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Holland Capital exits Inno4Life to Swiss company Dec Group

Holland Capital has sold its portfolio company Inno4Life, a manufacturer of machines for the pharmaceutical industry, to Dec Group, a Swiss powder handling and process containment equipment provider. Inno4Life’s management will remain actively involved in the company after its acquisition, which will continue to operate under its own name following

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Brazil provides PE investors with real route to LatAm opportunities

When it comes to investing in Latin America’s private markets, Brazil leads the way, accounting for 58 per cent of all Private Equity and Venture Capital investment in 2019, according to the Association for Private Capital Investment in Latin America (LAVCA). 

Applied Blockchain raises GBP2m in funding round led by QBN Capital

Distributed solutions specialist Applied Blockchain has completed a GBP2 million funding round lead by Hong Kong based venture capital firm QBN Capital. The newly-injected funds will be invested in developing a platform using privacy enhancing technologies to help companies to collaborate and generate meaningful outcomes together, without having to share any

Albion Capital refinances GBP105 million portfolio of UK-based renewable energy projects

Albion Capital has refinanced Albion Community Power, a GBP105 million renewable energy portfolio, by raising GBP57 million of debt across the portfolio of onshore wind, hydro, solar and battery projects.The successful refinancing demonstrated Albion’s ability to raise, deploy and return institutional funds within a five year period. The portfolio of

Tax return

Index Ventures backs tax filing app TaxFix

Taxfix, a digital tax app aimed at simplifying the process of filing a tax return, has raised USD65 million in a Series C round from investors including Index Ventures and Creandum. The company will use the funds to grow its 200-strong team by another 100 people, as it broadens its range of products

Tech start-up

Fortino Capital Partners holds first close of second VC fund on EUR45m

Fortino Capital Partners has held a first close on EUR45 million for the successor of its first VC-fund, Fortino Capital Venture II. The fund, which will be focussing on early stage European software and tech companies with a regional bias to the Benelux, has a target size of EUR80 million.

L&G takes stake in ground source heat firm

Legal & General Capital (LGC) announces that it has taken a 36 per cent stake in The Kensa Group, one of the UK’s largest players in the ground source heat pump technology sector, as it scales up its investments in addressing decarbonisation. Complementing Legal & General’s existing clean energy investment portfolio,

BlackRock raises USD5.1bn for Global Energy & Power Infrastructure Fund

BlackRock has held the final close of Global Energy & Power Infrastructure Fund III (GEPIF III) at USD5.1 billion, making it the largest alternative investment fundraise in BlackRock history. The final close value also exceeded both the original Fund target of USD3.5 billion and the original hard cap of USD4.5 billion.

Arbour Lane Capital Management raises USD1.2bn for Fund II

Arbour Lane Capital Management, a private registered investment adviser focused primarily on opportunistic credit and special situation investments, has held the final closing of Arbour Lane Credit Opportunity Fund II at its hard cap of USD1.2 billion in capital commitments, exceeding its initial target of USD750 million.The Fund focuses on

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