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BlackRock has named Mark Wiseman as incoming Senior Managing Director and a member of the firm’s Global Executive Committee (GEC).
Wiseman will become Head of BlackRock’s Global Active Equity business and will become Chairman of the BlackRock Global Investment Committee, the investment sub-committee of the GEC. He will also help support BlackRock Alternative Investors. Wiseman will report to Robert S Kapito, President of BlackRock, and will join the firm in early September.
Wiseman currently serves as President & Chief Executive Officer of CPP Investment Board, which manages approximately CAD280 billion on behalf of the Canada Pension Plan and its 19
Groupe Eurotunnel is to purchase STAR Capital’s 51% per cent share of ElecLink. The transaction is subject to certain closing conditions. Once concluded, Groupe Eurotunnel will hold 100 per cent of ElecLink.
eleclink is a cross-channel electricity interconnector that will be positioned within the service tunnel of the Channel Tunnels. When completed, the interconnector will be capable of carrying 1000MW of electricity via two 500MW strands.
With the UK’s power requirements increasingly relying on unpredictable renewable energy sources (ie Wind), the interconnector will play an important role in providing additional capacity to the UK’s Grid by tapping into Continental
The British Business Bank has launched the initial phase of Help to Grow, which is expected to support around GBP200 million of growth loans in its first two years. The Prime Minister announced the programme in February 2015.
The first GBP30 million tranche of lending supported by Help to Grow will be available to growing businesses through Lloyds Banking Group.
Loans of up to GBP2 million will support the development of new products and processes, stimulate research and innovation and help businesses target new export markets.
The lending will be available to businesses across all sectors, and is expected to
Mergers and acquisitiojns firm Woodbridge International has advised Germany-based GEPPERT-Band GmbH to Dorner Manufacturing Corporation.
GEPPERT-Band, headquartered in Jülich, Germany, designs, manufactures and sells branded belt conveyors made from aluminum, steel and stainless steel for indoor applications. The Company’s conveyor belts are at work in hundreds of the world’s largest companies. Products are used in industries such as food processing and packaging, automotive, metal-working, chemical and pharmaceutical. Customers are primarily in Germany and in other European markets.
Dorner is a leading Wisconsin-based designer and manufacturer of unit handling conveyor systems and component parts used in automation applications for industrial, packaging,
Seed 2 Growth Ventures (S2G), a Chicago-based venture capital firm has led an investment in Vancouver-based Terramera, Inc. Other key investors in the financing include ACA Investments (affiliate of Sumitomo Corporation), Bold Capital Partners, Renewal Funds and Maumee Ventures.
“Terramera is very proud to be working with S2G Ventures as our lead investor in this recent round of financing,” says Terramera CEO, Karn Manhas. “Terramera develops safer, more effective solutions for public health, sustainable food production, and bee health, by harnessing the power of natural plant defenses with innovative green chemistry. This investment allows us to continue our rapid growth,
Growth private equity firm TA Associates has completed an investment in 10bis, a B2B and B2C online food ordering marketplace and payment platform in Israel. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
In the B2B market in Israel, 10bis operates a leading online food marketplace that allows businesses to provide employee meal benefits programs. The 10bis platform is integrated into a company’s human resources and accounting systems, with employees’ allowances made available through a dedicated 10bis account. Employees can make restaurant purchases via the 10bis mobile app or website, or by using a 10bis card in person at
Privet Capital, a private equity investor focused on creating value through operational improvement, has acquired Cash Processing Solutions Limited and its subsidiaries (CPS) from De La Rue.
CPS is a specialist in providing cash processing hardware, software and related services to central banks, commercial banks, state printworks and commercial cash processing companies. Its sorting solutions process 125 billion banknotes per annum from operations in 106 countries, supported by a team of over 500 people.
Under the terms of the sale agreement, De La Rue will enter into a strategic partnership with CPS that will focus on product innovation and
Livingstone has advised the shareholders of ABI, including management and private equity investor LGV Capital, on CBPE Capital’s acquisition of a majority stake from LGV Capital.
ABI is a manufacturer of caravan holiday homes which it manufactures in Beverley, East Yorkshire where it employs over 400 people. ABI is the second largest supplier into the UK market by volume and supplies all of the major holiday park groups, as well as smaller groups, independent parks and a number of dealerships in the UK market.
The Livingstone team previously advised ABI’s management team in 2011 when the company was sold
Avrio Capital has deployed CAD15M of capital from its third institutional late stage venture fund, Avrio Ventures Limited Partnership III.
Avrio's new portfolio investees include Intelia Technologies Inc. and Alasko Inc, both based in Montreal, QC and Cadcan Marketing & Sales Inc (operating as CheeCha Puffs), based in Calgary, Alberta.
"We are very pleased to be partnering with Intelia Technologies Inc, to develop the market for data analytics services to optimise production management across multiple animal husbandry applications. This investment opportunity is highly strategic, as it sits at the very intersection of animal health, and data analytics, two
Venture capital firm Rand Capital Corporation has made a follow-on investment of USD250,000 as part of a USD1.75 million financing round led by existing investor BroadOak Capital Partners in Empire Genomics, a molecular diagnostics company.
Empire Genomics will use the proceeds to continue growing its business through investments in sales and marketing, automation, and increasing scale of operations as well as the launching of additional proprietary molecular diagnostics.
Anthony Johnson, President and CEO of Empire Genomics, says: "We appreciate the participation of BroadOak and Rand in this recent round of financing. We intend to make additional investments in the talent
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