Squla (Futurewhiz), a portfolio company of Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP), has acquired Scoyo, an online learning platform for primary and secondary school students in the German market.Squla is the leading consumer education company in the Netherlands and provides interactive educational tools for primary school pupils (Squla) and secondary school
Muzinich & Co is pleased to announce the first close of the Muzinich Pan-European II Private Debt Fund, at EUR210 million.Like its predecessor vehicle, the Fund focuses on providing growth capital to lower middle-market companies to fund acquisitions, expansions and transitions in family and founder-owned businesses. The Fund follows on
Private equity-backed soft drinks manufacturer Clearly Drinks is to invest in a new canning facility at its Sunderland headquarters following support from NorthEdge.The multi-million-pound investment is set to provide state-of-the-art canning capabilities, designed by BW Integrated Systems, allowing Clearly Drinks to manufacture 160 million cans each year. This will enhance
PasarPolis, an insurance technology firm in Southeast Asia (SEA), has closed a heavily oversubscribed Series B funding round. The investors invested and committed a total of USD54 million, which will be used to support the company’s growth plan. The Company’s significant growth while maintaining positive unit economics across all issued policies,
Pemberton, an asset manager backed by one of Europe’s largest insurers, Legal & General Group, is supporting Advent International’s acquisition of a majority stake in Hermes UK, a consumer delivery company, with the provision of debt financing, together with Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division and PSP Investments.Hermes UK is one
Varagon Capital Partners (Varagon) is serving as Administrative Agent, Joint Lead Arranger and Joint Bookrunner on a senior secured credit facility to support the acquisition of Sila Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc by Astar Heating and Air, a Dubin Clark portfolio company.Astar Heating and Air, LLC was founded in 1976
Kinderhook Industries (Kinderhook), a private equity firm specialising in middle-market control investments in the healthcare services, environmental/business services and automotive/light manufacturing sectors, has successfully completed a recapitalisation of Kinderhook Capital Fund III, a $300 million committed capital, 2009 vintage fund. AlpInvest Partners and affiliated investors (AlpInvest), a leading player in the
IQ-EQ has acquired Conseil Expertise & Synthese (CE&S), an independent accounting business based in Paris. This latest acquisition, the firm’s second in 2020, adds further scale and a strong client book to its French operations enabling is to offer an extensive suite of funds, corporate and private wealth services.Led by
Covid-19 has had an effect on the Chinese economy, but not on longer term trends in the Chinese private equity market, according to Ivo Naumann, Shanghai-based partner and leader of McKinsey’s private equity & principal investors practice in Greater China. China is the third largest private capital market in the
Munich Private Equity Partners (MPEP) has started fundraising for its fourth private equity program, MPEP IV, which offers institutional investors the opportunity to invest in two pre-built private equity fund portfolios. Investors receive high visibility on the manager quality and expected portfolio construction, consequently the blind pool risk typically associated
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