Venture Partners Botswana Invests Ongwediva Medipark Limited

Venture Partners Botswana Invests Ongwediva Medipark Limited

Feb 20, 2013 | News

African Venture Capital Association (AVCA) 11 February 2013 VPB Namibia (Pty) Limited (“VPB”), the Fund Manager to the VPB Namibia Growth Fund, recently concluded an equity investment into Ongwediva Medipark (Pty) Limited (“OMP”), a private healthcare provider. OMP is...
Chinese Firm Buys U.S. Solar Start-Up

Chinese Firm Buys U.S. Solar Start-Up

Jan 10, 2013 | News

New York Times 9 January 2013 Just a few years ago, Silicon Valley investors were pouring money into solar technologies and talking about how they would bring the same kind of innovation to green energy that they had to the computer chip. But few anticipated that...
OLMA Invest purchases Burgundy wine producer Domaine Chanzy

OLMA Invest purchases Burgundy wine producer Domaine Chanzy

Nov 24, 2012 | France, News

23 November 2012 OLMA Invest SAS today announced that the court in Chalon-sur-Saône had approved its purchase of Burgundy wine producer Domaine Chanzy from bankruptcy. OLMA Invest is leading a consortium of seven private investors including four French citizens, two...
Visa Steel sells stake for Rs 368 cr

Visa Steel sells stake for Rs 368 cr

Nov 21, 2012 | News

Business Standard 21 November 2012 As part of its corporate debt restructuring (CDR) programme, Kolkata-based steel maker Visa Steel has decided to sell 49 per cent of its stake in its subsidiary Visa Coke (its 400,000-tonne capacity coke oven battery) to New...
Out of Focus: China’s First Big LBO Deal is a Headscratcher

Out of Focus: China’s First Big LBO Deal is a Headscratcher

Oct 15, 2012 | France, News

China Private Equity 30 August 2012 The first rule of capitalism is the more buyers you attract, the higher the price you get. So, having just one potential buyer is generally a lousy idea when your goal is to make as much money as possible. What then to make of the...