The latest factsheet from Preqin provides a roundup of private equity fundraising in the third quarter, featuring breakdowns of fund closures by strategy and geography, data for time spent on the road, dry powder, and the 10 largest private equity funds to close in Q3. View the full factsheet here.
Palatine Private Equity has completed the management buyout of Vernacare, the UK’s market leading provider of single use infection control systems to the healthcare sector. This is Palatine’s first deal from the GBP220m Fund III which closed in June this year. Based in Bolton, Vernacare employs over 200 staff across
KKR is to acquire a majority stake in Selecta Group (Selecta) from Allianz Capital Partners ACP. The transaction is subject to, among other things, the consent of Selecta’s bondholders. Selecta is a leader in the European vending and coffee services market and geographically diversified across Europe with operations in 21
Inflexion has completed the GBP92m buyout of Alcumus Group Ltd (Alcumus), a market-leading provider of technology-enabled compliance risk management and certification services, from Sovereign Capital. Alcumus serves over 8,000 clients, including 35 per cent of the FTSE 100, providing outsourced risk management services which are critical to compliance with UK
This factsheet from Preqin brings you up to speed with the latest data and information on private equity backed deals and exits that took place in Q3 2015. The factsheet features top-level industry statistics, key takeaways and listings of the largest deals and exits to have occurred in the third
eMoov, the online UK estate agency, is celebrating a successful crowdfunding campaign after raising GBP2,615,530, more than two and half times its target. eMoov launched the six-week fundraising campaign on the crowdfunding platform Crowdcube on 1 September and had initially targeted GBP1m for 5% equity in the company. The figure achieved
FilmTrack, a provider of content and rights management for the media and entertainment industry, has secured an additional USD10 million in growth capital. The new investment is comprised of USD5 million in venture debt financing from Wellington Financial LP, a privately-held specialty finance firm, and USD5 million in debt financing
CreditEase China has held the first close of CreditEase Israel Innovation Fund (CEIIF), the firm’s first Israel-focused venture-capital/private-equity fund, at USD30 million. CEIIF is managed by Israel Innovation Investment Management Ltd, a Cayman Islands-based manager that is jointly owned by CreditEase and its founding managing partners, Tayman Kan and Benjamin
European small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have access to nearly twice the amount of funding as their US counterparts, yet bank loans remain the most common form of SME finance in Europe. This leaves huge scope for small businesses to tap additional funding sources for loans, bonds and equities, finds
Private equity firm TA Associates is to acquire Frank Russell Company’s asset management business, Russell Investments, from London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) in a deal valued at USD1.15 billion. As part of the deal, which is subject to the usual regulatory approvals and is expected to close in the first half of 2016,
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