Mucker Capital has launched Mucker III, a USD45 million seed-stage venture capital fund which will invest in Internet-enabled software and services startups, with a focus on companies based in the greater Los Angeles area. The fund will support seed-stage venture investments as well as pre-seed investments via MuckerLab, the firm’s
Westbridge Capital portfolio company Energist Medical Group has bought part of Chromogenex Technologies Limited, the Llanelli-headquartered business that recently went into administration. Swansea-based Energist has acquired global rights outside the USA to the Chromogenex name and a range of well-recognised i-Lipo brands and products established by Chromogenex over the past
Private Equity is to recapitalise Gastro Health PL (Gastro Health), a gastroenterology physician practice management company with 21 centres across South Florida. Gastro Health was founded in 2006 with the merger of GI Care Center, Gastroenterology Associates, and Gastroenterology Group. The company has acquired 16 new centres and on-boarded over
Altus Capital Partners, an investment firm focused on middle market manufacturing companies in the US, has acquired Nichols Portland, a division of Parker Hannifin Corporation. Nichols Portland is a leading designer and manufacturer of precision powder metal fixed and variable displacement gears including gerotor gears and smart pumps for automotive
NVM Private Equity (NVM) has successfully exited from Control Risks Group Holdings (Control Risks), a specialist risk consultancy. Control Risks, which was founded in 1975, offers a range of services addressing political risk, business intelligence, corporate and personal security and crisis response. Control Risks’ clients include corporations, governments and non-governmental organisations.
21 Concordia I, the Warsaw-based private equity fund of 21 Partners, has invested in Polish laundry services provider Hollywood SA. Founded in 1995 by Andrzej Konieczkowski, Hollywood is the largest B2B laundry chain in Poland. Operating across six laundry facilities located in Northern and Central Poland, the company provides bed
Caledonian Optical, the lens manufacturing division of Duncan & Todd Group, is poised for expansion following the completion of a GBP1.3m refurbishment at its laboratory in Aberdeen, thanks to the support of BGF (Business Growth Fund). Duncan & Todd has invested in state-of-the-art optical manufacturing equipment for the site, including
Berkery Noyes has represented True Potential, an integrated investor and wealth management technology platform serving advisers and retail clients, in its growth equity investment from FTV Capital. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, True Potential is one of the fastest growing and most innovative financial services groups in the
Early stage venture capital firm Lightspeed Venture Partners has held the closings of Lightspeed Venture Partners XI (Fund XI) with USD715 million of committed capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners Select II (Select Fund II) with USD500 million of committed capital. The new core fund is a continuation of Lightspeed's focus
Harris & Harris Group, an investor in transformative companies enabled by disruptive science, is to begin offering limited numbers of accredited investors the opportunity to co-invest with with teh firm in its portfolio companies through a newly-formed co-investment fund that will be managed by Harris & Harris Group. “A consistent
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