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Ekimetrics raises EUR24 million in fresh capital from Tikehau Capital and Bpifrance

Ekimetrics, a European specialist in data science solutions, has secured fresh investment from two minority shareholders: Tikehau Capital – via its growth capital fund, which was recently awarded the “Relance” label – and Bpifrance – via its MidCap fund.  The founders of Ekimetrics, who will retain a controlling stake, hope to invest

Cinven and BCI to acquire Compre

Cinven, an international private equity firm, and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI), one of Canada’s largest institutional investors, are to acquire Compre, a specialist global consolidator of closed books of non-life insurance policies, from CBPE Capital LLP.  Financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed.  Compre is focused

Baseball

Emerging markets restructurings provide a “triple play” opportunity for investors

By Gregory Bowes, co-founder and managing principal and Irene Rivera Calderón, associate at Albright Capital – Thoughtful investors will want to pursue investment strategies that can potentially achieve the equivalent to baseball’s rare “triple play,” ie, (i) attractive risk-adjusted returns, (ii) portfolio diversification benefits, and (iii) positive social impact. Providing

Vauban raises GBP1.6 million seed round

Innovative investment technology platform Vauban, which has seen over 120 digital Funds launched on its platform, has raised GBP1.6 million in Seed funding from leading tech investors.  Europe’s most active proptech VC company, Pi Labs, is joined by Kima Ventures, Westloop Ventures, Argonautic Ventures and UFP Fintech, as Vauban leads

LDC and RIBA agree sale of NBS to Byggfakta Group

Mid-market private equity firm LDC and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), have agreed the sale of NBS to Byggfakta Group, a data and software provider to the European construction industry headquartered in Sweden and backed by private equity firms Stirling Square Capital Partners and TA Associates.  Financial details

Longship closes fund II at NOK1.7bn

Longship, a Norway-based, lower mid-market buyout specialist, has closed its second buyout fund at its hard cap of NOK1.7 billion (cEUR160 million).  The announcement of Fund II comes less than five years after Fund I closed.  Longship now manages NOK3.1 billion (cEUR 300 million) in aggregated capital commitments across its

CVC Credit Partners prices fifth CLO since June

CVC Credit Partners (CVC Credit) has priced Cordatus XIX, a Collateralised Loan Obligation (CLO) fund totalling EUR379 million arranged by Barclays. This will be the fifth CLO fund raised by CVC Credit in 2020 and increases our aggregate global issuance for the year to cUSD2.0 billion (cEUR1.7 billion). It is

Chicoa Fish Farm closes USD1.5m series A funding to boost food security in Africa

Chicoa Fish Farm, a Mozambican-based company addressing the critical challenge of a lack of affordable protein in Southern Africa, has closed a Series A equity funding round totalling USD1.5 million from Goodwell Investments. Chicoa Fish Farm was founded by Gerard McCollum and Damien Legros in 2015 with the vision to

Abris buys Polish healthcare business Scanmed

Abris CEE Mid-Market III LP fund, managed by Abris Capital Partners (Abris), aprivate equity investor focused on Central Europe, is to acquire 100 per cent of the shares in Scanmed – a Poland-based healthcare network operator – from Life Healthcare Group Holdings Limited (Life Healthcare).  The transaction is subject to

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