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TA Associates makes new hires in Boston and London

TA Associates, a global growth private equity firm, has appointed new investment staff in its Boston and London offices. Benjamin Bold and Daniel Gold have rejoined as Vice Presidents in the firm’s Boston office, and Harry Mahadevan has rejoined as a Vice President in the London office of TA Associates (UK),

CIL appoints new partner to lead North American operations

CIL Management Consultants has appointed Axel Leichum as lead partner for North America. Leichum has 20 years’ experience as a management consultant, supporting corporates and investors with business planning, market studies, pricing strategies and commercial due diligence. He joins from strategy consultancy, Blue Canyon Partners.  Leichum’s appointment reflects the growing demand

Baird Capital makes Blue Matter investment

Baird Capital’s global private equity team has invested in Blue Matter Consulting (Blue Matter), a strategic consulting firm serving the life sciences industry. Financial details of the deal have not been disclosed.Founded in 2012, Blue Matter provides consultancy services to the global pharmaceutical sector, principally in the areas of product

LDC-backed MSQ Partners completes GBP20.6m public to private acquisition

The Manchester team at LDC, a mid-market private equity investor, has provided GBP6 million of follow on funding to enable portfolio company MSQ Partners’ acquisition of the Be Heard Partnership.The transaction confirms Be Heard’s delisting from the London Stock Exchange (AIM) at an enterprise value of GBP20.6 million. It creates

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners portfolio company Squla acquires Scoyo

Squla (Futurewhiz), a portfolio company of Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP), has acquired Scoyo, an online learning platform for primary and secondary school students in the German market.Squla is the leading consumer education company in the Netherlands and provides interactive educational tools for primary school pupils (Squla) and secondary school

Muzinich & Co holds first close of Pan-European II Private Debt Fund

Muzinich & Co is pleased to announce the first close of the Muzinich Pan-European II Private Debt Fund, at EUR210 million.Like its predecessor vehicle, the Fund focuses on providing growth capital to lower middle-market companies to fund acquisitions, expansions and transitions in family and founder-owned businesses. The Fund follows on

NorthEdge supports new canning facility investment for Clearly Drinks

Private equity-backed soft drinks manufacturer Clearly Drinks is to invest in a new canning facility at its Sunderland headquarters following support from NorthEdge.The multi-million-pound investment is set to provide state-of-the-art canning capabilities, designed by BW Integrated Systems, allowing Clearly Drinks to manufacture 160 million cans each year. This will enhance

PasarPolis closes oversubscribed USD54m Series B funding round

PasarPolis, an insurance technology firm in Southeast Asia (SEA), has closed a heavily oversubscribed Series B funding round. The investors invested and committed a total of USD54 million, which will be used to support the company’s growth plan. The Company’s significant growth while maintaining positive unit economics across all issued policies,

Pemberton supports Advent International’s acquisition of Hermes UK

Pemberton, an asset manager backed by one of Europe’s largest insurers, Legal & General Group, is supporting Advent International’s acquisition of a majority stake in Hermes UK, a consumer delivery company, with the provision of debt financing, together with Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division and PSP Investments.Hermes UK is one

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