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LDC invests GBP13m in Hybrid

Mid-market private equity firm LDC has invested GBP13 million in digital media company Hybrid. LDC’s investment will support Hybrid’s existing management team to grow and develop the business organically and explore targeted acquisitions.

Adenia acquires distributor of electrical and solar equipment in South Africa

Adenia Partners, a private equity firm investing in Africa, has acquired a majority stake in Herholdt’s, a leading distributor of low-voltage electrical products and solar products in South Africa. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Established in 1964, Herholdt’s operates in Bloemfontein, Kimberley and George, and has

Inflexion acquires cloud specialist ANS

Inflexion has acquired ANS, a provider of digital transformation and cloud managed services. ANS and existing Inflexion investment UKFast will be brought together under one parent group to address the rapid market growth opportunity for digital and cloud services. The group will combine ANS’s public cloud, DevOps, applications and data

Private equity company closes GBP4.3m fundraise for premium bar group

Private equity investment firm Growthdeck has closed a GBP4.3 million fundraise for the new bar group Maven Leisure, completing the investment firm’s largest single raise. Maven Leisure is looking to open at least seven premium bars in central London supported by this funding. The fundraise has been structured as GBP2.3

FSN Capital raises EUR1.8bn for sixth mid-market fund

FSN Capital Partners (FSN) has held the final closing of FSN Capital VI (Fund VI) at EUR1.8 billion. The fund was oversubscribed and closed above its original hard cap. With the new fund, FSN has grown significantly since FSN Capital V closed in 2016 at SEK9.62 billion (EUR985 million). Fund VI

Dubin Clark’s AWHAP acquires Temperature Control

Affordable Water Heaters and Plumbing (AWHAP), a portfolio company of private equity firm Dubin Clark, has completed the acquisition of Temperature Control, Inc. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. AWHAP, headquartered in Valencia, California, is a leading in-home provider of water heater and plumbing services, including same-day

BGF successfully exits investment in Cennox

BGF has exited its investment in Cennox – a provider of services to the ATM sector. The business has been acquired by US-based investment firm, York Capital.  BGF first invested GBP3 million in Cennox in June 2012 and subsequently put in three follow-on rounds into the business, taking total investment

Panoramic invests in alcohol-free beer company

Panoramic Growth Equity (Panoramic), an equity investor in fast growing, entrepreneurial UK companies, has invested GBP2.5 million of growth capital into alcohol-free brewing company Big Drop Brewing. Big Drop was launched in 2016 by entrepreneurs Rob Fink and James Kindred, two friends who wanted to create alcohol-free craft beer that

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