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Hedge funds and large institutional investors are competing with VCs for large deals according to data from Go4Venture, a London-based corporate finance advisory firm for European technology entrepreneurs and their investors.
The UK Department for Innovation, University and Skills (DIUS) has released a Science and Innovation White Paper which calls on the government to increase spending to create demand for new innovative products and services.
Target: Nichols Brothers Boat Builders Price: $15 million Sponsor: Treadstone Partners LLC Seeing roll-up potential in the boat-building industry, turnaround firm Treadstone Partners purchased Nichols Brothers Boat Builders out of bankruptcy last month. The deal, valued at $15 million, also means the firm’s first fund is two-thirds invested, tripping the wire for another round of […]
Firm: Guardian Capital Partners Fund: Guardian Capital Partners Fund LP Target: $80 million Amount Raised: $37 million Guardian Capital Partners, a newly formed group looking to make control plays in the lower middle market, held a first close on $37 million for its debut fund earlier this month, a source familiar with the firm told […]
Target: Virgo Holdings Price: $100 million Sponsor: Arlington Capital Partners Seller: Seaport Capital Financial Adviser: Seller: DeSilva & Phillips Legal Adviser: Sponsor: Hogan & Hartson LLP; Seller: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Arlington Capital Partners has beefed up its trade publishing portfolio with its recent acquisition of Virgo Holdings, a Phoenix-based publisher and trade show organizer, […]
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System continues to look for fresh talent. The $240 billion pension recently committed $150 million to Leading Edge Investment Advisors, a three-year-old San Francisco-based funds-of-funds firm that specializes in backing emerging managers, and $150 milllion to Quotient Investors in New York, a months-old quantitative equity management firm. Both firms tilt […]
Mydeco.com is a UK internet business founded by the team behind lastminute.com, the online travel and leisure business. An interior design website, it has just raised £5m in a seed round, which is, according to lead investor SPARK Venture, is of the largest internet seeds rounds in Europe.
European technology companies tapping into non-traditional pools of capital
White Paper sets out to encourage UK creativity
Close Growth Capital (CGC), the equity and debt provider, has backed a £12m secondary buyout of the Blueberry Group, from 3i. Blueberry is a UK supplier and distributor of speciality ambient food to the premium independent retail market, selling foods such as chutneys, soups, biscuits, sweets and cakes. Customers include Wyevale, Waitrose, John Lewis, Budgen […]