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BGF named most active global investor for growth and expansion businesses by Pitchbook

The UK’s BGF has been named the world’s most active investor in businesses seeking growth and expansion funding in Pitchbook’s 2018 global league tables, following a record year of investment. Pitchbook’s annual global league tables rank the most active private equity and venture capital investors from around the world. BGF

Dalma Capital and Exergy Capital establish Sharia-compliant energy fund

Energy investment firm Exergy Capita, and Dalma Capital Management, an alternative investment fund accelerator in the Dubai International Financial Centre, have established a Sharia-compliant investment strategy to develop the infrastructure and technology required to reshape the energy value chain. The investment strategy seeks to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns by investing

Audax Private Equity completes sale of Rogue Wave Software to Perforce

Audax Private Equity (Audax), in partnership with management, has completed the sale of Rogue Wave Software (Rogue Wave) to Perforce Software (Perforce), a Clearlake Capital portfolio company. Headquartered in Louisville, CO, Rogue Wave is a leading provider of software development tools and code components to Global 5000 enterprises, helping developers

Monroe Capital supports Vista Equity Partners’ acquisition of Mindbody

Monroe Capital has acted as co-lead arranger on the funding of a senior credit facility to support the growth of Mindbody, by private equity sponsor Vista Equity Partners. Based in San Luis Obispo, California, Mindbody is the leading technology platform for the fitness, beauty and wellness services industries. Local entrepreneurs

SALU Capital closes buy-out of Augur Capital’s private equity investment fund AFO-2

SALU Capital (SALU), together with its partners Apex Group (Apex), and Inlife Holding (Inlife), has closed the purchase of all outstanding shares of Augur Financial Opportunities 2 SICAV (AFO-2), a Luxembourg investment vehicle managed by German Augur Capital that includes the fund’s portfolio companies, German life insurer myLife Lebensversicherung (myLife)

CORE Industrial Partners closes inaugural investment fund at USD230m

CORE Industrial Partners (CORE), an industrials-focussed private equity firm based in Chicago, has held the final close of CORE Industrial Partners Fund I with total commitments of USD230 million.  The Fund was significantly oversubscribed with demand in excess of an initial target of USD200 million and initial hard cap of

Wermuth Asset Management doubles investment in NexWafe

European impact investor, Wermuth Asset Management, has completed its second round of funding under the Green Gateway Fund 2 (GGF2) portfolio, doubling its investment in NexWafe. Until recently silicon solar wafers have been the costliest single components of a solar module, accounting for around 40 per cent of the total

VC funding of automotive start-ups totalled USD8bn in 2018

Venture capital funding to automotive start-ups totalled USD8 billion in 2018, according to the latest Automotive Technology M&A Market Report from international technology mergers and acquisitions adviser, Hampleton Partners. In parallel, almost 100 M&A deals were inked, including Renault, Ford and Volkswagen’s autotech acquisitions in the second half of 2018;

Foresight boosts two Lincolnshire businesses with GBP1.95 million MEIF investment

Foresight Group (Foresight) has made two investments totalling GBP1.95 million into two fast-growing Lincolnshire based businesses, Firetree Chocolate Ltd and YPP Group via the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF). Foresight completed a GBP950k investment into premium chocolate maker Firetree Chocolate Ltd (Firetree) as part of a GBP1.2 million funding round

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