CAMBRIDGE, 07-Jun-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The Invested Investor, a social enterprise aiming to increase the success rate of early-stage start-ups, recently interviewed two key figures in the investment world. Rajat Malhotra, Managing Partner of Wren Capital and former UKBAA Angel of … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Internet & Online, Investment, Management, Marketing, Media, News, Small Business, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged angel investing, angel market, Angel News, AngelNews.co.uk, angels in UK, crowdfunding, early-stage start-ups, entrepreneurs, investors, Modwenna Rees-Mogg, Ocado, overdraft fees, Peter Cowley, podcasts, Rajat Malhotra, redit card penalty fees, seasoned angel investor, serial entrepreneur, Soraya Jones, start-up, Startups, successful exits, UKBAA Angel of the Year, VC market, VCTs, Wren Capital
PARIS, 07-Jun-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Capgemini has entered into an agreement to acquire Leidos Cyber, the commercial cybersecurity arm of the FORTUNE 500® company Leidos*. This acquisition will reinforce the Group’s capabilities in North America, helping to meet growing customer demand for its portfolio … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, France, Investment, Security & Safety, Technology
Tagged acquisition, Angie Heise, Capgemini, Cybersecurity, FORTUNE 500®, Leidos, Paul Hermelin, Robert Meindl, SECURITY
Stavanger, Norway, 07-Jun-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — There was clearly great demand for this type of fund when SKAGEN was launched as just a few months after inception on 26 May 2015, the high concentration global equity fund SKAGEN Focus had assets under … Read the full press release
Posted in Financial, Investment, Management, Norway
Tagged equity, equity_fund, fund, investment, SKAGEN Focus
LONDON, 07-Jun-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Travel Counsellors, the global independent travel company, today announces that mid-market private equity house Equistone Partners Europe has realised its investment through a secondary buyout to Vitruvian Partners. Travel Counsellors was founded in 1994 by … Read the full press release
Posted in Financial, Investment, Travel, United Kingdom
Tagged Ben Johnson, buyout, Equistone Partners Europe, equity, investment, PE, private equity, Steve Byrne, Steve O’Hare, travel, travel company, Travel Counsellors, Vitruvian Partners
LONDON, 07-Jun-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Rio Tinto has completed the sale of its 75 per cent interest in the Winchester South coal development project in Queensland, Australia, to Whitehaven Coal Limited. Total consideration of $200 million is comprised of $150 … Read the full press release
Posted in Investment, Metals and Minerals, United Kingdom
Tagged coal, coal mines, Mines, Queensland, Rio Tinto
Brentford, UK, 05-Jun-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — GlaxoSmithKline plc (LSE/NYSE: GSK) today announces that it has completed the buyout of Novartis’ 36.5% stake in its Consumer Healthcare Joint Venture for $13 billion (£9.3 billion*). The transaction, which was previously announced on 27 … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Healthcare, Investment, Pharma & Biotech, United Kingdom
Tagged buyout, Consumer HealthCare, GlaxoSmithKline plc, Healthcare, Novartis, shareholders
STOCKHOLM/ TOKYO, Japan, 04-Jun-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Funds advised by Triton (“Triton”) have successfully completed the sale of Ovako AB (“Ovako”), a leading European producer of engineering steel to, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (“NSSMC”), one of the world’s largest … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Industrial, Investment, Metals and Minerals, Sweden
Tagged engineering, STEEL, steel producer
STOCKHOLM, 04-Jun-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — EQT Credit, through its Mid-Market investment strategy, is pleased to announce that it has provided the financing to support Keensight Capital and ERES’ (the “Shareholders”) investment in Biovian (or the “Company”), a leading European player in … Read the full press release
Posted in Financial, Finland, Investment, Pharma & Biotech, Sweden
Tagged acquisition, biopharmaceuticals, Biovian, EQT Credit, ERES, financing, investment, Keensight Capital, Paul Johnson
Company impresses with scientifically based ovulation tracker and underlying business model ZURICH, 31-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Credit Suisse subsidiary SVC Ltd. for Risk Capital for SMEs, founded in 2010, provides Swiss SMEs and start-up companies with a total of CHF 130 million … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Healthcare, Investment, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged Ava AG, Credit Suisse, Didier Denat, investment, medtech, Risk Capital for SMEs, start-up, SVC Ltd.
