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Arrowroot Capital Raises USD177m for third fund

Arrowroot Capital Management has held the closing of its third fund, Arrowroot Capital III with over USD177 million in limited partner and general partner commitments. The fund was oversubscribed and closed at its fundraising cap. The firm has already completed a number of investments throughout 2017 and expects to close

Aster raises additional EUR240 million in capital

Aster has raised an additional EUR240 million bringing its total funds under management to EUR500 million. A specialist in digital transformation and industries of the future, the investment company provides support to growing companies in the sectors of energy, mobility and industry. Building from a Business Hub, a true acceleration

BGF backs UK occupational health provider Medigold Health

Medigold Health, a provider of occupational health and corporate wellbeing services, has received a GBP9.5 million investment from the Business Growth Fund (BGF) to support its ambitious growth plans. The Northampton-based business has used some of the funds to make two strategic acquisitions, buying IMASS, an occupational health provider with

Five Capital in negotiations for merger between Diwanee and Uturn Entertainment

Five Capital, a subsidiary of CDC International Capital based in Dubai and Riyadh, has entered into exclusive negotiations with Diwanee, a subsidiary of Webedia Group, French specialist in theme-based online publishing, for a merger between Diwanee and Uturn Entertainment, a Saudi digital content provider. Further discussions between the parties will

FRP Advisory appoints new partner in Birmingham office

Business advisory firm FRP Advisory has strengthened its team in the Midlands with the promotion to partner of Arvindar Singh-Sall, who is based in the firm’s Birmingham office. FRP Advisory Midlands team now comprises 31 staff, including six partners and five directors spread across offices in Birmingham and Leicester covering

Gibson Dunn promotes PE lawyer to partner

Private equity lawyer Fraser Dawson has been elected partner at Gibson Dunn, effective 1 January 2018. Dawson, who is based in the firm’s Dubai Office, has experience in acting on a broad range of M&A and other corporate transactions including MBOs, JVs, secondary buy-outs, co-investments, consortium arrangements, restructurings, convertible loan

ICG Raises EUR5.2bn with largest European debt fund of 2017

Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) has raised EUR5.2 billion for Senior Debt Partners III (SDP3), the largest pooled direct lending fund in Europe so far in 2017.

 The SDP3 transaction took from January to September 2017 to structure, document and close. The fund was oversubscribed and catered for a wide-range of

Pure Harvest Smart Farms raises USD4.5m in seed investment

Pure Harvest Smart Farms (Pure Harvest), a tech-enabled arid climate agribusiness based in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, has secured seed investment of USD4.5 million in a financing round that was significantly oversubscribed.  This follows an earlier USD1.1 million pre-seed round led by Abu Dhabi-based Shorooq Investments.   

Trilantic Europe acquires the Oberberg Group

Trilantic Europe, a private equity firm focused on mid-market transactions in Europe, has acquired Oberberg Group, an operator of psychotherapy, psychiatry and psychosomatic acute clinics in Germany, with a focus on treatments for depression and addictions. The transaction allows Trilantic Europe to invest in a leading and specialised healthcare operator

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