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Private equity fund Forward Dimension Capital (FDC) is to invest USD15 million over the next 18 months in Digital Underground Media (DU) to support the digital out-of-home (DOOH) media company in its global expansion.
Based in Vancouver, Canada, DU manufactures and installs its own proprietary technology in underground and train tunnels, as well as operating as a digital out of home media company. It uses this technology hardware to deliver high quality video images to commuters and passengers in tunnels between stations, creating an ideal, high impact medium for advertisers to connect large, measurable consumer audiences and brands. At the
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) is to acquire a stake of approximately 21.5 per cent in Homeplus, Tesco’s South Korean business, for USD534 million.
CPPIB made this acquisition as part of a consortium led by MBK Partners. The total transaction value is approximately USD6 billion.
Operating in South Korea since 1999, and with more than 1,000 retail outlets across the country, Homeplus is one of the largest multi-channel retailers in Korea and the number two player in both hypermarkets and supermarkets.
“We are pleased to invest alongside our longstanding partner, MBK Partners, in one of the leading
StartupXseed Ventures, a strategic seed funding company, has launched Aaruha Technology Fund (SEBI Registered), to invest in startups focussing around areas of High Technology Businesses including Security, Semicon and Embedded Devices.
The vision of the company is to enrich and provide a stronger holistic support to the start-up ecosystem in India in general and Bangalore/Hyderabad in particular and aims to provide end-to-end support to the seed level companies, in line with the country's current focus on "Make in India".
BV Naidu (pictured), Managing Partner, StartupXseed, says: "We are glad to announce the launch of Aaruha Technology Fund. The start-up
Private equity firm ClearLight Partners has made a major investment in Walker Advertising, in partnership with Mary Ann Walker, the founder and CEO of the legal marketing services provider.
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Mary Ann Walker, Founder & CEO of Walker Advertising, says: “My life’s passion has been to bring hope and justice to the Latino community. Our mission is to provide affordable legal representation to this growing population coast-to-coast, and I look forward to accomplishing this with ClearLight Partners.”
Josh Mack (pictured), a Partner at ClearLight, says: “We are thrilled to partner
European private equity firm Cinven has exited its investment in Avolon following completion of the acquisition of the international aircraft leasing company by Bohai Leasing Co, the Chinese leasing business and part of HNA Group, for USD7.6 billion.
Bohai and Avolon have reached a definitive merger agreement at a price of USD31 cash per common share, representing a 55 per cent premium to Avolon’s initial public offering (‘IPO’) on the New York Stock Exchange in December 2014, at USD20 per share.
Cinven, along with its partners, created Avolon in May 2010 with an enterprise value of USD1.4 billion including
In this excerpt from Preqin Investor Outlook: Alternative Assets, H2 2015, we take a closer look at how investors source and select new investment opportunities, based on the results of our interviews with over 100 investors in hedge funds.
As our extract from the Preqin Special Report: Hedge Fund Manager Outlook reveals, fund managers are finding the fundraising environment more competitive. Therefore, it is more important than ever to understand how investors source and select new investment opportunities, in order to be in with a greater chance of gaining some of the capital earmarked for new investment. With this
Business Growth Fund-backed York Mailing, a supplier of print material to the retail sector, has announced new investment and changes to its management team.
A management buy-out has been led by current CFO Stephen Goodman and financially backed by Pricoa Capital Group. Chris Ingram, who co-founded the business in 1999, becomes chairman and current MD Mike Newbould will also remain on the board, taking on the role of interim CEO. Stephen Goodman will transition into the CEO role as well as leading the wider senior management team who have also become shareholders in the business.
Both Ingram and Newbould
Elian has agreed terms to buy SFM Europe, a provider of corporate services with more than EUR1 trillion of assets under administration.
Elian sees the acquisition ‘as an outstanding strategic fit for Elian as SFM Europe has a long established reputation for providing the highest level of client service, coupled with industry expertise and an outstanding portfolio of clients.”
According Paul Willing (pictured), chief executive officer of Elian: “This deal complements our corporate services business and extends the group’s geographic reach in the key European financial markets of Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Lisbon, Madrid and Milan.”
Established in 1999, and spanning
Baird has expanded its European Investment Banking group with the appointment of Thomas Fetzer (pictured)
as Managing Director and Head of DACH Investment Banking in Frankfurt.
In the newly created role, Fetzer will help accelerate Baird’s growing market share in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, leveraging the firm’s global investment banking platform of deep industry expertise, product knowledge and financial sponsor coverage on behalf of its clients in the region.
Fetzer was most recently European Head of Industrials Investment Banking at Jefferies International in Frankfurt where he was responsible for the firm’s regional investment banking activities across a broad range
Private equity firm Sverica Capital Management has closed on its sale of RestorixHealth to an investment group led by Leonard Green & Partners.
Based in Tarrytown, NY, RestorixHealth provides comprehensive, turnkey wound care management solutions to hospitals.
Sverica acquired a majority interest in RestorixHealth (then The Center for Wound Healing) in December 2010. Over the course of its investment, Sverica optimised the organisational structure of the business, added depth to the management team, guided the company through double digit organic growth, and completed three add-on acquisitions.
“We are thrilled to have been partners with RestorixHealth through a transformative
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