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High Road Capital Partner’s portfolio company General Tools & Instruments acquires Garden Weasel

7 May 2020

High Road Capital Partners’ portfolio company General Tools & Instruments (www.generaltools.com) has acquired Garden Weasel (www.gardenweasel.com), a provider of specialised lawn and garden tools, from Faultless Brands. The transaction marks General Tools’ second acquisition under High Road’s ownership, having acquired PacTool International in November 2017. The acquisition comprises Garden Weasel’s

Long term investment specialist acquired by Sanne

6 May 2020

SANNE, a provider of alternative asset and corporate business services, has completed the acquisition of long-term investment specialists Inbhear Fund Service and Inbhear Management Services.

Swiss banking app Alpian raises CHF12.2m in series A round

6 May 2020

Digital financial services company Alpian, incubated by the Swiss banking group REYL & Cie, has completed a Series A funding round worth CHF12.2 million.

EQT Ventures backs female social network Peanut

6 May 2020

EQT Ventures has led a USD12 million Series A funding round in Peanut, a newly launched social network for women. Index Ventures and Female Founders Fund also participated in this round, bringing the company’s total funding to USD 21.8 million. The fresh capital will be used to launch new communities

Finding value in Asia Pacific

6 May 2020

Asia Pacific’s private market attracted USD117 billion in net capital inflow in 2019, led predominantly by private equity where fund raising topped USD94 billion according to McKinsey’s Private Markets Review 2020. This represented a 25 per cent reduction year-on-year, led principally by closed ended real estate, which closed 2019 with

Aran Services secures additional funding during successful MBO

6 May 2020

Insulation and fire protection expert Aran Services has secured GBP1.5 million in working capital from Independent Growth Finance (IGF). The funds, which were raised using invoice discounting, were used to support the recent MBO and to provide working capital to support the continued growth of the business.Founded in 2004, the

Private equity sponsors expecting 25 per cent drop in value of portfolio investments in Q1, says Gen II survey

6 May 2020

Approximately 80 per cent of private equity sponsors believe there could be up to a 25 per cent reduction in the value of portfolio investments in their Q1 valuations, according to a new survey by Gen II Fund Services.The survey also shows there is still a high degree of uncertainty

BGF posts strong 2019 annual results

6 May 2020

BGF has reported strong investment and financial performance in its 2019 Annual Report and Accounts.BGF surpassed the GBP2 billion investment milestone and surpassed 300 companies backed in total during the year. Against the backdrop of ongoing Brexit uncertainty, BGF continued to remain very active in 2019 investing more than GBP200

Ara Partners closes USD400m fund

6 May 2020

Ara Partners, a private equity firm specialising in industrial decarbonisation investments, has closed its debut fund, Ara Fund I, with approximately USD400 million in capital commitments. Ara Partners was co-founded by veteran investors Charles Cherington and Troy Thacker. The Fund will invest in companies in North America and Europe that

DOB Equity makes further investment in Moringa School

6 May 2020

DOB Equity, a Dutch family-backed impact investor in East Africa, has made a further investment in Moringa School (Moringa), a technology learning institute based in Kenya.The investment is to help Moringa accelerate the company’s transition to providing remote on-line learning. Since the Covid-19 outbreak, there has been an increased demand

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High Road Capital Partner’s portfolio company General Tools & Instruments acquires Garden Weasel

Long term investment specialist acquired by Sanne

Swiss banking app Alpian raises CHF12.2m in series A round

EQT Ventures backs female social network Peanut

Finding value in Asia Pacific

Aran Services secures additional funding during successful MBO

Private equity sponsors expecting 25 per cent drop in value of portfolio investments in Q1, says Gen II survey

BGF posts strong 2019 annual results

Ara Partners closes USD400m fund

DOB Equity makes further investment in Moringa School

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