Mid-market private equity firm Bowmark Capital has backed the buy-out of The Instant Group, a specialist in independent flexible workspace solutions. Founded in 1999, Instant provides alternative methods of office procurement and management, with specific focus on flexible workspace and medium-term lease solutions, employing 250 people in 11 cities around
Mid-market private equity investor LDC has invested GBP28 million for a minority shareholding in one of the UK’s leading vehicle insurance specialists: Right Choice Insurance Brokers (RCIB). RCIB is a motor insurance broker with great insurer relationships, helping to deliver competitive premiums to those customers who typically find it more
HIG Capital (HIG), a global private equity investment firm with over USD25 billion of equity capital under management, is pleased to announce it has completed a strategic investment in Brazilian hospital Grupo Meridional, one of the leading hospital groups in Brazil. Headquartered in Cariacica and with five hospitals in the
Ropes & Gray has advised Reed & Mackay, an international travel management company, on its acquisition of Hillgate Travel, a leading UK-based travel management company. The financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed. The deal takes Reed & Mackay’s global turnover past the GBP600 million mark. With
L Squared Capital Partners has made a growth investment in Kanopy, its eighth platform investment over the past four years. Headquartered in San Francisco, Kanopy is a streaming video platform that offers millions of professors, students, and public library patrons free and convenient access to a unique collection of 30,000
Consumer-focused private equity firm L Catterton is to make a strategic investment in Goiko Grill, one of Spain’s most successful casual dining concepts. Founded in Madrid in 2013, Goiko Grill is the fastest growing full-service restaurant chain in the Spanish gourmet burger casual dining space. The Company currently operates 44
Sovereign Capital Partners has realised its investment in Linnaeus Group, one of the UK’s leading veterinary services providers, in a sale to Mars Petcare’s Veterinary Health Group, a part of Mars, Incorporated. The exit, Sovereign’s largest ever sale, will generate Sovereign’s strongest ever gross return, although no financial terms are
UK-based Aestimo Technologies Limited has launched the Aestimo Technologies Luxembourg Fund SA SICAV-RAIF. MJ Hudson acted as legal counsel to Aestimo on the launch of the fund, which aims to harness quantitative techniques to extract profits from conditional inefficiencies in the European main equity markets through short-term directional positions.
Sentinel Capital Partners, a private equity firm that invests in promising companies at the lower end of the midmarket, has acquired GSM Outdoors, a provider branded accessories for the hunting, sport shooting, and outdoor enthusiast markets. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Headquartered in Grand Prairie, Texas,
SIS Ventures is launching its first GBP5 million fund to back Scotland’s high impact enterprises. Benefiting from both Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) relief and Social Investment Tax Relief (SITR), Impact First will offer investors a portfolio of between six and twelve high-growth potential, high-impact enterprises which aim to tackle a
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