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NorthEdge backs global cloud specialist iPortalis in first investment from SME Fund

NorthEdge Capital has made the first investment from its recently closed NorthEdge Capital SME Fund I, backing award-winning cloud services specialist iPortalis with a multi-million pound growth capital investment to support its global expansion. As organisations increasingly move to the cloud, iPortalis helps international businesses aggregate their diverse solutions so

Dyal Capital makes minority investment in Golub Capital

Golub Capital has sold a passive, non-voting minority stake in its management companies to Dyal Capital Partners (Dyal), a division of Neuberger Berman. Terms of the investment have not been disclosed.   Golub Capital plans to use Dyal’s investment as permanent capital to expand the Firm’s capabilities to deliver distinctive,

Global political uncertainty delays M&A deals

BDO publication Horizons reveals that global mid-market M&A activity in Q2 2018 dropped 6.6 per cent; in other words, a total of 1,782 deals were registered, representing a total deal value of USD157.8 billion – or a 4.5 per cent drop – compared to Q1 of this year. When the

AnaCap seals Slovenian loan portfolio acquisition

Financial services private equity firm AnaCap Financial Partners’ (AnaCap) AnaCap Credit Opportunities III fund has acquired a 1st lien corporate debt/loan portfolio from local bank Nova KBM (NKBM). The servicer is Elements Capital Partners. The gross purchase price or claim amounts have not been disclosed.   In addition to completing

Value of UK e-retail M&A deals up 14-fold in the last year

The value of UK M&A deals involving e-retail businesses has jumped to GBP461 million in 2017/18, a fourteen-fold increase from just GBP31 million the previous year, says RPC, the City-headquartered law firm. RPC says that this M&A activity has been driven by deals targeting luxury fashion e-retailers, as both luxury

Compass to acquire BFI Finance stake

Compass Banca (Compass), which is 100 per cent owned by Mediobanca, is to acquire 19.9 per cent of PT BFI Finance Indonesia Tbk (BFI Finance) from the Trinugraha consortium which currently owns 45.7 per cent of the share capital.   Upon closing, Compass will become one of the largest shareholders

Calculus Capital invests GBP2 million in Oxford BioTherapeutics

Calculus Capital, an Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Venture Capital Trust (VCT) specialist, has invested GBP2 million in Oxford BioTherapeutics (OBT), a clinical-stage oncology company that is developing next-generation cancer treatments. OBT has a strong pipeline of ‘immune-oncology’ (IO) therapies that are intended to provide more targeted, specialised treatment strategies

Mid Europa Partners completes acquisition of JS Hamilton

Mid Europa Partners, a private equity investor focused on Central and Eastern Europe, has completed the acquisition of JS Hamilton, partnering with its founder, Jan Olszowski who will remain involved in the business. JS Hamilton is a testing, inspection and certification company in Poland engaged in food, non-food, fuel and

ARQIS advises AVS Verkehrssicherung on KMK Projekts acquisition

ARQIS has advised AVS Verkehrssicherung (AVS) on its acquisition of KMK Projekts, a provider of traffic safety products and permanent road marking in Latvia. The purchase price has not been disclosed.   Founded in 1994, KMK Projekts provides and installs crash barrier systems and offers horizontal road marking, on both

Noerr advises Donges SteelTec on strategic acquisition from Tata Steel

Noerr has advised the investment company Mutares and its subsidiary Donges SteelTec on the strategic acquisition of Tata Steel’s roof and facade system division operating as the Kalzip Group. Donges, headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany, has so far been operating in the steel bridge and structural steel construction business in the

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