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Delta Partners Corporate Finance has acted as sole strategic and financial advisor on transactions worth more than USD1 billion during the course of 2014, helping telecom operators on the execution of their digital strategy.
These transactions resulted in collaborations between the telecom operators and Rocket Internet, one of the largest internet groups outside the US and China. Rocket Internet has launched more than 100 businesses in over 40 countries to date ranging from e-retailing and online marketplaces to e-payments and finance technology.
The partnerships with the telecom operators will open up many new e-commerce business opportunities in emerging markets.
Augentius has launched a new AIFMD Reporter service, developed in conjunction with software provider KNEIP.
The service – already tested with real fund data – comprises three possible levels of service, from total outsourcing through to simply having access to the software.
Clients will be able to transition across the different service levels over time as they develop their own knowledge and experience in the regulatory requirements.
Ian Kelly, CEO of Augentius, says: “The deadline for the first tranche of AIFMD reporting couldn’t come at a worse time for private equity and real estate managers. CFOs already have
A private equity fund managed by Elaïs Capital on behalf of eight family investors has become the main shareholder of France Elevateur alongside Stéphan Pham, Argos Expansion, Capital Export and the firm’s management team.
Through the deal, France Elevateur has also secured financings to roll-out its expansion plans for the next five years.
France Elevateur was founded in 1986 and is now the leading French manufacturer of aerial lifts. The group currently employs over 200 persons and generated revenues of EUR41 million in 2013. Its customers include the main operators of aerial networks (energy, railways, telecom and utility service
Adaptimmune Limited, a biotechnology company focused on the use of T-cell therapy to treat cancer and infectious disease, has completed a USD104 million Series A financing round.
The oversubscribed round was led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and additional new investors participating included OrbiMed Advisors, Wellington Management Company, Fidelity Biosciences, Foresite Capital Management, Ridgeback Capital Management, Novo A/S, QVT, Rock Springs Capital, venBio Select and Merlin Nexus.
Existing investors participating included the University of Oxford and others.
Adaptimmune plans to use the proceeds from the Series A financing to advance the company’s internal programmes into the clinic in
WiserTogether has completes a Series B funding of USD9 million led by Martin Ventures and Merck Global Health Innovation Fund (Merck GHI).
The company's founder and CEO, Shub Debgupta, as well as all prior institutional investors, including Grotech Ventures, Harbert Venture Partners, 7Wire Ventures and Blue Heron Capital, participated in the round.
"With the addition of Merck GHI and Martin Ventures and our existing investors, WiserTogether is thrilled to have some of the smartest and most sophisticated investors from every major category of the healthcare industry represented and working together to achieve our exciting vision," says Shub Debgupta, chief
Oakley Capital Investments, through OCPE II Master LP, has acquired a majority stake in Facile.it, Italy’s largest car insurance broker and price comparison website.
Fund II will invest alongside Facile’s founders who will re-invest part of their proceeds.
Originally established in 2008 to provide consumers with access to the best car insurance premiums, Facile has subsequently built a diversified range of products to broaden its revenue base including gas and electricity, broadband internet services, bank accounts and mobile phones. It now helps 1.5 million Italians a month compare prices on key elements of their household expenditure.
The business had
iLEVEL, a cloud-based software provider to the private capital market, has opened a European data centre in the UK.
The iLEVEL Private Capital Data Platform is built to streamline data collection across a portfolio into a central repository, enabling fund managers and institutional investors to track investment performance with real-time, standardised reporting.
Year to date, iLEVEL has tripled the amount of clients that it services in the EMEA market.
iLEVEL’s London-based staff has doubled in 2014 and includes sales, implementation and client service capabilities.
“The iLEVEL platform has allowed us to streamline our portfolio analysis capabilities and
Accuris Networks, a provider of cellular and Wi-Fi connectivity, has completed a USD15 million equity funding round.
Key new investors in the privately held company are the Ulster Bank Diageo Venture Fund and the China Ireland Growth Technology Fund.
Accuris Networks has appointed US-based wireless executive Jeff Brown as chief executive.
Accuris Networks chairman Larry Quinn says: “Our established industry customer base, our significant pipeline and our industry-leading technology were all factors that attracted this investment. We intend to use this funding to invest in future product development in our AccuROAM platform, to maintain our lead in connecting
AIM-quoted investment group Adamas Finance Asia (ADAM) says its improved interim financial results provide the foundation for a reshaped strategy.
ADAM plans to sell off its private equity asset portfolio to provide cash reserves for redeployment into income-generating investments.
ADAM chairman John Croft says: “There is no doubt that the six-month period to June 2014 was the most eventful and potentially significant since the company’s arrival on AIM in 2009. I am confident this will enable the board to meet its long-term objective of re-positioning ADAM as a credit finance operation generating strong and predictable returns for shareholders.”
Preqin’s latest research into the Asian private equity industry has highlighted the accelerated growth in venture capital investment throughout the region in recent years.
After a number of years of slower fundraising and investment activity across the continent, venture capital deal flow across Asia, particularly in more emerging economies such as those in Northeast and South Asia, has increased significantly.
The level of investment in buyout opportunities across Asia has also grown in 2014, with USD29.6bn of investment so far in 2014 compared to USD25.7bn in the whole of last year.
Buyout deals so far in 2014 in
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