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Turnspire Capital Partners completes acquisition of Goodyear Air Springs

Turnspire Capital Partners (Turnspire), a special situations-focused private equity firm, has completed the acquisition of the Goodyear air springs business from EnPro Industries.  Goodyear Air Springs is the first acquisition of Infinity Engineered Products, a new platform formed by Turnspire.   Goodyear Air Springs, headquartered in Fairlawn, Ohio, is a

M Squared secures GBP32.5m in new financing

M Squared, a photonics and quantum technology developer, has secured GBP32.5 million in new financing to support its growth and technology developments.   Santander UK will be providing a GBP20 million debt facility, allowing M Squared’s founders and management team, led by Dr Graeme Malcolm OBE, to fund the acquisition

GI Partners acquires Valet Living

Private investment firm GI Partners has acquired Valet Living, a full-service amenities provider to the multifamily housing industry.  GI Partners acquired Valet Living from a fund managed by the Private Equity Group of Ares Management Corporation and Harvest Partners, LP.   Valet Living pioneered the doorstep waste and recycling industry

Growth Catalyst Partners raises USD130m for debut private equity fund

Growth Catalyst Partners (GCP), a Chicago and Connecticut based private equity firm focused on high growth middle market companies in the marketing, information, and tech-enabled services sectors, has closed it debut fund GCP Fund I at USD130 million. GCP did not use a placement agent and secured commitments from a

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RB Ventures backs sustainable laundry startup Oxwash

Reckitt Benckiser’s venture arm RB Ventures has backed laundry and dry-cleaning startup Oxwash, which provides laundry services to the Oxford University coronavirus vaccine trial. RB Ventures is partnering with early-stage start-ups who share its ‘fight for access’, with Oxwash being one of its first investments. Founded in 2017 by former

YFM invests in marketing automation platform

YFM Equity Partners (YFM) has boosted its growing portfolio of high-growth technology businesses with an investment into marketing automation platform, Force24. Force24 is a cloud-based marketing automation platform that allows an in-house marketing manager to deliver personalised marketing campaigns with Customer Relationship Management (CRM) integration. The platform is already trusted

Quantum Health secures growth investment from Warburg Pincus and Great Hill Partners

Quantum Health, a consumer healthcare navigation and care coordination company, has secured a significant investment from Warburg Pincus, a global private equity firm focused on growth investing.  Great Hill Partners, which invested in Quantum Health in 2017 and is the company’s current majority shareholder, will retain a significant stake.  This

PAI Partners acquires majority stake in Euro Ethnic Foods

European private equity firm PAI Partjers has acquired a majority stake in Euro Ethnic Foods (EEF), the company which owns and operates the grocery section of leading food retailer Grand Frais. PAI will hold a 60 per cent stake in EEF with the company’s founders Léo & Patrick Bahadourian continuing

Novalis Biotech holds first closing of second healthcare fund

Novalis Biotech, an early stage venture capital investor in healthcare, technologies has held the first closing of its second fund, Novalis Biotech Acceleration, raising an initial EUR8 million.  With commitments for a similar amount already in place, Novalis anticipates a final closing in early 2021. The majority of investors in

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