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MidOcean-owned QualiTech hires Rick Pedersen as CEO

QualiTech, a global manufacturer of value-added ingredient solutions for food, animal nutrition and agronomy customers, and a portfolio company of private equity firm MidOcean Partners, has appointed Rick Pedersen, previously President of Ornua Ingredients North America, as CEO.

KKR launches digital platform for financial advisors and investors

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co, the global investment firm, has launched Alternatives Unlocked, a digital platform that hosts educational content for financial advisors and individual investors, including macroeconomic insights and investment perspectives across private equity, infrastructure, real estate, and credit asset classes.

Clearlake completes exit from Janus investment

Clearlake Capital Group, a PE firm focused on the industrial, technology, and consumer sectors with over $70bn of AUM, sold its remaining shares of Janus International Group and fully exited its investment in the business last December.

Citi and LuminArx launch new private lending vehicle Cinergy

LuminArx Capital, a global alternative investment manager focused on special situations investing, has launched Cinergy, a strategic financing vehicle which will offer a broad range of private credit solutions to Citi’s global client base.

KKR-backed BrightSpring eyeing $1.36bn IPO

BrightSpring Health Services, a community-based healthcare services provider backed by private investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co, is looking to raise as much as $1.36bn in a public offering and a sale of convertible securities, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Aramco boosts global VC programme by additional $4bn

Aramco, one of the world’s largest integrated energy and chemicals companies, has allocated an additional $4bn to its global venture capital arm, Aramco Ventures, more than doubling the capital allotted from $3bn to $7bn.

Aquiline Capital Partners invests in PharmaForce

Aquiline Capital Partners, a private investment firm with over $10bn in AUM, has made a majority investment in PharmaForce, a pharmacy solutions provider to hospitals and health clinics. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.

Godspeed Capital sells MOREgroup to Wind Point

Godspeed Capital Management, a lower middle-market defence & government services, solutions, and technology focused private equity firm, has sold MOREgroup, family of architecture, design, and engineering brands, to Wind Point Partners.

Victory Park Capital provides $225m credit facility to Zip 

Victory Park Capital, a global alternative investment firm specialising in private credit, has provided a $225m credit facility to Zip, a global ‘buy now pay later’ fintech operating in Australia, New Zealand and the Americas, as part of a refinancing agreement.

Bowmark closes seventh flagship fund at £900m

Bowmark Capital, a British mid-market private equity firm, has closed its seventh flagship fund, Bowmark Capital Partners VII, with commitments totalling over £900m and exceeding its predecessor fund by approximately 50%.

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