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Huron Capital’s Drake automotive platform completes fourth add-on acquisition

Lower-middle-market private equity firm Huron Capital’s aftermarket car accessories and restoration parts platform Drake Automotive Group has acquired Boulder, Colorado-based Proforged, a designer and distributor of chassis parts. The deal marks the fourth add-on acquisition for the Drake platform investment in less than two and a half years. Since 2016, Drake

Heartland Capital Partners launches private equity real estate fund

Heartland Capital Partners has launched a USD25 million private equity commercial real estate fund, Heartland Income Properties, which will focus on creating a value portfolio of income producing Class A and higher-end Class B commercial real estate primarily throughout the Midwest of the United States. Markets to be considered include

Edge Investments backs video distribution platform Airbeem

Edge Investments (Edge) has invested in a significant minority shareholding in Over the Top (OTT) video distribution platform Airbeem. Airbeem’s multi-use Software as a Service (SaaS) platform enables content owners to publish and monetise their video content direct to consumers by creating immersive video experiences reaching audiences on all devices.

Cinven to acquire JLA

International private equity firm, Cinven, is to acquire JLA, a leading critical asset supply and services business for laundry, catering and heating in the UK, for an undisclosed consideration. Headquartered in Ripponden, West Yorkshire, JLA provides commercial laundry, catering and heating solutions to more than 25,000 small and medium-sized enterprise

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Carey Olsen assists CoinShares on second ICO fund

Carey Olsen’s investment funds team in Jersey has advised CoinShares Group on the successful first close of CoinShares Fund II. The new investment vehicle follows the June 2017 launch of CoinShares Fund I, the first fund ever to be denominated in Ethereum. Like its predecessor, the closed-ended fund will invest

Ashfords ranks No2 in Europe for VC in PitchBook rankings

Ashfords has been ranked as one of the most active law firms globally in venture capital deals for the first quarter of 2018, according to PitchBook. The annual global league table provides a comprehensive ranking of private equity and venture capital (VC) activity worldwide. The firm has been ranked joint

Latest Odysseus investment focuses on German AI financial adviser firm

Odysseus Investments, the private equity arm of Reech Corporations Group, recently announced a significant investment in Whitebox Services AG, an independent financial advisory firm using advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to offer tailor-made investment services to retail clients. The investment makes Odysseus the largest external investor in the company. Christophe

BGH Capital closes AUD2.6bn buyout fund

BGH Capital, a leading private equity firm focused on buyout opportunities in Australia and New Zealand, has successfully closed its first fund, BGH Capital Fund at around AUD2.6 billion after reaching its agreed hard cap. The fund launched in late 2017 with a target of AUD2.0 billion. This represents the

Good Returns & Inverdale Capital Management launch guarantee programme for impact investors

Dallas-based social enterprise Good Returns and alternative asset management firm Inverdale Capital Management have launched the Guarantee-Investment-Values Strategies (GIVS) which, in addition to targeting a financial return, takes into account an impact weighting and provides guarantee capacity for impact lending programs. GIVS will immediately expand the guarantee capacity for Good Returns’ Cycle program. Through

Silverfleet Capital invests in Prefere Resins

Silverfleet Capital, a Pan-European private equity firm that specialises in buy-to-build, is to acquire a majority stake in Prefere Resins Holding. Headquartered in Erkner, situated on the outskirts of Berlin, Germany, the Company is a European market leader in the development, production and sale of phenolic and amino resins which

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