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American Pacific Group closes USD450m debut fund at hardcap

American Pacific Group, a San Francisco-based private equity firm that makes control investments in complex opportunities primarily in North America, has closed its debut fund, American Pacific Group Fund I, in February 2020 with USD450 million of committed capital.The Fund was significantly oversubscribed and closed at its hard cap without

Archangels leads further investment in home-grown Scottish innovators

Archangels, an Edinburgh-based business angel investment syndicate – one of the oldest in the world – has led investment of GBP6.2 million in Scottish early stage companies in the first quarter of 2020.Four tech and life sciences businesses – Blackford Analysis; Fios Genomics; Optoscribe; and Speech Graphics – were the

HIG Capital sells AVI-SPL

HIG Capital (HIG) has sold its portfolio company, AVI-SPL (AVI) to Marlin Equity Partners (Marlin). In conjunction with the transaction, AVI will be merged with Whitlock, an affiliate of Marlin focused on workplace collaboration solutions, resulting in USD1.3 billion of pro forma 2019 revenue. HIG will retain a minority stake in

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BVCA urges Government to provide emergency bridge funding for early stage companies

The British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA) has recommended the UK Government introduces a GBP500 million funding facility for VC-backed, early stage companies operating in the digital, biotech and life sciences sectors during the Covid-19 crisis. Early stage businesses have been a key driver in establishing the UK

Parabellum adds to team

UK mid-market private equity specialist Parabellum Investments is expanding its UK team as it prepares to expand through new acquisitions and investments across the UK, Europe and the US over coming months. The move coincides with mounting concern over whether government-backed bank loans will be sufficient to support many smaller companies.

GCA completes Stella acquisition

Global investment bank GCA Corporation has has completed its acquisition of Stella EOC, a leading technology and media investment banking boutique with coverage in the Nordics, the UK and continental Europe. With this GCA is expanding its coverage into further key strategic markets including Benelux and the Nordics, strengthening its already

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