Private equity investors are still seeking new deal opportunities despite expected declines in revenue as experienced by their portfolio companies and no wider ‘return to normal’ until 2021.That’s according to a new global study on how Covid-19 has impacted private equity firms’ and investors’ forecasts and strategies from international audit
Chiltern Capital (Chiltern) has completed an investment in Doby Verrolec Limited (Doby), a UK-based manufacturer of HVAC ductwork jointing systems and ductwork components. Doby was previously a subsidiary of Heitkamp & Thumann, a family owned industrial manufacturing group headquartered in Dusseldorf. Based in Stanley in County Durham, Doby can trace its
Investment company Kinnevik has agreed to sell 23.2 per cent of the shares in Nordic digital commerce group Qliro Group to Swedish VC fund Rite Ventures. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter of 2020. As a partial payment for the sold Qliro Group shares, Kinnevik will
Kian Capital Partners (Kian), a middle-market focused private investment firm, has exited its investment in TrueLearn (TrueLearn) through a sale to LLR Partners (LLR). Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.Headquartered in Mooresville, NC, TrueLearn is a leading provider of virtual learning and exam preparation software for physicians and
WIT Fitness, a London-based sportswear retailer, has secured an additional GBP1.5 million in follow-on funding from growth capital investor VGC Partners after growing revenues by 56 per cent in the last year.Activated by ecommerce, WIT Fitness sells high-quality branded training footwear and activewear apparel in the UK, US and Europe. It also operates a store
Water Street Healthcare Partners and JLL Partners have agreed to acquire and grow Solvias, a contract research, development and manufacturing company based in Switzerland.
IQ-EQ has acquired Blue River Partners (Blue River), a US-based provider of outsourced solutions to alternative asset managers. The acquisition of Blue River marks the Group’s latest strategic acquisition, the first in the US private equity and hedge fund services space. The newly combined IQ-EQ US operation brings together a
Alinda Capital Partners, an independent fund manager focused on mid-market core-plus infrastructure investments in North America and Europe, has sold Alinda Infrastructure Fund III’s interest in Energy Assets Group Limited in the United Kingdom to a consortium comprising European institutional investors and an infrastructure fund. This is the first exit for
BlackRock Private Equity Partners, Aberdeen Standard Investments, Neuberger Berman, Investment Corporation of Dubai and RSIC are becoming minority shareholders in Nordic Capital-owned Trustly, an online account-to-account payments provider. Nordic Capital remains the majority shareholder in Trustly, which it acquired in 2018. The deal will bring in additional long-term capital to
Silverfin has secured a significant Series B investment led by Hg, a specialist software investor and expert in the tax and accounting sector. The investment will be used to support the company’s expansion internationally as it responds to demand for its cloud service that consolidates real-time financial data, automates compliance reporting
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