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Inflexion sells Kynetec after strong UK and international growth

Inflexion has sold its investment in Kynetec, a leader in agricultural and animal health market research, data and insights, to US-based Paine Schwartz Partners.   The transaction follows a nearly five-year partnership and delivers a strong return, marking the fourth exit for Inflexion funds over the past nine months. In

EmergeVest appoints new Director

EmergeVest, a Hong Kong-headquartered, growth-oriented private equity investment group with holdings that include EV Cargo, a global logistics-technology company and the largest private logistics company in the UK, has appointed Lawrence Lim as a Director with responsibilities across investment origination, execution, and portfolio management.  Lim was most recently Head of

Cairngorm Capital supports management buy-out of Bromborough Paints

An affiliate of Cairngorm Capital Partners LLP (Cairngorm Capital)’s third fund, Cairngorm Capital LP III, has made a majority investment in Bromborough Paint & Building Supplies Limited (Bromborough), supporting a management buy-out by its executive team.   Established in 1948, Bromborough is a family-owned, specialist independent paint distributor, headquartered in

Healthcare building blocks

Readying healthcare businesses for value creation

By Chris Gauld, director at Equator – With an ageing population, pandemic weary societies, exponential growth in health and wellbeing spend, and an explosion of health data, it’s little wonder that healthcare is a key trend in private equity deal origination. In fact, according to Pitchbook, in 2020, healthcare was

NewSpring Invests in Blo Blow Dry Bar

Private equity investor NewSpring’s latest strategy, NewSpring Franchise, has invested in Blo Blow Dry Bar (Blo), North America’s original blow dry bar franchise. “The investment in Blo Blow Dry Bar is a landmark for NewSpring as it represents the first deal in our newly formed franchise portfolio,” says Patrick Sugrue,

Mezzanine Management completes Plasta investment

AMC Capital IV, advised by Mezzanine Management, has made an investmenmt in Plasta Group, which comprises Lithuanian recycled plastic rubbish bag producer Plasta and Swedish producer Rullpack.   Plasta is a major recycled plastic processing and manufacturing company in Europe, making over 500 million bags per year. The company boasts

Gravie secures USD28m in financing led by AXA Venture Partners

Gravie, a specialist in defined contribution healthcare, has raised USD28 million in a Series D round of financing led by AXA Venture Partners (AVP), with participation from existing investors FirstMark Capital, Split Rock Ventures and Revelation Partners.  The capital will be used to fuel Gravie’s continued growth through investments in

Commonfund closes 13th VC fund at USD625m hard cap

Commonfund Capitalhas closed Commonfund Venture Partners XIII (CVP XIII) at its hard cap of USD625 million. The oversubscribed fund had strong participation from existing investors, as well as select new institutional limited partners. Investors in the fund include foundations, endowments, pensions, healthcare systems and family offices. “We are very appreciative

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