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Midlands-based eTech, which provides an end-to-end software solution to customers in the energy assessment and mortgage valuation sectors, has secured GBP1.25 million in funding from Finance Birmingham.
The investment will allow the firm to further develop its existing product offering and generate additional traction in the surveying and lending sector.
Over the past three years, eTech has invested heavily in developing and launching applications to improve the way residential surveying firms schedule jobs, perform property valuations, store the valuation data and report that information back to lenders.
The firm, which currently employs more than 140 people at its
Equistone Partners Europe, an investor in mid-market buyouts, has appointed Steven Whitaker as chief operating officer (COO).
He will be based in the firm’s London office and begins his role with immediate effect.
Whitaker joins Equistone after seven years at Vision Capital, where he was chief operating officer and prior to that chief financial and compliance officer. Before joining Vision Capital, Whitaker held a number of senior finance and operations-focussed roles at Brevan Howard and at 3i in London and Frankfurt.
Whitaker has represented the private equity industry at senior levels as chairman of the BVCA's Taxation Committee
An uncertain environment in 2016 caused by the UK’s referendum on European Union (EU) membership and US elections has negatively impacted M&A activity, setting global M&A back 26.6 per cent during the first half of 2016.
Total deals were worth USD1.32 trillion compared to USD1.81 trillion in H1 2015, and down 66.8 per cent versus USD3.98 trillion in H2 2015.
That’s according to Mergermarket’s H1 trend report which reveals that the build-up and announcement of Brexit sent shockwaves through the dealmaking community.
The UK’s second quarter featured the country's referendum and resulted in its Q2 value (USD19.3 billion)
In a second financing round totalling EUR6.4 million, THEVA has taken eCAPITAL on board as lead investor and the Bavarian Growth Fund as co-investor.
Target Partners and the Bayerische Beteiligungsgesellschaft (BayBG) became shareholders in 2012 in the first financing round. Both have now increased their investment.
THEVA Dünnschichttechnik has invested millions in recent years to set up the first superconducting wire manufacturing facility in Germany. The new capital will enable further growth.
The lead investor is Münster-based eCAPITAL, which specialises in technology-focused growth industries. Co-investor is the Bavarian Growth Fund administered by Bayern Kapital GmbH, which was set
International law firm Proskauer has represented private investment company Bruin Sports Capital in its acquisition of deltatre.
Based in Turin, Italy, deltatre provides a range of digital and broadcast solutions for the world’s largest sporting events, federations, media partners and brands.
Launched in January 2015, Bruin focuses on investments in sports, media, marketing and branded lifestyle companies.
Proskauer previously represented Bruin in a transaction with the National Football League to form a new holding company to run the NFL On Location event and hospitality business.
A multi-jurisdictional team of Proskauer lawyers advised Bruin on all aspects of
The famous foreign policy dictum “Trust, but verify” could also be the motto of private equity limited partners (LPs), according to a report from eVestment highlighting LP due diligence trends.
In the global survey, while 72 per cent of LPs said they often trust the high-level performance numbers provided by private equity general partners (GPs), 75 per cent of LPs said they always or often recalculate those manager-provided numbers as part of their due diligence process.
As one survey participant said, recalculating those numbers is “a required process as part of both fiduciary responsibility and our own understanding.”
Jersey Finance has appointed An Kelles (pictured) as business development director for Greater China, to spearhead its strategy across the Far East.
Based in Jersey Finance’s Hong Kong office, Kelles will be responsible for expanding Jersey’s range of activities in the region, identifying opportunities for Jersey financial services businesses, and building relationships between Hong Kong, Greater China and Jersey. Kelles takes over the role from predecessor Yumei Zhang.
Originally from Belgium, Kelles joins Jersey Finance from the Intertrust Group’s Hong Kong office, where she was business unit director for the European and private equity teams. Prior to that, she
Trivest Partners has promoted Steve Reynolds to principal effective immediately.
Reynolds joined Trivest as an associate in 2011 and was previously promoted to vice president in 2013.
At Trivest, Reynolds has been actively involved in identifying acquisition targets, analysing investment opportunities, monitoring portfolio companies and leading successful realisations. He has worked closely with several successful Trivest investments including North Star Seafood, Take 5 Oil Change and Wise Company. He currently serves as a director of both Advanced Discovery and PeopleShare.
Troy D Templeton, Trivest’s managing partner, says: “Steve has made numerous contributions to our firm in terms of
The EMEA region has lost ground on its US and Asia-Pacific counterparts in sponsor-backed tech investments over the last five years, according to a report released by S&P Global Market Intelligence.
Despite the growth of EMEA tech hubs like London, Berlin and Tel Aviv over the last five years, interest from private equity and venture capital investors has failed to follow suit.
Capital deployed by these investors in EMEA companies, at EUR61.8 billion, is less than a third of investment in its US counterparts, at EUR198.7 billion, and ten per cent less than the EUR68.2 billion deployed into those
Innova Capital, a Central European private equity firm, together with its partner OPTeam, which is listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, has invested in Polskie ePłatności (PeP).
PeP will become a platform for the consolidation of the electronic payments sector in Poland. The transaction is another investment by Innova in new technologies and financial services.
“In our investment strategy, we are consistently increasing our commitment in entities with a distinct technology DNA and a market position that opens the route for expansion and rapid growth. FinTech, a sector which combines financial services with state-of-the-art technologies, is not only a sector
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