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Following its successful Series A funding in June 2014, Big Data Partnership has concluded its GBP3.1 million Series B financing round, led by Beringea, a private equity firm that previously invested GBP1.25m in the company.
The funds will used to expand Big Data Partnership's core capabilities in sales and marketing, engineering and data science, in order for the company to meet increasing demand from new enterprise clients. With the benefit of the additional investment round, the company will move to larger premises in the heart of London's Tech City to accommodate its expanding workforce.
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Aquila Capital has launched the Aquila European Hydropower Fund offering institutional investors a regulated fund structure with the responsibility for sourcing and managing the assets delegated to a dedicated team of hydropower investment experts.
The Aquila European Hydropower Fund offers a solution for institutional investors who wish to obtain preferred access to a balanced and diversified portfolio of European hydropower assets. Its objective is to deliver an IRR of 7-9 per cent and long-term stable cash yields, low volatility and independence from traditional asset classes and government subsidies.
A new study commissioned by Aquila Capital reveals that currently 7 per
Private equity firm Rotunda Capital Partners has invested USD12.3 million in Microf, a consumer finance firm that provides rent-to-own (RTO) solutions for the residential HVAC industry.
The investment provides growth capital for Microf and establishes Rotunda Capital as the company’s largest investor. Rotunda Capital has sourced industry veteran Craig Rosato to join the company as the chief financial officer and will add two members to the board.
“Microf’s unique solution addresses a lack of financing options for credit constrained consumers that are challenged by a need to replace their HVAC system. The company has received strong support from a leading
The law firm Noerr has advised Rocket Internet SE on the significant expansion of the world’s leading platform for mobile food delivery services, Global Online Takeaway Group, as well as on a further investment in the internet platform Delivery Hero.
The Noerr team advising Rocket was led by the Berlin partner Dr Sascha Leske.
In the course of Delivery Hero’s acquisition of Yemeksepeti, Turkey’s leading provider of mobile food delivery services, Rocket contributed its 11.4 per cent share in Yemeksepeti to Delivery Hero Holding GmbH and invested another EUR61.3 million in Delivery Hero. This increases Rocket’s share in Delivery Hero
Wirtualna Polska Holding (WPH), a portfolio company of private equity fund Innova Capital is now trading on the main market of the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
Just a few months after the purchase of the former Wirtualna Polska company by Innova Capital and o2 Group was finalised, the company has undergone a process of integration, expansion and brand enhancement, almost tripling its equity value.
“Only twelve months ago we were announcing a formal completion of the merger establishing new Wirtualna Polska Group, and today its IPO marks an estimated value of nearly one billion zloty. Credit for this huge success goes
Third Financial Software has secured a GBP2.5 million minority investment from CIT Growth Capital, which will help drive the company’s continued rapid expansion.
A proportion of the investment will fund a new, wholly owned subsidiary that will offer platform services to the UK wealth management market. By taking advantage of the significant operational efficiency that Tercero already brings, the offering will allow for a higher level of service to clients, at a lower cost than existing platforms.
Third Financial is delighted to announce that Matt Alyward a former Managing Director of Investment Services at Brooks Macdonald has been appointed as
Solidifi, a provider of residential real estate appraisals, has acquired Southwest Financial Services, a national, independent provider of outsourced services to home equity lenders.
The acquisition extends and strengthens Solidifi's solutions for the home equity market.
“The combination of Solidifi's strength in purchase and refinance appraisals provided by our network of more than 25,000 appraisers and Southwest Financial Services innovative home equity product offerings creates a robust experience for lenders, who have access to a more complete suite of solutions,” says Solidifi's CEO, Jason Smith. “It’s a win-win. And it's happening at the right time, as consumer confidence returns and
Lawson Conner, a provider of investment management and compliance solutions to the alternative investment fund industry, has launched ‘Discovery’, an AIFM integrated offshore Investment Management Platform.
‘Discovery' will be structured as a Cayman Islands Segregated Portfolio Company (SPC), offering both EU and non-EU domiciled investment managers the opportunity to utilise a prompt and cost-effective 'plug-and-play' solution for multiple jurisdictions, while still offering fund managers the safety they would expect from operating their own dedicated fund structure. Funds can be launched within four-weeks under Cayman Islands law and in line with AIFMD regulations. Each ‘Discovery’ sub-fund has segregated liability and is therefore
European private equity firm Idinvest Partners has held the final closing of its Idinvest Digital Fund II at EUR140 million.
The fund is entirely dedicated to financing the growth of developing businesses in the digital and new technology segments (web-based, media, mobile, e-commerce services and software) in France and across Europe.
The fund has invested in 10 companies so far, including Sigfox, Synthesio and Twenga ; 30% of the capital has been called in and the fund is already delivering positive returns.
The fund has successfully gathered prominent investors, such as Bpifrance and Idinvest’s historical partner, Allianz France, who are
Elian Fund Services (Guernsey) has supported iCON Infrastructure Partners on the first and final close of its third fund, iCON Infrastructure III, a Guernsey registered closed-ended investment scheme with approximately EUR800m in commitments.
This follows the strong investment performance of iCON's first fund and the successful investment of their second fund.
Consistent with the strategy employed for iCON I and iCON II, the new fund has been established to focus on mid-sized, core infrastructure investment opportunities, located predominantly in Europe with a secondary focus on North America.
Elian Fund Services (Guernsey) Limited has a long-standing relationship with iCON
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