RBS International has supported private equity group EQT by participating in its latest flagship buyout fund’s subscription credit facility. As well as being another example of the bank’s considerable support of EQT’s funds over the years, and of the Private Equity industry more broadly, this represents the first ESG-linked fund-level facility
Nanotechnology business, MIP Diagnostics, has completed a GBP5.1 million funding round to accelerate its global expansion. The co-investment has come from Mercia Asset Management, a founding investor and the largest shareholder in the company, and was led by Downing Ventures (GBP1.4m), BGF (GBP2m) and Calculus Capital.Bedfordshire-based MIP Diagnostics has developed
AXA Venture Partners has led a USD5.8 million financing round in Unlatch, a French digital real estate sales company, including USD4.5 million in equity and USD1.3 million in debt.
Luxury homeware wholesaler, Fifty One Percent Limited, has secured a GBP250k finance package from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund Debt Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners.The funding will allow the Leicestershire-based business to hire four additional staff, while expanding its product line and sales and marketing function. Fifty One Percent
Research conducted by The Carlyle Group suggests that focusing on socially-optimal strategies, such as payroll growth, responsible governance and diversity and inclusion leads to above-market returns.
Elysian Capital has held a first close of its third fund, having raised 90 per cent of the fund’s target of GBP 300 million in three months, since officially launching the fund. The final close is expected to be completed in the next couple of months from investors already well
Cloud services technology firm Babble has acquired business telecoms provider Lake Technologies. The transaction, which was funded by mid-market private equity investor LDC, marks the fourth deal completed by the rapidly growing business, after it was backed by the private equity firm in 2017.Lake Technologies has provided business telephony and
British Patient Capital, a subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has made a cornerstone commitment to Kennet’s fifth fund as it announces its EUR223 million (USD250 million) close.
Meyer Bergman, a private equity real estate investment manager, has acquired a majority interest in a large residential portfolio with assets in Frankfurt and Greater Frankfurt.The majority of the newly acquired portfolio, which consists of 800 residential and 125 commercial units spread over 60 properties, is concentrated in the centre
INVL Baltic Sea Growth Fund, a private equity investment fund in the Baltic region, has completed the acquisition of a controlling stake (52.81 per cent) in Eco Baltia, an environmental management group for plastic recycling and waste collection in the Baltics. The deal sees the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
12 November, 2026 – 5:00 pm
12 November, 2026 – 8:00 am
12 February, 2026 – 8:00 am
12 February, 2026 – 5:00 pm
