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CoInvestor, a new service enabling private investors to co-invest alongside professional Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) fund managers, today announced that Oxford Capital and MMC Ventures are joining the CoInvestor platform in order to provide opportunities for registered users to co-invest alongside them on a deal by deal basis.
The announcement says it will give private investors the opportunity to take part in EIS investments led by Oxford Capital and MMC Ventures, two award winning fund managers that are regularly rated among the most active venture investors in the UK.
“The ability to co-invest alongside these fund managers provides investors
Sky-Futures, a provider of drone inspection services for the oil and gas industry, has attracted USD4.2 million investment by Bristow Group, the global helicopter service provider to the energy industry, and an additional USD1.5 million investment by MMC Ventures, bringing total investment in the company to more than USD10 million.
Sky-Futures has been growing fast and now delivers drone inspection services in the Gulf of Mexico, North Sea, the Middle East, South East Asia and North Africa – and works with more than 35 of the biggest oil and gas companies in the world including Apache, BG Group, BP, ConocoPhillips, Shell
The British Business Bankhas agreed to provide a GBP51 million facility to LDF, a non-bank finance provider, to fund a portfolio of newly originated small business asset finance receivables.
The transaction, which is 50 per cent guaranteed by the European Investment Fund, is the second of the British Business Bank’s ENABLE Funding programme, which aims to increase significantly the supply of leasing and asset finance to smaller businesses in the UK. It follows a GBP100 million facility provided to Hitachi Capital (UK) Limited in October 2015.
Peter Alderson, Managing Director, LDF, says: “LDF are delighted to be working with
Neuberger Berman has held the close of Marquee Brands Partners, a USD462 million fund that seeks to acquire high-quality, US and European brands, with strong consumer awareness and opportunities for growth in various consumer sectors including apparel, footwear, accessories, health & beauty, entertainment, food & beverage and home products.
The fund was oversubscribed, exceeding its target of USD400 million. Marquee Brands has made two acquisitions to date in Bruno Magli, the luxury Italian footwear brand, and Ben Sherman®, the iconic British fashion brand. Marquee's global investor base is comprised of more than 20 institutions, including public and private pensions, insurance
Mayer Brown has strengthened its private equity offering with the hire of Perry Yam as partner and Head of Private Equity in London. Yam’s appointment is part of an ongoing, global initiative to expand the firm's private equity offering.
Yam, who was Head of Private Equity for Europe & the Middle East at Reed Smith, has considerable experience across many elements of private equity, including venture and development capital, buyouts, secondaries and bolt-on acquisitions. He also advises management teams on equity arrangements and exit transactions, whether by way of trade sales, secondary acquisition or flotations. Prior to joining Reed Smith
Farol Asset Management, along with other leading institutional investors, has partnered with Liberty Hall Capital Partners, to complete the acquisition of AIM Aerospace, an independent supplier of composite ducting, substructural and interiors parts for the commercial aerospace industry, in a transaction valued at USD220 million.
"Liberty Hall is a leading private equity firm in the aerospace and defence market and we are extremely pleased to partner with them on this investment," says Doug Kelly, Partner at Farol. "We seek to invest alongside private equity firms in companies and industries where they demonstrate deep institutional knowledge and have the ability to create
BBVA has increased its financial technology (fintech) fund to USD250 million and formed a partnership with Propel Venture Partners (Propel). BBVA will invest its USD250 million in Propel's funds as a limited partner, and Propel will manage the investment independently in a move designed to ensure the capital continues to be invested in the best digital financial services startups.
Propel will use the USD250 million – which includes the original USD100 million which established the BBVA Ventures fund in 2013 – in a US and a European fund. Propel will also open an office in London in addition to its San
Varsity Healthcare Partners (VHP) has sold its majority interest in Forefront Dermatology (Forefront or the Company) to OMERS Private Equity, the private equity arm of OMERS. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
VHP acquired a majority stake in Forefront, one of the nation’s largest and most reputable providers of practice management services to dermatology clinics, in May 2014. Since the VHP investment, Forefront has rapidly grown from 37 clinics with 42 board-certified dermatologists operating in three states, to 82 clinics with 90 board-certified dermatologists operating in 11 states.
“In partnership with Forefront’s talented management team, we aggressively
EFG Fund Services has been selected as full service provider to Index Ventures’ latest fund; its third Index fund appointment in as many years.
Index Ventures VIII is a Jersey Expert Fund which has raised USD 550m in commitments and will continue Index Ventures’ seed and venture investment in technology start-ups.
EFG Fund Services’ has a 16 year working relationship with Index, this being the ninth fund to which EFG Fund Services has been appointed and the third in the last three years.
The new fund follows less than a year after the launch of Index Ventures Growth
Private equity firm Ashurst has advised Liberty Hall Capital Partners on the acquisition of AIM Aerospace, an independent supplier of composite ducting, substructural and interiors parts for the commercial aerospace industry.
The transaction is valued at GBP182 million. After completion of the acquisition, AIM Aerospace, which represents Liberty Hall's second platform acquisition, will support the company's new strategy to create a fully integrated, diversified composites supplier network through organic investments and planned acquisitions.
The Ashurst team was led by private equity partner Nick Rainsford, assisted by Braeden Donnelly and Emma Bernstein (corporate) Jane Fissenden and Kathy Tuohy (Finance), Richard Palmer (Tax) and Neil
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