Private equity firm WestBridge has completed a secondary buyout of Alpine Fire Engineers Ltd, specialist providers of mechanical fire suppression systems. The transaction, which provides an exit for Soho Square Capital, sees WestBridge invest £18.7m to take a majority stake in the company.
Sixth Street Partners has led a $2.3bn loan to help fund the private equity firm Advent International’s $6.4 billion leveraged buyout of satellite operator Maxar Technologies which was announced last week, according to a report by the Financial Times. IntelThe report cites unnamed sources as revealing that Advent opted for
Growth equity firm General Atlantic has held the final close of its inaugural BeyondNetZero fund. Following the fund’s close, General Atlantic has a total of approximately $3.5 billion in capital to invest in climate solutions. BeyondNetZero’s first fund brings together capital from investors at the forefront of climate investing, including
Pan-European private equity house IK Partners’ IK Small Cap II Fund is to sell Quanos Solutions, a developer of software and technology solutions for smart information, to Keensight Capital, a private equity manager dedicated to pan-European Growth Buyout investments.
Environmental consultancy and service provider Cura Terrae has made a second bolt-on acquisition since UK mid-market private equity investor Palatine made an investment in the group earlier this year. Ecus, one of three businesses within the Cura Terrae group, has acquired niche environmental consultancy Naturally Wild, which provides expertise for
Private equity collateralised fund obligations (PE CFOs) rated by Fitch Ratings have exhibited weaker performance over the last six months, with five of six transactions generating lower cash flows than in the prior period. In three of the transactions meanwhile, leverage increased from the prior distribution period. Private equity market
Better Protection, a new commercial fire protection provider servicing fire detection, alarm and suppression systems, backed by private equity firm Abry Partners, has launched following the combination of Chicago-based Assurant Fire Protection, Complete Fire Pump Service, and Xtreme Fire Protection. Abry is partnering with management to support the company’s organic
Private equity managers face a number of challenges relating to data – namely issues around aggregation, analysis, security and delivery. Smart deployment of technology solutions can help alleviate these pressures. “Having access to time-saving and risk-reducing technology will continue to play an important role in the success of PE managers,”
Abingworth, an international life sciences investment group and part of global investment firm Carlyle, has appointed Joy Ghosh, PhD as managing director. Ghosh will be based at the firm’s Boston office and will work with the transatlantic team to identify new investment opportunities and support existing investments in innovative private
Pappas Capital, a global venture capital and commercial development firm, has appointed Richard Staub as Venture Partner. Staub currently serves as senior advisor to the Chairman and CEO of IQVIA, supporting several areas of the business, including strategic M&A, customer management and governance, leadership development, and business development. He also serves
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