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bubbles & beyond, a technology company focusing on customised intelligent fluids, has closed a second financing round. All existing investors – LBBW Venture Capital, S-Beteiligungen, Hightech-Gruenderfonds and KfW – participated in the round, which totals EUR1.2m.
The new funds will be used to strengthen the international market presence of bubbles & beyond and to broaden its internal development capacities in order to meet the increasing demand for customised intelligent fluids in various industry sectors. This includes diversified commercialisation opportunities in the printing industry, microelectronics, and facility cleaning sectors in Europe and Japan. bubbles & beyond already markets products for graffiti
Deal activity is becoming a vital component of the China growth story, according to a new report from Baird, a global investment bank with extensive experience in middle market, cross-border M&A and offices in Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong.
In its twice-yearly China M&A Market report, Baird examines emerging trends in the world’s second largest economy. With inbound deal count up 18% in 2010 and outbound deal count up almost 25%, the outlook for cross-border deals in 2011 and beyond is positive, according to Anthony Siu, Managing Director and Head of Asia Investment Banking.
“Last year, M&A rebounded
Offshore Business Solutions has appointed Dawn Cummings as Managing Director.
As well as serving as an independent director on the boards of various investment management companies, Cummings also oversees a team of professionals in the provision of custom-tailored solutions for investment management companies incorporated in the Cayman Islands and other offshore financial centres.
Chairman of the Board Aldo Ghisletta says: "This is an exciting development, and Dawn’s addition to our team is integral in further enhancing our ability to serve a growing client base. Her outstanding capabilities and experience in the industry will help us to ensure OBS continues
The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has responded to suggestions by George Osborne MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer, that there is a “question mark” over the merits of Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) and the support the scheme gives to growth businesses.
Ian Sayers (pictured), Director General of AIC, says: “VCTs have a unique track record of investment in hundreds of small businesses and have met their funding needs when banks have not been prepared to support them. In the last 10 years the sector has invested in more than 750 companies which would otherwise have struggled to raise capital. VCTs
Portland-based private equity group Riverlake Partners has sold SP Industries, Inc, a leading designer and manufacturer of laboratory products and pharmaceutical production equipment, to an affiliate of Graham Partners of Newtown Square, PA.
“During our ownership period, several value-creating initiatives were implemented,” says Erik Krieger, founder and managing partner of Riverlake Partners. “As a result, SP became a great example of our core investment strategy: to acquire smaller market companies and to make strategic, add-on acquisitions and improvements through the hands-on expertise of our partners. We now expect Graham Partners to be a great new private equity sponsor for SP.
Sarona Asset Management successfully closed the 2011 series offering of its Sarona Frontier Markets Fund I LP on January 31st, with over USD22 million in investor commitments raised.
The fund is a global industry first – a private equity fund-of-funds that offers investors an aggressive strategy of financial, social, and environmental targets in developing country markets. It is a response to investor calls for more creativity in ‘impact investment’ offerings.
"Never before have investors been able to find global diversification and high value impact in one instrument. This fund captures the significant developing country upside, and marries it with the human and
The early quartile rankings for both buyout and venture capital funds are an excellent predictor for future relative performance, according to the results of a study by Preqin.
Some 50% of buyout funds ranked in top quartile in year four go on to be top quartile at maturity, with 75% beating the median, while 60% of VC funds in top quartile at year four maintain top quartile position at maturity with 76% beating the median.
Poor relative performance early on in a fund’s life proves to be extremely difficult to turn around. Some 51% of buyout funds in the bottom
Pegasus Capital, an affiliate of Pegasus Capital Advisors, and Intersection, have created of Re Community Holdings, (ReCommunity), a new entity formed in partnership with MissionPoint Capital Partners, HarbourVest Partners LLC, and Ares Capital Corporation, and following the closing of an acquisition of select recycling assets of FCR, Inc.
ReCommunity will serve as a strategic platform focused on recovering, recycling and repowering communities across America. ReCommunity will enable community partners to generate additional revenue, recover community owned resources, create new jobs, fund budget shortfalls, and reduce their carbon footprint.
Leveraging the assets and intellectual property purchased from Casella, ReCommunity intends
Private equity firm Francisco Partners (FP) has announced the sale of AdvancedMD Software, Inc (AdvancedMD) to Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP). The transaction closed on February 28, 2011. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
“The AdvancedMD team has done a terrific job of building out their innovative, cloud-based offering to provide a complete medical practice optimization solution to thousands of physicians across the country which has resulted in very strong growth for the business,” says Ezra Perlman, a partner at Francisco Partners and head of its healthcare information technology investing practice.
AdvancedMD is a leading provider of cloud-based solutions
LDC-backed Aesica Pharmaceuticals has successfully completed the acquisition of three manufacturing sites in Germany and Italy from leading biopharma company, UCB.
Aesica was formed in September 2004 through a management buyout of a former BASF site in Cramlington, Northumberland, backed by LDC, which took a significant stake in the business and has continued to provide strategic and financial support.
To fund the acquisitions of the European sites in Monheim, Zwickau and Pianezza, additional debt facilities were provided by the Acquisition Finance team at Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets, which took the lead in a two bank club alongside HSBC Corporate Banking.
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