Cairngorm Capital Partners has acquired timber merchant Arnold Laver & Co Limited, which, with Cairngorm Capital’s other timber brands; Thornbridge, North Yorkshire Timber and Rembrand will create the largest independent timber business in the UK. Revenues are close to GBP250 million for the combined business, which will now be known
BlaBlaCar, a long-distance carpooling platform, has made an offer to acquire Ouibus, a subsidiary of SNCF and French bus operator. This will allow BlaBlaCar to broaden, for the first time, its mobility offer beyond carpooling. BlaBlaCar has also announced a EUR101 million investment involving SNCF and existing BlaBlaCar investors.
Avaloq, a global provider of Software as a Service (SaaS) and Business Process as a Service (BPaaS) solutions to banks and wealth managers, has launched Avaloq Ventures AG, which will provide access to venture capital funding and growth support for start-ups and fast-growing fintech businesses. Avaloq Ventures will enable funding
Mid-year figures from Jersey’s regulator show that the Jersey Private Fund structure (JPF), launched last year, is continuing to show strong appeal across alternative asset classes. According to statistics collated by the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC), 130 JPFs had been established by 30 June this year holding combined total
OpenGate Capital, a global private equity firm, has completed the acquisition of AICO, an Italian manufacturer of residential stoves, fireplaces, boilers and cookers from Ambienta SGR, a European private equity group. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. OpenGate Capital Founder and CEO, Andrew Nikou, says: “An integral part
Motive Partners, a global private equity firm focussed on growth investing, has acquired a controlling interest in LPA. Headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, and founded in 1999, LPA is a financial technology solutions provider with a focus on capital markets and wealth management participants. LPA offers a broad suite of software
LSP, a specialist life sciences and health care investment group, has raised more than EUR750 million for three different funds over the past ten months to invest in innovative drug development and medical technology companies across Europe. This result constitutes a record fundraise in European life sciences, consolidating LSP’s leading
Graycliff Partners has completed the sale of Impakt Holdings to Celestica, a leader in design, manufacturing and supply chain solutions for the world’s most innovative companies, for a total purchase price of approximately USD329 million. With operations in California and South Korea, Impakt provides design, engineering and agile manufacturing solutions
Da Vinci Capital, an emerging markets private equity firm, has invested in DataArt, a global technology consultancy that designs and develops unique software solutions, to support the company’s growth momentum in key industries. DataArt will continue to focus on its three key markets: the US, the UK and continental Europe, where
C5 Capital Limited (C5), a venture capital firm focused on investing in cyber security, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence, has led an USD18 million investment round in US and European identity-focussed cyber intelligence company 4iQ. Around 80 per cent of cybercrime begins with stolen credentials and 4iQ has indexed billions
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