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The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) is investing in a complex reconstruction of the federal M-4 Don highway in Russia, as part of its infrastructure partnership with Avtodor State Company.
The project involves complex installation work, reconstruction, maintenance, repair, structural repair and toll operation of the M-4 Don federal highway from Moscow through Voronezh, Rostov-on-Don, Krasnodar to Novorossiysk, at Section 4, Rostov – Krasnodar (section km 1091.6 – km 1319).
The company Road Investment Company LLC, created by RDIF and Avtodor to identify and implement road improvement projects in Russia, will act as the project operator. A number of
Dating app Once has secured a second wave of investment from Partech, the French venture capital firm, that supports global companies that they believe possess revolutionary concepts.
For this reason, Partech Ventures has just signed a second partnership deal with Once to invest a further one million euros in the dating app – signifying its confidence in the app’s successive business model.
The dating scene has become vastly populated in recent years and has been a challenging market for a new app to succeed in. Once attributes its strong continued growth in user sign ups to the fact that
Leading mid-market private equity house LDC has strengthened its support for management teams with the appointment of Chris Coulton as Portfolio Director.
Coulton joins LDC after 15 years at Deloitte where he specialised in advising mid-market private equity-backed businesses. In his new role, Coulton will work alongside LDC’s portfolio to deliver strategic and operational support that will help drive value and market-leading performance.
Coulton’s experience to date spans a range of sectors including manufacturing, energy, retail & consumer and support services. He has also previously advised LDC on several of its portfolio businesses during his time at Deloitte.
Allecra Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of novel antibiotics to combat drug-resistant bacterial infections, has closed a EUR22 million Series B investment round.
The round was led by new investor, Delos Capital. Existing investors Forbion Capital Partners, Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners, EMBL Ventures and Allecra's co-Founder Nicholas Benedict also participated.
The proceeds will fund Phase 2 development of AAI202, Allecra's proprietary, novel antibiotic combination designed to treat drug-resistant Gram-negative bacterial infections. AAI202 is a combination of a powerful β-lactam antibiotic together with a proprietary, novel Extended Spectrum β-Lactamase Inhibitor. The combination is designed for use as
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the US government’s development finance institution, has commenced the initial disbursement of a USD250 million loan to Apollo Towers Myanmar Limited, based in Yangon.
The disbursement marks OPIC’s first financing in the country as well as a historic milestone in public-private cooperation. Investors TPG Growth, Tillman Global Holdings, and Myanmar Investments International Limited facilitated the loan process and will continue to partner with Apollo on its expansion.
The development of towers by Apollo Towers Myanmar Limited (Apollo) has contributed to an increase in Myanmar’s mobile phone penetration rate from 5 percent to more
OM Asset Management (OMAM) is to acquire a 60 per cent equity interest in Landmark Partners, a secondary private equity, real estate and real asset investment firm.
Under the terms of the purchase agreement, OMAM will pay approximately USD240 million in cash at closing with the potential for an additional payment based on the growth of the business through 2018. The overall investment is expected to result in a purchase multiple of 8-10x Economic Net Income (ENI) generated by the Landmark transaction, prior to financing costs. OMAM intends to fund the closing payment using available capacity on its existing revolving
Hamilton Lane has held the final closing of Hamilton Lane Strategic Opportunities Fund 2016 with more than USD210 million in limited partner commitments, exceeding its initial target of USD150 million.
The Fund was created as a unique solution for LPs seeking short duration, risk-adjusted returns. Structured as an annual series with a single-year investment period, the Fund is focused on making credit-oriented investments with consistent cash yield.
"At Hamilton Lane, we are focused on using our global private markets platform to provide solutions to our clients," says Erik Hirsch, CIO of Hamilton Lane. "In a low-yield, public market environment, private
VFO, the company behind the Freedom Scientific and Optelec brands, has acquired Ai Squared, a developer of screen magnification and screen reading software.
Together, the companies offer the world’s broadest suite of assistive technology products for the visually-impaired. Each of the companies has a long history of providing innovative technology solutions that enable blind and low vision individuals to reach their full potential – to gain an education, obtain employment, succeed in professional careers, and live independently throughout their lives.
“Adding the brand, product portfolio and capabilities of Ai Squared to VFO gives us the broadest portfolio in the
IK Investment Partners’ (IK) IK Small Cap I Fund is to acquire a majority stake in OS Group AB (OpenSolution), a Nordic payment solution provider, from the company’s founder. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden, OpenSolution offers a full service product and software portfolio to its client base, including restaurants, casinos, arenas and other customer verticals. With its in-house development capabilities and strong focus on innovation, the Company covers the entire value chain of payment solutions, making it a single point of contact for >8,000 customers throughout Scandinavia. In 2015, OpenSolution generated revenue
Armeron recently secured funding of USD2 million from Glilot Capital Partners, a venture capital fund specialising in Enterprise Software.
Armeron's isolation platform is a drastic departure from today's filtering-based approach to web application protection such as Web Application Firewalls. These first generation approaches rely on a mix of signatures and complex rules which administrators setup and retune every time the application changes. In contrast, Armeron's isolation technology disregards any manipulation attempts on the request sent to the application, which renders all known or unknown application attacks irrelevant.
Armeron was founded by Tsion Gonen, Ron Kuper and Dan Pasternak. Prior to
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