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MPEP starts fundraising for third institutional private equity program

Munich Private Equity Partners (MPEP) has started fundraising for its third annual fund of funds program for institutional investors.   In MPEP Fund III, the private equity specialist will continue investing in mid-market buyout funds in Europe and North America.   “With our annual programs, we have a clear focus

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Maples and Calder and MaplesFS combine as the Maples Group

Maples and Calder and MaplesFS which together comprise Maples Fiduciary and Maples Fund Services, have consolidated their offerings under a single brand, now called the Maples Group. This composite of collective services includes an international law firm, advising on the laws of the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Ireland,

Rand Capital secures USD25m strategic investment from East Asset Management

Rand Capital Corporation (RAND) has entered into a stock purchase agreement to sell approximately 8.3 million shares of common stock to East Asset Management (EAM) for USD25 million in cash and assets. The purchase price of USD3.00 per share represents a 33 per cent premium over the 24 January, 2019

Waterland acquires Rehacon

Waterland Private Equity is acquiring a majority holding in Rehacon, a provider of physiotherapy services in Germany. Rehacon is headquartered in Gelsenkirchen, from where it runs more than 100 therapy centres, making it one of the largest providers on the market in continental Europe. The vast majority of Rehacon’s over

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners and Management acquire SK AeroSafety

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP) has acquired SK AeroSafety from SK FireSafety, a portfolio company of Paris-based Apax Partners. The Company’s management team, headed by CEO Chris Wright, will invest alongside LLCP. SK AeroSafety specialises in the inspection, testing, maintenance and repair of critical passenger safety equipment found on all commercial

innogy Innovation Hub invests in Finnish AI company SkenarioLabs

SkenarioLabs, a Finnish start-up that provides Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based data services to the real estate industry, has secured an undisclosed sum in a seed funding round led by innogy Innovation Hub. The innogy Innovation Hub is the Accelerator and Venture Capital arm of innogy SE, a German energy company, with

Foresight makes GBP2.15 million growth capital investment in ClubSpark

Foresight Group (Foresight) has made a GBP2.15 million growth capital investment into Sportlabs Technology Limited, trading as ClubSpark, a specialist software company serving participants, sports providers, National Governing Bodies and International Federations. Founded in 2012 by CEO Dave Ward and CTO Nathan Flood, ClubSpark provides a comprehensive software platform which

ARQIS advises Hamamatsu on Menlo Systems investment

ARQIS has advised Hamamatsu Photonics Deutschland on the acquisition of a minority interest in Menlo Systems, based in Planegg (Landkreis München).   Hamamatsu Photonics Deutschland and Menlo Systems hope that the investment will provide synergies for the development of new applications and new markets, as their product lines almost do

AnaCap secures investment from Italian bank into portfolio of SME loans

European financial services private equity firm AnaCap Financial Partners (AnaCap) has secured a structured investment into a portfolio of SME loans from a leading Italian bank with which AnaCap has a long-standing relationship across a broad range of transactions. With a face value of EUR4.0 billion, the portfolio comprises a static, highly granular pool of performing

Prestige Funds’ Nucleus Commercial Finance lends over GBP1bn to UK SME sector

Loans provided by UK-based direct lending specialist Prestige Funds’ Nucleus Commercial Finance, have now exceeded GBP1 billion (USD 1.3 billion). Nucleus is an important partner for Prestige, managing several dedicated loan portfolios to UK SMEs. In 2018 Nucleus provided GBP282 million (USD366 million) to SME enterprises, representing a record-breaking year

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