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Seacoast Capital launches fourth fund

Seacoast Capital has held the closing of Seacoast Capital Partners IV with total commitments of USD239 million. Limited partners include banks, private pension funds, private foundations, insurance companies, family offices and high net worth individuals.   Along with significant support from private limited partners, Seacoast received approval from the US

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Abacus Group growth exceeds 30 per cent

Abacus Group, a provider of hosted cloud IT solutions for alternative asset funds, has reported year-on-year growth of over 30 per cent up to the end of the third quarter of 2016. The company’s employee count also exceeded 100 as it expanded its footprint in the Boston, Los Angeles and

Permira-backed company to acquire Tricor

A company backed by private equity firm Permira is to acquire Tricor, a provider of integrated business, corporate and investor services in Asia Pacific, from The Bank of East Asia (BEA) and NWS. The total consideration amounts to HKD6,470 million (USD835 million), including at least HKD400 million (approximately USD50 million)

MTS Health Investors closes fourth fund at USD365m

MTS Health Investors, a healthcare-focused private equity fund, has closed its fourth fund, MTS Health Investors IV, with USD365 million in limited partner and general partner commitments. The fund was oversubscribed and closed at its fundraising cap.   Senior managing director Curtis S Lane says: “We are grateful for the

AREAM and Greentale Capital establish JV for investments in renewable energy

AREAM and Greentale Capital have established a joint venture that will leverage the combined experience of two teams in the renewable energy and investment management industries. The joint venture will assist institutional investors to gain high-quality exposure to investment opportunities in the renewable energy industry.   Initially, the joint venture

Bowmark Capital backs buy-out of IT solutions provider

Bowmark Capital, a mid-market private equity firm, is backing the buy-out of IT solutions provider Node4 Holdings from its previous institutional investor, LDC.  Founded in Derby in 2004 by its then 23 year old chief executive Andrew Gilbert, Node4 is a provider of integrated IT solutions, hybrid infrastructure and cloud-enabled

IK Investment Partners to acquire APOSAN

IK Investment Partners’ IK Small Cap I Fund is to acquire APOSAN Dr Künzer, a pharmaceutical homecare company in Germany. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.   APOSAN was founded in 1991 by Dr Clemens Künzer, with the purpose to service homecare patients through the compounding of

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InfraVia III closes at EUR1bn

InfraVia Capital Partners has held the final closing of InfraVia European Fund III (InfraVia III) with total commitments of EUR1 billion. The fund surpassed its initial target of EUR750 million.   Fund commitments were obtained from a wide range of institutional investors from Europe, North America, Asia and the Middle-East.

Accel-KKR portfolio company Episerver acquires Optivo

Digital content management specialist Episerver, a portfolio company of Accel-KKR, has acquired Optivo, a provider of omnichannel campaign management and customer intelligence solutions. Leveraging Optivo’s omnichannel campaign management capabilities, Episerver customers can now create and execute more contextually relevant customer interactions across channels, ensuring that the right message is sent

Euro Garages and European Forecourt Retail Group to combine

Independent petrol forecourt and convenience retail operators Euro Garages and European Forecourt Retail Group (EFR) are combining their businesses. A new holding company named Intervias has been established, with a small corporate office in London.   EFR and Euro Garages will continue to operate under their own names with their

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