a Stuttgart-based IT services and infrastructure business.
The investment is the second made by the STAR III Fund, following the acquisition of Synergy Health Management Services in July 2016.
STAR, in partnership with the founders and management team of Globalways, will commit around EUR60 million of growth capital to build a regional data centre business in Germany.
The continued growth in internet usage is driving an increasing need for data storage, distribution and access requirements while demanding the latest standards in IT security. This is happening at the same
Private equity fund manager and Enterprise Investment Scheme and venture capital trust specialist Calculus Capital has sold its holdings in AIM-listed Horizon Discovery.
The average exit multiple for sale of the shares was 1.82x, constituting a tax-free return of over 160 per cent to investors, when factoring in initial income tax relief of 30 per cent.
Calculus’s holding period in Horizon Discovery was three years and three months, representing an efficient investment-to-exit time line. The minimum holding period for a company’s shares to qualify for income tax relief through the Enterprise Investment Scheme is three years.
Horizon Discovery
BGF (Business Growth Fund) has made a GBP2 million investment in data analytics company, MyLife Digital.
The investment enables MyLife Digital to accelerate the roll-out of its digital platform that connects organisations and individuals, allowing the consensual sharing of personal and professional data.
MyLife Digital currently operates two analytics practices, Wood for Trees and PGIR.
Wood for Trees manages the data of millions of donors and supporters to provide insights to more than half of the UK’s top 50 charities, including British Red Cross and Dogs Trust.
PGIR provides performance analysis services to elite international and professional
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