It is becoming increasingly clear that private equity investors are training their sights on how GPs think about ESG issues. The degree to which they engage on the topic, and their approach to influencing portfolio companies, is now firmly entrenched in manager selection and it is a trend that is
New London-based investor, Inspirit Capital, is to focus on acquiring and transforming small and medium-sized businesses that are experiencing strategic, operational or financial complexities. Inspirit Fund I successfully hit its GBP50 million hard cap attracting committed capital from a select group of blue-chip institutional investors for investment in UK headquartered
BID Equity, a DACH-region software buyout specialist, has closed BID Equity Fund II at its hard cap of EUR125 million in its second and final close, with a significant additional commitment by the BID Equity team. Hamburg-based private equity firm BID Equity is pleased to announce the successful final closing
Iotic has secured investment of EUR7.5million to accelerate growth and meet increasing demand for its digital twin technology. Iotic enables enterprises and their ecosystems of assets, objects, companies and people to interact automatically and securely. The digital software company provides the secure operating environment and tools to create digital twins
BlackRock’ has held the first close of the European Middle Market Private Debt Fund II, its European direct lending strategy, with EUR1.5billion in commitments – including segregated mandates. The fund is managed by Stephan Caron. The first close of EMMPD II has surpassed the final close of the previous fund
Private equity firm Lonsdale Capital Partners’ (Lonsdale) portfolio company Cross Rental Services Group has completed the acquisition of Swegon Hire UK (Swegon). The acquisition cements Cross’ position as one of the largest specialist chiller, boiler, heating & air conditioning rental companies in the UK and Irish market. Lonsdale has
Ardenton Capital Corporation (Ardenton) has acquired Pebbles Care, a provider of residential care and education for young people across the United Kingdom. This is Ardenton’s sixth investment in the UK. Headquartered in Leeds and Dunfermline, Pebbles currently operates 41 residential care homes and four schools, providing care and education across
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), a global institutional investor, has acquires a 24.9 per cent stake in the public-private partnership (PPP) contract for the trains, systems, operations and maintenance of Sydney Metro, Australia’s biggest public transport project, which includes both the North West and City & Southwest
Trouva, an online destination for unique products from the best curators around the world, has raised GBP17 million in further investment to accelerate international expansion. The funding was led by Octopus Ventures, alongside C4 Ventures and Downing Ventures, with BGF and LocalGlobe also participating in the round. Launched in London in
BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor in growing businesses, has welcomed the Australian Government’s announcement to establish an Australian Business Growth Fund that will help boost the growth of small and medium businesses. This is as a result of an in-principle agreement between the Government and leading banks;
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