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Private equity group MAB Capital Management has launched Liquid Asset Brands Innovation Fund I, a USD50 million fund will make equity investments of USD3 million-USD10 million in early stage beverage businesses and take an active role in helping accelerate the growth of the brands in its portfolio.
The announcement of the Liquid Asset Brands Innovation Fund I comes just days after the announced sale of Louisville-based Angel’s Share Brands LLC (Angel’s Envy Bourbon and Angel’s Envy Rye) to Bacardi Limited for an undisclosed amount. Bushala was a founding partner, President & CEO of Angel’s Share Brands and helped shepherd Angel’s
Red Rocks Capital’s Global Listed Private Equity (GLPE) finished the first quarter of 2015 up 5.32 per cent, compared to 2.47 per cent for the MSCI World Index.
Strong performance from many of the larger index constituents around the world overcame the negative currency impacts of the continued strengthening of the US Dollar.
"Listed Private Equity firms had a strong quarter, outperforming global indices despite a negative impact of almost 4per cent from the stronger dollar," says Mike Trihy, GLPE Index Manager at Red Rocks Capital. "The dollar volume of US buyout deals in Q1 was the highest level
Energy Capital Partners (ECP), a private equity firm focused on investing in North America’s energy infrastructure, has made an investment in Next Wave Energy Partners providing up to USD500 million in equity capital to focus on the development, operation, acquisition and expansion of midstream and downstream petrochemical and fuels assets.
ECP is joined by members of Next Wave’s senior management in the investment. Next Wave’s core capabilities include customised toll processing, manufacturing and logistics solutions for natural gas liquids, petrochemicals and gasoline blending components. The company, which is focused on opportunities in the United States and Canada, expects to utilise
HIG Middle Market (HIG), the dedicated middle market investment affiliate of HIG Capital, has completed the sale of Dent Wizard International to Gridiron Capital
Dent Wizard, based in St Louis, Missouri, specialises in automotive reconditioning. Its services help its customers sell vehicles faster and at a higher profit. In November 2010, HIG acquired Dent Wizard through a complex carve-out from Manheim and recruited a new management team. Since then, management has successfully expanded all its core service offerings and implemented a set of performance excellence tools to create the industry leading reconditioning provider.
HIG Capital Managing Director Fraser Preston, says:
Take Eat Easy, the Belgian start-up that claims to be ‘reinventing food delivery’, has closed its series A round at EUR6 million.
The funds will be used to reinforce the company’s stronghold in Brussels and Paris, as well as expand its activities to other major European cities in Germany, Spain and the UK.
The new capital was raised from Rocket Internet (investments include TravelBird, DaWanda, MarleySpoon), global early and growth stage venture firm DN Capital (investments include Shazam, Happn, Windeln.de and Quandoo) and Piton Capital (Fanduel, Quandoo, DaWanda).
Following the rapid growth in Paris, the new investment will
findaWEALTHMANAGER.com, an online ‘dating’ service that matches affluent individuals with wealth managers, has secured GBP500,000 from angel investors to finance its development and business expansion.
The funding comes from a small group of private backers, one of whom was a user of findaWEALTHMANAGER.com who recognised the growth potential of the business after being successfully matched with a wealth manager.
The investment represents findaWEALTHMANAGER.com’s first external funding round since launch in 2012. The business has been cash-generative throughout this period, is profitable and has no debt.
The new investment will be used to meet recruitment costs, for enhancements to
The world’s most extensive research of intangible assets has been revealed at an event featuring UK Business Secretary, Vince Cable and Newton Investment Management CEO, Helena Morrissey.
The Value of UK plc event, hosted by CIMA and leading valuation consultancy Brand Finance, saw the launch of Brand Finance’s Global Intangible Finance Tracker (GIFT) report with CIMA.
The comprehensive annual study of 58,000 companies across 120 stock markets, highlights how a collective blind spot for business decision makers and policy makers has been allowed to develop. The report reveals that since 2012 undisclosed intangible value has grown 50 per cent
Onbone, the developer of novel casting technology material, Woodcast, has raised a total of EUR10 million in a financing round led by MVM Life Science Partners, with participation from Finnish Industry Investment, Finnish private investors and existing investor Inveni Capital.
The funding round will be used to finance the international launch of the Woodcast suite of casting and splinting products.
Onbone's innovative technology improves the clinical care of patients whilst reducing cost for hospitals and lowering the environmental impact of current technologies. The product suite is ecological, user-friendly and applicable for all orthopaedic and traumatology uses.
Woodcast is manufactured from
Affiliates of investment funds managed by Oaktree Capital Managementt have completed the acquisition of Pulse Electronics Corporation.
Oaktree invested a total of USD17.0 million in Pulse and subsequently acquired 100 per cent of its outstanding shares, making Pulse a private company.
As a result of the transaction closing, Pulse’s stock will no longer trade in any public market. Pulse shareholders are entitled to receive USD1.50 in cash for each share of common stock they held as of 13 April, 2015. Pulse will continue to be led by Mark Twaalfhoven as Chief Executive Officer.
Dentons US LLP acted as counsel to
Patron Capital Partners’ UK forecourt business, Motor Fuel Group (MFG), which is owned in partnership with Alasdaie Locke, has acquired 90 petrol filling stations from Shell for an undisclosed fee.
Of the 90 sites, 53 per cent are located in the South East of England, including 21 sites in London. This acquisition brings the total number of petrol filling stations that will be owned by MFG to 373, making it one of the largest independent fuel station operators in the UK. MFG was this week ranked No9 in The Sunday Times Profit Track 100 list that ranks private companies by
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