Permira Debt Managers (PDM), the debt management and advisory arm of Permira, has reached a final close on its third direct lending fund, Permira Credit Solutions III, with commitments of circa EUR1.7 billion. Including leverage the Fund will have investable capital of circa EUR2.1 billion. PCS3 is taking advantage of
Now Healthcare Group (NHG) has received a minority investment from health cash plan provider Medicash of GBP4 million. Founded in 2015 by Lee Dentith, NHG provides digital healthcare services through its brands Dr Now, Now GP and Now Pharmacy. This exciting new partnership with Medicash will enable the business to
Falcon Group has secured USD100M in funding from KKR’s credit platform (KKR Credit). With nine offices worldwide, Falcon continues to see widespread and growing demand from corporates looking for innovative funding solutions. The company now operates in over 30 countries and across 15 industries having deployed over USD8 billion in
BMO Global Asset Management EMEA Private Equity (BMO PE) has completed the first close of Castle Mount with EUR60m in commitments from a range of institutional, wholesale and high net worth individual clients from Germany, the UK and Canada. Castle Mount LP is a multi-manager co-investment fund, investing in European
Cairngorm Capital Partners’s (Cairngorm Capital) portfolio company Stevenswood Trade Centres Limited (Stevenswood) has acquired Sameday Holdings Limited (Sameday). This transaction, which is highly geographically complementary, accelerates Stevenswood’s strategy to develop a national network of trade counters. The new combined group will continue to be headquarted in Livingston and will have
BGF (Business Growth Fund) has invested an initial GBP2 million in Milk Visual Effects, an Oscar winning independent visual effects (VFX) company which creates innovative and complex visual effects for high-end television and feature films. Milk will use the funding to expand its studios; invest in new technical equipment and
Celanese Corporation (NYSE:CE), a global technology and specialty materials company, and funds managed by Blackstone (NYSE:BX), one of the world’s leading investment firms, are to form a joint venture (JV) that will create a global acetate tow supplier. Celanese and Blackstone will own 70 per cent and 30 per cent
Russia and CIS-focused private equity business Elbrus Capital closed two important transactions at the end of May 2017, with both expected to be value accretive, improve investment returns and exit prospects for the firm’s investors. The firm advised on the successfully completed merger of SPSR Express and DPD Russia, the
Eurazeo, in partnership with West Street Capital Partners VII, a fund managed by the Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division (GS MBD), has completed the acquisition of Dominion Web Solutions (DWS), an integrated platform of branded marketplaces and digital marketing solutions for the powersport, RV, commercial truck and equipment industries. Eurazeo
The UK ranks No1 in educational technology venture capital and angel funding in Europe, contributing 34 per cent (GBP178 million) of the total, according to Benjamin Vedrenne-Cloquet, co-founder of London EdTech Week and EdtechXGlobal, and partner in IBIS Capital, a leading edtech investment firm. The educational technology sector is one
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