Connection Capital, a specialist private client investment business, is enhancing its private debt solution to meet growing demand from SMEs for flexible finance options to fund growth and support business strategy. The private debt offering, which was launched last year, will now fund financing requirements of GBP3-10million – up to
Foresight Group (Foresight) has made a GBP249,000 equity investment into Footfalls and Heartbeats Limited through the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF). Based in Nottingham, Footfalls has developed a revolutionary and proprietary process for manufacturing smart fabric, which uses nano-scale interactions within the textile to make the fabric itself the sensor.
Fersa Group has acquired 100 per cent of the Austrian company NKE Austria, completing a ‘deal’ that began in 2016, when the Spanish company purchased 49 per cent of NKE shares. With the acquisition of the remaining 51 per cent, the Austrian company is now wholly owned by Fersa and
Manchester-headquartered Eque2, a construction, contracting and housebuilding software specialist, has seen a year of strong growth following a multi-million-pound capital injection by mid-market private equity firm LDC. Since the investment in November 2017, the company has recorded double digit revenue growth. For the financial year ending April 2018 the business
Octopus Investments has reached its half-way milestone (GBP60 million) in under two months for its Octopus Titan VCT. This is the fastest that Titan has raised this sum, with rising numbers of online applications helping to drive this trend. This year Octopus is targeting another GBP120 million fundraise for its
ADM Capital, a Hong Kong and London-based private credit investment manager, has held the final close for its Asia Secured Lending Facility II, (ASLF II) with proceeds raised of USD178 million. ASLF II received USD50 million and USD10 million in commitments, respectively, from the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the
Monroe Capital (Monroe) has held the final close of its 2018 Monroe Capital Private Credit Fund III at USD1.33 billion of limited partner commitments with over 100 investors in eight countries, eclipsing the target of USD800 million. When combined with target Fund leverage, the Fund will have more than
Integral, a forex market technology partner for banks, brokers, and asset managers, has secured a USD15m investment from Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital. “The market opportunity for Integral has never been better,” says Harpal Sandhu, Integral founder and CEO. “Our focus on building the best FX solutions coupled with our unparalleled
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the US Government’s development finance institution, has committed USD6 million in debt financing to CrossBoundary Energy, Sub-Saharan Africa’s first investment fund for commercial and industrial solar. CrossBoundary Energy provides solar power to African enterprises. Clients sign long term power purchase agreements to purchase solar
Silverfleet Capital, a Pan-European mid-market private equity firm, has announced its succession strategy in preparation for the next phase of its growth. Neil MacDougall, the Firm’s current Managing Partner will assume the position of Chairman of Silverfleet effective 1 April 2019. In this role, Neil will hand over management responsibility
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