Sub-investment grade corporate credit specialist Alcentra, part of BNY Mellon, has invested in Cambridge Education Group (CEG), a provider of foundation programmes and English language training. Alcentra’s senior loan will support the buyout by Bridgepoint in a transaction totalling GBP185m and will provide a strong platform to deliver the company’s
Partners of Ogier Fiduciary Services have agreed terms for a management buy-out of the business from the Ogier Group. The deal closed on 1 February 2014 with final completion being subject to the regulatory approvals. The management buy-out of Ogier Fiduciary Services is being backed by Electra Partners, an
Wasserstein & Co, on behalf of its private equity fund Wasserstein Partners III, has acquired all of the assets of Recorded Books from Haights Cross Communications (HCC), a K-12 educational and library publisher. Northwestern Mutual and Lexington Partners are co-investing in the transaction with Wasserstein & Co. With operations
American Securities, a US private equity firm, has acquired SeaStar Solutions in partnership with the company's management team from an affiliate of HIG Capital. SeaStar is a manufacturer of precision-engineered vessel control systems and other specialised applications in marine and industrial end markets. Financial terms of the transaction have
Dallas-based Transition Capital Partners (TCP) has closed on the sale of its portfolio company, LT Energy Services, to B/E Aerospace, a manufacturer of aircraft cabin interior products. The sale was part of B/E Aerospace’s previously announced acquisition of two oil field service companies for USD265m. Houlihan Lokey served as
Zopa, Europe’s largest peer-to-peer lending company, has closed a GBP15m (USD25m) funding round from Arrowgrass Capital Partners. Zopa enables savers to receive better rates by lending money to people looking for low cost loans. Its customers have lent over GBP455m through the platform. Zopa will use this new
Diversified Foodservice Supply Inc (DFSI), a KRG Capital Partners Fund IV portfolio company, has acquired Mill Hardware & Food Service. The addition of Mill Hardware to the DFSI portfolio adds scale to the organisation and improves the customer offering for chain restaurants and their associated franchisees. Mill Hardware will
Retail, real estate, utilities and pension fund activity were not enough to fill the gap left by a dearth of mergers and acquisitions deals in Canada's oil patch and mining companies. Even life sciences chipped in with large deals in Q4, but it was not enough to prevent 2013 being
Intelligent Fingerprinting, a British company developing the world’s first handheld fingerprint-based drug screening device, has secured GBP750,000 in funding from a consortium of private US-based investors. The funding boost will be used to support the final stages in the development of the company’s non-invasive drug screening technology, which uses the
Global crowd funding platform Indiegogo has raised USD40m in Series B funding. The financing will be used to continue making key hires, expand globally and improve the user experience. The round is led by Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), with additional funding from
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