Mid-market private equity firm, CapVest Limited is selling United Coffee (Cafe2011 Holdings Limited trading as United Coffee) to UCC Holdings Limited. United Coffee is the largest independent coffee business in Europe with leading market positions in the UK, Netherlands, Switzerland and Spain and a growing presence in France and Scandinavia.

Sterling Infosystems, Inc, a company owned by management and private equity firm Calera Capital, has acquired BackCheck.  BackCheck, a provider of background checking products and services, is the market leader in Canada and one of the largest providers in the United Kingdom. Sterling, already one of the largest background checking companies

AllianceBernstein has closed its first private equity real estate fund, AllianceBernstein US Real Estate Partners, LP, with capital commitments of USD680 million.  Commitments to the Fund were received from several large, global institutional investors, including Temasek, the Singapore-based investment company, Alberta Teachers Retirement Fund, as well as institutions from the

Private equity firm North Castle Partners has completed an investment in Palladio Beauty Group, in partnership with CEO and owner Philip Solomon, further extending North Castle’s presence in the personal care sector.  The terms of the investment have not been disclosed. Based in Hollywood, Florida, Palladio Beauty Group is a

Opera Finance BV Class A noteholders have voted to accept a credit bid from Utrecht Holdings Sarl, an entity established by private equity funds separately managed by TPG Capital LP and Patron Capital GP LP IV.  The decision ends a 10-month Special Servicer led process which sought to protect the

Queensgate Investments LLP, a new private equity real estate fund manager, set up by Jason Kow, and LJ Investment Group, has launched a new fund, the Queensgate Investments Fund I, a Luxembourg CSSF regulated Fund. The Fund has closed with around GBP100 million (USD158 million) of direct, discretionary investment equity

Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners has completed its deal with Resource America Inc to combine CVC Cordatus Group and Apidos Capital Management to form CVC Credit Partners. Led by a team comprising Marc Boughton (CEO), Stephen Hickey (Chief Risk Officer) and Chairman Jonathan Cohen, the business comprises USD7.7bn of

Schoology, developer of a cloud-based collaborative learning platform for K-20 classrooms, has closed a new USD6 million round of financing led by FirstMark Capital, a leading NYC-based venture capital firm. Schoology has raised USD9.3 million in funding to date. Schoology’s mission is to improve communication and collaboration inside and outside