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Shore Capital-backed EyeSouth Partners names Rex Adams as CEO

EyeSouth Partners has appointed Rex Adams to the Company as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). EyeSouth is a network of affiliated medical and surgical specialty eye care practices in Georgia and the broader Southeast, formed by private equity firm Shore Capital Partners. Adams will work closely with the senior leadership team

BGF reports strong year of growth in 2017

BGF completed 48 new investments and provided GBP310 million in funding to UK smaller and mid-sized companies in 2017. BGF was the UK’s most active institutional investor in 2017. The year ended on another high with GBP79 million was invested in December, an all-time record month for BGF, while two

DOB Equity invests in Sendy

Sendy, an app-based on-demand delivery services platform operating across Kenya, has completed a Series A investment round, led by DOB Equity. DOB Equity will invest alongside CFAO, a member of the Toyota Group, and other private investors. DOB Equity says that the new funds will enable Sendy to increase their

ForCity raises EUR8m in initial fundraising round

Urban simulation software developer ForCity has closed its first round of investment at EUR8 million, through a process led by CM-CIC Innovation and with the participation of the Caisse des Dépôts Group, Omnes Capital and Axeleo Capital. This first round will allow ForCity to focus on scaling deployment and accelerating

MMC Ventures adds Head of Research to partnership

MMC Ventures has promoted Head of Research, David Kelnar, to Partner. MMC has focused on the technology sector since it was founded in 2000. Under David Kelnar’s leadership MMC has built up a widely recognised Research function which it uses to guide its investment themes and to provide the entrepreneurs

Noerr advises DPE funds on purchase of majority interest in Air Alliance

Noerr has advised private equity funds assisted by DPE Deutsche Private Equity Management III on the purchase of a majority interest in Air Alliance Group, a dealer for the well-known aircraft manufacturers Pilatus, Diamond and Gulfstream. With offices and facilities in Siegerland, Cologne, Vienna and Birmingham, the company also offers

Palamon acquires Thomas International

Palamon Capital Partners (Palamon) has acquired a majority stake in Thomas International, an international provider of psychometric assessment solutions with a focus on the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) market.  Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.   Thomas International is a leading provider of online psychometric assessments, consulting,

Turkish dried fruit and snack producer Peyman expands with EBRD loan

Turkish producer of dried fruit, nuts, seeds and popcorn, Peyman, is set to expand its business with a EUR32 million loan from the EBRD. The company, owned by Bridgepoint, a major international private equity fund, is building a new production facility in the industrial zone of EskiÅŸehir, a city in

Perusa Partners Fund II invests in MÜPRO-Group

Perusa Partners Fund II and co-investors have acquired Secura Industriebeteiligungen AG including MÜPRO-Group and UBB GmbH effective 23 January 2018. MÜPRO Group is a leading provider of building technology solutions for fixing, sound insulation and fire protection applications with annual revenue of 95 million EUR. Its products and solutions are

Cooley launches in Beijing

Cooley is expanding its Asia-Pacific presence with the launch of a Beijing office, the firm’s 13th worldwide and its second in China, having opened in Shanghai in 2011. Investment funds lawyer Xun Zeng joins from Ropes & Gray and will be Cooley’s first resident partner in Beijing.   “China is

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