HarbourVest Partners, a global private markets asset manager, has appointed James (Jamie) Athanasoulas as a Managing Director. Based in Boston, Athanasoulas (pictured), will join Managing Director, Peter Lipson, to help lead the continued growth of the firm’s private credit investment program and team. The credit business leverages HarbourVest’s decades of
Affiliates of certain investment funds managed by affiliates of alternative investment manager Apollo Global Management are to acquire Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited. The Apollo Funds will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Aspen for USD42.75 per share in cash, representing an equity value of approximately USD2.6 billion. “We
Purity Brewing Co, one of the UK’s largest independent breweries, has received a GBP7.5 million investment from BGF to support its organic growth strategy. Founded in 2005 by Paul Halsey and Jim Minkin to brew “great beers with a conscience”, Purity makes high quality beers from its brewery in Great
Independent Growth Finance (IGF), a leading independent commercial finance provider, has announced strong year-on-year growth in the year to June 2018, with a 76 per cent increase in funds advanced to SMEs across the UK. To support current and future business growth, during September IGF will relocate its Head Office to new premises in Redhill, Surrey. The move and significant increase in Funds In Use underline the continued expansion and success of IGF’s Asset Based Lending capabilities. IGF is backed by private equity firm Spring Ventures, who recently substantially increased their commitment in the
Naked Brand Group Limited (Naked), a specialist in intimate apparel and swimwear has entered into a non-binding term sheet to receive a USD25 million strategic investment from Sapinda Holding (Sapinda), a European investment firm and owner of the Italian luxury-lingerie firm La Perla. If the investment contemplated by the term
Spotinst has raised USD35 million in a Series-B funding round for its AI based workload management platform, which helps companies to manage and optimise their cloud computing spend across several cloud providers. The funding round was led by Highland, with participation from existing investors Leaders Fund, Intel Capital, and Vertex
Mid-market private equity investor LDC has backed the management buyout of global events company FC Business Intelligence (FCBI). The value of the transaction has not been disclosed. FCBI delivers conference and exhibition events with a focus on providing thought leadership in a diverse range of sectors that are facing both
Pamlico Capital (Pamlico) has made a growth equity investment in Airwavz Solutions (Airwavz), a provider of in-building wireless infrastructure. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, Airwavz owns and operates wireless infrastructure inside commercial office and hospitality buildings in dense metropolitan areas. The Company’s
REYL & Co, a subsidiary of the REYL Group, has acted as sole financial advisor to Circle Media Group, a leading European printing and media group, on its recent acquisition of the leading European book printing group CPI from its shareholders in a cash transaction. With this acquisition, Circle Media
Salary Finance, a FinTech financial wellbeing platform for employees, has closed a USD20 million Series B investment led by founding investor Blenheim Chalcot and multinational financial services company Legal & General. The investment will be used to launch and scale Salary Finance in the US, as well as to continue
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