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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
PetroCap has held the final closing of PetroCap Partners II at its hard cap of USD350 million, The fund is more than double the size of its predecessor fund, Falcon E&P Opportunities Fund, which closed on USD163 million in 2011.
PetroCap Partners II allows PetroCap to continue its 23-year history of direct oil and gas working interest investments.
“We are pleased to have completed the successful fund raise of PetroCap Partners II,” says Lane Britain, a Managing Director at PetroCap. “We are appreciative of the ongoing support of our past investors and welcome our new investors. We are thankful for
Cathay Capital Private Equity has made a put option to the aufeminin group for the acquisition of Smart AdServer, which would subsequently become independent.
With the support of Cathay Capital, Smart AdServer intends to strongly accelerate its development to become a leading advertising platform. This investment would be made by the Cathay Capital II and the Sino-French Fund for SMEs, two investment vehicles dedicated to accelerating the international growth of midcap companies.
Since 2001, Smart AdServer has developed and marketed an integrated advertising management platform, with strong positioning in Europe and significant market share in North and South America.
NXP Semiconductors and China state-owned investment company JianGuang Asset Management Co are to establish a joint venture (JV) in China that will focus on the semiconductor market.
The JV is intended to combine NXP's advanced technology from its Bipolar Power business line with JAC Capital's strong connections in the Chinese manufacturing network and distribution channels to lower manufacturing costs and boost profit margins of high end electronic products in China. The transaction is subject to the successful conclusion of the definitive agreements as well as the approval by relevant authorities, and is scheduled to close later this year.
The new
EMEA remained an attractive destination for global private equity (PE) firms in 2014, according to S&P Capital IQ, a leading provider of multi-asset class research, data and analytics.
In the most recent issue of its EMEA Private Equity Market Snapshot report, S&P Capital IQ provides an in-depth analysis of the market and comprehensive data giving a top down view of the sector, providing a comparison to the previous year. The report also outlines emerging trends in the financial and technology sectors and in the German Mittelstand.
With 4517 new investments totalling EUR108.4bn in 2014, there was a 15.5% decrease
Administration and corporate services firm Crestbridge has continued to strengthen its senior team in Jersey with the double appointment of Fiona Wilson and Steven Morrice.
Wilson joins Crestbridge as Director, Corporate and Capital Markets Services, and in her new role will take a lead in further expanding the firm’s growing listings and wider corporate services.
She has a background in law in both private practice and in-house that spans 17 years, including previous experience in Jersey and Australia. Specialising in corporate law, funds, capital markets, and trusts, she brings with her a comprehensive understanding of relevant regulatory laws, codes of
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