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Tricida secures USD100m venture debt financing from Hercules Capital

Tricida has entered into a USD100 million venture debt facility with Hercules Capital, a specialist in customising debt financing for companies in the life sciences and technology-related markets. “This financing provides Tricida with significant financial flexibility as we continue the development of TRC101 for the treatment of metabolic acidosis in

NorthEdge achieves 3.1x return on sale of UK’s largest Apple reseller

NorthEdge Capital (NorthEdge) has completed the sale of Jigsaw24, a leading provider of IT solutions to the corporate, creative and education sectors, to private equity firm Alcuin Capital Partners. Based in Nottingham, Jigsaw24 is a B2B reseller, integrator and managed service provider of Apple technology, Adobe and Avid software.  

Equistone to acquire Karavel-Promovacance and FRAM from LBO France

Mid-market private equity investor Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone) is to acquire a majority stake in Karavel-Promovacances Group and FRAM Group from LBO France. This investment will be made alongside Alain de Mendonça and Folco Aloisi (founders of the Karavel-Promovacances Group), Cyrille Fradin (the Group’s Financial and Risk Director), as well

Endless sells two more BAI divisions to Shilo Industries in EUR52.9m deal

Private equity house Endless has sold two of the remaining four divisions of its Brabant Alucast International (BAI) investment to NASDAQ-listed business, Shiloh Indistries Inc for EUR52.9 million. This follows the earlier sale by Endless of the BAI business in the Czech Republic in late 2016 to an MBO team.  BAI

Sotralu Group acquires GNS Group

Sotralu Group, supported by its majority shareholder Bridgepoint Development Capital, has acquired GNS Group in Portugal. Its aim is to consolidate its position in Europe and continue to develop its export market further afield (China, India, the Middle East). With sales of more than EUR8 million and strong growth over

Carpet and floor firm secures GBP15m ABL facility

Carpet & Flooring (Trading) Limited, one of the UK’s leading distributors of floor covering products, has secured a GBP15 million asset-based lending (ABL) facility from Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance to support strategic acquisitions. The business has its headquarters in Redditch in the Midlands with 11 branches nationwide, including Manchester,

ECM-managed fund acquires stake in Hamburg-based Albrecht & Dill Cosmetics

German Equity Partners IV (GEP IV), a private equity fund managed by the independent German investment company ECM Equity Capital Management (ECM), has acquired a stake in Albrecht & Dill Cosmetics (A&D). The previous sole owner, Philipp Sahling, will continue to run the company as Managing Partner.   As part

Ocelot Partners to acquire Ocean Outdoor from Searchlight Capital Partners

Ocelot Partners Limited is to acquire Ocean Outdoor from investment funds managed by Searchlight Capital Partners (Searchlight) for an enterprise value of GBP200 million. Ocean is a pure play operator of premium digital out-of-home (DOOH) advertising in the UK. Ocean’s portfolio of digital, full motion screens facilitates connectivity as out-of-home,

Pamlico makes growth investment in Silverline

Pamlico Capital has made a growth equity investment in Silverline, a Salesforce Platinum Consulting Partner headquartered in New York City. The partnership will allow Silverline to advance as a leader delivering innovative solutions across the Salesforce Platform, including the vertically-focused Salesforce Financial Services Cloud and Salesforce Health Cloud.   “Silverline’s

Advent International to acquire Laird for GBP1bn

Law firm Paul Hastings has acted for Goldman Sachs and Citigroup as arrangers on financing for the recommended public-to-private GBP1 billion acquisition of Laird by Advent International. AI Ladder Limited (Bidco) (a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of funds managed by Advent International Corporation) and UK electronics and technology business Laird reached

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