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New York-based private equity firm Aquiline Capital Partners has made an investment in OmegaFi, a provider of financial, membership management, and fundraising software and support solutions for college fraternities and sororities across the United States.
OmegaFi's suite of services helps fraternal organisations at the local and national levels bill and collect dues and rent, manage rosters and records, pay bills and employees, file tax returns, build websites, publish newsletters, conduct fundraising campaigns and process payments.
"OmegaFi is the dominant player in a very specialised yet growing market, and a strong addition to our roster of innovative financial technology portfolio
Private markets investor HarbourVest Partners is opening new offices in Seoul, South Korea and Tel Aviv, Israel, taking the firm’s global presence to nine locations around the world.
The firm’s new locations in Seoul and Tel Aviv will be led by Principal Minjun Chung and Ilan Rosen, respectively.
Peter Wilson (pictured), Managing Director, HarbourVest Partners, says: “We are very pleased to announce our latest global offices in Seoul and Tel Aviv. These offices will enable us to expand on our long history and track record in both markets and broaden relationships with clients and investment partners on the ground.
Crescent Capital Group has held the final close of the Crescent European Specialty Lending Fund with more than EUR500 million of investor commitments, bringing the total deployable capital available to the strategy to approximately EUR650 million.
Since October 2014, the fund has committed approximately one-third of its capital across several investments.
“I am pleased with the growth of our European strategy both in terms of the significant capital we now have available as a result of this fundraise as well as the success of the transactions we have already closed in this fund,” says Christine Vanden Beukel (pictured), Managing
Charter NEX Films, a producer of high-polyethylene films, is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of Optimum Plastics, in an all-cash transaction for an undisclosed amount.
Charter NEX supplies flexible packaging converters with a broad array of products, from monolayer to high barrier films, for the retail food, consumer products, industrial, and medical markets. Charter NEX is well-regarded for its best-in-class quality standards and manufacturing performance. The company is owned by Pamplona Capital Management, LLP (“Pamplona”), a global private equity investment firm, and management.
“We are excited to be joining forces with Optimum Plastics,” says Kathy
Investors remain bullish about private equity with average annual return expectations – net of fees, expenses and carried interest – of 11.7 per cent IRR and 1.6x multiple of cost (MoC) for managers that begin investing today.
That’s according to a survey by fundraising and secondaries advisory firm Rede, which reveal that for top-quartile managers this increases to a net IRR of 17.4 per cent and 2.0x net MoC.
The survey included responses from a broad range of investors (pension funds, fund of funds, endowments and consultants) based in Europe, North America and the rest of the world.
Edesix, a UK-based provider of body worn camera (BWC) solutions, has secured further investment from Panoramic Growth Equity, who have been backing the company since 2014.
Edesix has raised a further GBP750,000 to fund expansion into new markets and to continue the development of its technology, product range and sales infrastructure both in the UK and overseas.
Headquartered in Edinburgh, UK and established in 2002, Edesix manufactures BWC’s for those in public facing roles, helping to improve safety, while producing compelling legal evidence when needed. Edesix currently provides VideoBadges and VideoManager footage management software to local authority enforcement teams,
The John Laing Environmental Asset Group (JLEN) has acquired Burton Wold Extension wind farm from John Laing Group (John Laing) for a cash consideration, including working capital, of GBP21.8 million.
Burton Wold Extension wind farm is located near Burton Latimer in Northamptonshire and comprises nine General Electric 1.6MW-100 turbines with a total generating capacity of 14.4MW and is accredited for 0.9 ROCs. The site has been operational since September 2014.
This acquisition, which was agreed in accordance with the First Offer Agreement between John Laing and JLEN, brings the total capacity of the renewable energy assets in the JLEN
GHO Capital, the European specialist healthcare investor, today announces the acquisition of Quotient Clinical (Quotient or the Company), a provider of outsourced, early-stage drug development services to the pharmaceutical industry.
Headquartered in the UK and employing over 280 professionals, Quotient Clinical enables pharmaceutical and biotechnology customers to improve research and development productivity and accelerate drug development timelines.
Quotient Clinical’s Translational Pharmaceutics® platform offers a differentiated service proposition in the form of an integrated approach to drug formulation development, “real-time” manufacturing and clinical testing within a single location. With significant time and cost savings, customers are able to bring drug
Assets under administration at private equity fund administrator Gen II Fund Services now exceed USD100 billion.
Since its founding in 2009, Gen II has grown significantly to become the industry's largest independent firm focused on private equity fund administration.
Norman Leben, Managing Principal of Gen II says: "Achieving this level of assets under administration as quickly as we have is an extraordinary milestone for Gen II. We have continued to attract premier clients, which we believe is the result of our unmatched level of expertise. Our work with complex fund structures, complemented by our ability to execute at the
The investment bank Arjil – Groupe Altium has advised JRI’s shareholders for the sale of the company to Turenne Santé, Bpifrance and InnovaFonds as part of an LMBI.
JRI is the French leading specialist in the design and distribution of wireless monitoring solutions and chart recorders for controlling and monitoring physical quantities such as temperature, relative humidity, pressure, water consumption and electricity consumption. JRI’s products and solutions are targeted to professional clients, mainly in the life sciences, food and beverage and industrial sectors.
JRI generated approximately 12 million euros in turnover during the year 2014.
JRI was owned since
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