MEIF Maven Debt Finance has provided Automotive MacIiver Limited, a designer of multiple car seats for children, with a GBP150,000 debt funding package. The funding will enable the business to invest in its product range, improving efficiencies in its batch manufacturing process, increase stock to meet growing sales and support the
Private equity firm HIG Capital’s (HIG) portfolio company Groupe Ecore (Ecore) has successfully completed a high-yield bond placement. The Group issued EUR255 million in senior secured floating rate notes, with Barclays acting as sole bookrunner. Established in 1993, Ecore is a leading player in the French metal recycling market. It
AfricInvest, a pan-African mid-cap-focused private equity firm, has held the final close of its North African Fund, Maghreb Private Equity IV (MPEF IV). The African Development Bank joined the third and final investment round, committing EUR20 million to the fund and taking the fund’s total capital commitments to EUR194
Versa Capital Management has completed the sale of Bell and Howell to Boston-based WestView Capital Partners (WestView). Founded in 1907 and based in Durham, NC, Bell and Howell is a provider of technology-enabled solutions focused on enhancing communications and e-commerce experiences. Versa, along with co-investor Access Value Investors,
Imperative Execution, a financial technology company that created IntelligentCross, a trading venue for institutional investors, has completed a USD9 million Series A round of financing. The investment round included participation from prominent buy side firms, industry executives and leading venture capital funds. It follows a USD5 million five-investor seed round
Private equity firm OpenGate Capital has completed the acquisition of a non-core division of Gunnebo Group and renamed the business Fichet Security Solutions (Fichet). A provider of security products, services and solutions, Fichet has operations in France, Belgium and Luxembourg. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Recognised
Yukon Partners (Yukon), a provider of mezzanine capital for middle market private equity transactions, has partnered with Sentinel Capital Partners (Sentinel) in its investment in Apex Companies (Apex), a water resources, environmental services, and industrial hygiene firm. Apex offers comprehensive services to assess, prevent, and cure environmental issues related to
Mid-market private equity investor LDC has reached an agreement to sell its stake in Amberon. The sale follows a successful 18-month partnership where LDC supported the business and the management team grow the Group’s turnover by 23 per cent to GBP37.5 million, opened six new depots, add 50 new vehicles
BlackRock Real Assets (BlackRock) is to sell a portfolio of 14 operating solar projects across France to the Consortium of Samsung Securities (Samsung) as the financial investor, Samchully Asset Management (Samchully AMC) as the asset manager with Schroder AIDA (Schroders) as the asset management adviser. This marks the first realisation
Z Capital Partners, the private equity management arm of Z Capital Group, has acquired CTM Group (CTM), a provider of managed entertainment and souvenir solutions for tourist destinations and other high-traffic venues, including theme and amusement parks, zoos, aquariums, museums and retail locations. With an international network of blue-chip venue
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