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Segulah IV, Rempo AB and minority shareholders have completed the sale of SCAN COIN Holding AB to SuzoHapp Sweden AB, a portfolio company of ACON Investments (ACON). Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Baird Global Investment Banking advised SCAN COIN and its shareholders on the sale.
SCAN COIN is a leading global provider of cash handling equipment and services, headquartered in Malmö, Sweden, with manufacturing in Sweden and the UK. SCAN COIN has own sales subsidiaries in 14 countries across Europe, North America and Asia, and is represented through distributors in over 100 countries.
Segulah is
North Castle Partners, its co-investors and Glencoe Capital have sold Flatout T Marzetti Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lancaster Colony Corporation for a purchase price of USD92 million on a cash‑free, debt‑free basis.
For North Castle Partners, a leading private equity firm focused on consumer businesses that promote Healthy, Active and Sustainable Living, the transaction represents another successful exit in the nutrition sector.
"The growth of Flatout and its sale to T Marzetti Company is another example of North Castle's strategy to partner with accomplished entrepreneurial management teams to build high-growth brands that are of significant value to strategic
NetBase, a social media analytics company, has completed a new round of growth funding with USD24 million in Series E financing led by new investor Spring Lake Equity Partners.
Also participating in the financing were long-time investors Thomvest Ventures, Altos Ventures, and WestSummit Capital.
NetBase will use this additional funding to accelerate its market position within the core listening and analytics space, continue developing a rich innovation roadmap, support critical alliances and drive global expansion.
“We seek to partner with great management teams at later-stage, technology-oriented private companies to help them take their businesses to the next level, creating value
Ogier has been ranked in the top 10 London legal advisers to 2014 European IPOs, new research shows – the only offshore firm listed in the deal table compiled by analysts Experian.
Ogier features in the top ten by value (GBP1,236 million) alongside magic circle firms Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters.
The firm, which has offices in Jersey, Guernsey, Luxembourg, Cayman Islands, BVI and Hong Kong, was ranked 12th in the previous year.
There is a promising potential IPO pipeline for 2015, says the head of Ogier’s Jersey Corporate and Commercial team.
Ogier partner Raulin
Force Over Mass Capital has appointed Lee McSorley as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) with responsiblity for the development of the firm’s Performance Measurement and Valuation System – under the project name ‘DNA’.
With extensive experience in the development of systemic trading systems in the hedge fund community, McSorley specialises in genetic programming – an artificial intelligence field using an evolutionary algorithm-based methodology inspired by biological evolution.
McSorley was previously a Quantitative Developer at OTAS Technologies, from November 2011 until February 2013. Prior to this, McSorley worked as a Quantitative Developer at Integral Capital Management (March 2009 – August 2010), as
Institutional investors will be targeting alternative investments over the next two years, with infrastructure assets generating the greatest interest, according to the latest issue of The Cerulli Edge-Global Edition.
Of the 56 European institutions surveyed by global analytics firm Cerulli Associates, in partnership with Institutional Investor, 53% plan to increase their exposure to infrastructure over the next 12 to 24 months.
"Real estate, hedge funds, and private equity can also expect near-term inflows, with net 36%, 21%, and 13% respectively of investors due to boost allocations," says Barbara Wall, Europe research director at Cerulli. "Over the next five years, this
The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has committed USD75 million to private equity firm Siris Partners.
This is the first direct commitment to Siris, which has previously received commitments from CalPERS through the System's emerging manager fund-of-funds.
"CalPERS is committed to emerging manager strategies," says Ted Eliopoulos, CalPERS Chief Investment Officer. "The transition from a fund-of-funds relationship to a direct relationship with CalPERS is the outcome we hope to see with our emerging manager programs."
Siris will use the commitment to make private equity investments in middle-market technology companies in North America, with a focus on data storage and
Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Denmark's Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners on a GBP160 million investment in the acquisition and development of the UK’s Brite biomass-fired power plant.
The investment is on on behalf of the Copenhagen Infrastructure II fund (CII), a Danish private equity fund dedicated to energy and infrastructure assets with DKK8 billion (EUR1,05 billion) to invest at present. The fund is open for additional commitments until end of Q1 2015 and is expected to reach a total commitment of DKK10-12bn/EUR 1.3-1.6bn.
Located in Rotherham and expected to be in operation in the spring of 2017, the Brite plant
Ogier has advised Cinven on its acquisition of Premium Credit Limited for an enterprise value of GBP462 million.
Premium Credit Limited is a UK specialty finance provider which provides financing for insurance premiums and a variety of annual fees, including school fees and membership subscriptions. It has 2 million customers, works with 4,000 intermediaries and achieved advances of £3.7 billion in 2013.
The acquisition of Premium Credit Limited is the eleventh investment by the Fifth Cinven Fund.
The Ogier legal team consisted of partner Nathan Powell, managing associate Richard Daggett and associates Alexandra O’Grady and Amy Galley, who worked alongside
UK crowdfunding platform VentureFounders is calling on Chancellor George Osborne to give further assistance to entrepreneurs by helping people invest in UK businesses through the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) and the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS).
James Codling and Paul Moravek, Co-Founders of VentureFounders, say: “As one of the top four entrepreneurial countries in the world, George Osborne needs to show commitment to maintaining Government support to UK businesses and entrepreneurs. We think there are two ways in which he can encourage high net worth individuals to invest in entrepreneurial UK businesses through the existing SEIS and EIS schemes.
“Firstly,
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