Palatine Private Equity has completed the successful sale of Westleigh to Countryside Properties, achieving over a three-times return and 90 per cent IRR within less than two years of making the original investment. Westleigh is the largest independent housebuilder in the Midlands focusing on the delivery of affordable homes to
Ultimus Fund Solutions has acquired Woodfield Fund Administration, a privately-owned private fund administration firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Ultimus says that the combination will allow each firm to better leverage technology investments, resources and assets, providing current and prospective clients the opportunity to access a larger range of services from
GP Global (Formerly Gulf Petrochem Group) has completed its acquisition of MAG Lube in the United Arab Emirates. MAG Lube is a manufacturer of lubricants in the Middle East, distributing its full range of lubricants in more than 40 countries across the Middle East, Africa and Asia. GP Global has
WILsquare Capital, a St. Louis-based private equity firm has completed the acquisition of Quest Solutions (Quest). Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. “WILsquare Capital is extremely pleased to partner with the management team of Quest to continue investing in providing specialised solutions to the insurance industry,” says Bill
Birmingham-based Redbeard, a firm that develops code for Apple (iOS) apps has secured investment from the British Robotics Seed Fund (BRSF). The BRSF has provided GBP80,000 funding alongside GBP50,000 from private investors. Monies will be used to expand the company’s global development community and Code Store. The investment sees
Instapage, a landing page and post-click optimisation solution for digital advertisers, has closed a USD15 million growth investment from Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital, the growth-focused private investment platform within Morgan Stanley Investment Management. Investment funds will allow Instapage to accelerate the enterprise adoption of the Instapage post-click optimisation solution, expedite
Expel, a company that replaces what organisations spend on managed security service providers (MSSPs), announced it has secured USD20 million in Series B funding led by Scale Venture Partners, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm investing in the future of work. Ariel Tseitlin, a partner at Scale Venture Partners, will
The EQT Infrastructure III fund (EQT Infrastructure) has completed its majority stake investment in Spirit Communications. With the transaction complete, Spirit will be combined with Lumos, which was acquired in November 2017. The combination of Spirit and Lumos creates a super-regional fibre network stretching from Pittsburgh to Atlanta, with the
Global venture capital firm AXA Strategic Ventures is rebranding and will now be known as AXA Venture Partners. AXA Venture Partners, a USD450million venture capital firm backed by AXA, has participated in 32 deals since 2016, making it the most active venture capital firm backed by an insurance company, according
Audax Private Equity (Audax) has completed the sale of Wheel Pros to Clearlake Capital, a private equity firm based in Santa Monica, California. Wheel Pros, headquartered in Denver, CO, is a leading designer, marketer, and distributor of branded aftermarket wheels, performance tires and accessories. Geoffrey S Rehnert, Co-Chief Executive
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