ArchOver, a peer-to-peer (P2P) business lending platform, has been awarded membership of the Asset-Based Finance Association (ABFA), the trade body for invoice finance and asset-based lending. Coming shortly after it received full FCA approvals last month, ArchOver’s inclusion as part of the ABFA reinforces its reputation as one of the
Beechbrook Capital, a specialist direct lender, has completed two more investments for its UK SME Credit I fund, taking the total invested since its first close in January 2016 to GBP77 million in 10 companies. The fund, which finances non-private equity-backed UK SMEs, has provided unitranche debt to support the
Hilltop Private Capital (Hilltop), in partnership with KCB Private Equity (KCB) has acquired Spiral Binding (Spiral), a manufacturer and global distributor of a diverse line of print finishing, graphic arts, and presentation equipment, supplies and services, including binding, laminating, paper handling, photo finishing and custom imprint services. Spiral was founded
Pension asset manager APG’s Senior Responsible Investment and Governance Specialist, Marta Jankovic, has been confirmed as the new Chair of Invest Europe, the association representing European private equity, venture capital and their global investors. Last year, European private equity fundraising for investment into companies across Europe hit its highest level
Brentwood Associates has appointed Craig Milius as Managing Director. A veteran investor with nearly two decades of experience in growth private equity, his investment and transaction experience covers a diverse group of business and information services industries. Milius formerly served as a General Partner at Austin Ventures (AV), a growth-focused
Tages Capital SGR has held the final closing of Tages Helios Investment Fund (Tages Helios) with committed capital of EUR253 million. Tages Helios is a renewable energy investment fund focused exclusively on the Italian solar infrastructure sector and represents one of the largest fundraisings dedicated to the sector. Tages
Sanne has appointed Sean Murray as its new head of fund services for the EMEA region. Based in Sanne’s Luxembourg office, Murray will take responsibility for the development of the company’s fund services offering, working with all of the Alternative Asset product area divisions in which Sanne specialise. Murray has
Cowen has added to its Investment Banking Tea, with the appointment of David M V Barnes as a Managing Director in the Financial Sponsor Coverage Group. Barnes is based in Cowen’s San Francisco office and is responsible for developing and maintaining long-term relationships with middle market and mid-cap private equity
An affiliate of private equity firm Gemspring Capital has acquired the assets of Therma Corporation, a full-service design-build specialty mechanical contractor that focuses on complex HVAC, high purity process piping and process controls for cleanrooms, laboratories and high-tech manufacturing facilities. Therma was founded in 1967 by Joe Parisi, the CEO,
Funds managed by Inflexion Private Equity have completed an investment in ProLabs, an independent supplier of compatible optical transceivers which are used by home broadband service providers through to hyper scale data centres. Principally serving blue-chip telecoms and financial services businesses in the US, Europe and Asia, Prolabs has
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