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Aksiom and Ara Partners acquire UK renewable energy company Anesco

Aksiom Services Group, a partnership between Ara Partners and the Aksiom Group, has acquired Anesco Holdings, the parent company of the Anesco Group, for an undisclosed sum.   Anesco joins the group’s growing portfolio of companies who are developing and building low carbon infrastructure and helping accelerate global decarbonisation.  

General Atlantic leads USD100m investment in Fresha

Fresha, a beauty and wellness software platform, has secured USD100 million in a Series C investment round led by General Atlantic, a global growth equity firm, with strategic participation from Huda Kattan of HB Investments and the founder of Huda Beauty, as well as Michael Zeisser of FMZ Ventures, former

CDC-backed Globeleq breaks ground on Mozambique solar power and storage project

Globeleq, Africa’s independent power producer, and the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), the infrastructure development and finance organisation, have officially broken ground on a 9MWp solar and 7MWh storage power project at Cuamba in northern Mozambique, bringing clean power and jobs to the region.  Globeleq is majority owned by CDC

Six BidCo Ltd acquires Sigma Capital Group plc

Paul Hastings LLP, a global law firm, is advising Six BidCo Ltd (a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of investment funds managed by PineBridge Benson Elliot) on its acquisition of Sigma Capital Group plc, a provider of Private Rented Sector housing in the UK.  The boards of Six Bidco Ltd and Sigma

Silverfleet Capital sells Coventya

The pan-European private equity firm Silverfleet Capital, through one of its portfolio companies, Electrum Holding Sàrl, has entered into an exclusivity agreement with Element Solutions Inc, for the purpose of the sale of its stake in Coventya, an international specialty chemicals business headquartered in France, generating a 2.5x gross money

General Atlantic leads USD100m investment in Fresha

Fresha, a beauty and wellness software platform, announced today a USD100 million Series C investment led by General Atlantic, a global growth equity firm, with strategic participation from Huda Kattan of HB Investments and the founder of Huda Beauty, as well as Michael Zeisser of FMZ Ventures, former Chairman Investments

Chris Gauld Equator

Healthcare drivers that private equity should be aware of

By Chris Gauld, director, Equator – A positive repercussion of Covid-19 has been the massive uptick in the interest in healthy activities and healthy living. Exercise equipment sales in the UK have spiked 5,800 percent during the pandemic, while corporate wellbeing investments, ranging from free gym memberships through to mental health

Tristone Capital acquires Premier Care Management

Buy and build Manchester-based investment group, Tristone Capital, has acquired Premier Care Management Ltd through its care division, Tristone Healthcare.   Premier Care Management Ltd was founded in 2009 by Steve Bristow as a provider of community and outreach services within the South West as an alternative to residential accommodation

Henkel completes sale of Right Guard and Dry Idea brands

Henkel has closed the sale of two brands, Right Guard and Dry Idea, to Thriving Brands, effective 1 June, 2021. Both brands are mainly focused on the North American and UK markets.  The transaction is another milestone in the company’s ambition to actively shape its portfolio, an important pillar of

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