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Orion Food Systems and Land Mark Products join forces

Orion Food Systems (Orion) and Land Mark Products (Land Mark) have signed a definitive merger agreement to create a leading and fully comprehensive foodservice company to serve convenience store operators.  Financial terms of the transaction, which is backed by an affiliate of One Rock Capital Partners, (One Rock), were not

Nautic Partners acquires LindFast Solutions Group in partnership with management

Nautic Partners (Nautic) has completed the acquisition of LindFast Solutions Group (LindFast), in partnership with LindFast management. Headquartered in Blaine, MN, LindFast is a master distributor of specialty fasteners in the North American market serving a broad base of national, regional, and local distribution customers through its metric (Lindstrom) and

M/C Partners closes Fund VIII at hard cap of USD350m

Private equity firm M/C Partners (M/C) has held the final closing of its most recent fund. M/C Partners VIII (Fund VIII) at its hard cap of USD350 million.  M/C’s specialised investment strategy remains focused on investing in targeted high growth infrastructure and services segments of the USD1 trillion Telecommunications and

Kettle Cuisine acquires Harry’s Fresh Foods

Kettle Cuisine, an artisan producer of refrigerated and frozen all-natural soups, has acquired Harry’s Fresh Foods, a privately held custom food manufacturing company based in Portland, Oregon.   The transaction strengthens Kettle Cuisine’s leadership in the fresh soup category as the only coast-to-coast fresh soup producer.   “Harry’s is a great

EQT brings in Nestlé as minority investor to IVC Group

EQT is to bring in Nestlé through a minority stake in IVC Group (IVC) to support continued growth in the Company’s next development phase.  IVC also enters into a partnership agreement with Nestlé Purina PetCare EMENA. Through the partnership, IVC will be able to leverage the expertise of Nestlé Purina

Cloud security specialist Bitglass secures USD70m in growth capital

Bitglass, a cloud security specialist delivering data and threat protection to enterprises worldwide, has secured USD70 million in Series D funding from new investor Quadrille Capital and existing investors Future Fund, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Norwest and Singtel Innov8.  This infusion of capital will enable Bitglass to continue its growth

BGF exits investment in The Good Care Group

BGF has successfully exited its minority stake in care service provider, The Good Care Group, alongside all other shareholders. Following a period of significant organic growth, the company has been acquired by Sodexo UK. The Good Care Group offers industry-leading live-in care services which help people live well at home

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RMDL commits GBP23m across three transactions

RM Secured Direct Lending (RMDL), an investment trust specialising in providing tailored debt solutions, has deployed all cash available for investment so far during April. Future Loan commitments are expected to be funded from a variety of sources including any repayments under existing Loans, divestments of existing Loans, additional capital

Octopus raises GBP83m fund to support European growth businesses

Octopus has raised GBP83 million from investors, including BP Investment Management, for its Zenith III fund. The Fund, which is managed by Octopus Ventures, focuses on providing high growth European technology businesses with the capital and expertise they need to fuel their next phase of growth.   Octopus is one

Apposite Capital makes GBP6m investment in Mirada Medical

Apposite Capital, a private equity firm with an exclusive focus on healthcare, has invested GBP6 million in preferred equity in Mirada Medical, a medical imaging software company. The investment will support Mirada’s development of artificial intelligence (AI) based software for increasing the speed and accuracy of cancer treatment planning applications,

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