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Aquila European Renewables Income Fund expands its Portuguese solar portfolio

Aquila European Renewables Income Fund (AERIF), a London-listed investment company advised by Aquila Capital Investmentgesellschaft mbh, has entered into a Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) to acquire 50 per cent of the equity in an unlevered Portuguese solar operating asset (Ourique).  Closing of the transaction is expected to occur in

Wellbeam Consumer Health acquires Penetrex

Wellbeam Consumer Health, formerly Yukon Wellness Holdings, has acquired Penetrex, a leading joint & muscle relief and recovery brand. Penetrex is Wellbeam Consumer Health’s second acquisition in the ecommerce-focused wellness brands space. Eu Natural, a fast-growing, digitally-native provider of vitamin and mineral nutritional supplement products, was acquired in January 2021. 

Hayfin sees record deployment via Direct Lending strategy

Hayfin Capital Management (Hayfin) has announced a record period of deployment through its Direct Lending strategy, having invested EUR3.7 billion in 2020.  Hayfin reached a final close on the commingled Hayfin Direct Lending Fund III and its related separately managed accounts in 2020, raising in excess of EUR5 billion to

GCP appoints Investment Director

Growth Capital Partners (GCP), a leading partnership-focused investor, has appointed Emily Henderson as Investment Director. Henderson joins GCP from RJD Partners, a UK lower mid-market private equity fund. She has over 10 years of transactions experience, including five and a half years at RJD where she was an Investment Director

Francisco Partners to acquire legal education provider BARBRI

Francisco Partners, a global investment firm that specialises in partnering with technology businesses, is to acquire BARBRI Inc (BARBRI) from Leeds Equity Partners (Leeds Equity). Terms of the transaction have not been announced. BARBRI is specialist in technology-enabled legal education, offering a comprehensive product suite across the complete legal education

Fetch.ai launches Mainnet v2.0

Fetch.ai, a Cambridge-based artificial intelligence lab building an open-access decentralised machine learning network for smart infrastructure, has launched v2.0 of its Mainnet with 30 validators, including Outlier Ventures, Forbole, and InfStones.   The v2.0 of Fetch.ai Mainnet is the next step towards building an AI-powered blockchain that allows businesses and

Digital 9 Infrastructure completes GBP160m acquisition of Aqua Comms

Digital 9 Infrastructure, which invests in digital infrastructure assets, has now completed its first acquisition, of 100 per cent of Aqua Comms DAC for cGBP160 million. Aqua Comms owns and operates some 14,300km of trans-Atlantic sub-sea fibre systems, representing the very “backbone” of the internet.   Aqua Comms’ assets are

AURELIUS acquires AutoRestore Limited from Belron International

AURELIUS Equity Opportunities SE & Co has acquired AutoRestore from Belron International Limited (Belron). AutoRestore, the UK’s leading provider of mobile accident repair services, will complement AURELIUS portfolio companies Rivus Fleet Solutions (Rivus) and Pullman Fleet Services (Pullman) which have offerings for commercial fleets focussing on light commercial vehicles (LCV)

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