Union Capital Associates, a lower middle-market private equity firm, has closed its most recent pool of capital – Union Capital Equity Partners II. The oversubscribed Fund closed at its hard cap of USD200 million. The Fund will invest in smaller U.S. founder-owned businesses, where Union Capital is typically the first
By Nick Bayley (pictured), Duff & Phelps – Unsurprisingly, even a MiFID II geek like me prefers to spend time enjoying the Lions tour and Wimbledon than with the FCA’s second MiFID II Policy Statement which runs to over a thousand pages, including the Handbook text. Much work is still
Funds managed by Alpina Partners (Alpina) have invested in New Solutions (New Solutions) a provider of software solutions for the digitalisation of business processes on the shop floor. The founder Christian Ehrenschwendtner will stay on board as a managing director and shareholder. Since its foundation in 1999, New Solutions
Collas Crill has advised Freedom Select Funds PCC Limited (FSF) on its conversion to Guernsey’s new Private Investment Fund (PIF) regime. FSF is managed by Freedom Asset Management Limited (FAML) and was established as a registered closed-ended fund in 2016. The Collas Crill team, including group partner Paul Wilkes
Duff & Phelps has appointed Yann Magnan, Managing Director and leader of Valuation Advisory Services for Europe, as the firm’s EMEA Leader. Yann will focus on growing Duff & Phelps’ business in Europe and the Middle East across all service lines, building on the firm’s continued success throughout the region.
International law firm Ropes & Gray has advised TPG Capital and its portfolio company, Beaver-Visitec International, a leading global developer, manufacturer, and marketer of specialised surgical devices for the ophthalmic marketplace, on the acquisition of Vitreq, a Dutch ophthalmic technology company. Headquartered in Netherlands, Vitreq develops and manufactures high-quality, innovative
Growth capital investor Beringea has exited its investment in APM Healthcare through the sale of business to national pharmacy chain, Day Lewis Pharmacy. Day Lewis will take over APM Healthcare’s 18 UK pharmacies, which it runs in Joint Venture Partnerships with GP Practices across the country. Trading under the
Brentwood Associates, a Los Angeles-based private equity investment firm, has held the final closing of Brentwood Associates Private Equity VI (Fund VI), with USD1.15 billion of capital commitments. Fund VI closed at its hard cap and exceeded its target of USD750 million. Fund VI is the largest fund raised by
Autotech Ventures, a specialist venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley, has closed its inaugural fund at USD120 million. The fund, which will invest in startups focused on ground transportation, was supported by both financial and corporate investors. Among the fund’s corporate investors are BorgWarner and Autoliv, as well as
HarbourVest Partners has held the final close of its fourth co-investment fund at its hard cap of USD1.75 billion. HarbourVest Partners Co-Investment IV, which had an original target of USD1.0 billion and hard cap of USD1.5 billion, was oversubscribed. The fund’s hard cap was raised from USD1.5 billion to USD1.75
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