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Acanthus advises Intercontinental Brands on sale of significant minority stake and expansion funding deal 15 September 2007
Acanthus Advisers Corporate Finance LLP, a London based corporate finance boutique, has advised Intercontinental Brands on selling a significant minority stake and raising expansion capital with the backing of Lloyds TSB Development Capital. More »
Cape announces first and final close for oversubscribed Cape Natixis Due 10 September 2007
Cape Natixis announces the first and final close of Cape Natixis Due at €195 million against a target of €160 million. The fund, which was raised through the invitation of selected investors, was oversubscribed and commitments have been made by a variety of international investors. More »
Krokus announces final close for Nova Polonia Natexis II Private Equity Fund 20 June 2007
Krokus Private Equity today announces the final close of its Nova Polonia Natexis II Private Equity Fund at €100 million against a target of €75 million. Commitments have been made by a variety of international investors, including Natixis Private Equity, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, InvestKredit, Suomi Mutual Life Assurance Company and Amanda Capital. More »
First and final close at €200 million for I2 Capital Partners 26 July 2007
I2 Capital, a leading investment firm in Italy, today announces the final close of I2 Capital Partners Fund at €200 million against a target of €180 million. Commitments have been made by a variety of highly regarded investors from Europe and North America including pension funds, fund of funds and family offices. More »
Krokus announces final close for Nova Polonia Natexis II Private Equity Fund 20 June 2007
Krokus Private Equity today announces the final close of its Nova Polonia Natexis II Private Equity Fund at €100 million against a target of €75 million. Commitments have been made by a variety of international investors, including Natixis Private Equity, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, InvestKredit, Suomi Mutual Life Assurance Company and Amanda Capital. More »
Acanthus advises Sweet Cred on £5m expansion funding deal 10 April 2007
Acanthus Advisers Corporate Finance LLP, a London based corporate finance boutique, has advised the shareholders of Sweet Cred Limited on raising £5m of expansion capital with the backing of Octopus Investments. More »
Krokus Private Equity announces first close for Nova Polonia Natexis II Private Equity Fund 23 November 2006
Krokus Private Equity today announced the first close of its latest fund, Nova Polonia Natexis II Private Equity Fund at €52 million against a target of €75 million. Commitments have been made by Natexis Private Equity, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, InvestKredit and one other investor. More »
Acanthus advises Aaroncare on the sale of its business to New Century October 2006
Acanthus Advisers Corporate Finance LLP, a specialist Healthcare and Education corporate finance boutique, has advised the shareholders of Aaroncare Limited on the sale of 100 per cent of the issued share capital of Aaroncare to New Century Group Holdings Limited. More »
Bentleigh cross secures new cornerstone shareholder and funding for £70 million expansion programme September 2006
Renaissance LifeCare PLC has acquired a majority stake in Bentleigh Cross Limited and has committed to provide funding for Bentleigh Cross’s £70 million expansion programme. More »
The LP/GP divide March 2006
Communication between private equity fund managers and limited partners is still in need of improvement, writes Armando D’Amico. More »
Simulate this December/January 2006
How to use a simulation model to analyse expected returns in private equity portfolios – an outline. More »
New hires at Acanthus 18 January 2006
Acanthus Advisers is pleased to announce that it has strengthened its team with three new appointments: Constance Jay and Joanne Weetman as Analysts. More »
First and final close on Perfectis II at €122m 24 November 2005
Perfectis Private Equity, the French lower mid-market firm, announces the successful close of Perfectis II at €122 million, just five months from launch in June 2005. Perfectis II had an original target of €100 million and was significantly oversubscribed. More »
Connor O’Keeffe joins Acanthus 10 October 2005
Acanthus Advisers has strengthened its team with the appointment of Connor O’Keeffe as an Associate. More »
