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Carlyle Group leads preferred equity investment for Apex Group

The Carlyle Group’s Global Credit platform has led a preferred equity investment for Apex Group Ltd, a provider of fund administration and financial services to the asset management and corporate sectors. Apex will use the capital to support ongoing growth and acquisition activities, including Apex’s previously announced acquisitions of Luxembourg-based FundRock

DPI and CDC partner to create USD750m biopharmaceutical platform

Development Partners International (DPI) through its ADP III fund, CDC Group, the UK’s publicly owned impact investor, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have joined to create a major new player in the pan-African pharmaceuticals industry.The three founding investors have committed an initial $250 million of capital

NorthEdge invests in Lights4fun

Private equity firm NorthEdge has supported the management buyout of Lights4fun, one of Europe’s leading e-commerce retailers of decorative lighting, to further expand the business’ existing market presence internationally. The direct-to-consumer Harrogate-headquartered business has been operating since 2003 and sells more than 700 decorative lighting products online, which include indoor and

Shore Capital Partners invests in Women’s Health Group

Shore Capital Partners (Shore), a Chicago-based private equity firm, has entered into a strategic partnership with the Women’s Health Group (WHG).Led by founder Dr Stephen Volin, WHG is a leading obstetrics and gynaecology (OB/GYN) services provider with nine locations, including a midwifery practice, birthing centre, surgery centre and six clinical

Energy

Balderton Capital and Eight Roads back Tibber

Eight Roads Ventures and London-based VC firm Balderton Capital, with participation from existing investors including San Francisco-based Founders Fund, have led a Series B equity round into digital electricity supplier Tibber.  Tibber also secured working capital funding by Nordea alongside equity, in order to support its growth. With this, Tibber

Eurazeo sells stake in Iberchem

Eurazeo Capital is to sell its stake in Iberchem, its Fragrances and Flavours portfolio company based in Murcia (Spain), to Croda, a UK Specialty Chemicals company listed on the London Stock Exchange. 

BGF backs UK Flooring Direct

BGF has invested GBP8 million into Midlands-headquartered UK Flooring Direct to support its ongoing growth ambitions.UK Flooring Direct is an online retailer supplying quality own-brand wood, laminate, and vinyl flooring direct to consumers and trade, growing from an early ecommerce pioneer, to now being regarded as a market leader in

CenterOak Partners invests in collision repair company

CenterOak Partners (CenterOak), a Dallas-based private equity firm, has formed CollisionRight, a regional multi-shop operator of auto repair services in the central United States. CenterOak’s investment will provide capital to support the growth of the newly formed entity. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.   CollisionRight, headquartered in Columbus,

Shropshire immersive tech firm secures GBP787,000 investment

Shropshire-based immersive software and technology company, Igloo Vision, has secured GBP787,000 in equity investment under the UK Government’s Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS).The firm, which develops technology and software that can take any digital content and put it into a shared immersive space, will use the funding to continue the build-out

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