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Zoyi Capital has invested in Taiwan Farm Industry (TFI), a processed meat producer in Taiwan.
TFI has a strong presence in both the retail and wholesale Taiwanese markets and has developed long-term relationships with a group of distributors that exclusively sell TFI’s meat products to wholesale customers.
Zoyi Capital, which has a long term relationship with honorary chairman Chris Chang, has identified a growth strategy for TFI, supported by planned new production expansion to address current unmet demand due to capacity limitation.
“New capital will be used to build a new factory which will double TFI’s current capacity,
Executive search firm CTPartners has appointed Victoria Hyde as a principal in the financial services and private equity practices in Mexico City.
During her eight years in executive search, Hyde has cultivated an expertise in alternative investments, including fund of funds, venture capital, and both portfolio companies and investors for private equity funds.
She has worked in Asia, Europe and Latin America building teams from the ground up.
Nestor D’Angelo, managing partner for Latin America, says: “In one of the fastest growing economies in the world, Victoria is able to tap into her global knowledge and broad talent
BNY Mellon has received formal approval from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to provide trustee and depositary services to alternative investment funds (AIFs) under the Alternative Investment Fund Manager Directive (AIFMD).
Following the approval by the FCA of its Variation of Permissions (VoP) application – which was submitted to the regulator earlier this year – BNY Mellon is now authorised as an AIFMD depositary in six European markets: the UK, Ireland, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
July 22 marks the deadline for European Union alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs) looking to market their EU AIFs via the
Beamz Interactive has raised USD1 million of private funding from selected accredited investors at a price of USD0.05 per unit.
Each unit consists of one share of restricted common stock and one three-year warrant with an exercise price of USD0.05.
The offering was led by management, who invested USD400,000 of the total financing amount. The net proceeds of the financing will be used primarily for sales and marketing purposes.
"We are very pleased with the completion of this financing," says Charlie Mollo, chief executive officer of Beamz Interactive. "It allows us to focus on key sales and marketing initiatives to
Elliptic, the digital asset services company, has completed a USD2m funding round led by venture capital firm Octopus Investments.
This funding comes just six months after the launch of Elliptic Vault, the world’s first insured Bitcoin storage service.
The seed-funding round, which sees Octopus invest alongside a number of experienced angel investors, is the first major venture capital investment in a Bitcoin company in the UK.
Launched in January 2014, Elliptic will offer a suite of enterprise services that bridge the gap between traditional finance and digital assets. Their first such product, Elliptic Vault, was the world’s first insured Bitcoin storage service.
Tower Arch Capital has closed its debut private equity fund at an expanded hard cap of USD272 million.
The fund was substantially oversubscribed relative to its target of USD175 million.
Initially backed by CEOs and management team members from prior investments, Tower Arch's investor base also comprises a mix of premier institutions, including foundations, private pension plans, insurance companies, funds of funds, and family offices. The firm focuses on control investments in founder and family-owned businesses in the lower-middle market.
"We are thrilled with the reception we received during our fundraising efforts," says David Topham, a partner at
Union Group, a major investor in real assets in emerging Latin American countries, has completed a capital increase with Dundee Corporation, a Canadian asset manager with a track record in resources investments.
The sale takes Dundee’s stake in the company to 40 per cent and proceeds will be immediately deployed in expanding Union's presence in Latin America, across its high-growth portfolio of assets and businesses.
The acquisition by Dundee increases its exposure to Union’s extensive network of rapidly expanding portfolio businesses, valued in excess of USD1 billion, which are focused across resources, commodities and infrastructure, currently primarily in Uruguay,
Cisco has made an investment in Georgian Partners Growth Fund II, the newest fund from Georgian Partners, a growth equity firm investing in expansion-stage software companies.
"We are very pleased to have Cisco investing our second fund," says Simon Chong, co-founder and managing director of Georgian Partners. "To have a global leader like Cisco join the fund as an investor demonstrates the validity of our Applied Analytics investment thesis."
"By investing in innovative companies we gain valuable insight into the Canadian start up and entrepreneurial community," says Cisco Canada president Nitin Kawale. "Georgian Partners is at the forefront of
Venture capital firm Bain Capital Ventures has appointed Enrique Salem as a managing director based in its Palo Alto office.
Salem will identify and lead investments in companies in infrastructure software and services across all stages of development.
He was previously the CEO and president of Symantec, a provider of security, backup and availability solutions.
"Enrique is an experienced leader, investor and operating executive in the software industry and we are thrilled to have him join Bain Capital Ventures," says Mike Krupka, co-managing partner of BCV.
"I'm a technologist at heart, and I am excited to have
Bridgepoint Development Capital (BDC) has acquired Phlexglobal, a provider of Trial Master File and electronic Trial Master File solutions and services to the life sciences sector.
Phlexglobal was previously backed by Inflexion.
BDC will support Phlexglobal’s plans to develop technologies, expand its client base across pharma, biotech and contract research organisations and extend its global footprint.
Alan Payne, partner at BDC, says: “With the increasing emergence of technology in the TMF market, the company is now well placed to replicate its eminence in the services market to become the eTMF provider of choice and the leading TMF services
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