Hastings Equity Partners, a private equity firm focused on investing in lower middle market energy services and equipment companies, has made its fourth Fund III platform investment in Hybrid Tool Solutions (Hybrid). Hybrid provides its customers with a patent pending, revolutionary process for conducting frac plug drill outs. The Hybrid
The Edmond de Rothschild is looking to bolster its private equity offer, with the objective of increasing assets under management by more than 50 per cent over the next two years. As part of this strengthened commitment to private equity, the Group is launching ERES III, a new fund dedicated
Aberdeen Asset Management has held the final closing of private equity fund FLAG Private Equity VI (FPE VI) with USD295 million in committed capital, USD70 million above the Fund’s target. This is the first fund closing announced since the completion of Aberdeen’s acquisition of FLAG Capital Management last month, and
Noerr has advised the Swedish company QMATIC on a strategic investment in the German market. The provider of customer flow management systems is acquiring NetCallUp Software GmbH from Bocholt. The company offers a software-based queue management system called NetCallUp to provide efficient management of visitor flows. The system ensures organised
Five Arrows Principal Investments (FAPI), the corporate private equity business of Rothschild Merchant Banking, has completed the final closing of Five Arrows Principal Investments II, its second European lower mid-market private equity fund. The fund size of FAPI II has been increased from the original target of EUR700 million to
Octopus Investments has launched the GBP90 million Octopus Zenith Opportunities II aimed at providing growth capital to successful fast-growing later-stage companies across Europe. The fund, which is now closed for investment, is dedicated to follow on investments into some of the most successful companies within the Octopus Titan Venture Capital Trust
Lighthouse Funds has closed its most recent mid market private equity fund, India 2020 Fund II, in June 2015 with aggregate commitments of USD138 million, well over its targeted size of USD125 million. The success of Lighthouse’s predecessor fund, Fund I attracted major Fund I investors to reinvest as well
Venture capital investor Octopus Ventures, part of the Octopus Group, has launched the USD140m Octopus Zenith Opportunities II, which will provide growth capital to successful fast-growing later-stage companies across Europe. The fund is dedicated to follow on investments into existing companies within the Octopus portfolio, as well as having the opportunity to
Fidelity Biosciences is joining with Devonshire Investors’ technology venture capital fund to become F-Prime Capital. F-Prime Capital will create a new, unified name for the venture capital funds of FMR LLC, the parent company of Fidelity Investments, and continue its 40-year history as an active global investor in life sciences,
Global Jet Capital, a provider of financing solutions for large-cabin, long-range private jets, has agreed to purchase the aircraft lease and loan portfolio of GE Capital Corporate Aircraft in the Americas representing approximately USD2.5 billion of net assets. Shawn Vick, Executive Director of Global Jet Capital, says: “We are investing
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