Irresistible Materials (IM), a UK materials technology company spun-out from the University of Birmingham, has secured GBP290,000 of further support from its investing shareholder Mercia Fund Management and new business angels from the US and UK. IM has also appointed Stuart McIntosh as its new chairman. McIntosh has 40 years’
Electranova Capital, the private equity innovation fund managed by Idinvest Partners in association with EDF, has invested in Forsee Power Solutions with the aim of supporting its growth and business development. Founded in 2011, Forsee Power Solutions is a leading participant in the market for batteries, specialising in integration
HBJ Gateley has advised the private equity firm Azure Investments on its acquisition of Dundee-based construction business Muirfield Contracts, as the builder seeks to target Scotland’s thriving energy sector. Despite the continuing difficulty in the building industry, Muirfield has posted consistent year on year growth, with GBP2m profit from
Atlanta-based private equity firm Hibernian Pacific Holdings (HPH) has bought a portfolio of 45 single family attached and detached residential properties in DeKalb County, Georgia. The properties were bought from a private seller, with terms not to be disclosed. Since its inception in 2009, HPH has focused its
Positive Cashflow Finance has secured a GBP22m funding line from RBS Invoice Finance and NatWest in a deal that gives the directors a majority shareholding in the business they founded five and a half years ago. The company, which was backed by private equity firm Infinity Asset Management in
Funds managed by Värde Partners have completed the acquisition of FirstCity Financial Corporation. Mark B Horrell, who previously served as senior vice president and head of US acquisitions of FirstCity, has been appointed chief executive officer of FirstCity, succeeding James T. Sartain. Sartain will retire and join Värde as
Scarosso, the online shoe brand, has raised series A funding from a syndicate of investors led by DN Capital. DN Capital was joined in the round by IBB Venture Capital Company managed Kreativwirtschaft Berlin, Perikles Ventures and other local angel investors. The financing will support the launch of new collections, in
Private equity funds that closed in 2012 secured on average 44 per cent of their target capital by the time they held a first close, the lowest proportion in the period since 2006, according to a study by Preqin. In addition, private equity funds closed in 2012 took an
Private equity firms GMT Communications Partners and Veronis Suhler Stevenson (VSS) have teamed up with management to provide growth capital to IT-Ernity, a provider of business critical managed services and shared hosting for SMEs in the Netherlands. Founded in 2002 by its managing director Sebastiaan de Koning and R&D
While the first quarter of 2013 saw the lowest number of deals in the offshore region since Q1 2008, the offshore M&A market has performed better than the global average, according to a report released by Appleby. The latest edition of Offshore-i, the firm’s quarterly report which provides data
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