August Equity has closed its latest fund, August Equity Partners III, having reached its hard cap of GBP200m. August Equity has already completed two investments from the fund, both of which were completed in off-market transactions. In September 2013 it acquired Minerva Education, an operator of independent day schools
Private equity firm American Industrial Partners (AIP) has completed the acquisition of the transportation products division (CTP) of Carlisle Companies Incorporated. The investment was made out of American Industrial Partners Capital Fund V, a USD717.5m fund that closed in December 2011. CTP, founded in 1917, is a manufacturer of
Private equity fund Estancia Capital Partners has closed on its strategic growth capital investment in Snowden Capital Advisors. Snowden represents Estancia’s fourth investment from its inaugural fund Estancia Capital Partners, L.P. Terms of the investment have not been disclosed. Snowden is a nationally branded, open-architecture, hybrid SEC registered investment
Falconhead Capital, a private equity firm specialising in growing sports and consumer-focused businesses, has sold its portfolio company NYDJ Apparel to Crestview Partners and Maybrook Capital Partners. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Headquartered in Vernon, California, NYDJ offers a range of products to women. Under
Keensight Capital has acquired a majority stake in Smile, a European open source solutions specialist, alongside the firm’s management and its historic investor, Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners. Founded 20 years ago, Smile has become over the last ten years a key player in the open source market in Europe,
Mid-market private debt manager Beechbrook Capital has completed two new mezzanine loans through its second fund, Beechbrook Mezzanine II, as well as its first exit from Beechbrook Mezzanine I. The two new investments are a mezzanine loan to Simply Biz, a business that provides compliance and business support to over
ISIS Equity Partners has sold Kafevend to Eden Springs in a deal advised by Clearwater Corporate Finance. Formed in 1992, Kafevend is one of the fastest growing workplace vending suppliers in the UK. The business supplies hot drinks, coffee vending machines, water and snack vending machines to SMEs and corporates
Cox Enterprises has acquired Providence Equity's 25 per cent equity interest in AutoTrader Group. Cox now holds a 98 per cent stake in AutoTrader Group, with the remainder being held by current and former employees. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. "With more than 32
Private equity investments in India have increased 12 per cent in value terms from USD9.5bn in 2012 to USD10.68bn in 2013, according to data released by VCCEdge, financial data platform of VCCircle.com. Deal volume on the other hand dipped 13 per cent to 655 deals from 751 deals in 2012,
Bowmark Capital, the mid-market private equity firm, has held a first and final closing of its new fund, Bowmark Capital Partners V, having raised GBP375m in just 10 weeks since its launch in October last year. Despite being restricted to Bowmark’s existing relationships, the new fund attracted investor demand significantly
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