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BGF exits J&B Recycling

Growth capital investor, BGF has exited its investment in J&B Recycling, generating a 2.4x return.  The company is specialist in waste management and recycling in the UK, providing an end-to-end service for commercial and local authority customers across the North and England and Scotland.    Urbaser Ltd – the UK

LDC exits Sigmat to ETEX

Mid-market private equity firm LDC has exited its investment in Sigmat, a UK specialist in light-gauge steel framing, to Etex, an international building products group. Headquartered in Leeds, Sigmat is a leading provider of light-gauge steel framing and one of the UK’s first fully integrated offsite construction companies. Light-gauge steel

Investments

PE secondaries market sees surge in interest

The private equity secondaries market is seeing a sharp uptick in first-time allocations, according to a leading investment consultant, marking a sea change in fortunes for a once unloved asset class.   Anna Morrison, Senior Director, Private Equity at London advisor bfinance, told Private Equity Wire that a “fascinating” change

GKG’s Kapital Investment Group acquires Işık Menkul

Kapital Investment Group BV (KIG BV), part of the global financial services group Global Kapital Group, has acquired Işık Menkul Değerler AŞ, a multi-asset broker in Turkey.   The acquisition gives KIG BV a greatly increased product range, as Işık Menkul is a multi-asset broker offering trading in stocks, futures,

Gresham House Ventures invests GBP3.3m in ecommerce enabler Patchworks

Gresham House Ventures – a growth equity investor specialising in software and digitally driven businesses in the consumer, healthcare and service sectors – has made a GBP3.3 million investment in Patchworks, a software company helping e-commerce businesses automate and manage data flows across backend systems.

SVPGlobal closes Strategic Value Special Situations Fund V at USD5bn hard cap

Strategic Value Partners and its affiliates (SVPGlobal), a global investment firm focused on distressed debt, event-driven investments, special situations and private equity opportunities, has held the successful final closing of Strategic Value Special Situations Fund V (SVSS V) at its hard cap of USD5 billion.  This fund closing, when combined

Serent Capital makes Growth Investment in ParentSquare

ParentSquare, provider of a unified school-to-home engagement platform for K-12, has received a significant investment from Serent Capital, a growth-focused firm that invests in technology and tech-enabled services companies.  ParentSquare will further accelerate its growth plans with the investment, including introducing new products and services and expanding into additional geographic

OvareVentures invests in Brooklyn-based Fort Hamilton Distillery

OvareVentures has announced a multifaceted investment in Fort Hamilton, producer of super-premium rye whiskies, bourbons, and soon, gin. Fort Hamilton was founded in 2016 by entrepreneur and distiller Alex Clark, who was formerly instrumental in the launch and growth of Brooklyn’s Widow Jane distillery. Fort Hamilton whiskies are distilled from

BCMS advises Spirit Medical Communications Group on sale to OPEN Health

Corporate Finance advisor BCMS has advised leading UK independent medical communications agency Spirit Medical Communications Group Ltd (Spirit), on its sale to OPEN Health. Founded in 2006 by Asif Zaman, and based at premises in Didsbury, Manchester and Alderley Park, Cheshire, Spirit offers full-service medical communications throughout the product lifecycle,

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