A shareholder group led by Investindustrial and L. Catterton (formerly known as L Capital), and including 21Investimenti, Ergon Capital, Wise and NB Renaissance, is to sell its investment in Stroili, an Italian affordable jewellery brand. The acquisition is being made by THOM Europe, the holding company of Histoire d’Or, the
Aurelius Group has acquired The Hospital Group, a provider of surgical and non-surgical cosmetic procedures based in Birmingham, UK. With approximately 300 employees, The Hospital Group generated revenues of GBP30.4 million in 2015. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed. The Hospital Group is a provider of
Preston Hollow Capital has hired Travis Shull (pictured) as senior underwriter and Brian Fuller as senior asset manager. “High calibre hires in these roles are essential to our continued growth and success,” says Jim Thompson, chairman and CEO of Preston Hollow Capital. “We’re always excited to bring highly talented professionals like
DCM Ventures, an early stage global venture capital firm, has held the close of its eighth flagship fund, DCM VIII, with USD500 million in committed capital to be invested in early stage companies across the US, China and Japan. With the new fund, DCM Ventures now has raised USD770 million
Jet Environmental Systems, a provider of temperature control solutions for industrial and commercial buildings, and its sister company Jet AHU, which supplies and installs air handling units, have been acquired by Wozair. Wozair Ltd has purchased 100 per cent of Jet Environmental Systems Ltd and Jet AHU Ltd shares.
The law introducing a new Luxembourg alternative fund structure, the Reserved Alternative Investment Fund (RAIF), has been approved by the Luxembourg Parliament and will come into force three days after publication in Luxembourg’s Official Gazette Mémorial. Denise Voss (pictured), chairman of the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry, says:
Alternative asset manager Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors has named Mike Levitt as the firm’s new chief executive officer. The firm has also promoted Bob Sinnott, previously president and CEO, to be co-chairman of Kayne alongside founder Ric Kayne. Sinnott will continue to chair Kayne’s energy strategies. Levitt (pictured) will join
Blackstone has appointed Jim Breyer, founder and chief executive of global venture capital and private equity investor Breyer Capital, to its board of directors. Over the course of his career, Breyer has been an investor in over 30 consumer internet, media, and technology companies that have completed successful public offerings
CVC Capital Partners has appointed Cathrin Petty as a partner and head of European healthcare. Petty will be based in CVC’s London office. Petty joins CVC from JP Morgan, where she was head of healthcare in EMEA. Prior to this, she was a special partner at Vitruvian Partners and
Private equity fund manager and enterprise investment scheme (EIS) specialist Calculus Capital has made a GBP2.5 million investment in diagnostics company Epistem via its EIS fund and venture capital trust (VCT) investment vehicles. Calculus is the cornerstone investor in a GBP6.5 million equity fundraising undertaken by Epistem. Epistem, an
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