FRANKFURT, 31-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Deutsche Börse has reached a definitive agreement to acquire GTX’s ECN business from GAIN Capital Holdings Inc. for 100 million US dollar. With this transaction Deutsche Börse Group’s foreign exchange unit 360T expands its participation … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Germany, Investment
Tagged acquisition, Carlo Kölzer, Deutsche Börse, ECN business, GAIN Capital Holdings Inc., GTX
BUCHAREST, Romania, 30-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The Company would like to inform its shareholders that, as a result of the completion of the conditions to closing provided in the share-purchase agreement (“SPA”) signed on 21 July 2017 between DIGI Távközlési … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Hungary, Internet & Online, Investment, Management, News, Romania, Technology, Telecom
Tagged acquisition, broadband, broadband internet, broadband internet services provider, Digi Communications, Digi Communications NV, Digi HU, DIGI Távközlési és Szolgáltató Kft., fast internet, fixed line telecom networks, fixed line telecommunications, fixed telephony, HD television, Hungarian Competition Council, Hungarian telecommunications market, Hungarian telecommunications operator, Ilford Holding Kft., InviTechnocom Kft., Invitel Távközlési Zrt, Invitel Technocom Távközlési Kft., mobile telephony network, RCS & RDS, Serghei Bulgac, share purchase agreement, telecommunications provider, Valentin Popoviciu
BUCHAREST, Romania, 25-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Digi Communications NV (The Company) would like to inform the market and its investors that it approved the implementation of a stock option plan to the benefit of the officers and employees of Digi Spain … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Hungary, Investment, Management, News, Romania, Spain, Technology, Telecom
Tagged Class B shares, conditional stock options, Digi Communications, Digi Communications NV, Digi Mobil, Digi Spain S.L.U., Directors, Employees, investors, mobile services, MVNO, officers, pay TV, RCS & RDS, RCS&RDS, Serghei Bulgac, shares, Spain, stock option plan, telecommunications provider, telecommunications services, Valentin Popoviciu
US$200 million loan for investments in energy efficiency and refurbishment. US$200 million loan for energy efficiency and modernisation of SOPC refinery Investment will improve plant’s operational performance and carbon footprint Strong growth in domestic demand for oil and gas in … Read the full press release
The MAHLE Group has increased its holding in BrainBee, an automotive workshop equipment specialist, to 80 percent of the company’s shares. After a strategic minority holding of 20 percent was agreed in September 2017, MAHLE Aftermarket is now taking another … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Germany, Investment, Italy, Technology
Tagged Automechanika, automotive workshop equipment specialist, BrainBee, Carlo Rocchi, Olaf Henning, The MAHLE Group
The Škoda Transportation Group became the 100% owner of the only Scandinavian manufacturer of rolling stock in Finland, the Transtech company. The majority stake in Transtech was purchased by Škoda in August 2015. The agreement to buy the remaining 25 … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Czech Republic, Finland, Investment, Transportation & Logistics, Travel
Tagged Petr Brzezina, rolling stock, Sinituote Oy, Škoda Transportation, trams, Transtech, Zdeněk Majer
UPPSALA, Sweden, 21-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — MIPARO, a residential real estate home listing portal for emerging markets, based in Sweden, announced today that their crowdfunding campaign with FundedByMe, a leading European based firm, will begin May 21, 2018. It will run … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Internet & Online, Investment, News, Real Estate, Sweden
Tagged Bangladesh, brokers, crowdfunding, crowdfunding campaign, crowdfunding platform, early stage investment, early-stage VC, emerging markets, fund raising campaign, FundedByMe, funding, home buyers, homes, individual investors, international home buyers, investment, investors, Jeffrey Mindham, Mikael Westoo, Milky Way Cap, MIPARO, online property listing, online property listing portal, PHILIPPINES, private equity, Property Portal, Proptech, real estate agents, real estate tech, real estate tech startups, residential real estate, seed-round funding, startup, VC, VC funds, West Island Invest AB
BUCHAREST, Romania, 18-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The Company would like to inform the market and its investors that, on 18 May 2018, Mr. Serghei Bulgac (Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of the Company), Mr. Valentin Popoviciu (Executive Director of … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Hungary, Investment, Management, Media, News, Romania, Telecom
Tagged Bogdan Ciobotaru, Bucharest Stock Exchange, Digi Communications NV, Financial, Marius Vărzaru, mobile services, MVNO, pay TV, RCS & RDS, Romanian Financial Supervisory Authority, Serghei Bulgac, shareholders, shares, stock option plan, stock options, telecommunications services, Valentin Popoviciu
BUCHAREST, Romania, 17-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The Company (Digi Communications NV) would like to inform the market and its investors that on 15 May 2018 Mr. Serghei Bulgac, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of the Company and Mr. Valentin … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Entertainment, Financial, Hungary, Investment, Italy, Management, Media, News, Romania, Spain, Telecom
Tagged Digi Communications, Digi Communications NV, financial media, Market Abuse Regulation, mobile services, MVNO, RCS & RDS, Romanian Financial Supervisory Authority, Serghei Bulgac, shares, stock option plan, stock options, telecommunications services, tv, Valentin Popoviciu
EINDHOVEN, 16-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — DLL, a global provider of asset-based financial solutions, announced today the appointment of Mike Janse as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and member of the Executive Board of DLL. This new appointment takes immediate effect. Janse … Read the full press release
Posted in Financial, Investment, Management, Netherlands, Technology
Tagged Bill Stephenson, Carlo van Kemenade, DLL, Mike Janse
WIESBADEN, 15-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — SGL CFL CE, a Triton Fund IV company, has completed the process of becoming a new stand-alone company competing under the name of COBEX. The company will continue to operate in the market as a global … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Investment, Management, Metals and Minerals
Tagged Andrzej Hotlos, carbon, COBEX, Experts in Carbon Solutions, Frank Goede, graphite, SGL CFL CE, Triton
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