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Balance Water Inc has closed on a Series A financing round from Emil Capital Partners, Thomas H Lee and Hugh Jackman.
Balance is a non-flavoured functional beverage bottled locally in California, New York, Sydney, Australia and next month in Cologne, Germany. Its point of difference is the use of wild harvested Australian flowers that it infuses into its five main products, Mind, Relax, Refresh, Digest and Travel. Similar in function and benefit to certain herbal teas, though without any flavour, the Balance range is expanding out of specialised natural products channels into mainstream retail.
"We’ve worked hard over several years
The high degree of correlation between the NAVs of Listed Private Equity (LPE), as measured by the LPX50 NAV Index of the 50 largest and most liquid LPE stocks globally, and traditional private equity limited partnerships, as measured by Preqin’s Private Equity Quarterly Index (PrEQIn), demonstrates that the fundamental performance of the two types of investment is essentially the same.
This means that LPE can provide investors with access and exposure to similar assets with a similar risk-return profile to traditional limited partnership private equity.
There are several implications for investors. Smaller investors that are unable to invest in traditional
Carey Olsen is extending its legal service offering to include the jurisdictions of the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands (BVI).
Carey Olsen will offer Cayman Islands advice through an experienced team which will include Cayman Islands partners Jason Allison, Nick Bullmore and Jarrod Farley. A formal launch of the Cayman Islands office, including the announcement of new purpose-built premises, will take place in September 2012.
Carey Olsen is also now offering a BVI capability led by Guernsey-based partner Andrew Boyce. Prior to moving to Guernsey, Andrew practised in the BVI and is dual qualified in Guernsey and BVI
Norwest Equity Partners (NEP) has acquired Pentech Holdings, Inc (Pentec) from DW Healthcare Partners, Frazier Healthcare and Pentec management.
Pentec is a national provider of specialty infusion services to patients who require access to complex pharmaceutical products and services outside of the hospital setting.
Pentec Chairman and CEO, Joe Cosgrove, says: “I am extraordinarily pleased to embark on a new phase of Pentec’s growth strategy with such an outstanding partner as NEP. We are fortunate to have forged a relationship with an organisation that shares our commitment to patient-centric healthcare as well as our vision for continued pursuit of excellence and
With interest rates persisting at their lowest levels in 30 years, the 14% increase in corporate deposits in South Africa over the last year, is adding significant pressure to returns on equity for many local companies already sitting on huge cash piles, says Sean Segar, Head of Product: Cash Solutions at Nedgroup Investments…
The Reserve Bank recently reported non-financial corporate deposits to be ZAR534 billion, compared to the ZAR469 billion at the same time twelve months ago. While it is understandable that many corporates are adopting an overly conservative balance sheet in the face of market uncertainty, there are opportunities
Hipmunk has closed a USD15 million Series B financing round led by Institutional Venture Partners (IVP). Todd Chaffee (pictured), General Partner at IVP, will join Hipmunk’s board of directors. Existing angel investors and the Series A lead, Ignition Partners, also participated in the round.
"IVP has a highly successful 31 year track record of investing in innovative technology and travel companies,” says Adam Goldstein, CEO and co-founder of Hipmunk. "We’re very excited to work with IVP, and Todd in particular. He brings tremendous experience, relationships and strategic sense to our crazy, competitive industry.”
Todd had led venture capital investments in well
Komli Media has raised USD39 million, its largest financing to date, led by Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) with participation from Nexus Venture Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Western Technology Investment
The company has now raised a total of USD62 million. The funds will be used to invest in the company’s core media technology platforms and to expand its presence across the Asia Pacific (APAC) region.
"We see significant long-term opportunity in bringing an integrated platform solution to the market. This financing will allow us to materially scale our platform and operations by investing in our Real-Time Bidding (RTB), data, analytics,
Middle market private equity firm Centre Partners has acquired Taylor Precision Products from Homedics.
Taylor, based in Oak Brook, Illinois, is the leading North American marketer of a wide range of consumer and foodservice precision measurement products, including kitchen scales, thermometers and timers; bath scales; and outdoor weather measurement products, under a variety of owned and licensed brand names including Taylor, HoMedics and Salter.
Taylor’s heritage dates back over 160 years and the company boasts a reputation for providing accurate and high-quality products to a diverse spectrum of retail customers, ranging from high-end specialty stores to mass merchandisers, hardware stores,
Key Investor Information becomes a reality in twenty days – and this is just the start. Martin Bock (pictured), Senior Manager, Funds Segment Strategy at RBC Dexia, comments…
Fund managers beware. Short and concise documents that explain to investors the investment objectives and risk profile of a product – pioneered through Key Investor Information (KII) documents under UCITS IV – are being taken up by regulators worldwide.
With just twenty days to go until KII becomes mandatory under UCITS IV, regulators are reacting to increasing calls for well-structured short-form documents that provide investors with straightforward information so they can evaluate a
A delegation of funds professionals from Guernsey has helped spread the message in the US that the Island is well equipped to cater for private equity funds business.
Peter Niven, Chief Executive of Guernsey Finance – the promotional agency for the Island’s finance industry, led the team to New York for a series of meetings with US private equity advisers, such as lawyers and accountants, before they headed to Boston for further meetings and to exhibit at the specialist private equity conference, SuperReturn USA.
Niven (pictured) says: “We were very well received by the lawyers and accountants we met in
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