The Family First nursery group, backed by August Equity, has reached it’s first major growth milestone, having acquired 10 nurseries since launch. The company purchased four Little Garden Nurseries in June 2019 and has since added Prima Montessori in Gillingham, Bizzy Bees in London, Acorn Montessori in Harrow and three Headstart
Energy Impact Partners LP (EIP), a global private equity platform focused on clean energy has joined the Initiative Climat International (iCI) consortium. The iCI is made up of 52 of the most forward-looking private equity players, including Harbourvest, Idinvest Partners, Caisse des Dépots, HG Capital and Permira. By signing the iCI,
Novalpina Capital has closed the acquisition of French specialty pharma business Laboratoire XO.XO focuses on prescription drugs treating chronic diseases that require prescription or recommendation by a physician or pharmacist. Its core product focus is selling and marketing ‘princeps’ – original drug brands – with defensible market positions and strong
Graphite Capital, a UK mid-market private equity specialist, has backed the management buyout of Babble from LDC.
Private Equity house Key Capital Partners (KCP) has completed a GBP7 million investment into the online darts retailer, Darts Corner. This is the third investment for KCP this year and comes shortly after the exits of Sparta Global and Hallam Medical.Darts Corner was founded in 2007 by current shareholder and
Cebile Capital, a global secondaries advisor and placement agent, has closed a GP-led continuation vehicle process for Edison Partners, a growth capital investor in technology businesses, based in Princeton, NJ. Edison Fund VII, a 2010 vintage, raised USD249 million. Limited Partners in the fund were given the option to roll into
Innova Capital, a private equity firm operating in the CEE, is to purchase existing shares from the founders of Bielenda Kosmetyki, one of the biggest domestic producers of facial care cosmetics in Poland. The firm will also support the business in financing the acquisition of the Polish cosmetics brands portfolio from
RBC Trust (Trinidad and Tobago) Limited, a subsidiary of RBC Financial Caribbean Limited, has committed USD10 million to MPC Capital’s Caribbean listed feeder-vehicle to further grow the portfolio of renewable energy assets. RBC Trust made this investment on behalf of its managed clients’ accounts. The feeder-vehicle was established to enable local
Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone), a European mid-market private equity firm, is to sell its majority shareholding in Winterbotham Darby, a supplier of chilled foods to UK supermarket chains, to PAI Partners (PAI). LDC will also exit its minority shareholding in Winterbotham Darby alongside Equistone, while the company’s management will remain
Hudson Hill Capital (Hudson Hill), a private investment firm founded by Eric Rosen, has acquired a majority stake in InXpress Holdings Ltd, a software-enabled global franchisor of transportation and logistics services, in partnership with the company’s senior management team. The transaction reinforces InXpress’s long-term commitment to provide world-class transportation and logistics
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