LDC, the UK’s leading mid-market private equity investor, has backed the management buyout of Lakelovers, a provider of luxury holiday cottages in the Lake District. The deal value is undisclosed. Founded in 1977, Lakelovers is a property management and lettings agency specialising in premium holiday cottages across the Lake District.
LUX Fund Technology and Solutions (LUX FTS), a business and technology solutions provider for the alternative asset industry, has secured a Series A Financing from Credit Suisse Asset Management’s NEXT Investors, a New York-based firm that identifies minority growth equity investment opportunities in private technology and services companies. The USD6
Cathay Capital has held the first closing of its CarTech Fund, a new investment vehicle – and Cathay’s first RMB fund – to invest in the automotive and mobility ecosystem in China. Launched with the support of cornerstone investors Valeo and Yangtze River Industry Fund, Cathay CarTech will rely on
Caphaven Partners, a London-based private equity firm, has acquired a significant minority stake in Deutsche Prüfservice (DPS), a German electrical testing provider. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Founded in 2015 by Christoph Ulrich Püttmann and based in Erkrath near Dusseldorf, DPS has rapidly grown to become one
Align Capital Partners (ACP) has completed the majority acquisition of Barrow-Agee Laboratories, (Barrow-Agee), a niche market leader in the food safety and testing industry. This represents ACP’s second acquisition of the quarter, and the fourth platform company acquisition since the firm’s first fund closed in September 2016. Barrow-Agee is
Gresham House, a specialist alternative asset manager, has launched a new online investor portal aimed at providing the firm’s clients with a co-investment service, greater visibility into their holdings and a level of transparency on underlying private assets that is typically only seen in the public markets. The portal will
ESPIRA Investments (ESPIRA), a newly established private equity firm focused on growth capital investments in small and medium size enterprises based in Central Europe, has held the first closing of its fund ESPIRA Fund I, which has a target fund size of EUR30 million. An element of ESPIRA’s strategy is
Northleaf Capital Partners (Northleaf) has held the final closing of its global private credit fund, Northleaf Private Credit I (NPC I), with more than USD670 million in commitments from institutional investors. Including recent closings of its private equity and infrastructure funds, Northleaf now manages more than USD10 billion in commitments across its global private
The SoftBank Vision Fund has agreed to invest USD450 million in Compass, a real estate technology company. This investment will bring the total capital raised to USD775 million. Compass will use the capital to expand to every major US city and increase its investment in technology to further empower Compass
Clearwater International UK has advised market leading tile specialist Domus on its sale to Europe’s largest floor coverings distributor Headlam plc. With over 50 years’ experience, Domus provides specification consultancy and supplies tiles, engineered flooring and other hard surfaces to premium commercial and residential construction projects in London and the
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