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France-based SME lending platform Lendix has raised USD13.5 million in a series B funding round led by CNP Assurances.
Its existing shareholders inckuding Decaux Frères Investissements, Partech Ventures, Sycomore Factory, Weber Investissement et Banque Wormser Frères also took part in the round, together with institutional investors Matmut and Zencap AM, a subsidiary of OFI AM.
This capital raise also comes with significant commitments in excess of USD22 million to lend on the platform via its new fund, Lendix SME Loan Fund II.
Hélène Falchier, head of Private Equity Investments at CNP Assurances, will become a member of the
Edison Group, the international equity research and investor access firm, has appointed Tom Teichman as chairman to support its continued global growth plans.
Teichman brings a proven track record in helping grow an array of innovative companies into sector-based leaders. He has helped shape many businesses to enable them to become successful disrupters in established markets by either creating new markets or permanently changing the nature of those markets.
With his deep expertise in finance and technology, Teichman's experience includes helping Mergermarket, as the first backer of the M&A deals intelligence service, realise its growth and value and, as
Magda Magnuszewska, previously Managing Director at private equity firm Innova Capital, has been promoted to Partner.
Magnuszewska (pictured) started her career at Innova Capital in 2004. Since then, she has gained experience in the private equity market, taking part in numerous projects, particularly in the field of TMT and related services. Her focus has been on investments in new technologies and online markets. Magda’s latest transaction in this sector was Innova’s investment in the Netsprint Group, the Polish technological marketing and big data leader. She has also been a team leader and mentored new talent at the fund.
“Over the
Private equity investor Advent International is to acquire Viakem SA, the Mexican crop-protection-chemicals producer. Terms of the deal, which is expected to close in the third quarter of 2016, have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1938, VIAKEM is the only Latin America-based custom and toll manufacturer of fine crop protection chemicals serving global agrochemical companies. The company has developed strong relationships with the largest agrochemical players and is focused on offering integral solutions to the chemical industry. VIAKEM will continue to serve its clients worldwide as its excellent geographic location and competitive cost structure provide the company with a unique
Z Capital Partners, the private equity management arm of Z Capital Group, has acquired Twin-Star International, a designer and manufacturer of electric fireplaces and home furnishings.
Headquartered in Delray Beach, Florida, Twin-Star designs, manufactures and markets a broad line of decorative electric fireplaces, heaters, home furnishings and consumer electronics. With a track record of cutting-edge innovation, exceptional product quality and outstanding customer service, the Company has achieved the leading market position in the growing electric fireplace category and is the primary supplier to many retailers across North America. Twin-Star's energy-efficient products are purposefully designed to provide a more economical and
Fairstone Group has secured a major investment from Synova Capital, a Private Equity investor that focuses on UK growth companies.
Synova has become the lead investor in Fairstone by providing an initial capital injection of GBP25 million as part of the deal with further cash available to Fairstone in the future.
To date, Synova’s funds represent in excess of GBP400million and this is the first transaction to be completed out of their third fund. This latest deal sees Synova continuing its strategy of investing in forward-thinking companies operating in attractive market sectors with clear prospects for earnings growth and value
Crescent Capital Group’s Crescent European Specialty Lending strategy provided the unitranche financing for the acquisition of Dalepak, the UK-based tech-enabled outsourced logistics provider, by UK private equity firm Sovereign Capita.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
“We are thrilled to be a part of this transaction, which will enable Dalepak to expand its market-leading supply chain services to its increasing client base that spans a diverse range of industries including cosmetics, electronics, manufacturing and e-commerce retailers,” says Christine Vanden Beukel, Managing Director and head of Crescent’s European Specialty Lending strategy. “This transaction marks the ninth investment for the
Ares Management has held the final closing of its fifth global flexible capital private equity fund, Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund V with USD 7.85 billion in committed capital.
Fundraising began in the third quarter of 2015 with an initial target of USD6.5 billion.
The total raised includes USD250 million of GP commitments principally from employees and USD7.6 billion of third-party commitments. Approximately 80 per cent of the Fund’s limited partner commitments came from existing investors in one or more of the Ares Private Equity Group’s four prior ACOF funds.
ACOF V will continue to execute the investment strategy employed by
Archangel Investors, the prominent business angel investment syndicate, has completed an initial GBP1.2 million round of fundraising for Optoscribe, a Livingston-based optical technology business.
The fundraising was led by Archangels, who provided GBP825,000 of funding, supported by Par Equity, the Edinburgh venture capital firm, with GBP325,000 of investment, and Scottish Investment Bank (SIB) who invested GBP50,000.
Optoscribe was founded in 2010 as a spin out business from Heriot Watt University and has developed unique technology for use inside communications systems for the data communications, telecoms and mobile phone markets. This potentially disruptive technology enables Optoscribe to produce high performance
MPK Garages, an independent operator of UK forecourts, has received a GBP14m funding package to pursue its ambitious growth plans.
With the investment, the business plans to acquire additional forecourts and refresh parts of its existing estate to capitalise on the growing market for convenience shopping. BGF (Business Growth Fund) has invested GBP7 million of growth capital, while HSBC is providing GBP7 million in debt funding.
Leicester-headquartered MPK Garages currently operates 25 sites across the UK, the majority of which are freehold and located on trunk or major roads. The business is targeting both freehold and leasehold properties and,
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