Cross Atlantic Capital Partners led the Series A financing round for Sagence Group, a management consulting firm focused on providing data strategy, management and analytics services to companies in Financial Services, Insurance, Healthcare, Consumer Services and Consumer Products industries. Terms of the deal were have not been disclosed. In addition

Aureos Capital Limited (Aureos) has reached a final close of the Africa Health Fund, exceeding its target by raising USD105.4 million from a range of private sector and development finance institutional investors. The Africa Health Fund is managed by Aureos, a private equity fund management company specialising in small and

Mid Europa Partners has acquired Dr n med Teresa Fryda Laboratorium Medyczne through a jointly controlled entity, Polska Grupa Laboratoriów Medycznych. This transaction marks a further step towards the consolidation of the Polish laboratory market, which was initiated in January 2011 through the acquisition of a strategic stake in Diagnostyka

BNP Paribas Clean Energy Partners Ltd has completed the purchase of the Sleaford Straw-fired Renewable Energy Plant from ECO2 Ltd for its Clean Energy Fund. The completion of the deal marks the inclusion of the first biomass generation in the Fund and a significant step towards the completion of the diversified

The European Investment Fund (EIF) has invested in Bridges Ventures Fund III, a UK-focussed sustainable growth investor, which held its first closing at GBP72m. This is EIF’s first commitment into the impact investing segment and illustrates its willingness to support European social entrepreneurship. Bridges Ventures will target ambitious businesses across

SEI has been selected by EIG Global Energy Partners to provide an operational outsourcing solution for the firm’s alternative investment business. Given its recent spin-out from Trust Company of the West and its aggressive growth projections, EIG required a partner with a global presence as well as greater processing depth

Blue Coat Systems, a provider of Web security and WAN optimisation solutions, has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an investor group led by San Francisco-based private equity investment firm Thoma Bravo, LLC, in a transaction valued at approximately USD1.3 billion. The Blue Coat Board of Directors

Lyceum Capital has closed its 14th deal this year with the acquisition of Kent-based commercial drainage specialist Drain Control by its portfolio company UKDN. The deal is the second major transaction in as many months for UKDN which has so far invested over GBP15 million in its market consolidation strategy.

DiGiCo Europe Limited (“DiGiCo”) has announced a GBP50 million management buyout funded by ISIS Equity Partners (ISIS). The deal allows Matrix Private Equity Partners (Matrix) to substantially realise its investment in DiGiCo in which it invested in 2007. Since that transaction, the business invested heavily in R&D, creating the highly