Mid-market private equity firm LDC has invested GBP20million to back the management buyout (MBO) of Shield Group International (SGI) from global testing, inspection and certification group Kiwa. SGI, formerly known as Kiwa Compliance International, is an international environmental testing, inspection and consultancy business. LDC has invested to support the existing
E-sports brand Fnatic has secured USD19 million USD in a Series A funding round led by tech entrepreneur Lev Leviev of LVL1 Group, who also joins the board, plus new and continued support from investors including transatlantic venture capital firm Beringea, BlackPine, Unbound and Joi Ito. With this investment, Fnatic
Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC), a UK fund manager and social enterprise has invested GBP250,000 in Futures, a social enterprise which provides jobs and skills advice, training and apprenticeships in Nottinghamshire. SASC has provided a loan of GBP250,000 to fund the expansion of the organisation’s support services for young people
An overwhelming majority (91 per cent) of investors in alternatives believe that the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will help the financial industry address pressing environmental and social issues. A quarter of them already integrate the SDGs into their investment activities in some way, while another 40 per cent plan
Private investment firm Inverness Graham Investments’ dental products manufacturing platform, Vista Dental (Vista), has acquired Apex Dental Materials (Apex). Based in Lake Zurich, Ilinois, Apex is a branded manufacturer of restorative dental materials including adhesives, primers, composites, and cements. “The acquisition of Apex expands Vista’s endodontic product portfolio with a
Ipsum Group Limited (Ipsum), backed by Aliter Capital (Aliter) ha completed its fourth investment with the acquisition of Stormport Professional Services Limited (Stormport). This is Ipsum’s second successful transaction of 2019, following the acquisition of EEG in February. Cambridgeshire-based Stormport, founded in 2009 by Steve Wright and Pete Hulyer, is
GoldenTree Asset Management (GoldenTree) has closed on USD1.7 billion in commitments for GoldenTree Distressed Fund III. The fund employs a private equity draw down structure and will focus on primarily global distressed opportunities in mid-cap and large-cap corporates. GoldenTree has extensive experience in distressed investments with over USD26 billion of
Palatine Private Equity is targeting the GBP100 million investment mark in Midlands businesses, having pumped GBP55 million into the region over the last three years. The firm opened its Midlands office in December 2015, and has since moved to a new office in Somerset House on Temple Street. Palatine’s
HIG WhiteHorse, a credit affiliate of HIG Capital, a global private equity and alternative assets investment firm with over EUR26 billion of equity capital under management, has provided a growth capital solution to Risparmio Casa, a leading Italian drugstore chain based in Pomezia, Italy. Established over 30 years ago by
SEEK Group is to invest GBP50 million to become a joint, 50 per cent owner of The Open University’s FutureLearn social learning platform, in a deal thought to be the largest ever private-sector EdTech investment in Europe. The Open University launched FutureLearn, which is based in London, in December 2012
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