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Satori Capital invests in Austin-based Longhorn Health Solutions

Satori Capital, a Dallas-based private equity firm, has invested in Longhorn Health Solutions, a direct-to-home provider of consumable medical supplies, durable medical equipment and pharmaceutical prescriptions serving the Medicaid, Medicare and privately insured populations across Texas. “Longhorn is intently focused on reducing total cost-of-care for managed care organisations by streamlining

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American Capital receives USD127 from Paradigm sale

Private equity firm American Capital has sold its portfolio company Paradigm Precision Holdings to Dynamic Precision Group, a portfolio company of The Carlyle Group.  American Capital and its affiliated funds have received USD129m in debt and equity proceeds, subject to post-closing adjustments, of which USD127m was received by American Capital. 

Vero Software secures acquisition financing from Silicon Valley Bank

Silicon Valley Bank, financial partner to the technology, life science, cleantech, private equity and venture capital industries, has joined HSBC as a joint senior lender to Vero Software, a computer aided design (CAD) and computer aided manufacturing (CAM) development company. The newly acquired funds from Silicon Valley Bank have been

The Carlyle Group raises USD308m for Peru Fund

Alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group has raised USD308m for Carlyle Peru Fund, and its parallel vehicles, extending the South America investment presence the firm established five years ago. The fund will be invested by Carlyle in consultation with Credicorp, Peru’s largest bank, across industries including healthcare, retail and consumer,

Infection control firm secures investment from The North West Fund for Biomedical

The developer of a unique disposable tourniquet, ASep Healthcare, has secured a GBP120,000 investment from The North West Fund for Biomedical, managed by SPARK Impact. ASep Healthcare, currently based in South Kensington, London, but due to move to Liverpool Science Park, developed an award winning disposable tourniquet designed to prevent

VC activity in Québec in 2012 hits 10-year peak

Activity in venture capital fundraising in Québec reached a 10-year peak in 2012 at CAD924m, representing to 52 per cent of the activity in the entire Canadian market. Activity in venture capital fundraising in Québec reached a 10-year peak in 2012 at CAD924m, representing to 52 per cent of the

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HIG’s Community Intervention Services acquires Family Behavioral Resources

HIG Growth Partners’ portfolio company, Community Intervention Services, has completed the acquisition of Family Behavioral Resources (FBR). CIS was established by HIG in partnership with veteran behavioural healthcare executive Kevin Sheehan to acquire, develop and operate a national network of community-based mental health and substance abuse treatment programmes. FBR marks

Baker & McKenzie releases annual global private equity report

Baker & McKenzie has released its 2013 Insights report, an in-depth look at some of the key trends and developments in the global private equity industry. With contributions from EQT, Platinum Equity, A Capital, AXA Private Equity, Carlyle, CVCI and many other industry commentators from around the world, Insights profiles

Activa Capital sells Logitrade to a group of regional investors

Activa Capital has sold its portfolio company Logitrade to a group of regional financial investors – Soridec, Sofilaro, Sofipac, Multicroissance and Sopromec – in partnership with Logitrade’s management team. Activa Capital became the majority shareholder of Logitrade in 2006. Logitrade is an outsourcing company focused on non-strategic industrial purchasing in

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Appleby sees healthy uptick in offshore M&A activity in Q4 2102

The offshore markets experienced their largest quarter-to-quarter rise in M&A transactions in the last three years in quarter four 2012, according to a report by Appleby. The latest edition of Offshore-i, the firm’s quarterly report which provides data and insight on merger and acquisition activity in major offshore financial centres,

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