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Sports nutrition brand Grenade has secured investment from Grovepoint Capital in a deal led by international investment bank Altium.
This is Altium’s latest transaction in the sports nutrition market following the sale of sports supplements business CNP Professional to First Milk in 2012 and the sale of online retailer Myprotein.com to The Hut Group, the previous year.
Coventry-based Grenade was founded in 2009 and develops and markets a range of high quality, own brand sports nutrition products to customers both in the UK and internationally.
The business continues to develop its product range and reach into global
Middle market private equity firm Odyssey Investment Partners has held the final closing of Odyssey Investment Partners Fund V.
The fund is a USD2bn private equity fund formed to pursue control-oriented investments and management buyouts of established middle-market companies with operations predominantly in the US.
Investor interest in Fund V, which launched in September 2013, significantly exceeded its initial target of USD1.75bn; Odyssey agreed to limit investor commitments to USD2bn.
Fund V’s limited partners include substantially all of the limited partners from the firm’s fourth fund, as well as several well-established institutional investors new to Odyssey.
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The four offers for subscription to raise up to GBP10m each for the Baronsmead VCT, VCT 2, VCT 3 and VCT 4 were all fully subscribed by close of business on 24 February 2014 – just 23 days after launch.
The additional funds raised will augment each company’s capacity to continue to invest across the business cycle in new and existing portfolio companies.
Amounts subscribed under each offer will be invested directly in new shares in the relevant company and will enable investors to participate in the investment returns of that company’s new and existing portfolio companies.
“We
Propellr, an investment firm specialising in alternative assets, has launched its digital platform to help accredited investors access institutional-level opportunities.
"We're taking the kind of private placement deals usually found in hedge funds and making those deals available to the public," says Propellr CEO Todd Lippiatt. "If they're good enough for big institutional investors, why shouldn't a wider swath of investors also benefit? Every investor should have access to deals that provide healthy returns."
Propellr enters the investment crowdfunding market with USD6m in commercial real estate structured debt offerings.
Aristone Realty Capital (ARC), a New York-based private commercial
Abacus Group, a provider of hosted IT solutions for hedge funds and private equity funds is to host Imagineer Technology Group’s Clienteer software platform in the AbacusFLEX private cloud environment.
The partnership allows AbacusFLEX clients to access the Clienteer CRM Platform, with the option to either be maintained internally or be hosted by Imagineer.
Clienteer affords fund managers the flexibility to centralise all of their contact, account and fund information along with Outlook integration.
Clients can send out personalised and watermarked email distributions, K1’s, run fund and account performance analytics and compliance reports. Managers who are on-the-go can
Nottinghamshire-based door manufacturer Door-Stop International has been acquired by Canadian trade buyer Masonite International for GBP30m, in a deal advised by Clearwater Corporate Finance.
Established in 2008, Door-Stop is a UK manufacturer and distributor of high quality “ready-to-fit” composite exterior residential doorsets with an expanding nationwide customer base of trade fabricators, installers and specialist retailers.
The business employs 200 staff and recorded revenue of GBP25m in 2013.
Door-Stop will remain trading as normal and all staff will continue in their roles at its facility in Huthwaite, North Nottinghamshire.
Masonite International is a designer and manufacturer of interior
High Road Capital Partners’ portfolio company BlueSpire Strategic Marketing has added Martino & Binzer to its family of companies.
BlueSpire is a provider of strategy, technology, and content solutions for the healthcare and financial services industries.
Martino & Binzer is a provider of integrated marketing, sales consulting, and technology services to the senior living and continuing care retirement community service sector.
“Senior living communities are increasingly relying on sophisticated marketing services, such as those provided by Martino & Binzer, to build brand awareness, increase occupancy, and drive census. Martino & Binzer’s customer base makes it a natural partner
Voting is closing soon for the Private Equity Wire UK & Europe Awards 2014, which will be presented at an awards lunch in London at the end of March 2014.
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Uniquely, our awards are based on a 'peer review system' whereby our readers – including institutional and high net worth investors as well as managers and other industry professionals at fund administrators, custodians and advisers – are invited to elect a 'best in class' in a series of categories via an online survey.
Firms are also welcome to nominate themselves in any
The US is stronger than many people think. There are three areas of the market that are particularly attractive right now – financials, manufacturing and technology, according to David Daglio (pictured), lead portfolio manager of The Boston Company US Opportunities Fund…
One thing that appears certain in this macroeconomic landscape is a shift to higher rates, which in turn is likely to spur a significant shift in the equity market, as policy can be inherently inefficient and crude. When the central bank attempted to bolster the beleaguered US housing market in the wake of Lehman Brothers’ collapse, capital flowed to
Boost Communications has raised an additional GBP1m in funding from Norwegian state-owned venture capital fund Investinor and the private venture capital fund Norsk Innvasjonskapital (NIK), following the previous GBP3.7m invested between 2012 and 2013.
A leading player in the mobile web and marketing space, Boost Communications was established in Norway in 2000 and produces software that makes it easier to succeed in mobile advertising and marketing.
Boost assists large international agencies and brands in producing mobile campaigns, media buying and reporting, which has resulted in strong, organic growth and international expansion across Europe and the Middle East, opening up offices in London and Krakow in 2013.
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