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Dunedin backed EV Offshore (EV), which designs, manufactures and provides ruggedised video cameras that are used to diagnose and analyse problems in oil and gas wells, has completed its acquisition of Epidote Limited (“Epidote”).
The transaction value has not been disclosed.
Investment in the oil and gas industry has been affected by low oil prices. However, EV is an example of a business that is positively bucking this trend, investing in a strategic capability that will allow it to best support the needs of its clients.
Dunedin backed the GBP69m MBO of EV in June 2014.
Windsor Circle, a provider of predictive lifecycle and retention marketing software and services for retailers, has raised USD4.1 million in an over-subscribed funding round, and secured a USD2.5 million line of credit from Square 1 Bank, a division of Pacific Western Bank.
This latest funding will help Windsor Circle continue to expand product development and enhance predictive algorithms and data science capabilities to power more effective automated marketing campaigns for retailers. They will also add new talent to their sales and ecommerce professional services teams, plus engage in other high-growth endeavours.
“We’ve got big plans for these new funds,” says
Salvepar has increased ts stake in Asten Santé to 22.3 per cent of the capital and voting rights by acquiring a portion of the interest held by Gemmes Venture which remains the majority shareholder for EUR12 million.
The Asten Santé group is a French multiregional homecare provider, from the voluntary sector and medical world, operating in Pays de la Loire (Aliséo), in Midi-Pyrénées (Sadir Assistance), in Haute-Normandie (Adir Assistance) and, since 2015, in Franche-Comté (DDS Assistance). Several entities complement the group for the development of operations in Ile-de- France (S2A Santé Ile-de-France) and the development of innovative technologies, especially focused
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised specialist European financial services private equity firm AnaCap Financial Partners (AnaCap) on the sale of UK online insurance distributor Simply Business, to New York-based Aquiline Capital Partners.
Completion of the transaction is subject to the approval of the Financial Conduct Authority.
The exit comes just short of three years since AnaCap acquired Simply Business and will generate a return of 4.5 times its original investment.
The Norton Rose Fulbright team in London was led by partner Richard Bull and included senior associate, Andrew Houghton.
Norton Rose Fulbright has advised
Isomer Capital has launched a EUR150 million investment fund to help investors capitalise on the boom in European technology-based businesses.
According to Tech.eu ‘European Tech Exits Report for 2015’, last year nearly 600 disclosed European tech company exits generated EUR137 billion. A figure which, according to Isomer, most traditional institutional investors missed out on given how difficult and resource intensive research, selection, and execution of small technology investments can be.
Many of the best deals in the European technology market are private, move fast, require specialist expertise and still have high individual risk profiles. In fact, initial start-up funding for
Bryan Garnier has acted as the exclusive financial advisor to tado°, the European market leader in intelligent home climate control, on a USD23 million equity financing from Inven Capital, the venture capital arm of the ČEZ Group.
This brings total funding of the Munich-based IoT company to $57 million, and establishes tado° as one of the world’s best-funded IoT startups.
The tado° Smart Thermostat and Smart AC Control products connect any heating and air conditioning system to the internet. The geo-aware tado° smartphone app automatically senses when nobody is at home and turns down the heating or AC to save
Yukon Partners Management (Yukon) has appointed Michael Furey as a Partner in the firm’s investment team.
At Yukon, Furey will work closely with founding partners Michael Hall and William Dietz, as well as the firm’s investment professionals, in sourcing and evaluating new investment opportunities and providing operational expertise and counsel to sponsor partners. Mr. Furey will be located in Boston, MA.
William Dietz, Founder and Managing Partner of Yukon, says: “Mike brings a wealth of investment experience along with quality industry relationships that will further our core strategy at Yukon. We are excited to have Mike as a member of
Osprey Capital Partners has assisted Moulure Alexandria Moulding in completing a partnership and recapitalisation with Industrial Opportunity Partners.
Osprey Capital was engaged by Alexandria to find a partner and investor that could bring additional resources, experience and expertise to enable them to capitalise on the unprecedented opportunities within the marketplace.
Alexandria is a manufacturer and distributor of wood mouldings and related millwork products for the Canadian and Northern US markets selling directly to retailers, wholesale building product distributors and industrial customers. The Company, headquartered in Alexandria, Ontario, Canada, has a manufacturing and distribution facility in Alexandria and a hardwood manufacturing
StoryStream, has closed a GBP1.8m Series A funding round, led by MMC Ventures, the London-based venture capital fund.
Based in Brighton and founded in 2012, StoryStream’s technology is designed to solve the challenge facing global brands who are competing for customer attention in an increasingly noisy, ad-blocked online world.
StoryStream’s smart content platform helps marketers combine user generated and dynamic brand content to create a more engaging and targeted brand experience. The unique technology combines real-time curation, distribution and analytics tools, offering the ability to seamlessly publish more personalised content across any customer channel.
StoryStream already works with some
Five new investment platforms have joined the Millennium Trust Company’s Millennium Alternative Investment Network (MAIN), bringing the total number listed to nine.
In addition to Lending Club (NYSE: LC), announced earlier this month, EquityZen, iCapital Network, Prodigy Network, and RJ Oasis are now available through MAIN.
Millennium Trust collaborates with leading online investment platforms and service providers to create solutions that use technology to provide qualified investors with an easy way to find and research alternative investments, and then purchase and custody the investment through their Millennium account.
Alternative assets are expected to grow to as much as USD15.3 trillion
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