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Private equity firm The Aclaime Group has announced the direct investment of over USD100 million in invested capital through its Aclaime Credit Strategies Fund (ACSF).
The Fund has achieved audited net returns of 12.73%, 12.21%, 13.88%, and 14.01% over the past four calendar years.
ACSF focuses its attention on well underwritten asset-backed loans using the value of the assets versus traditional bank methods. Deal sizes range from USD50,000-USD10,000,000 and span multiple asset classes and geographies. The capital market for this type of credit is fragmented, and with evolving banking regulation, the availability of funds is often scarce or unreliable for
Cavendish Corporate Finance has advised on the sale of a 40% stake in MVF to Bridgepoint Development Capital (BDC), a private equity firm focused on mid-market buyouts and growth capital investments.
Founded in 2009 by five British entrepreneurs, MVF is a tech firm specialising in online customer acquisition and lead generation. Recognised as one of the UK’s most prominent growth businesses, winning a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in 2014, MVF has achieved significant growth – a 278% compound annual revenue growth rate since 2013.
Operating in 50 countries worldwide, MVF works with over 1,500 clients, including British Gas, Mars
Property Innovation Labs (Pi Labs), Europe's first property-focused accelerator, has announced its inaugural intake of start-up companies and the launch of a crowdfunding campaign.
Pi Labs was created in October 2014 through a strategic partnership between global real estate adviser Cushman & Wakefield and venture capitalists Spire Ventures.
Entrepreneur Faisal Butt, founder of Pi Labs, will lead the three-month bi-annual programme which will provide funding, mentors and office space for the most exciting new wave of ‘proptech’ start-ups at the iconic Second Home, situated in the heart of east London’s ‘Tech City’.
Five start-ups have joined the first accelerator programme
Mid-market private equity firm Duke Street has appointed Stuart McMinnies as a Partner. McMinnies joins from 3i where he was a senior partner.
McMinnies spent 19 years at 3i, the last 10 as a Partner. He played a leading role in some of the firm’s most successful deals, including ABX, SR Technics and Fonecta, as well as representing 3i on the board of some of its largest investments such as Foster+Partners and Asia Capital Reinsurance.
In addition to his core focus on the UK mid-market, McMinnies led numerous deals in continental Europe and in emerging markets. His principal sector expertise
3i Group (3i) has agreed to invest in Aspen Pumps in a GBP105 million transaction with Inflexion Private Equity Partners.
Aspen designs, manufactures and distributes specialised mini pumps which remove condensate water from air conditioning and refrigeration systems. In addition to pumps, the Company sells a range of products for air conditioning installers and engineers, including its range of accessories, Aspen Xtra, and rooftop mounting systems, Big Foot. Aspen has a strong international presence, with its products available in over 100 countries. The Company is headquartered in Hailsham, East Sussex, United Kingdom.
Baird Global Investment Banking advised 3i on
The Riverside Company has invested in Advanced InfoData Systems GmbH (AIS) of Ulm, Germany to boost the growth of its Transporeon Group investment.
Transporeon specialises in web-based centralised transport-management software while AIS offers mobile and telematics services in the logistics industry.
“Transporeon continues to grow in both scope and capabilities with this addition,” says Riverside Partner Dr. Michael Weber. “AIS has excellent capabilities in mobile solutions within the logistic industry that will allow Transporeon to offer industry-leading mobile services to customers. This addition with help Transporeon continue to lead the European market for SaaS solutions for the full truck load
Kemp Little advised Moravia IT on the sale of a majority interest in the company to Clarion Capital Partners, a New York-based middle market private equity firm.
Moravia’s 2014 revenues exceeded USD 100 million, making the translation and localisation company the first in the language services industry to achieve the hundred-million–dollar milestone through organic growth alone.
Moravia’s services address the complex localisation demands of leading global brands and fast-growing companies, primarily in the IT and life science industry sectors. Moravia partners with its clients to succeed in global markets by adapting or sometimes recreating the client’s content to meet the
ContaAzul, a provider of SaaS accounting and invoicing solutions to SMBs in Brazil has raised a Series C round of financing led by existing investor venture capital firm Ribbit Capital.
Tiger Global Management also participated along with existing investors 500 Startups, Monashees Capital and Valar Ventures.
ContaAzul will use the funding to develop a new specialised platform catered for Brazilian accounting firms, which will allow customers to achieve greater integration and more productive interactions with their customers. The Company also plans to use the new capital to further develop its accounting and invoicing platform, improving integration between our customers and
Investindustrial Advisors, investment manager to the Investindustrial private equity funds, has chosen SunGard’s Investran private equity software solution to provide a centralised accounting and reporting solution.
Investindustrial, which has more than EUR3 billion in assets under management, will use SunGard’s Investran to act as the foundation for a new operating platform across investment and investor operations. This fully-automated solution will replace a largely manual operating environment and provide an important link between the finance and investor relations teams, helping them to send accurate and transparent portfolio data to investors in a timelier manner.
“We were looking for a solution
Automated investing service Betterment has closed a USD60 million round of growth funding led by private equity firm Francisco Partners.
Previous investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, and Northwestern Mutual Capital alos particpated.
“Our growth has continued to accelerate,” says Jon Stein, Betterment Founder and CEO. “More people are becoming Betterment customers every day, and our existing customers continue to invest more with us. This new capital will allow us to grow even faster and increase the development of new products that will continue to reinvent investing around what customers want: a seamless, personalised experience that is aligned with their
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