Gusto Restaurant and Bar has completed a management buyout from Living Ventures, with the support of an equity investment from Palatine Private Equity. The Knutsford-based restaurant brand, which was founded in 2007 following a re-launch from Est Est Est, is looking to open more restaurants across the UK over the
Sheffield-based temporary staffing business Hallam Medical has secured a GBP3.3m investment from private equity house Key Capital Partners (KCP). The business, which is focused on supplying the NHS and private healthcare providers in the primary care markets, is forecasting sales of GBP14 million in the year to April 2014.
K2 Design & Strategy has entered into a USD45 million equity subscription facility with private equity investment firm Lambert Private Equity. The company plans to list initially on the OTCBB or equivalent exchange. K2 Design & Strategy is an advanced analytics and digital innovation company, bringing advanced technologies to
Kurma Partners’s Biofund II, the first venture capital fund dedicated to financing innovation in the rare diseases space, has made its maiden EUR7.5 million investment in Oxthera, a Stockholm-based biopharmaceutical company. OxThera is currently conducting a placebo-controlled clinical trial with Oxabact in patients with primary hyperoxaluria at seven clinical sites
The California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) has committed USD200 million to diversify its Private Equity Proactive Portfolio, which reaches small, niche emerging managers including those in under-served domestic markets. This latest commitment expands the programme, established in 2003, to USD1.9 billion. The programme adds a new partner, Chicago-based
Maven Capital Partners, a private equity and alternative asset manager, has secured GBP7 million of funding for a hotel development using the benefits of Business Premises Renovation Allowance (BPRA). The deal will see the purchase of Telfer House, an empty office building in Glasgow’s Merchant City, for refurbishment into a
Coal Grill and Bar (t/a Charterhouse Leisure Ltd) has secured additional growth funding from Beringea and venture capital investors Octopus Investments, along with bank finance, to continue its expansion. With six high volume casual dining restaurants already established in Basingstoke, Bristol, Bristol Waterside, Exeter, Meadowhall in Sheffield and Milton Keynes,
The Abraaj Group has, through one of its funds, acquired a stake in Kool Food, a Moroccan chocolate confectionery manufacturer based in Casablanca. Kool Food was founded in 2010 by entrepreneur Anas Lahlou and specialises in developing, producing and selling chocolate confections, powder drinks as well as other sweet and
LoneStar, backed by private equity firm AEA Investors, has bought Hydrobolt, a manufacturer and distributor of high integrity fully traceable specialty fasteners, machined components, and flanges and fittings predominately servicing the global oil and gas and power generation markets. The transaction, which has been managed by Rothschild, represents an exit
Private equity firm Arsenal Capital Partners has acquired Synchrogenix, a regulatory writing and related services firm. Synchrogenix provides services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies worldwide. Concurrent with the transaction, Synchrogenix will be merged into Certara, a global technology-enabled drug development and drug safety consultancy acquired by Arsenal
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