Startup investment bank for the emerging markets JPIN VCATS has completed a significant fundraise for Koovers, India’s largest B2B spare parts service based in Bengaluru. Koovers announced raising USD1.5 million, with JPIN VCATS as one of the main investors. The zero-inventory firm was launched in 2016 to address a USD12
UK workplace pension scheme TPT Retirement Solutions is to invest GBP54 million into private equity through its defined contribution (DC) Master Trust default target date funds. Members of TPT’s Target Date Funds, whose investments are managed by AllianceBernstein, will see 3.5 per cent of their pension pot allocated to
Education Ventures Company (EVC) a wholly owned subsidiary of Al Zarooni Emirates Investments (ZEI) and Blenheim Schools, part of the Chatsworth Schools family, today announced a new education focused partnership. Working together, EVC, ZEI and Blenheim Schools will create a world class educational facility in Dubai. The facility will include
Amscan International, a designer, manufacturer, distributor and retailer of party products and a portfolio company of Leeds-based private equity firm Endless, has secured a GBP30 million funding package. Milton Keynes-headquartered Amscan International’s funding comes on the back of an outstanding year for the company which started with an Endless supported
Thoma Bravo, a software investment firm, has completed its acquisition of Medallia, a specialist in customer and employee experience, in an all-cash transaction valued at USD6.4 billion.
Aquiline Capital Partners (Aquiline) is to acquire a majority stake in Ripe Thinking Limited (Ripe), a UK-based digital underwriting and insurance distribution platform. Aquiline is a private investment firm based in New York and London with USD6.9 billion in assets under management, specialising in investments at the intersection of technology
American Water Works Company (AWK), a large publicly traded US water and wastewater utility company, is to sell its Homeowner Services Group to funds advised by Apax in a deal valued at approximately USD1.275 billion. Upon closing of the transaction, American Water will receive USD480 million in cash and a
NMi has acquired Young Calibration Ltd, a UKAS accredited calibration laboratory (Laboratory 0604) and component testing laboratory with unrivalled knowledge and experience in thermal fluid systems testing, component cleanliness and air flow calibration. This acquisition, closed on 26 October 2021, marks the first step in the NMi buy-and-build strategy. “The
Investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (MSIP), a private infrastructure team within Morgan Stanley Investment Management, have acquired SpecialtyCare, Inc from Kohlberg & Company, LLC (Kohlberg). SpecialtyCare operates the leading network of outsourced clinical services to hospital operating rooms in the US. With 1,200-plus client hospitals in 46
The Swedish group BillerudKorsnäs AB has signed an agreement to sell its paper mill in Beetham, UK to investment firm, Inspirit Capital. Inspirit has assumed ownership with effect from 31 October 2021. Steven Blacow, CEO, says: “I am extremely excited by this development. With Inspirit’s support, the Beetham mill now
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