Graphite Capital, a UK mid-market private equity firm, has completed the GBP130m management buy-out of U-POL, a provider of automotive refinish products, from private equity investor AAC Capital Partners. This is the second time that Graphite has invested in U-POL after backing a management buy-out in 2002, growing the business
Low Carbon Accelerator, an AIM-listed venture capital fund focused on the low carbon sector, expects to announce a 15 to 20 per cent uplift in net asset value at the end of October due to strong sales figures from portfolio company Proven Energy. UK-based Proven Energy is a manufacturer of
Travelex founder Lloyd Dorfman has funded the management buyout of Bridges Ventures’ majority stake in serviced offices business The Office Group in a deal worth GBP43.3m. The Office, the concept for which was founded by Charlie Green and Olly Olsen with Bridges Ventures, is a provider of flexible office space
Talk about the elephant in the room. The Alternative Investment Fund Managers directive surely has the largest ears and the longest trunk of the species.
Axa Private Equity has made an investment in JIT Solaire, a specialist player in photovoltaic energy. Based in the Poitou-Charentes and Rhône-Alpes regions of France, the group installs turnkey electricity generating solar systems for individuals, companies and local authorities, with solutions designed to meet each client’s roofing specifications. The EUR3m
Actis, the emerging markets private equity firm, has invested USD58m in Companhia Sulamericana de Distribuicao, the operator of Brazilian supermarket chains Sao Francisco and Cidade Cancao. CSD is one of the three major supermarket retailers in Parana state, and is among the top 25 supermarket operators in Brazil. The investment
Nigel Strachan (pictured), head of business development at Kleinwort Benson’s corporate services business in Jersey and the new chairman of the Jersey Funds Association, sees new opportunities for mezzanine finance to pick up the slack where leverage from traditional sources is thin on the ground. “Mezzanine finance is essentially a
Atlas Holdings has signed a definitive agreement with MeadWestvaco to purchase its network of media and entertainment packaging businesses, subject to certain closing conditions. Atlas Holdings has signed a definitive agreement with MeadWestvaco to purchase its network of media and entertainment packaging businesses, subject to certain closing conditions. Completion of the transaction
Forbion Capital Partners, an investment firm dedicated to the life science sector, has held the final closings of FCF I Co-Invest Fund and FCF II, raising a total of more than EUR190m (USD240m). Forbion’s EUR54m Co-Invest Fund aims to invest alongside FCF I in a select number of late-stage FCF
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