Five Arrows Secondary Opportunities (FASO), the European small and mid-cap secondary business of Rothschild Merchant Banking, has completed the fundraising of Five Arrows Secondary Opportunities IV (FASO IV) at EUR451 million after only a few months of fundraising. A significant majority of limited partner commitments originated from existing investors in
Capshare, an equity management platform, has closed an investment from Standish Management, a provider of private equity fund administration services in the US. The investment formalises a strategic partnership with Standish. “Standish is one of the most respected names in the investment fund business and we are thrilled to
Dundee Venture Capital, an Omaha-based seed-stage investment firm, has raised USD20 million for its Fund III, which will back start-ups in the broader Midwest US. The capital will be deployed into seed and early-stage investments targeting e-commerce, B2B SaaS and consumer-network focused start-ups. Dundee Venture Capital has made over 30
Inflexion Private Equity has acquired a majority shareholding in Group IMD from funds managed by Vitruvian Partners. Headquartered in London, Group IMD is a global technology business automating the distribution workflow of video advertisements from advertising agencies and production companies to broadcasters and the online video industry. The company connects
UBS Asset Management’s infrastructure and private equity business has held the final close of its inaugural infrastructure debt fund, Archmore Infrastructure Debt Platform (Archmore IDP), which has raised EUR570 million (USD640 million). The capital has been raised from 17 institutional investors comprising a mix of insurance companies, pension funds
Graphite Capital, a mid-market private equity specialist, has acquired Beck & Pollitzer, which provides industrial machinery installation and relocation services, from Bridgepoint Development Capital for an undisclosed sum. Beck & Pollitzer’s blue chip clients, which include Toyota, Jaguar Land Rover, Rolls Royce, Rexam, Kimberley Clark and many other international brands,
Commonwealth Capital has launched the Commonwealth Capital Income Fund-I to provide investment capital exclusively for start-ups and early-stage companies. The company also launched a new microsite at commonwealthcapital.fund to assist capital seekers. Entrepreneurs can sign up now and be matched with a no-cost, personal “funding concierge” who guides them through a
A company backed by the Permira funds is to acquire the majority of P&I Personal & Informatik, a German full suite provider of HR software solutions, for an undisclosed sum. The current owner HgCapital will continue to be invested as minority shareholder in the company. Founded in 1968 and
Italmatch Chemicals, a chemical group specialising in the production and marketing of performance additives, has acquired Solvay’s Ionquest 290 and Octyl Phosphonic Acid product range. They are active in the production and marketing of phosphorus-based process additives for the mining, metalworking fluids, corrosion inhibition and pigmentation industries. The acquisition
Align Capital Partners has held the first and final close of its inaugural private equity investment fund, Align Capital Partners Fund I, and Align Capital Partners Fund I-A (collectively ACP I). Align began fundraising in June 2016 with an initial target of USD250 million and closed at its hard cap
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