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Twelve Capital Group acts as lead investor in three bilateral Private Debt transactions

Twelve Capital Group invested USD67.0 million in three bilateral Private Debt transactions in December 2017, with ACCC Holding Corporation (USD15.0 million), Federated National Holding Company (USD25.0 million) and a commercial US based insurer for small to medium sized businesses (USD27.0 million). On 28 December 2017, Federated National Holding Company (Federated

DPI builds Francophone African higher education platform

Pan-African private equity specialist DPI, has been instrumental in creating KMR Holding Pédagogique, a state-recognised higher education platform in Francophone Africa. This is because of rapidly growing demand for quality degrees and strong job placement that stem from the ever-growing emerging middle class on the continent, particularly in Africa’s fastest-growing

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Northern Trust to acquire technology and software development resources from Citadel

Northern Trust Corporation has reached an agreement with Citadel to bring Omnium technology development in-house – including a team of key development professionals as well as software development rights for its Omnium technology platform. The agreement gives Northern Trust greater control over technological enhancements. Additionally, the transaction enables deeper collaboration

Tikehau Capital finances L Catterton’s Ganni acquisition

Tikehau Capital, through its asset management branch Tikehau IM, has arranged a EUR33.6 million Unitranche facility to support L Catterton in its acquisition of Scandinavian fashion brand Ganni. Founded and headquartered in Copenhagen in 2000, Ganni is a premium fashion brand offering differentiated women’s apparel. Ganni succeeded in establishing an

CenterGate Capital Partners invests in AC Photonics

Private equity firm CenterGate Capital has made an investment in AC Photonics (ACP), a provider of precision optical and fibre optic components and modules designed and engineered to its customers’ precise specifications. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, ACP designs and engineers its products to its customers’ precise specifications, creating photonic

Marlin Equity Partners acquires majority stake in Talkwalker

Private equity firm Marlin Equity Partners has acquired a majority stake in Talkwalker, a global listening and analytics company. The acquisition allows the software company to leverage Marlin’s operational resources and expertise in growing technology businesses. Talkwalker’s founders and management team will continue to lead the company during this exciting

Sheridan Capital Partners invests in SpendMend

Sheridan Capital Partners (SCP) is to invest in SpendMend (SpendMend), a provider of spend visibility and audit recovery services to the healthcare industry. Sheridan has invested alongside SpendMend’s founders and management, who will retain a meaningful ownership stake in the business. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.   Headquartered

Waterland sells A-ROSA river cruises stake

Waterland Private Equity is selling its interest in the A-ROSA river cruise group to Duke Street. The British company based in London is acquiring all the shares of the European rivers premium cruise specialist together with the existing management team. “We are delighted to have found in Duke Street a

Barings completes sale of Wireless Infrastructure Group

Barings has sold its investment in Wireless Infrastructure Group (WIG) to 3i Infrastructure. Headquartered in Edinburgh, Scotland, WIG is an independent communications infrastructure provider. The Company operates a portfolio of over 2,000 communication towers and is the United Kingdom’s market leader for the deployment of neutral host distributed antenna system networks

InMotion Ventures backs self-driving taxi start-up

InMotion Ventures, Jaguar Land Rover’s venture capital arm, has invested USD3 million in US-based self-driving taxi service Voyage. The backing will support Voyage in developing a global service, with the aim that anyone can summon an autonomous vehicle to their door and reach their destination safely. Voyage has already trialled

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