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Howden acquires Aston Lark

Howden, the international insurance broking group, is to acquire Aston Lark from Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Bowmark Capital. Aston Lark is one of the UK’s leading, independent, specialist complex commercial and private client brokers. The deal is subject to regulatory approval. The highly complementary union completes Howden’s UK broking

Permira to sell LSNE to PCI Pharma Services

Permira funds have agreed to the sale of Lyophilization Services of New England (LSNE), a contract manufacturing organisation, to PCI Pharma Services (PCI), a pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical global integrated solutions provider. Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Bedford, New Hampshire, LSNE is a market leader providing a wide range of

Hubilo secures GBP92m in funding round led by Alkeon Capital

Hubilo, a global virtual events platform, has raised GBP92 million in Series B funding round led by Alkeon Capital and additionally, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Balderton Capital. This brings the company’s total funding to GBP113 million to date in less than 18 months. The investment, one of the largest in

Foresight completes sale of Accrosoft

Foresight Group (Foresight), a leading UK listed infrastructure and specialist regional private equity investment manager, has sold Accrosoft Limited, a recruitment and employee onboarding software company, to Acendre Technologies Inc, a global HR software business headquartered in the US. Based in Loughborough, Accrosoft was founded in 2008 by Alex Khakbiz

9fin raises GBP8m in Series A round

9fin, a provider of data, news and predictive analytics for debt capital markets, has raised GBP8 million Series A round to fuel its expansion into the US. 

MAOR launches new USD200m fund II

Israeli active venture capital investor MAOR INVESTMENTS has launched MAOR II, a new fund aiming to raise USD200 million in funding from accredited/qualified European investors, with a focus on investing in promising Israeli tech startups.

Francisco Partners holds final closing of USD2.2bn second credit fund

Technology investment firm Francisco Partners has held the final closing of FP Credit Partners II, a USD2.2 billion opportunistic credit fund focused on the broad and increasingly diverse technology market.  The Fund’s total capital commitments reached its hard cap and exceeded its original USD1.25 billion target. FP Credit Partners II

Adenia acquires Kenyan rose grower Altilands

Adenia Partners, a private equity firm investing in Africa, has acquired a majority stake in Altilands SA, the parent company of Red Lands Roses (Red Lands), a grower of premium fresh-cut roses in Kenya.  Red Lands is internationally recognised for its green horticultural practices that respect people and the environment.

Warburg Pincus invests in Tiptree’s Fortegra

Tiptree has secured a USD200 million strategic investment in its insurance subsidiary, The Fortegra Group (Fortegra) from Warburg Pincus. The investment will give Warburg Pincus an approximate 24 per cent ownership in Fortegra on a fully diluted basis and is expected to close in the first quarter 2022. This transaction

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