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GIC reaches €2.3bn deal to acquire Sani/Ikos Group

Global institutional investor GIC has entered into a strategic partnership agreement to acquire luxury beach resort group Sani/Ikos (SIG) in a €2.3bn deal. GIC will become the leading shareholder alongside SIG’s management team. Other investors in the group include Oaktree Capital, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Moonstone, Florac and Hermes GPE

Lennertz & Co leads Series B round in Brilien.de

A private equity fund initiated by Hamburg-based family office Lennertz & Co is acquiring a minority stake in SuperVista AG, which operates under the “brillen.de” brand in Germany.  Lennertz & Co, alongside some of SuperVista’s founders and employees, are participating in the current Series B funding round, which has amounted

LDC adds two investors to East Midlands and East of England team

Mid-market private equity firm LDC has grown its team in the East Midlands and East of England with the appointment of Simon Peacock as Investment Director and Mikayil Salahov as Investment Manager. Peacock joins LDC following more than 15 years at Alantra, an investment banking and asset management firm focusing

Kaiko Systems raises €2m in seed round led by Schoeller Holdings, Vineta Ventures, A Round Capital and Flagship Founders

Kaiko Systems, a Berlin-based software startup digitizing maritime shipping, has successfully completed a seed financing round of €2 million. The funding round was backed by multiple investors including Schoeller Holdings, Vineta Ventures, A Round Capital, Flagship Founders as well as industry experts such as Clasen Rickmers and Justus Kniffka. Kaiko Systems

ICG appoints head of UK, Nordics & Benelux for European corporate strategy

ICG, a global alternative asset manager, has appointed David Lomer as Head of UK, Nordics & Benelux for its European Corporate strategy, and a member of the firm’s Investment Committee. Lomer succeeds James Roddis, who is retiring after 14 years with the firm. Lomer joins ICG after 24 years with

Gresham House Ventures commits £4.5m to eating disorder clinic Orri

Gresham House Ventures, a growth equity investor specialising in digitally-driven businesses in the consumer, healthcare, and service sectors, has committed to a £4.5 million investment in Orri, a specialist clinic for the treatment of eating disorders (ED). Currently operating from a single site in London, Orri offers both in-person and

ECI achieves average return of 4.2x over last 10 exits

ECI Partners, a growth-focused mid-market private equity firm, has had a strong 12 months, completing 10 exits and generating an average gross return of 4.2x over the last year. Together, these exits delivered £1.3 billion of proceeds, and include the recent sale of MiQ, one of the largest global programmatic

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