Inspired, a schools organisation in Europe, Australia, Africa and Latin America backed by private equity firm Oakley Capital Investments (OCL), has acquired the International School of Europe Group (ISE), St Louis School and St John’s International School. Oakley Capital Private Equity and Oakley Capital Private Equity II both hold indirect
Lewis & Clark Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on Series A and B stage investments, has raised USD20 million of new capital to drive agriculture innovation. Founded in 2015, Lewis & Clark Ventures has raised a family of venture capital funds to support the highest potential start-ups in the
JZ Capital Partners, a London-listed fund that invests in US and European micro-cap companies and US real estate, has closed the sale of its minority stake in Winn Group. The stake was sold to a major financial institution for EUR20.8 million (USD23 million) following the receipt of regulatory approval.
Private equity firm Golden Gate Capital has acquired Tronair Parent from Levine Leichtman Capital Partners. Tronair will remain headquartered in Holland, Ohio and will continue to be led by its current senior management team, including president and CEO Harley Kaplan. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Private equity investment firm Thoma Bravo has completed fundraising for Thoma Bravo Fund XII, its most recent flagship fund, with USD7.6 billion in commitments. Thoma Bravo has completed more than 140 software and technology-enabled service acquisitions, representing about USD30 billion in enterprise value. "Over the past 15 years we
3i Infrastructure has completed its investment in renewable development and operating company Valorem. 3i Infrastructure has invested EUR57 million to acquire its 28.5 per cent interest in the French business and to fund the company’s pipeline. 3i Infrastructure acquired its interest from FCPR Capenergie, a fund managed by Omnes
European private equity investor Idinvest Partners has held the first close of its Secondary Fund III (ISF III) at its initial target of EUR350 million. ISF III will follow its predecessor fund by focusing on mature secondary transactions in the European small and mid-market. ISF III has already completed its first secondary transaction and
Investors hunting for returns should closely monitor five trends that could spark an increase in corporate takeovers in coming months, according to asset manager AllianceBernstein (AB). Mark Phelps, AB’s chief investment officer—Concentrated Global Growth, says that while the annual scale of global mergers and acquisitions was currently down on the
Hong-Kong based private equity firm NewQuest Capital Partners has acquired Integreon, a provider of legal, document, business and research outsourcing, from LiveIt Investments and Actis. Financial terms of the deal have not been released. Amit Gupta, partner and chief operating officer at NewQuest, says: “The Integreon transaction is an
HarbourVest Bidco has received an irrevocable undertaking from a SVG Capital shareholder in respect of 31,221,994 SVG Capital shares and letters of intent from SVG Capital shareholders to accept its offer in respect of a total of 35,419,782 SVG Capital shares. These represent, in aggregate, approximately 20.0 per cent and
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