Acacia Research Corporation, a publicly-traded investor in absolute return assets, has entered into an agreement with Link Fund Solutions Limited (LFS) to purchase shares in up to 19 public and private life sciences companies from LF Equity Income Fund (the “Fund”) for a total consideration of up to GBP223.9 million. The
Last year’s surge in private-equity backed public-to-private (P2P) takeovers looks set to accelerate after lockdown, according to a new report from Addleshaw Goddard. Research by the corporate law firm suggests the effects of coronavirus will exacerbate the reasons behind the recent increase in P2Ps – leading to even more in the
Petra Capital Partners, based in Nashville, has completed fundraising on Petra Growth Fund IV (PGF IV) with USD208 million of capital available to invest. The fund targets healthcare, business, and technology-enabled services companies and is structured as a small business investment company (SBIC) licensed by the US Small Business Administration.
Growth equity firm Edison Partners has sold portfolio company Zagster, a shared micromobility and fleet operations management company, to Superpedestrian, a Boston-based mobility engineering and technology company founded by urban transport experts from MIT. Edison Partners also announced leading a new USD15 million investment in Superpedestrian, joined by existing
Foresight Group’s Foresight Global Real Infrastructure Fund (GRIF) has surpassed its target performance of UK CPI +3 per cent over 12 months, with a total return 18.51 per cent. The Fund has provided a yield of 4.12 per cent over 12 months exhibiting significantly lower volatility levels than higher risk
UK-based private equity manager Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has invested an undisclosed amount in Zing Dev Limited (Zing), a technology services business.Zing is a specialist implementation partner for Twilio, a market-leading cloud communication platform. As one of a small number of accredited implementation partners across Europe, the Middle East and
Northstar Capital (Northstar), a provider of junior capital for middle market private equity transactions, has made an investment in PKWARE, a portfolio company of Thompson Street Capital Partners (TSCP).Founded in 1986, PKWARE (www.pkware.com) created the .ZIP file format and provides leading compression, encryption, and data security platform solutions to highly
BNP Paribas Capital Partners (BNPP CP), BNP Paribas Asset Management’s specialist in external alternative manager selection, has held the final close of its European Special Opportunities Debt Fund (ESO). The ESO investment programme was launched in 2018 to provide institutional investors with exposure to the discounted private debt market in
Private equity firm Sverica Capital Management(Sverica) and Salesforce Ventures have made a strategic investment in Coastal Cloud an independent Salesforce consulting partners in the United States. Based in Palm Coast, Florida, Coastal Cloud was started in 2012 by Co-Founders and Managing Partners Sara and Tim Hale with the goal of
Triple Point has launched an initiative to help new start-ups, in recognition of the role innovation and technology will play in the UK’s economic recovery. Triple Point’s investment initiative, called Kick Start, is designed to target the very early stage businesses that have yet to raise funding. It will be
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