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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.
GfK is
IK Investment Partners’ IK 2007 Fund is to sell EPiServer to Accel – KKR (AKKR), a technology-focused private equity firm specialising in software and IT-enabled businesses.
The parties have agreed not to disclose the financial terms of the transaction.
EPiServer, headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, is a global software provider for innovative digital marketing and e-commerce solutions. As demand to improve experiences for connected consumers grows, EPiServer has successfully traversed industry challenges by offering the first combined e-commerce/web content management platform that blends the marketing and sales process. Today, the EPiServer platform empowers over 5,500 customers globally to deliver the best
SEI has expanded the regulatory compliance component of its global operating platform to meet Annex IV transparency reporting requirements under the EU’s Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD).
SEI’s Investment Manager Services division is a global supplier of customised operating infrastructure and services to investment organisations, representing more than $13 trillion (USD) in assets under management.
The new reporting requirements apply to all asset managers who manage and/or market alternative funds (other than UCITS) within the EU, including private equity and hedge funds. For managers who registered with regulators by 22 July 2014, their initial Annex IV reports must be
The Standard Life European Private Equity Trust’s (SLEPET) net asset value per ordinary share (NAV) rose by 5.8% to 257.4p during the year ended 30 September 2014. The NAV total return to shareholders was 7.7%.
The Company’s portfolio, including net realised gains and income, generated a return of 9.7% during the year. This was after taking account of unrealised foreign exchange losses of 6.3%.
The closing mid-market price of the Company’s ordinary shares on 30 September 2014 was 230.0p, a rise of 16.2% over the year and a discount of 10.6% to NAV.
Recommended final dividend of 5.0p
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