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Private equity firm Vector Capital has promoted Alex Beregovsky and Andy Fishman to Managing Director.
“We are extremely proud of what Alex and Andy have accomplished,” says Alex Slusky, Vector Capital’s Chief Investment Officer. “After joining us shortly after business school, they have grown into management roles at Vector, delivering both thought leadership and investment returns to the firm. Their success further validates Vector’s commitment to advancing its performers and promoting from within.”
Fishman joined Vector in 2008. He leads Vector’s applications software team. He currently serves on the board of Allegro Development. He was previously a Director of RAE Systems (acquired
Global assets under management* of the private real estate industry have reached USD742bn, an all-time high for the industry, and up from USD697bn as of the end of 2013. Preqin’s Andrew Moylan takes a look at the latest stats on the industry.
Preqin’s latest research shows the private equity real estate industry continued to grow in 2014. The aggregate assets under management (AUM) of closed-end private real estate funds stands at USD742bn as of June 2014, an increase of USD45bn since December 2013. Total AUM has increased by 63% since December 2010, with a large proportion of this growth accounted
French private equity firm Idinvest Partners is now managing assets on behalf of French and international investors of in excess of EUR5 billion.
The firm has backed 3,500 companies since its launch in 1997 and spin-off from the Allianz Group in 2010.
Since Idinvest Partners became independent 4 years ago, the firm’s AUM have doubled from EUR2.5 billion to EUR5 billion. To support this growth, the team has also doubled in size, expanding from 25 to 48 people.
The pace of fundraising accelerated over the course of 2014, as the firm raised over EUR1 billion across various strategies including private
Tikehau IM and Macquarie Lending co-arranged a EUR170 million unitranche financing to support the buyout of Salins du Midi buy the company’s chairman.
This new transaction concludes a busy 2014 for Tikehau IM’s Private Debt activity, with over EUR1.9bn committed to the asset class during the year.
Tikehau now offers a unique platform covering the entire spectrum of financing solutions; ranging from senior debt, unitranche, mezzanine to preferred equity with ample sourcing and structuring capabilities.
DigitalOcean has secured a USD50 million credit facility from funds managed by global investment firm Fortress Investment Group LLC.
This announcement comes on the heels of Netcraft’s report detailing DigitalOcean’s meteoric rise to the third largest hosting company in the world.
"This financing illustrates Fortress’s continuing interest in the data centre and cloud services industries. In our view, DigitalOcean is well positioned to succeed in the expanding cloud infrastructure sector," says Aaron Blanchette, Managing Director at Fortress Investment Group LLC. "We look forward to playing a part in DigitalOcean's organic expansion as they bring their cloud offerings to more international
DataGravity has raised USD50 million in a series C investment round led by Silicon Valley venture capital firm Accel Partners.
Previous investors Andreessen Horowitz, CRV and General Catalyst Partners also provided strong support in the round. The company will use this investment to accelerate product development, expand upon its go-to-market strategy and support customers’ technology and service needs in their pursuit of data insights that propel business forward. The series C round brings total investments in DataGravity to USD92 million.
The funding comes at the end of a capstone year in which DataGravity launched the industry’s first data-aware storage platform,
Invenias has completed an additional funding round led by fund managers MMC Ventures, raising an additional USD2.0 million – taking the total external funding raised to USD4.0 million.
Throughout 2014 the business has continued to grow rapidly, releasing new products and gaining customers from more established vendors. This additional funding will enable Invenias to continue this fast growth pattern and accelerate its international expansion.
Invenias has won in excess of 200 new customers across the world in 2014, driving its incredible international growth – including Davis Search, Atlanta; Healy Hunt, London; Kerridge and Partners, Auckland; GT Search, Sydney; Park Square
Growthgate Capital’s portfolio company Gama Aviation has proposed a GBP82 million (USD127 million) reverse takeover with Hangar 8, an international operator listed on the London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM).
Subject to completion in early January 2015, the new business, Gama Aviation Plc (AIM: GMAA) will be listed with an anticipated market capitalization of GBP130million (USD200 million).
Growthgate Capital will receive shares in the public entity, with both the CEO and Chairman of Gama Aviation retaining their positions. This transaction results in Growthgate Capital receiving shares in the combined listed entity and realizing superior returns over invested capital.
Sandro Galfetti has joined The Park Hill Group’s secondary advisory business as a Principal based in London.
This business delivers liquidity, structuring and capital solutions to private equity investors and managers globally.
Galfetti has over twelve years of experience in private equity and financial services. Prior to joining Park Hill, Galfetti was a Director with Capital Dynamics' secondary investment team in London and New York and before that, with the firm’s structured solutions group in Zug (Switzerland). Prior to Capital Dynamics, he was a structured credit underwriter with Swiss Re Financial Services in Zurich and London. At Park Hill,
James Cowper has advised German-based GfK SE (GfK) on its acquisition of real-time retail intelligence provider, Cogenta Systems Limited (Cogenta).
The Corporate Finance team provided financial due diligence services to the acquirer.
Located in Windsor, UK, Cogenta provides retail and pricing intelligence data to a range of brands, retailers and manufacturers across the UK and globally as well as the provision of Pricing Intelligence Reports on a range of industries. Since its foundation in 2006, Cogenta has grown year-on-year to a position where it is recognised as one of the leading retail intelligence specialists in the market.
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