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iCON V acquires 95 per cent interest in Wind Estate A/S

iCON Infrastructure Partners V1 (iCON V) has completed the acquisition of a 95 per cent interest in Wind Estate A/S (Wind Estate) from its founders Jens Petri Petersen and CEO Erik Abraham.   Abraham will remain as CEO and a 5 per cent shareholder of the Company. Wind Estate is

FDC provides GBP900k funding for MBI of Midlands’ electrical contractor

Debt funding provider Frontier Development Capital Ltd (FDC) has provided GBP900,000 to support the management buy in (MBI) of Complete Electrical Solutions (UK) Limited (CES).  CES, based in Stourbridge, West Midlands, was founded in 2000 as a generalist B2B electrical contracting business. In the previous two decades, the firm has

Arete invests GBP10m in Tactus Group

North West based multi-family investment office, Arete, has announced that it has led an GBP11.25 million private equity investment round into consumer technology product development specialists Tactus Group, with a GBP10 million (USD13.75 million) investment.  Warrington-based Tactus is a technology expert providing multi-branded IT hardware to global retailers and the

South Korea

Affirma Capital launches new Korean EM growth fund

Affirma Capital has held a first close of its fifth Korea fund, Ascenta V, with an AUM of USD403 million, to invest in buyout and growth capital opportunities in emerging markets including Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Singapore-headquartered Affirma Capital is targeting a final close for Ascenta V of

Lakeshore Capital holds final close of Fund II at USD150 million hard cap

Lakeshore Capital (Lakeshore), a Thailand and Greater Mekong area focused mid- market private equity firm has held the final closing of Lakeshore Capital II LP at its USD150m million hard cap.  The Fund was oversubscribed within 4 months of its official launch last year, finishing above its target fund size

Survitec Completes GBP270m refinancing in private debt market

Global safety solutions leader Survitec has completed a GBP270 million refinancing with funds managed or advised by the Credit Group of Ares Management Corporation (Ares), a leading global alternative investment manager.  Ray Leclercq, Survitec’s Chief Financial Officer, says: “Successfully concluding this financing demonstrates the confidence we believe that Ares and

Tech investment

AND Digital secures follow-on round from BGF

AND Digital, a British tech consultancy aiming to accelerate digital delivery for businesses by providing access to tech talent, has secured GBP8 million in follow-on funding from BGF, one of the UK’s most prominent growth economy investors.  “Since our inception, there’s been a pressing need for digital skills to become

Boardroom Alpha launches SPACs evaluation service

Boardroom Alpha, a ratings and analytics platform providing quantitative measurements of public company directors, CEOs and CFOs, has launched an intelligence tool for evaluating the performance of Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs). Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…

Toshiba

Toshiba & CVC: What we know so far

Toshiba, currently courted by numerous PE groups, confirmed it has ‘received an initial proposal’ from CVC this week and will ‘ask for further clarification and give it careful consideration’, in what looks like a process which could become Japan’s largest ever buyout deal. Toshiba issued a statement on 9 April

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