ThinCats, a fintech lender to SMEs has launched a new programme for up to GBP300 million with global asset manager Insight Investment to fund UK SMEs with commercial loans. On top of GBP300 million from existing investors, ThinCats now has a potential GBP600 million to fund UK SMEs across the
ForeVest Capital Partners (ForeVest), a private equity fund manager operating primarily in Central and Eastern Europe, has closed a general partner-led secondary transaction of a fund it advises, PineBridge New Europe Partners II (NEP II). In the transaction, a new investment fund advised by ForeVest acquired portfolio companies from NEP
Perpetual Corporate Trust, an independent provider of corporate trustee services to the managed funds industry and debt markets in Australia, has formed a strategic partnership with FundRock Management Company (FundRock). The collaboration will enable clients of both firms to leverage the expertise and services offered in their respective core markets.
Investcorp, a global provider and manager of alternative investment products, has made the company’s first private equity investment in China since its inception in 1982. Investcorp has partnered with China Everbright Limited (Everbright), a sovereign-backed cross-border asset manager that is publicly listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Investcorp, has
O’Melveny has represented Silicon Valley-based electric vehicle company Lucid Motors in connection with securing over USD1 billion in investments from the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions. The transaction represents a major milestone for Lucid Motors as it moves towards the commercial
Bertelsmann is to acquire the US online education provider OnCourse Learning from the private equity company CIP Capital, for an amount in the mid-nine-digit euro range. The transaction further strengthens Bertelsmann’s presence in the US. Alongside the acquisitions of the Random House book group in 1998, the online education provider
Brazos Private Equity Partners, a Dallas-based private equity firm, has sold BlackHawk Industrial Distribution, an independent value-added industrial distributor of cutting tools, abrasives, and MRO products, to Snow Phipps Group. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Based in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, BlackHawk was founded by Brazos
Graycliff Partners has made an investment in Graybill Processing (Graybill), a food by-product recycling company based in Pennsylvania, partnering with Dallas-based private equity company NCK Capital, to provide subordinated debt and equity financing to the company. Graybill has recycled food by-products in Pennsylvania for over 20 years. The Company collects
SHS Gesellschaft fuer Beteiligungsmanagement, MBG Baden-Württemberg and VC Fonds BW announced that SHS has sold its shareholding in Emerging Implant Technologies (EIT), a manufacturer of 3D-printed titanium interbody implants for spinal fusion surgery, to Johnson & Johnson Medical. SHS became EIT’s lead investor in September 2016 and has supported the
Private equity firm Thompson Street Capital Partners (TSCP) has partnered with management to acquire Seattle-based LifeSpan Biosciences (LSBio), a founder-led developer and distributer of antibodies and related reagents primarily to the academic and pharmaceutical research markets via its e-commerce platform. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. LSBio,
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