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TA Associates adds to Menlo Park team

Amit Jain has rejoined Growth equity private equity firm TA Associates as a Vice President and member of the North America Technology Group in the firm’s Menlo Park office. “It is a pleasure to welcome Amit back to TA,” says Jennifer M Mulloy, Managing Director at TA Associates and head

Clearbell signs two new new leisure leases at The Riverwalk in Durham

Log Fire Pizza Co, a popular Italian street food brand, and Delaney’s Donkey, a new Irish Bar and Restaurant concept, are both set to open at The Riverwalk, the GBP30 million redevelopment on the banks of the River Wear in Durham. This news comes as Odeon’s fit out works progress

Apax Partners’ Authority Brands acquires Clockwork

Authority Brands, a home services franchising platform backed by funds advised by Apax Partners, has acquired Clockwork, and certain of its affiliates from Direct Energy Group, a subsidiary of Centrica plc. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2019. The acquisition is the third home services

Ynsect raises USD125m in series C funding round

Ÿnsect, an ag-tech innovator that specialises in breeding insects and transforming them into premium ingredients for fish feed, pet food and organic plant fertilisers, has raised USD125 million (EUR110m) in a Series C funding round to scale up production by building the world’s biggest insect farm in Amiens Metropole, Northern

iCON Infrastructure completes sale of two UK CHP plants

iCON Infrastructure Partners II has completed the divestment of its interests in Beckton Energy Limited (Beckton) and Rothes CoRDe Limited (Rothes) to Arjun Infrastructure Partners (AIP). iCON’s co-investor at Beckton, Melquart Limited (Melquart), also sold its stake in the company. Beckton is the owner of an 18MWe / 28MWth bio-liquids

NorthEdge-backed East Coast Concepts appoints MD

East Coast Concepts, a Manchester-based restaurant and bar group, has appointed Simon Kaye as managing director as it targets growth across the UK. The Group, which was backed by mid-market private equity firm NorthEdge Capital in 2016, operates two restaurant-bar brands – Neighbourhood and Victors. Neighbourhood is inspired by New

Aztec Group adds to real assets team in Luxembourg

Independent fund and corporate services provider, the Aztec Group, has added Pete Blackburn and Farhan Ahmed to its real assets senior leadership team in Luxembourg. Previously based in the Group’s Jersey office, Blackburn has been with the Group for over 10 years and has held numerous positions in relationship management

Meeting in the middle: the new alternatives battle ground

By Denise Davidson, Associate Partner, EY – Investor demand for long-term, non-correlated returns is driving convergence and competition, pitting traditionally distinct players against one another in a new alternatives middle ground. Ten years ago, it would have been unusual to find a hedge fund and a private equity house crossing

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Luxcara increases Nordic presence with 100 MW wind power project in Finland

Luxcara, an asset manager focussed on renewable energy investments, has acquired the Finnish wind power project Välikangas, which has a projected capacity of 100 MW. The produced electricity will be sold to an off-taker on the basis of a power purchase agreement (PPA).   The wind farm has been developed

Anaxago Capital launches EUR30m PERE fund open to retail investors

French asset management company Anaxago Capital has launched FCPR ANAXAGO SocietyOne, a private equity real estate (PERE) fund specialising in real estate development and renovation. The company aims to raise EUR30 million to invest in a portfolio of 20 to 40 real estate development, renovation and property trading operations. Its

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