TowerBrook Capital Partners, a London and New York-based private investment firm and the first mainstream private equity firm to be certified as a B Corporation, has made the first investments as part of its impact strategy.

The volume of venture capital and private equity investment in Spain hit a new record high of €9.24 billion across 958 investments in 2022, according to the latest data from SpainCap, with international funds making a record €7.406 million of investments. Domestic private funds meanwhile, made €1.685 million of investments

Global infrastructure investment manager Squared Capital, through its ISQ Global Infrastructure Fund III, is to acquire Enva, an environmental services platform providing specialised, and regulated waste management services in the UK and Ireland. The deal is part of I Squared’s investment strategy to build a diverse portfolio of waste processing

A&M Capital Europe, a London-based middle-market private equity investment firm with €650 million of assets under management, has acquired a majority stake in World of Sweets and Bobby’s, from Sculptor Capital Management, Inc.

US private equity firm Olympus Partners has agreed to acquire a majority ownership stake in International Wire Group Holdings from Atlas Holdings for a purchase price “slightly in excess of” $900 million. Atlas, which acquired IWG in April 201, will continue as an investor in the company.  Following the close

Sureserve Group PLC has agreed to a £214.1 million takeover by Cap10 4NetZero Bidco Ltd, a new company indirectly owned by funds managed and/or advised by private-equity firm Cap10 Partners LLP, according to a report by ProActive Investors.

TOP STORY: Abrdn is considering individually offloading a batch of private equity businesses, which collectively hold about $12 billion of investments, after failing to find a single buyer to acquire the entire portfolio, according to a report by Reuters.

Private investment firm GI Partners is to take infrastructure and environmental solutions provider Atlas Technical Consultants private in an all-cash deal valued at around $1.05 billion, including debt, according to a report by Financier Worldwide. Under the terms of deal, GI Partners will pay Atlas shareholders $12.25 per share in

Nordic Capital is to acquire a majority share in corpuls, a medical technology company specialising in emergency medical solutions and cardiac resuscitation, with a key focus on the external defibrillator segment.