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Private equity firm Catterton Partners has made an investment in PIADA Italian Street Food, a fast-casual Italian eatery based in Columbus, Ohio with restaurants in Ohio and Indiana.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
PIADA currently has 14 locations across the Midwest, with six planned to open by the end of 2013. In 2013, PIADA was named one of Nation’s Restaurant News’ five "Hot Concepts" as well as one of Nation’s Restaurant News’ top 50 breakout brands.
"We are excited to enter into this strategic partnership with Catterton, which has extensive expertise in developing restaurants
RidePal, a provider of Wi-Fi-enabled bus rides for corporate employees, has raised USD3.2m in a series A financing round led by Claremont Creek Ventures and Volvo Group Venture Capital.
RidePal balances commuter preferences and their employers’ needs and optimises pick-up points and route scheduling. RidePal provides rides for the employees of more than 30 companies.
RidePal’s corporate customers range from large corporations such as Intuit and Groupon to smaller ventures including biotech start-up Clinovo.
"RidePal has completely changed my commute and has provided me with 10 more hours of productivity per week," says Sophie McCallum, director of
Funds experts will examine Guernsey’s approach to the EU’s Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) at an event in London this November.
With uncertainty still surrounding aspects of the Directive, panellists from the UK and Guernsey will look at what the Island’s dual regime means in practice for advisers and clients, particularly in relation to the most appropriate route to market.
The event, AIFMD: Practical aspects of implementation, is being held on the afternoon of 5 November at the recently refurbished Rosewood London.
Fiona Le Poidevin (pictured), chief executive of Guernsey Finance, the promotional agency for the island’s
Mourant Ozannes continues to lead the field in the offshore market, according to the latest rankings published by Legal 500 UK.
The 2013 legal directory rankings, which include feedback from clients and peers backed up by independent research, show that Mourant Ozannes has maintained its leading position by achieving 13 tier one rankings across the Channel Islands.
Tier one rankings demonstrate superior technical expertise and service excellence. In Guernsey Mourant Ozannes has achieved tier one rankings in five categories and in Jersey the firm has tier one rankings in all eight categories.
Guernsey managing partner Jessica Roland
ESG Analytics, a provider of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investment support tools, has launched Aditus, an ESG investment analytics platform for the private equity industry.
The launch of this tool will help to facilitate the implementation, analysis and reporting of responsible investment (RI) practices throughout the private equity investment process.
ESG Analytics launched Aditus during the ESG Analysis and Integration into Private Equity: Challenges, Opportunities and Enhancing Value Creation panel at the 20th Annual Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst Conference in New York.
Awareness around the importance of measuring and monitoring ESG factors is quickly gaining
Omnes Capital is supporting Exclusive Networks in the implementation of the financing of its three-year strategic plan.
Exclusive Networks now has sufficient resources to complete its acquisition programme for 2013 and 2014 which should allow the group to reach a EUR1bn turnover in 2018. Omnes Capital is investing EUR6.7m.
Based in Boulogne-Billancourt (France), the Exclusive Networks group is an independent value-added distributor (VAD) specialising in the marketing of security, storage and networking solutions for businesses, with a 2013 expected turnover of EUR300m before build-up.
Omnes Capital acquired a stake in the company in July 2010 during a
Gannett is partnering with private equity firm Generation Partners to fund the continued growth and expansion of the Captivate Network, which will be spun out into a separate company co-owned by Gannett and Generation.
Founded in 1997, Captivate operates an IP-enabled digital place-based media network with over 10,000 screens across more than 1,000 commercial office buildings in the US and Canada.
This partnership will provide Captivate with the necessary capital and strategic focus to drive growth in the coming years. As Gannett expands and invests in higher growth core and new businesses, this move will further focus investment
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged the former chief executive of an education services provider based in China with stealing tens of millions of dollars from investors in a US public offering.
Another executive has been charged with illegally dumping his stock in the company after he helped steal valuable company assets.
The SEC alleges that ChinaCast Education Corporation’s former CEO and chairman of the board Chan Tze Ngon illicitly transferred USD41m out of the USD43.8m raised from investors to a purported subsidiary in which he secretly held a controlling 50 per cent ownership stake. From there,
Octopus Investments has launched Online Service Portal for VCTs, which will enable Octopus’ investors and advisers to check their VCT investments through a secure web portal for the first time.
The portal will also enable investors holding multiple investments with Octopus to monitor their Octopus portfolio of products through one single secure site.
The portal includes a number of pages designed specifically with the needs of the investor or adviser in mind. Investors can obtain a consolidated view of all their investments and their current valuation alongside a full transaction and dividend history, while advisers are now able
International law firm Simmons & Simmons is the latest big name to join the list of confirmed speakers at The Debt Forum event in London on 13 November 2013.
Other confirmed speakers at the event include Carlyle Group, KKR Asset Management, Man Group, Ares Capital, Legal & General, Clifford Chance, Blue Bay Asset Management and BNY Mellon.
Sponsored by BNP Paribas, this inaugural event for Europe’s CLO and Direct Lending Sector will feature extensive coverage on how the European CLO landscape is changing, assessing the issuance pipeline in 2013, outlook for issuance in 2014, structural and legal considerations, ratings methodology
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