Family-owned Kids Planet has received a further GBP6.5 million investment from BGF as it plans to double the number of nurseries within the group in the next five years. Since BGF’s initial investment, the Greater Manchester-headquartered business has expanded from 17 to 23 sites across the North of England, including
Chelverton Asset Management Limited (Chelverton), a specialist investor in sub-FTSE 100 quoted equities and unquoted SMEs, has completed its first transaction of 2018 with an additional investment in VeloVixen. Having supported the company initially in 2016, Members of the Chelverton Investor Club – a syndicate of High Net Worth private
Aquis Technologies, the financial and regulatory technologies services arm of Aquis Exchange, has been appointed to supply trading technology to Estates and Infrastructure Exchange (EIE). EIE will take Aquis’ complete suite of exchange technology including the Aquis Matching Engine (AMS), its state-of-the-art Aquis Market Surveillance (AMS), as well as operations
Investcorp has acquired KSI Trading Corp (KSI), a supplier of aftermarket auto body parts in the US. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Founded in 1984, KSI is an industry-leading distributor of quality replacement auto body parts servicing over 10,000 collision repair shop customers across 25
A company backed by Private equity firm Permira has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Exclusive Group, a specialist in value-added services and technologies (VAST) for cybersecurity and cloud migration, for an undisclosed value. Selling equity holders include former majority owner Cobepa and Andera Partners (formerly Edmond de Rothschild Investment
White Oak Global Advisors, on behalf of its institutional clients, has partnered with C2FO to offer new receivable financing options to C2FO’s extensive network of businesses throughout the US. Established in 2008, C2FO is an industry leader in true dynamic discounting for businesses around the world. The C2FO “Name your
Good Returns Group has secured USD1 million of funding from Inverdale Capital Management, an asset management firm focused on alternative investments. The capital will enable Good Returns to serve the needs of its larger clients and strategically grow its impact programs. This backing from one of Dallas’ leading asset managers
Frontier Capital has made a majority growth equity investment in Agreement Express, a SaaS-based digital on-boarding platform provider focused on streamlining and enhancing the client experience for wealth management, payments, and insurance providers. Frontier Capital is a Charlotte-based growth equity firm focused exclusively on software and tech-enabled business services companies.
Mobeus has made a GBP14 million investment in Geotech backing the roll-out of the company’s patented soil stabilisation system, which delivers compelling cost savings and environmental benefits to infrastructure projects. Geotech is a specialist in ground stabilisation services for construction and infrastructure projects. Its unique and patent-protected “Geobind” system strengthens
Kirkland & Ellis International has been ranked first for European M&A by deal value and first for European Buyouts by deal count in Q1 2018, according to the latest legal advisor league tables released by Bloomberg and Mergermarket, respectively. Kirkland advised on 18 announced European deals with a value of
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