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Daphne Dufresne, Managing Director and founding partner of RLJ Equity Partners, is to leave the firm to pursue smaller, higher growth companies which are outside of the investment scope of the firm. Dufresne will continue to serve as a Special Advisor to RLJ.
Rufus Rivers, RLJ Equity Partners' Managing Partner, says: "I am deeply saddened that my partner for the last 10 years, and one of the founders of RLJ Equity Partners, has decided to leave the firm to pursue her passion to invest in small, high growth companies. While I'm sad, I'm also excited for Daphne and I look
Private equity house Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has supported the management buy-in (MBI) of Prime Document (Prime), a specialist provider of outsourced document management services.
Maven’s backing will help the team strategically grow the sales and marketing capability of the business, expanding its footprint into the electronic document management (EDM) sector, which is forecast to grow strongly over the next few years.
The senior buy-in team has significant experience in the document management outsourcing market, with Managing Director Martin Hurley and Operations Director Alan Hall having previously held senior positions with several large companies in this arena. Phil Dearden
Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) has entered into a strategic financing relationship with Calfrac Well Services (Calfrac), an Alberta-based pressure pumping services provider.
AIMCo's investment in Calfrac provides its clients with an attractive opportunity to gain direct exposure to an innovative provider of pressure pumping services focused on North America's premier unconventional natural gas and light oil plays plus strategic international markets. With state-of-the-art equipment, in-house research & development, a diversified customer base, an expert team of employees, and experienced management, Calfrac is strongly positioned for long term success.
"AIMCo is very pleased to provide this strategic funding to Calfrac
Henley Investments, a private equity real estate investor headquartered in the United Kingdom is expanding into the United States with opening of offices in Boston, Massachusetts, and Orange County, California.
Henley USA will be headed by Garrett Solomon, the founder of Corbelis, an award winning, nationally recognized residential land development and management company. Prior to forming Corbelis in 2012, Solomon spent almost two decades with well-known real estate private equity firms Rockpoint Group and Westbrook Partners. Henley USA will launch with five US based team members and expects that they will actively be seeking further talent to grow their presence.
Horseshoe Group has acquired IKONIC Fund Services (IKONIC) to form an independent fund administrator and insurance manager dedicated to both the Insurance Linked Securities and the alternative fund markets.
The transaction, which closed last week subject to customary regulatory approvals, will further solidify Horseshoe’s stance as the largest independent insurance manager to the Insurance Linked Securities (ILS) market and expand its service offering to now include fund administration. Post-acquisition, Horseshoe will have in excess of USD20 billion in assets under administration.
IKONIC, an independent, specialised fund administrator providing services to hedge funds, private equity funds, real estate funds and ILS
Since the global financial crisis in 2008 when an all-time high USD9.3 billion was raised, micro venture capital fundraising has seen six consecutive years of growth, increasing from USD6.5 billion in 2009 to reach USD8.5 billion in 2015, according to a report by Preqin.
Furthermore, over the past decade micro venture capital funds have consistently represented the majority of VC funds reaching a final close; micro-sized funds accounted for 61 per cent of all venture capital funds to close in 2015 and more than two-thirds (67 per cent) the previous year. So far in 2016, 169 micro venture capital funds
Bento for Business, a provider of employee expense management solutions for small businesses, has closed a USD7 million Series A round of funding led by Comcast Ventures.
Existing investors Anthemis Group, Blumberg Capital and Lionbird join new investor Dan Henry, former CEO of NetSpend. As part of the financing, Dave Zilberman, Managing Director of Comcast Ventures, will join Bento’s board.
Bento for Business provides a management platform and smart employee corporate card that can be controlled remotely through proprietary software, giving business owners unprecedented control over where, when, and how much their employees can spend. Since its launch 13
Only one-third of registered investment advisers (RIAs) have provided private equity investments to their wealthy clients within the last five years, according to a new study by iCapitak Network.
The study also found that nearly 70 percent of those who do not currently offer private equity acknowledge interest from their clients in the area. Despite the appetite, just one-quarter of those practitioners say they have proactively raised the subject of private equity with clients.
“The surge in private wealth creation has directly influenced a trend toward more transparent, objective financial advice,” says Lawrence Calcano, Managing Partner, iCapital Network. “As a
Zeus Capital is acting as Nominated Adviser and Sole Broker to Accrol Group Holdings (ACRL.L) on its AIM IPO and GBP63.5 million fundraising and advised on a new GBP38 million flexible debt facility provided by HSBC.
Accrol will have a market capitalisation on admission of GBP93.0 million (based on the placing price) with Zeus Capital raising GBP63.5 million with GBP20.2 million for selling shareholders and GBP43.3 million to reduce debt, including shareholder loan notes.
The IPO provides a partial exit for the Hussain family and NorthEdge Capital who each retain 15% of the equity in the listed company going
Oakley Capital Private Equity (OCPE) has announced the successful completion of the Initial Public Offering (IPO) of Time Out Group, which raised GBP90 million (gross).
Since OCPE’s initial investment, Time Out has significantly grown and developed its digital media and ecommerce business, transitioned the magazines to a free print model in key geographies, consolidated the brand ownership by acquiring back the key licensee territories and acquired the Time Out food market in Lisbon, Portugal.
Time Out now has its largest audience in its 48 year history with an audience reach of approximately 111 million per month across all platforms
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