2017 was another record-breaking year for Idinvest’s Private Debt division, with almost EUR900 million invested in 45 companies during the year, including Accès Industrie, Ask Chemicals, Auvesy, Europart, Frostkrone, Iberchem, Organic Alliance, Remade in France, Scalian, Square consulting, Staci, ProXES and Wer Liefert Was. François Lacoste, Partner in charge of
French private equity investor Siparex enjoyed a record year in 2017 with EUR206 million in investments and EUR213 million in exits reflecting contributions from all of the company’s business segments. The Group’s strong activity in 2017 confirms the pertinence of the Siparex model featuring five business segments (Midmarket, Midcaps, Small
BGF completed 48 new investments and provided GBP310 million in funding to UK smaller and mid-sized companies in 2017. BGF was the UK’s most active institutional investor in 2017. The year ended on another high with GBP79 million was invested in December, an all-time record month for BGF, while two
German technology venture capital investor Target Partners saw record portfolio fundraising results in 2017 with the startups financed by the firm raising more than EUR110 million in 25 financing rounds. The total market cap of the Target Partners portfolio increased by EUR450 million and now exceeds EUR1 billion for the
Calculus Capital, an Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Venture Capital Trust (VCT) specialist, has reported a record year with GBP30 million invested and over 500 companies reviewed over the 12 months to 31 October 2017. Calculus believes this is evidence of the strong appetite for EIS and VCT investments and
The corporate finance team at accountancy and business advisory firm BDO UK has had a record year of deals, completing 300 transactions in 2017, with a combined value of more than GBP18.5 billion. Deal volumes for BDO have grown 23 per cent from 243 in 2016 to 300 in 2017,
Clearwater International UK experienced an exceptionally strong finish to 2017 having completed nine deals during the Christmas period with an aggregated deal value of GBP450 million. The most active sectors were Industrials, and Consumer. The Industrials team successfully delivered over GBP60 million of finance for construction services and aggregates provider
Private equity house Key Capital Partners (KCP), which has offices in Leeds and London, is celebrating a record-breaking year, having completed four deals worth a total of GBP28 million in 2017, the latest in a string of investments it has made in growing SMEs nationwide. A leading investor in the
Gemini experienced record-breaking growth in 2017, with an 80 per cent increase in the number of registered fund launches executed during the year. When surveyed, clients cited the key drivers in selecting Gemini for their new funds, including: • Gemini’s turnkey solutions, which help them scale their operations and focus
Octopus Group (Octopus) has increased its total institutional assets under management (AUM) by over GBP500 million in 2017, the business announced today. Octopus’ institutional AUM is GBP1.7 billion and its total overall AUM is over GBP7 billion. As investors increasingly turn their attention to the long-term benefits of real asset
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