Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) has made a significant investment in Dotmatics, a scientific informatics software provider delivering enterprise solutions tailored to the modern, highly collaborative and mobile scientific environments. Dotmatics provides solutions for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, academia, food and beverage, oil and gas, and agrochemical industries. The funding will enable Dotmatics
Assetz Capital, one of the UK’s fastest growing peer-to-peer alternative finance platforms, has reported a continuation of profit for its half year results. The company has recorded a seven-figure pre-tax profit in the six months from April to September 2017, in keeping with the profitability recorded for the entire 2016/17 financial
International private equity firm Cinven is to acquire a majority stake in Planasa, a global operator in the agri-food sector, for a consideration of approximately EUR450 million. Planasa specialises in plant research, nursery and fresh produce. Alexandre Darbonne, CEO and current owner of the company, will continue to hold a
Mid-market private equity investor Graphite Capita has backed the GBP72 million management buy-out of YSC Consulting, an independent global provider of leadership strategy consultancy services. Headquartered in London, YSC Consulting operates from 17 offices in Europe, North America, South Africa and Asia-Pacific. It has built a large and diverse blue-chip
HighLife SAS, an early-stage medtech company focused on the development of a unique trans-catheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) system to treat patients suffering from mitral regurgitation, has closed a EUR12.3 million investment round led by Sofinnova Partners, who become the main investor in the company. HighLife had previously secured financing
Technology Investment experts TECHNEDs has joined the board of IT & Telecoms marketing specialists Tricca to provide marketing expertise to their portfolio of technology firms. This investment brings marketing strategy and technology together fast tracking business growth. Founded in 2014 by Paul Richens, Tricca has experienced three years of successive
Global asset manager, Aberdeen Standard Investments has completed the fund raising for the SL Capital Secondary Opportunities Fund III (SOF III), with commitments of USD428 million from 31 investors. The total is above the target of USD400 million and considerably higher than its predecessor fund, SOF II, which secured USD291
Overall European private equity deal volume dropped 13 per cent in Q3 2017 compared with Q2 but remained marginally higher than Q1’s figure, according to preliminary figures released in the latest Private Equity Baromenter published by ‘unquote” and SL Capital Partners. The combined value of European private equity backed deals
DH Private Equity Partners’ DH V Fund, and other shareholders have agreed to sell their entire stake in TMF Group, a provider of high value business services to organisations globally, to funds advised by CVC Capital Partners for EUR1.75 billion. The transaction is expected to close in the first half
CVC Capital Partners’ (CVC) CVC Fund VII is to acquire TMF Group (TMF), a leading provider of specialist business services to clients operating and investing globally, from DH Private Equity Partners. The transaction is subject to customary regulatory and anti-trust approvals. TMF provides locally-delivered outsourced business and compliance services
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