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A new private equity firm, created through a management buyout from Barclays, is looking to open up new growth investment opportunities in natural resources.
Following the deal, Barclays Natural Resource Investments (BNRI) is now Global Natural Resource Investments (GNRI) an independent, private equity firm, which will build on the existing management team’s strong expertise and proven track record in successfully managing natural resource investment opportunities globally over the last nine years.
Barclays will not be selling any of its existing investments as part of the acquisition. An investment advisory mandate between GNRI and Barclays has been agreed under which
The Association of Investment Companies’ (AIC) sixth annual survey of venture capital trust (VCT) investment reveals that a total of 13,508 new jobs have been created at the SMEs surveyed since the beginning of the VCT investment scheme.
According to the survey – ‘Nurturing success, delivering growth: VCT investment 1995-2015’ – on average 51 jobs have been created per investee company since VCT investment. At the companies that received funding in 2013, on average 15 new jobs have been created per investee company.
Ian Sayers, Chief Executive of the AIC, says: “VCTs address market failures which prevent smaller UK
Paul Latham (pictured), Managing Director of Octopus, comments on the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) sixth annual Venture Capital Trust (VCT) investment survey…
This year’s AIC ‘Nurturing success, delivering growth’ survey demonstrates how vital a source of funding VCT investments are for many UK smaller companies.
The findings tally with our recent ‘Octopus High Growth Small Business Report 2015’, which shows the tremendous contribution these companies are making to our economy generating thousands of jobs and driving growth across the country. VCTs are a critical source of funding for UK smaller companies in every region of the country and we
Start-ups in ASEAN are drawing increasing attention from venture capital firms and several countries have put in place measures to encourage such activities. The appetite for venture capital investments has seen a growth in both the number of deals and aggregate value transacted between 2014 and 2015 YTD. On the other hand, buyout activity has yet to match the peak seen in 2014.
In 2014-2015 YTD, there were 401 venture capital deals completed in ASEAN, totalling USD2.2 billion in aggregate value. When looking at buyout activities in the same timeframe, a total of 81 private equity-backed buyout deals were transacted
Seyfarth Shaw has added partner Eric Simonson to the firm’s Corporate department in New York.
Simonson joins Seyfarth from Blank Rome where he was a corporate partner in the firm’s New York office. While there, he was a member of the mergers and acquisitions, securities, and Asia practice services as well as the emerging companies, private equity and venture capital industries, among others.
For more than 25 years, Simonson’s practice has focused on a broad range of corporate services including mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures, corporate finance, securities matters, technology transactions, and capital raising activities. He has advised clients in
London based Real-time consumer engagement app OnePulse has closed a USD1.07m seed investment round, led by AngelLab, D5 Capital and the London Co-Investment Fund along with a number of senior brand and technology executives.
With over 300 clients (including businesses like Aviva, CGA Strategy, Coca-Cola, Bartle Bogle Hegarty & LBi Digitas), and a large panel of mobile users in the UK, OnePulse is looking to disrupt the traditional market research sector.
OnePulse is a mobile and web-based platform that provides on-demand insights to brands and businesses at any size or stage. Via OnePulse, companies ask people around the UK questions
HIG WhiteHorse, a credit affiliate of global investment firm HIG Capital, has arranged a EUR35 million holding company PIK loan financing for Suitsupply, a leading men’s clothing retailer.
Founded in 2000 in Amsterdam, Suitsupply operates through its own extensive retail network in Europe, North America and Asia. Suitsupply’s revenues are in excess of EUR150 million, and have been growing at more than 25% per year.
HIG WhiteHorse has provided a flexible financing structure, supporting the company’s management in buying out their minority shareholders and the business for the next stage of its growth and international expansion. The management team
Cato Networks has raised USD20 million in a series A funding round led by Steve Krausz, general partner at US Venture Partners (USVP), and Theresia Gouw, founder of Aspect Ventures.
Cato Networks will use the funding to refine its new Network Security as a Service (NSaaS) platform, which the firm says will change the way network security is delivered, managed, and evolved.
Cato Networks was founded by Shlomo Kramer and Gur Shatz, who had bootstrapped the company until now. Kramer is one of the founding fathers of network security, best known for introducing the first firewall to the market as
Blockade Medical, a privately held company focused on the development of catheter based therapeutic devices for the treatment of cerebral aneurysms and ischemic stroke, has closed a round of equity financing.
Existing investors participated along with new investment from TitanMed Capital and GP Healthcare Capital, venture capital and private equity funds, which are dedicated to healthcare investments. The company also announced the formation of a joint venture for future manufacturing of Blockade Devices for the Chinese marketplace.
The funds will support the continued commercialisation of the Barricade Coil System™ and will also be used for the continued development of novel
New York-based private equity firm Arsenal Capital Partners has strengthened its team of Industry & Operations Partners with the addition of Michael Huff, who will work within the firm’s Specialty Industrials Group and is the firm’s 12th Industry & Operations Partner.
Huff’s extensive experience combines working in senior operating positions with large public companies, as well as serving as CEO for a global portfolio company of a mid-market private equity firm. Prior to joining Arsenal, Huff served with Citadel Plastic Holdings, Inc. since 2008, most recently as President and CEO for the past five years. He was with Johns Manville
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