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K2 Design & Strategy secures USD45m from Lambert Private Equity

K2 Design & Strategy has entered into a USD45 million equity subscription facility with private equity investment firm Lambert Private Equity. The company plans to list initially on the OTCBB or equivalent exchange.   K2 Design & Strategy is an advanced analytics and digital innovation company, bringing advanced technologies to

Kurma Partners invests in OxThera

Kurma Partners’s Biofund II, the first venture capital fund dedicated to financing innovation in the rare diseases space, has made its maiden EUR7.5 million investment in Oxthera, a Stockholm-based biopharmaceutical company. OxThera is currently conducting a placebo-controlled clinical trial with Oxabact in patients with primary hyperoxaluria at seven clinical sites

CalSTRS diversifies proactive private equity portfolio

The California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) has committed USD200 million to diversify its Private Equity Proactive Portfolio, which reaches small, niche emerging managers including those in under-served domestic markets. This latest commitment expands the programme, established in 2003, to USD1.9 billion.   The programme adds a new partner, Chicago-based

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Maven raises GBP7m for BPRA qualifying hotel development in Glasgow

Maven Capital Partners, a private equity and alternative asset manager, has secured GBP7 million of funding for a hotel development using the benefits of Business Premises Renovation Allowance (BPRA). The deal will see the purchase of Telfer House, an empty office building in Glasgow’s Merchant City, for refurbishment into a

Beringea and Octopus fuel expansion of Coal Grill and Bar

Coal Grill and Bar (t/a Charterhouse Leisure Ltd) has secured additional growth funding from Beringea and venture capital investors Octopus Investments, along with bank finance, to continue its expansion. With six high volume casual dining restaurants already established in Basingstoke, Bristol, Bristol Waterside, Exeter, Meadowhall in Sheffield and Milton Keynes,

Abraaj Group invests in Kool Food

The Abraaj Group has, through one of its funds, acquired a stake in Kool Food, a Moroccan chocolate confectionery manufacturer based in Casablanca. Kool Food was founded in 2010 by entrepreneur Anas Lahlou and specialises in developing, producing and selling chocolate confections, powder drinks as well as other sweet and

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LoneStar buys Octopus-backed Hydrobolt

LoneStar, backed by private equity firm AEA Investors, has bought Hydrobolt, a manufacturer and distributor of high integrity fully traceable specialty fasteners, machined components, and flanges and fittings predominately servicing the global oil and gas and power generation markets. The transaction, which has been managed by Rothschild, represents an exit

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Arsenal Capital acquires Synchrogenix

Private equity firm Arsenal Capital Partners has acquired Synchrogenix, a regulatory writing and related services firm.  Synchrogenix provides services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies worldwide.    Concurrent with the transaction, Synchrogenix will be merged into Certara, a global technology-enabled drug development and drug safety consultancy acquired by Arsenal

Arma Partners advises AMT-SYBEX on its sale to Capita

Arma Partners has acted as exclusive financial adviser to AMT-SYBEX Group on its sale to Capita plc for an initial consideration of GBP82 million. There is a contingent consideration of up to GBP23 million based on the business reaching specific profit targets over the next 12 months.   Completion of

KRG Capital Partners completes sale of Focus to WSP Global

Denver-based private equity firm KRG Capital Partners has completed the sale of Focus Group to WSP Global. Focus is a provider of engineering services in Western Canada to the energy and infrastructure end markets.   WSP is a professional services firms, working with governments, businesses, architects and planners and providing

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