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NorthEdge backs global cloud specialist iPortalis in first investment from SME Fund

NorthEdge Capital has made the first investment from its recently closed NorthEdge Capital SME Fund I, backing award-winning cloud services specialist iPortalis with a multi-million pound growth capital investment to support its global expansion. As organisations increasingly move to the cloud, iPortalis helps international businesses aggregate their diverse solutions so

Dyal Capital makes minority investment in Golub Capital

Golub Capital has sold a passive, non-voting minority stake in its management companies to Dyal Capital Partners (Dyal), a division of Neuberger Berman. Terms of the investment have not been disclosed.   Golub Capital plans to use Dyal’s investment as permanent capital to expand the Firm’s capabilities to deliver distinctive,

Global political uncertainty delays M&A deals

BDO publication Horizons reveals that global mid-market M&A activity in Q2 2018 dropped 6.6 per cent; in other words, a total of 1,782 deals were registered, representing a total deal value of USD157.8 billion – or a 4.5 per cent drop – compared to Q1 of this year. When the

AnaCap seals Slovenian loan portfolio acquisition

Financial services private equity firm AnaCap Financial Partners’ (AnaCap) AnaCap Credit Opportunities III fund has acquired a 1st lien corporate debt/loan portfolio from local bank Nova KBM (NKBM). The servicer is Elements Capital Partners. The gross purchase price or claim amounts have not been disclosed.   In addition to completing

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SANNE appoints co-heads of EMEA Private Debt & Capital Markets business

SANNE has appointed Stephanie Hopkins and Stephen McKenna as Co-Heads of the firm’s Private Debt & Capital Markets business for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. Effective 1 August 2018, Hopkins (pictured), and McKenna will be responsible for the strategic direction, management and delivery of SANNE’s Private Debt

Gresham House targets new solar energy assets with expansion of FIM Solar Distribution

Two months after acquiring FIM Services Limited (FIM), an alternative fund manager specialising in UK-based sustainable forestry and renewable energy investments, Gresham House is expanding FIM Solar Distribution, with the opening subscription for its new “D” Partnership Shares subject to a minimum investment of GBP95,040. The closing date for this

Value of UK e-retail M&A deals up 14-fold in the last year

The value of UK M&A deals involving e-retail businesses has jumped to GBP461 million in 2017/18, a fourteen-fold increase from just GBP31 million the previous year, says RPC, the City-headquartered law firm. RPC says that this M&A activity has been driven by deals targeting luxury fashion e-retailers, as both luxury

Compass to acquire BFI Finance stake

Compass Banca (Compass), which is 100 per cent owned by Mediobanca, is to acquire 19.9 per cent of PT BFI Finance Indonesia Tbk (BFI Finance) from the Trinugraha consortium which currently owns 45.7 per cent of the share capital.   Upon closing, Compass will become one of the largest shareholders

Calculus Capital invests GBP2 million in Oxford BioTherapeutics

Calculus Capital, an Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Venture Capital Trust (VCT) specialist, has invested GBP2 million in Oxford BioTherapeutics (OBT), a clinical-stage oncology company that is developing next-generation cancer treatments. OBT has a strong pipeline of ‘immune-oncology’ (IO) therapies that are intended to provide more targeted, specialised treatment strategies

Mid Europa Partners completes acquisition of JS Hamilton

Mid Europa Partners, a private equity investor focused on Central and Eastern Europe, has completed the acquisition of JS Hamilton, partnering with its founder, Jan Olszowski who will remain involved in the business. JS Hamilton is a testing, inspection and certification company in Poland engaged in food, non-food, fuel and

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