European private equity is reawakening following a quiet six months after the UK’s EU Referendum last summer, with overall buyout value growing by more than a third between H2 2016 and H1 2017 to reach EUR35.8 billion for the first half of this year. That’s according to provisional H1 data
Palatine Private Equity has completed the successful sale of Chase Templeton to Nevada Investments following a period of extraordinary growth for the private medical insurance provider. The private equity firm initially backed the Blackburn-based business in 2013 and has supported the management team through a successful buy and build strategy.
Calculus Capital, an EIS and VCT investor, will invest GBP2.4 million as a cornerstone investor in a GBP6.6 million institutional and private investment round in Blu Wireless Technology (BWT), a specialist in the provision of ultra-fast millimetre Wave (mmWave) wireless technology into homes and businesses through the roll-out of Wi-Gig
BGF has invested GBP3.85 million in support of Dolphin Homes, a South Coast based specialist care provider for young adults with complex health needs. The funds will be used for the provision of two new care homes in Hampshire, as well as investing further into Dolphin’s existing homes. Now operating
Cavendish Corporate Finance has advised Cotswold Collections Limited in an investment by Rockpool Investments, funding a management buyout of the business. Cotswold Collections offers a unique range of fashionable women’s clothing and accessories, aimed at affluent mature women. The in-house design team, led by Managing Director Jane Cheeseman, has considerable
Beechbrook Capital, a specialist direct lender, has completed two more investments for its UK SME Credit I fund, taking the total invested since its first close in January 2016 to GBP77 million in 10 companies. The fund, which finances non-private equity-backed UK SMEs, has provided unitranche debt to support the
An affiliate of private equity firm Gemspring Capital has acquired the assets of Therma Corporation, a full-service design-build specialty mechanical contractor that focuses on complex HVAC, high purity process piping and process controls for cleanrooms, laboratories and high-tech manufacturing facilities. Therma was founded in 1967 by Joe Parisi, the CEO,
Funds managed by Inflexion Private Equity have completed an investment in ProLabs, an independent supplier of compatible optical transceivers which are used by home broadband service providers through to hyper scale data centres. Principally serving blue-chip telecoms and financial services businesses in the US, Europe and Asia, Prolabs has
LeapFrog Investments has acquired a stake in Cignifi, a platform creating financial profiles through mobile phone data. LeapFrog is partnering with Omidyar Network, the philanthropic investment firm created by eBay Founder Pierre Omidyar, a long time investor in Cignifi. Cignifi is aiming to help meet the needs of more
Trinitas Capital Management, a Dallas-based collateralised loan obligation (CLO) manager, today announced that Pine Brook has closed its previously announced USD250 million line of equity commitment in Dallas-based collateralised loan obligation (CLO) manager, Trinitas Capital Management. “We’re very pleased to partner with Pine Brook and look forward to continue building
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