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Aquila Capital confirms EUR250m hydropower investment

Real asset specialist Aquila Capital has expanded its partnership with Dutch pension investor APG in European hydropower by EUR250 million to EUR550 million. With this new mandate, Aquila Capital’s assets under management increase to EUR10.75 billion.

Eagle Merchant Partners caps ‘exceptional’ year with two exits and add-on acquisition

Eagle Merchant Partners (Eagle) says its capped another exceptional year with two exits and an add-on acquisition, highlighting the Atlanta-based private equity firm’s successful strategy of focusing on founder-owned, Southeastern companies in the consumer and industrial sectors. The two exits included the sales of Chicken Salad Chick and United PF Partners,

IQ-EQ acquires Blue River Partners

Blue River Partners (Blue River), a US provider of outsourced solutions to alternative asset managers including fund administration for private equity funds, is to be acquired by IQ-EQ. Read the full story at Hedgeweek…

LDC opens Newcastle office

LDC, the private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group, is to open a new office in Newcastle city centre, further extending the firm’s footprint across the UK. 

Palatine sells Vernacare to HIG Capital

Palatine Private Equity has completed its exit from Vernacare Limited, the North-West based healthcare products specialist to HIG Capital. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.Established in 1964, Vernacare is a leading international healthcare products manufacturer, with infection-prevention as its core focus. It has pioneered single-use toileting systems globally,

a2e Industries secures GBP25m long-term AS.G funding from Magnetar Capital

a2e Industries has secured a GBP25 million term loan facility for its fast growing aerospace grouping, Aero Services.Global group (AS.G), with a new funding package provided by Magnetar Capital (Magnetar).In addition, Close Brothers Asset Finance has provided finance facilities of GBP6 million, bringing the total committed funding to GBP31 million.

Consulting M&A sells client Critical Resource to ERM

Consulting M&A has sold Critical Resource Strategy & Analysis (Critical Resource) – a specialist sustainability advisory company providing expertise in assessing stakeholder, political and ESG (environmental, social and governance) risks for the mining and energy industry – to ERM, the world’s leading sustainability consultancy.Founded in 2006 by Daniel Litvin, Critical

HG Ventures leads USD1.35m investment in Wildnote

HG Ventures, the corporate venture arm of the Heritage Group, has made a USD1.35 million seed round investment in Wildnote, an environmental compliance management solution. HG Ventures invested alongside Entrada Ventures, a Santa Barbara-based venture capital fund. Wildnote is a graduate of the inaugural 2019 cohort of The Heritage Group Accelerator

Valsoft acquires Navitrans International

Valsoft Corporation (Valsoft), a Montreal-based company that specialises in the acquisition and development of vertical market software companies, has acquired Young & Partners/Navitrans  International (Navitrans), a technology leader offering a complete and integrated suite of logistics, transportation, warehousing and freight forwarding software solutions.Navitrans has provided a premium suite of integrated logistics

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