Munich-based Venture Capital firm Target Partners has appointed Holger G Weiss as its newest Venture Partner. Weiss will help to build out Target Partners’ startup network, with a focus on the Berlin ecosystem and the topics of Future Mobility and Internet of Things. Weiss has 15 years of entrepreneurial experience
European special situations investor Perusa Partners Fund II (Perusa) has sold its majority stake in Swedish Cyber Security firm Coresec Systems to Investcorp and to Investcorp’s portfolio company SecureLink Group NV. Coresec Systems AB (“Coresec”) is one of Scandinavia’s largest managed cyber security service providers with sales of SEK 850m
Cyrus Investment Management (CIM), a specialist engineering turnaround EIS investment adviser, has appointed Clare Glackin, Head of Industrial Practice at Odgers Berndtson, to the firm’s Advisory Board. Glackin heads the Industrial practice at Odgers Berndtson, where she undertakes executive searches for manufacturing and engineering businesses. Her particular focus is senior
European private equity firm Cinven has held the final close of the Sixth Cinven Fund at its hard cap of EUR7 billion (approximately USD8 billion). Despite the strong level of demand, Cinven has closed a right-sized fund to invest primarily in Europe in line with its investment strategy focused on
BGF (Business Growth Fund) has appointed Will Copeland to the investment team in the Midlands. Copeland joins BGF from PwC where he worked as a manager in the transaction services team, providing due diligence to a variety of buyers, sellers and refinancers. Based in BGF’s Birmingham office, Copeland joins a
NorthEdge Capital, a private equity firm focussed on the North of England, has provided a multi million pound injection of development capital into the company behind premium casual dining brands Neighbourhood and Victor’s. East Coast Concepts, which was founded by entrepreneur James Hitchen and his brother Guy, currently operates the
Metropolitan Equity Partners has invested USD20 millionin Bizfi (www.bizfi.com), a FinTech company that combines aggregation, funding and a marketplace for small businesses. This investment represents an increase from the USD65 million financing of the company in December. Paul Lisiak, Managing Partner of Metropolitan, says: “While the FinTech industry has experienced
Riverstone Investment Group is to become a 50 per cent partner in the Utopia Pipeline Project. To acquire its ownership interest, Riverstone agreed to an upfront cash payment provided at closing, consisting of reimbursement to Kinder Morgan Investment (KMI) for its 50 per cent share of prior capital expenditures related
Cavendish Corporate Finance, a UK sell-side mid-market M&A firm, has advised Tristar Worldwide, a luxury travel service operator on its acquisition by Addison Lee, Europe’s largest private hire company. Founded in 1978, Tristar pioneered airline door-to-door luxury chauffeur services for global airline companies such as Virgin Atlantic. Today, the company
Lightspeed China Partners (LCP) has completed the final closing of Lightspeed China Partners III with total committed capital of USD260 million USD. Fund III was oversubscribed and received strong support from existing and new limited partners. LCP has also announced completion of a substantial closing of its first RMB fund
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