By Elizabeth Weymouth (pictured), Founder and Managing Partner, Grafine Partners – There’s a quiet revolution happening among sophisticated institutional investors and large pools of capital that could eventually up-end one corner of the private equity universe. A growing number of LPs are starting to turn away from allocating to the largest managers
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised The Carlyle Group on its acquisition of LiveU from Francisco Partners. “Our team helped to successfully navigate this strategic investment, which will enable Carlyle to continue to support the growth of media tech companies and LiveU to reach new customers,” says
Pamlico Capital (Pamlico) has made a growth investment in Aite-Novarica Group (ANG), a provider of subscription research and advisory services to financial institutions and the technology and service providers that support them. Pamlico’s investment in ANG is the outcome of a partnership with executive Kurt Reisenberg to find and invest
Palatine Private Equity has exchanged contracts for the sale of national independent financial adviser Wren Sterling to the management team supported by investment funds affiliated with Lightyear Capital LLC (Lightyear), which is making a majority investment in the firm. Wren Sterling was created in 2015 through the Palatine-backed management buyout
Bright Spaces has raised EUR1.5 million in a seed funding round led by French VC Axeleo Capital, with participation from Pi Labs, Sparking Capital, Growceanu and a group of international angels. Bright Spaces’ solution allows future tenants to visualise and interact digitally with an office space in 3D, discover its
Female wellness brand her1 has closed a Series A investment of EUR5.5 million, led by leading FoodTech investor Five Seasons Ventures. The direct-to-consumer company provides natural and plant-based products to boost gut health and aid women’s health and beauty from within. The latest investment will enable the company to grow
CAPZA, an independent management company and leading player in private investments in European SMEs, has invested in the NORCAN Group, a European specialist in modular solutions based on aluminium profiles and the French leader in autonomous mobile robots for industry via its subsidiary Sherpa Mobile Robotics (SMR). CAPZA’s investment in
Yapily, an open banking infrastructure provider, has held the first closing of its USD51m Series B funding round (second closing subject to regulatory approvals), taking its total investment to date to USD69 million. The company will use the funding to expand across Europe, extending open banking to cover 95 per
An affiliate of Sun Capital Partners (Sun Capital) has completed the acquisition of Environmental Infrastructure Solutions (EIS), a provider of mission-critical environmental and infrastructure services, including abatement, decontamination and remediation, from O2 Investment Partners. Terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed. Founded in 2018 via the combination of
After having acquired French-based AxPharma and US-based DS InPharmatics, PLG has continued teh expansion of its international footprint with the acquisition of ELC.
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