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Mayfair Equity Partners invests In SuperAwesome

SuperAwesome, a specialist in digital engagement for children, has received new growth capital from Mayfair Equity Partners (Mayfair). As TV viewing amongst kids continues to decline, under-thirteen (U13) users have become one of the fastest growing digital audiences around the world. In parallel, new data privacy laws have been implemented

Lawrence Calcano, iCapital

iCapital Network secures Investment from Morgan Stanley Investment Management

iCapital Network, a financial technology platform aiming to democratise alternative investments for high-net-worth individuals and their financial advisors, has completed its latest funding round which included participation by Morgan Stanley Investment Management. Morgan Stanley’s investment, together with investments from UBS Financial Services, Inc. (NYSE: UBS) and lead investor BlackRock (NYSE:

IK Investment Partners to acquire Bretèche Industrie from Equistone

IK Investment Partners’ IK VIII Fund has entered into exclusive negotiations with Equistone to acquire a majority stake in Bretèche Industrie Group (Bretèche), a manufacturer of industrial equipment for the production of food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic products. The management team will reinvest alongside the Fund. Financial terms of the transaction

Comparison Creator team completes MBO

Comparison Creator, a comparison software development company, has been bought out by its Managing Director and founder Steve Jones, as well as minority investors, with investment from financial information business Defaqto. As part of its strategic growth plan, the Cwmbran based business has also agreed a partnership with Defaqto, who

Key Capital Partners invests GBP8.6m supporting MBO of YorkTest Laboratories

Private equity house Key Capital Partners (KCP) has backed the management team of YorkTest Laboratories Ltd in completing an MBO that sees CBPE Capital sell 100 per cent of its stake in the food intolerance testing business, which trades as YorkTest and Lorisian. YorkTest is the UK market leader in

McGuireWoods London adds partner to debt finance practice

Leveraged finance lawyer Lorraine Vaz is the latest partner to join McGuireWoods in London, as the firm positions to meet growing demand in the UK for US-style leveraged financings. She comes to McGuireWoods from King & Wood Mallesons, where she was a partner. Vaz is the third partner to join the London

Ittai Korin, PortfolioScience

Establishing a combined risk compliance framework

New York-based PortfolioScience and Eze Software have joined forces to offer the marketplace a unique solution for fund managers: pre-trade compliance rules based on market risk.  The RiskAPI service, developed by PortfolioScience, is a fully hosted and customisable risk solution that integrates seamlessly with existing applications and programming frameworks to

Justin Sulger, AnaCap

AnaCap Financial Europe completes EUR325m senior secured floating rate notes offering

AnaCap Financial Partners (AnaCap), the specialist European financial services private equity firm has competed an offering by AnaCap Financial Europe SA SICAV-RAIF (AFE) of EUR325 million of senior secured floating rate notes due 2024. The offering took place through the new Luxembourg Reserved Alternative Investment Fund, AFE, building on AnaCap’s

Octopus Group appoints new Chief Financial Officer

Octopus has appointed Helen Cowing as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the Group. The appointment comes as the Group embarks on its ambitious next phase of growth. This includes plans to almost triple institutional assets under management over the next five years, and reach two million energy customers over the

Mayfair Equity Partners invests in Promise Gluten Free

Promise Gluten Free, an innovative bakery which entered the gluten free market in 2012, has sold a majority stake to Mayfair Equity Partners (Mayfair). Promise, based in Donegal, Ireland and founded in 2011, is a group of companies comprising Aran Ard Teoranta (trading as Gallagher’s Bakery) and Cuisine Royale Manufacturing

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