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LeapFrog breaks impact investing record with USD700m emerging markets fund

LeapFrog Investments has launched what it says is the largest-ever private equity fund by a dedicated impact fund manager, surging past its USD600 million target to reach USD700 million.  The new fund invests in healthcare and financial services companies – tapping into the demand from billions of emerging consumers in

Cove Hill Partners makes strategic investment in NetDocuments

NetDocuments, a secure cloud-based content services platform for law firms and corporate legal and compliance departments, has closed a significant new equity investment from Cove Hill Partners.  Cove Hill joins Clearlake Capital Group as a strategic investment partner to support the company’s rapid growth and innovation and becomes a minority

JF Lehman & Company sells API Technologies

Affiliates of private equity firm JF Lehman & Company have sold API Technologies (API) to affiliates of AEA Investors LP. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. API is a leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance components and subsystems for demanding RF/microwave and electromagnetic spectrum management applications. The company

Foodtech business Authenticate secures GBP2.3m funding

Authenticate, a Harrogate-based company whose technology platform is transforming the way food businesses manage their supply chain has secured a new funding round of GBP2.3 million, which includes GBP1.5 million from the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund and the remainder from existing shareholders including Summit Alpha. The investment in Authenticate Information

Ironwood Capital sells Lewis Clark Recycling & Disposal

Ironwood Capital has exited from its investment in Lewis Clark Recycling & Disposal (Lewis Clark), which was sold to Waste Connections. Lewis Clark is a solid waste management company headquartered in Harrisburg, Illinois.  “We were pleased to work with Jeff Kendall and his Laurel Mountain Management team on this successful opportunity and look forward

Akerman opens two new new offices

US law frm Akerman has opened new offices in Atlanta and Winston-Salem, North Carolina, marking the establishment of the firm’s 24th and 25th offices within seven months.  The expansion is part of a national growth strategy to meet increasing client demand in major financial and business centers across the United

HarbourVest Partners appoints MD

HarbourVest Partners, a global private markets asset manager, has appointed Bill Royer as a managing director and will become Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) in early June.  Based in Boston, Royer will lead the continued evolution of the Firm’s global regulatory compliance program and serve as an adviser to the Portfolio

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Pemberton expands pan-European platform to Copenhagen

Pemberton, a diversified asset manager backed by Legal & General Group, has opened an office in Copenhagen, Denmark.  Pemberton’s pan-European network now spans eight locations across Europe, also including London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Madrid, Milan, Luxembourg and Paris.   The opening comes at a time of increased investment opportunities in the

21 Invest France partners with Benoit Landanger

21 Invest France has entered in exclusive negotiations to take a controlling stake in the family-run business Landanger. The closing of this primary LBO transaction, the fifth investment for 21 Invest France’s Fund V, should be completed in July 2019. The Landanger Group, founded in 1947, manufactures and distributes surgical

Lee Equity Partners to acquire insurance services provider K2

Lee Equity Partners (Lee Equity), a growth oriented middle market private equity firm, is to acquire a majority ownership interest in K2 Insurance Services, (K2),a specialty insurance services holding company, which owns and controls a diverse group of managing general agents (MGAs) serving the specialty property and casualty industry. K2’s

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