Dutch buy-out fund Egeria II reaches €358m interim close 1 June 2005
Amsterdam based Egeria today announced a further interim close on its second fund, Egeria Private Equity Fund II, at €358 million. Following the last closing with the two Dutch institutional investors, Ahold Pensioenfonds and Van Lanschot Bankiers, several other Dutch investors committed a total of €64 million to the fund at this closing. More »
Sovereign Capital announces final close on second fund 12 May 2005
Sovereign Capital, the independent UK lower mid-market private equity investor, has successfully closed its second fund, Sovereign Capital Limited Partnership II ("SCLP II"), at a hard cap of £275 million, just seven months from launch in late September 2004. SCLP II had a target of £200 million. More »
Acanthus and the European Venture Philanthropy Association 25 April 2005
Acanthus is actively involved in a charity called the European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA) which aims to help charities become stronger and more sustainable. More »
Dutch buy-out fund EGERIA II reaches €293M interim close 22 March 2005
Amsterdam based Egeria Capital Management today announced an interim close on its second fund, Egeria Private Equity Fund II, at €293 million. Two Dutch institutional investors, Ahold Pensioenfonds and Van Lanschot Bankiers, have committed to this closing. More »
The 2005 EVPA Mount Kilimanjaro Fund Raising Challenge 21 Feb 2005
Successful completion by energetic team of private equity professionals!
Our group of 17 has successfully completed the trek up Mount Kilimanjaro. The charity accounts will be finalised in a few weeks’ time, but current estimates put the total amount raised by all participants as approaching €300,000. This will go towards the EVPA, the Masai village of Tinga Tinga through Friends of Tanzania and charities chosen by the participants individually. Thank you for your support. Armando D'Amico More »
Sovereign returns 40% of money invested to Fund 13 Oct 2004
Sovereign Capital Partners LLP (“Sovereign Capital”), the independent mid-market UK private equity provider is pleased to announce the recapitalisation of its investee companies, SENAD and C.H.O.I.C.E.. The recapitalisation, combined with investment yield to date, has returned to the Fund ‘Sovereign Capital Limited Partnership I’, 40% of money invested to date on a portfolio that is on average only 12 months old. This recapitalisation has enabled both companies to repay substantially all of Sovereign Capital’s original investment generating an IRR of 77% on the two investments. Sovereign’s majority shareholding in these two businesses remains unchanged. More »
Cape announces final close for Cape Natexis Private Equity Fund 1 July 2004
Highly successful conclusion for Natexis Cape’s new fund, closing at €120 million compared to €80-110 million originally targeted. More »
High-Tech Investor Triangle Holds Successful First Closing on Fund IV 11 Jun 2004
Triangle Venture Capital Group, located near Frankfurt, Germany, has generated significant interest in its fundraising campaign for Triangle Fund IV and today announces its first closing at €15 million. More »
Cape first close 11 Feb 2004
Cimino & Associati Private Equity (Cape) and Natexis Cape SGR today announce the first close of its Cape Natexis Private Equity Fund at some €87 million, ahead of the original target of €60 million. More »
Happy Times 29 Jan 2004
HTC Healthcare Group Plc, one of the largest day nursery operators in London which trades under the brand "Happy Times", has completed a new financing package to continue its expansion programme. More »
Perfectis - Group Plastex 28 Nov 2003
Perfectic Private Equity invests €5.5 million to acquire 55% fo GROUPE PLASTEX in secondary MBO transaction. More »
Cape Natexis Private Equity Fund 17 Jun 2003
Milan based Cape is planning to raise a €80-€110 million fund, Cape Natexis Private Equity Fund (CNPEF or the Fund), continuing its focus on small-mid cap buy-outs in the North/North East of Italy, particularly in the industrial triangle Milan-Padua-Bologna. More »
SAV 29 Apr 2002
SAV Credit, the data driven credit card company, has completed a transaction under which leading private equity investor Palamon Capital Partners is to subscribe for up to £34.35 million worth of SAV Credit convertible preference shares. More »
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