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YFM Equity Partners (YFM) and Octopus Investments (Octopus) have sold their stake in Callstream Group Limited (Callstream) for an undisclosed sum to J2 Global, Inc.
Callstream is a leading national provider of cloud-based call management technology to the UK insurance, travel and retail markets. Today’s acquisition by J2 Global provides a full exit for all funds.
Callstream was backed by the Octopus Apollo Venture Capital Trust (‘VCT’) plc, advised by Octopus Investments (Octopus) and British Smaller Companies VCT plc and British Smaller Companies VCT2 plc, both advised by YFM Private Equity Limited (YFM).
Mick Crosthwaite, CEO of Callstream,
By Meghan McAlpine – Given the uptick in new funds being raised, competition for investors’ capital has increased significantly. Investors are being more thorough in the diligence process and almost always requesting more information than what’s presented in a standard DDQ. In order to compete for this capital, fund managers are providing a substantial amount of information to investors.
The industry as a whole is seeing an increase in transparency, which has been insisted upon by investors over the past several years. Performance, while a very important factor, is only part of the criteria that investors are considering when determining whether or not to
The Guernsey Investment Fund Association (GIFA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the China Association of Private Equity (CAPE).
The British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association’s Channel Islands Working Group (BVCA CIWG) was also a signatory to the MoU and will enjoy the benefits that come with closer ties.
The agreement, which was signed at CAPE’s Beijing offices earlier this month by CAPE’s Secretary-General, Li Weiqun, and Guernsey Finance’s Director of International Business Development, Kate Clouston, on behalf of GIFA and the BVCA CIWG, sets out a statement of intent to facilitate collaboration in the areas of
Mooreland Partners acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Conject on its sale to Aconex for EUR65 million net of cash acquired. The transaction is expected to close on 1 April 2016, subject to customary closing conditions.
Headquartered in Munich, Germany, Conject is an international software company, providing cloud and mobile solutions to support Building Information Modelling (BIM) and manage key processes throughout the plan-build-operate lifecycle for the real estate as well as architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industries. The company currently has approximately 210 employees located in 12 offices in nine countries. Conject has served large, complex construction and
ProTrak International has released a major upgrade to its CRM platform for investment managers, hedge funds and private equity firms, Release 11.0.
The latest release features a new option allows users to set up a designated secure folder where a copy of every document referenced in ProTrak is automatically kept and preserved in its original form, so that users cannot move or delete them.
Based on extensive observations and feedback from their global user community, ProTrack has also added a predictive, wizard-like Simplified Query option that pre-fills commonly used fields to save time. Individually personalised watermarks enable mass-customised reporting in
European private equity firm Cinven is in exclusive negotiations to sell Prezioso Linjebygg Group (Prezioso), an international provider of a range of multidisciplinary technical and engineering services to the energy and infrastructure sectors, to Altrad Group.
Altrad, headquartered in France, is the leading European provider of scaffolding, insulation, painting and mechanical services to customers in the industrial, construction and infrastructure sectors.
Prezioso, headquartered in France, provides mission critical maintenance services for sizeable and high value energy assets, particularly nuclear plants and oil and gas production facilities, when they are in full operation. Its blue-chip clients include Total, EDF, BP,
Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) has been chosen by Israel's National Innovation Authority (Office of the Chief Scientist) to operate a Jerusalem-based technological incubator.
The JVP led group included Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI), Reliance Industries (NSE: Reliance) and Yissum, the Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
The JVP Labs Incubator will invest in startups in a variety of fields, among them enterprise software, media technologies, Internet of Things (IOT) and communications.
According to the Israel National Innovation Authority, which runs the State of Israel's technological incubator program, the license was granted based on JVP's broad experience running two
East Capital Explorer AB (ECEX) is to sell its entire 63 per cent stake in Starman Group, the pan-Baltic cable TV and broadband provider, to Providence Equity.
The transaction, which will result in an exit gain for ECEX of at least EUR35 million, corresponding to a gross IRR in excess of 30 per cent, will consist of an upfront cash consideration of approximately EUR 81m with the potential for an additional earn-out of up to EUR5 million payable in 2017. The transaction will represent an implied total enterprise value of approximately EUR210 million.
East Capital Explorer acquired a majority
Aurelius Group has sold fidelis HR to SD Worx, for an undisclosed sum and stands to realise a significant, double-digit return on its investment following the completion of the deal in Q1 2016.
The Group intends to pay out a proportion of the return on investment to its own investors via a participation dividend.
Aurelius acquired fidelis HR, a provider of HR-outsourcing services in the DACH region, in 2013 from TDS Informationstechnologie AG, a subsidiary of Fujitsu Group. Under Aurelius’ ownership, fidelis HR’s operations were successfully realigned, resulting in an improved product offering and an increased client portfolio including
Charterhouse Capital Partners IX fund has agreed the sale of Italian pharmaceutical company DOC Generici (DOC) to funds advised by CVC Capital Partners.
Financial details of the transaction, which is subject to standard regulatory approvals and is expected to close during the summer of 2016, have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1996, DOC is the largest independent generic pharmaceutical company in Italy, with a market share of over 15 per cent and a portfolio of around 180 generic drug molecules, covering predominantly products in the retail market. The Company has a leading brand with a broad product portfolio and
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