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iCapital Network, an online platform that provides RIAs with access to alternative investments, has appointed Tom Iacono as chief financial officer.
Reporting to chief executive officer Lawrence Calcano, Iacono will join the executive team and lead iCapital’s finance, legal, operations and human resources functions.
In addition, Grace Kim joins the firm as head of investor relations; David Russo joins as head of platform integration; and Bryan Gallagher joins as legal counsel.
“I am delighted to announce our latest round of new appointments,” says Calcano. “Tom’s expertise in corporate finance and M&A, coupled with his understanding of the investment
Alternative investment firm MidOcean Partners has appointed Spencer Potts as head of business development and Ruth Lane as head of investor relations.
“Spencer and Ruth are both highly accomplished investment management industry executives,” says Ted Virtue, chief executive officer of MidOcean. “We are thrilled to welcome them to our team and look forward to leveraging their deep relationships and alternative asset management expertise as we seek to deliver a premier solutions-based experience to our investors and expand our client base globally.”
Potts joins MidOcean from CIFC, where he served as head of business development. Previously, he spent eight years
Swander Pace Capital, a private equity firm specialising in investments in consumer products companies in North America and the UK, has closed SPC Partners VI at USD510 million.
The fund exceeded its initial target of USD400 million with commitments almost exclusively from existing investors.
Swander Pace’s prior fund, SPC Partners V, closed in 2013 with commitments of USD350 million.
Swander Pace will invest Fund VI using its consistent strategy developed over 20 years of consumer products investing. Fund VI will continue the firm’s focus on middle-market consumer products companies where the firm can implement its playbook of strategic
Ogury, a specialist in factual mobile data, has raised USD15 million in a Series B funding round led by Idinvest Partners.
Ogury will use the funds to accelerate international expansion, with a New York office opening later this month, and to invest in technology, R&D and recruitment.
Existing investors Ventech, CoVent Partners and ACG also participated in the funding round, bringing Ogury’s total financing to date to more than USD20 million.
Founded in 2014, and with offices in London, Paris, Milan, Rome and Madrid, Ogury is one of the fastest growing mobile data companies in Europe, reaching over
Ipes, a provider of outsourced services to private equity firms in Europe, is providing administration services to OpCapita in the closing of its second fund, OpCapita Consumer Opportunities Fund II.
The fund closed at its hard cap of EUR350 million and attracted strong support from a global investor base.
Ipes will provide services to the fund from its London office.
Founded in 2006, OpCapita specialises in the retail, consumer and leisure industries. The firm invests in underperforming businesses that require expert help and support to make them stronger through better operational management.
Over the past 10 years,
Capitala Group has held an anchor closing on Capitala Private Credit Fund V, a non-SBIC fund, which includes commitments by a global asset manager and an investment grade insurance company.
Fund V's anchor closing, combined with capital available from existing investment vehicles, gives Capitala Group over USD300 million in dry powder.
Fund V's investable capital target is USD500 million.
Capitala’s focus continues to be on US middle market companies with USD2 million to USD50 million in EBITDA, which offer its investor base an opportunity to earn current returns through senior and subordinated debt investments, along with selective equity co-investments.
Capitala has offices in
Boulder Investment Group Reprise (BIGR) has closed a new investment fund, BIGR Ventures, with capital commitments of over USD55 million.
The fund has been founded by industry veterans Carole Buyers, Duane Primozich and Bill Weiland and builds off of the success of their former fund, Boulder Brands Investment Group (BBIG), which included investments in Suja Juice (partnered with Coca Cola) and EPIC Bar (acquired by General Mills).
The fund will make investments in early-stage natural and organic product companies.
The three partners initially established BBIG as an in-house venture fund for Boulder Brands in early 2013, where Buyers
Technology investment firm Asenqua Ventures has closed its fourth investment fund, raising USD125 million which will be reinvested in capital efficient companies with a minimum revenue of USD10 million in niche technology sectors.
Fund IV will target investments in semiconductors, display technology, software, medical technology, wireless communications, and internet infrastructure, cloud computing, ecommerce and networking.
The managing directors of Asenqua, Steve Ross and Jason Yi, are using the USD125 million in funding to aggressively invest in new opportunities.
“We are at a stage where we believe we can take more companies to the next level of growth,” says
Liberty Media has agreed to acquire Formula One, the global motorsports business, from a consortium of sellers led by private equity firm CVC Capital Partners in a USD8 billion deal.
Liberty Media owns interests in a broad range of media, communications and entertainment businesses.
These interests are attributed to three tracking stock groups: the Liberty SiriusXM Group, the Liberty Braves Group, and the Liberty Media Group.
The consideration comprises cash and newly issued shares in the Liberty Media Group tracking stock (LMCK) and a debt instrument exchangeable into shares of LMCK. The transaction price represents an enterprise value for
Seedrs has published its first ever portfolio update which reveals that for the first time, on a fair value basis, equity crowdfunding through the platform has produced better annualised rates of return (IRRs) than most other asset classes.
The update looks at the characteristics and performance of the 253 deals funded on Seedrs platform between its launch in July 2012 and the end of 2015.
It finds a platform-wide IRR of 14.44 per cent, which increases 41.87 per cent when impacts of SEIS and EIS tax reliefs are taken into account.
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