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Tikehau Investment Management has arranged, alongside European Capital, the EUR65m unitranche financing backing the acquisition of Asmodée by Eurazeo Capital.
Created in 1995 by Marc Nunès, Asmodée is an independent publisher and distributor of games and trading card games in Europe with operations in eight countries including the UK, Benelux, the US, and France where it is a key player.
The acquisition was completed in compliance with the terms disclosed on 12 November 2013, following approval from the European competition authorities. On one side, the transaction structure comprises equity, primarily provided by Eurazeo together with Asmodée’s management and founders
Octopus Investments-backed UltraSoC Technologies has appointed Chris Gilbert as non-executive chairman.
Gilbert will play a key role in the development of the company as it enters a phase of growth and market penetration for silicon IP platform UltraDebug.
UltraDebug is expected to bring benefits to the semiconductor ecosystem and providers of sophisticated electronic products.
Gilbert is an experienced executive and highly successful entrepreneur with vast experience in company strategy, globalisation, fundraising, building companies, investor relations and M&A. He has held a series of general management positions in two large US technology companies, Data General and Motorola. At Motorola,
Hutton Collins has signed an agreement to invest EUR50m in Italian healthcare IT systems company Dedalus Group.
The investment will be made through a subordinated loan and a minority equity interest.
In addition, co-investors with Hutton Collins have invested EUR15m.
Dedalus Group, which has its head office in Florence, is currently the largest healthcare IT business in Italy, with revenues of around EUR70m and EBITDA of EUR17m. The company does business in 12 countries worldwide and has strengthened its position in recent years, creating an Italian healthcare ICT hub, bringing together over 30 companies in Italy and the
Regulatory reporting specialist KNEIP has promoted Stephanie Noel to head of operations and as a member of the executive board.
As part of her new role, Noel will be responsible for KNEIP’s Regulatory Reporting product, which helps fund managers to comply with transparency requirements under regulation such as the Alternative Investment Fund Management Directive (AIFMD) and UCITS.
She will report directly to Lee Godfrey, deputy CEO at KNEIP.
Noel joined KNEIP in 2001 as a client service coordinator. After moving to the operations side of the business, she helped develop the processes for KNEIP’s production of the Key
Growth equity firm General Atlantic (GA) has appointed Jan-Michiel Hessels, former chairman of NYSE Euronext, as a special advisor in Europe based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Hessels (pictured) brings over 30 years of experience across many industries to the role, and will work closely with GA’s global investment team to identify new investment opportunities as well as provide strategic support for the firm’s portfolio companies.
Hessels currently serves on the board of directors at IntercontinentalExchange Group and on the supervisory board at Royal Boskalis Westminster. From 2000 to 2013, he served as chairman of the board of NYSE Euronext (formerly
European Capital has received proceeds of EUR45.8m from Gilde Buy Out Partner's sale of Hofmann Menu Manufaktur to Partners Group on behalf of its clients and the existing management team.
The proceeds relate to a mezzanine facility provided to support Gilde's buyout.
In addition, European Capital also co-invested in the equity alongside Gilde and the management team.
European Capital realised a money multiple of 1.8x and IRR of 11.9 per cent not including the return on its equity investment.
Hofmann Menu is a German provider of customised cook and freeze products to small business canteens and
Kareo, a provider of cloud-based medical office software and services for small medical practices, has secured USD29.5m in growth capital.
This latest financing was led by Greenspring Associates and joined by OpenView Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank.
The new capital will be used to invest in sales and marketing to accelerate growth, further enhance the company's cloud-based software platform, and scale its revenue cycle management operations.
"We are thrilled to continue our successful partnership with investors Greenspring Associates and OpenView Ventures and welcome the new investment by Silicon Valley Bank," says Dan Rodrigues, CEO and founder of Kareo.
Lowenstein Sandler is bolstering its private equity and mergers and acquisitions practices with the addition of private equity M&A lawyer Michael A. Brosse as a partner in its corporate department.
Brosse joins Lowenstein Sandler's New York office from Kirkland & Ellis, where he has been a partner since 2000.
His arrival follows a year in which Lowenstein Sandler experienced growth in its M&A and corporate securities practices, representing financial sponsors, funds and public and private companies.
"The addition of Michael Brosse advances our firm's strategy of continuously broadening and deepening the services that we provide to our rapidly
JTC Group, a multi-jurisdictional, independent provider of private client, corporate and fund services, has made two senior appointments in Jersey within its technology and marketing operations.
Adam Jeffries (pictured), who was previously global head of IT operations at Appleby, has joined as chief information officer and David Vieira, who was head of marketing at Jersey Finance, has been appointed group head of business development and marketing.
Jeffries, who has 16 years’ experience in the technology sector within the financial services industry, has been recruited to develop an IT strategy at the JTC Group. He will also head up
Mid-market advisory firm Clearwater Corporate Finance has advised on four deals in the first three weeks of the New Year.
This builds on a landmark 2013 for Clearwater, which saw the company complete 27 transactions with a total value of GBP750m – more than a 50 per cent increase on 2012.
The deals closed in 2014 comprise:
· The cross-border sale of UK kitchenware supplier Kitchen Craft (formerly known as Thomas Plant) to New York-listed supplier Lifetime Brands;
· The sale on behalf of ISIS Equity Partners of workplace vending supplier Kafevend, to European water and coffee provider
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