3i windfall as Petrofac floats
Venture capital and private equity group 3i is to land a £120 million realisation on its investment in Petrofac, as a result of the oil and gas services provider's imminent £742 million London flotation.
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Venture capital and private equity group 3i is to land a £120 million realisation on its investment in Petrofac, as a result of the oil and gas services provider's imminent £742 million London flotation.
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Broker WH Ireland is seeking to raise £10 million for diamond prospector Xceldiam, which is looking for gems in Angola, ahead of an anticipated £30 million AIM flotation.
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AIM-quoted restaurateur Hartford, which runs Jamies bars, has bought American-style chain Henry J Beans for £5.8 million from a consortium of investors including the Guinness Flight, Elderstreet and Chrysalis VCTs.
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Three of Leisure & Media VCT's four investments in the first half were media ventures.
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Mobile phones and PDAs are fast becoming the bane of British businesses, with almost two-thirds of workers complaining of poor mobile habits amongst their co-workers, or so latest research from polling organisation YouGov suggests.
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North of England- and Midlands-focused investment group Enterprise Ventures has named plant health technology business Plant Impact as the latest addition to its RisingStars Growth Fund.
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Institutional investment in AIM companies continues to rise steadily, with institutions now controlling some 40.9 per cent of the market, a statistic revealed by Growth Company Investor's third annual market survey.
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ISIS Equity Partners has hired 3i veteran Henrietta Marsh to head up the AIM investment side of its four Baronsmead VCTs, which currently have more than £200 million under management.
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Institutional investment in AIM companies continues to rise steadily, with institutions now controlling some 40.9 per cent of the market, a statistic revealed by Growth Company Investor's third annual market survey.
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ISIS Equity Partners has hired 3i veteran Henrietta Marsh to head up the AIM investment side of its four Baronsmead VCTs, which currently have more than £200 million under management.
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Barclays Private Equity has sold its stake in residential care business CareTech back to the company’s management – after three years of investment – ahead of a reported £50 million AIM flotation.
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Mid-market private equity house Gresham has completed a brace of deals in under a week, supporting both the management buyout of industrials business Olaer and providing £31 million of financing for local government services group Jackson Lloyd.
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Online football betting specialist Betex, now raising £3 million on OFEX, plans to join AIM to attract another £7 million of investment and has already appointed broker Numis to assist.
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If its £8.3 million fundraising goes according to plan, software venture Ex Libris will become the latest in an increasingly long line of Israeli ventures to launch onto AIM – although it is likely to be the only company on the market founded by librarians.
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