Great Rock Capital, an asset-focused commercial finance company specialising in middle market lending, has closed a USD10 million credit facility to a leading skilled nursing and assisted living provider that operates 64 facilities in the Southwest USA. Great Rock Capital’s investment – USD10 million of a USD20 million credit facility – marks the firm’s first underwriting
BioMed Partners has invested in Tolremo therapeutics as part of USD9.3 million Series A financing round. Tolremo therapeutics was founded in March 2017 as a Spin-off from ETH Zürich. Tolremo’s proprietary platform has the potential to change cancer therapy by targeting resistance-causing molecular mechanisms up-front, thereby addressing drug resistance proactively
Snyk, a company that helps organisations use open source code securely, has closed a USD22 million Series B investment round led by Accel, with participation from GV and existing investors Boldstart Ventures, Heavybit and others. Open source software (OSS) is embraced by over 95 per cent of enterprises, which dramatically
Global fashion brand Michael Kors Holdings Limited is to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Italian luxury fashion house Gianni Versace for a total enterprise value of EUR1.83 billion, or approximately USD2.12 billion. Versace, long recognised as one of the world’s leading luxury fashion companies, is synonymous with Italian
Private equity fund manager and central and eastern Europe specialist, ForeVest Capital Partners, has closed a general partner-led secondary transaction of a fund on which it advises, PineBridge New Europe Partners II, LP (NEP II). In this transaction, a new investment fund, advised by ForeVest, has acquired portfolio companies from
Alder II AB (Alder), a Nordic investment fund focussing on developing sustainable technology companies, together with the management team, is to acquire 100 per cent of the shares in Scanacon Intressenter AB (Scanacon) from Verdane Capital VII K/S (Verdane). Scanacon is a provider of acid management systems used in the
Audax Private Equity has acquired a controlling interest in Acuant from Insight Venture Partners, Lightview Capital and Egis Capital Partners. Yossi Zekri, President and CEO of Acuant, says: “We selected Audax because they share our vision and commitment to creating frictionless, trusted transactions that protect businesses from unnecessary risk. By
Funds advised by Apax Partners have acquired Authority Brands, a North American franchisor of home services, from PNC Riverarch Capital. The financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, Authority Brands is the parent company of two home services franchisors:
Hedge fund stalwart, Lord Stanley Fink, has made a GBP3 million investment in UK-based turnkey homes specialist, Project Etopia. Project Etopia creates turn-key properties that combine passive design, affordability, renewable energy generation, intelligent heating and cooling systems and smart home technology. The cash injection from former Conservative Party Treasurer
Octopus Investments, part of Octopus Group, has announced a GBP10 million over allotment facility for its current AIM VCTs fundraise. Octopus has rapidly reached the initial GBP20 million target within just seven weeks and is now offering a further GBP10 million of fundraising capacity to meet investor demand. The
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