HIG WhiteHorse, a credit affiliate of private equity firm HIG Capital, has arranged a EUR60 million Senior Secured Loan for Grupo Hospitalario Recoletas (Recoletas). Recoletas is a family-owned Spanish hospital group headquartered in Valladolid, Spain. It focuses on the private healthcare market, and operates 7 hospitals and several clinics. The
SANNE has appointed David Fowler to the role of Country Head − Singapore with immediate effect. Based in SANNE’s Singapore office, Fowler will be taking over the role from Valérie Mantot who will be focusing on the role of Head of Business Development, Asia Pacific & Mauritius with responsibility for
Quantum computing software developer Riverlane has raised GBP3.25 million in seed funding, led by venture capital investors Cambridge Innovation Capital and Amadeus Capital Partners, with the participation of Cambridge Enterprise. Riverlane is building a simulation engine for microscopic systems to replace expensive laboratory tests with computer simulation. Riverlane’s software leverages
Old Mutual Private Equity (OMPE), the direct private equity investing arm of Old Mutual Alternative Investments, has acquired a majority interest in Footgear, a South African retailer of branded footwear. The transaction was finalised on 3 June 2019 and is pending approval from the Competition Commission. Founded in 2001, Footgear
O’Melveny has advised Kayne Partners on a USD25 million minority investment in executive search firm Riviera Partners. Private equity firm ROCA Partners joined Kayne in the investment, which was announced on 4 June, 2019. Kayne Partners is the growth equity group of Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, a provider of capital
Browne Jacobson has advised Mobeus Equity Partners on its GBP3 million capital growth investment in Parsley Box. The investment will be used to accelerate product development, customer acquisition and recruitment in the Edinburgh based business which was established in 2017 by Adrienne and Gordon Macaulay to provide nutritionally balanced meals
UK Private equity firm Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has invested a further GBP750,000, in car insurance platform, Honcho Markets (honcho). The funding has been provided by Maven VCTs (GBP322,500), North East Development Capital Fund, supported by the European Regional Development Fund (GBP322,500) and the Finance Durham Fund, established by Durham
Keensight Capital, a private equity managers dedicated to pan-European Growth Buyout investments, has appointed Christophe Lavigne as Operating Partner. Founder, chairman and CEO of LDR Medical, a former portfolio company, Lavigne led the strong growth of the company from its creation in 2000 and its establishment in the United Sates
Inzura.ai, a UK-based global insurtech, has raised a further GBP1 million in a pre-A funding round. This follows a seed investment round in early 2018 and rapid growth in the UK and South East Asian markets. Inzura works with brokers and insurers to deliver enhanced digital versions of their insurance
A total of USD2.891 billion was invested in the data and insights industry last year, either through venture capital or private equity. Market research is now receiving funding comparable to sectors such as Energy and IT Hardware, with recorded VC investment of USD1.75 billion and USD2.28 billion respectively according to
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