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PE firm Webfolio Management acquires PcReel

Private equity firm Webfolio Management has acquired ad-tech company PicReel.com for an undisclosed sum. PicReel is now part of a larger organisation that is operating several brands in the mar-tech and ad-tech vertical.  The majority of PicReel employees will continue to work from their European and Asian offices, joining Webfolio's

Spring Ventures invests GBP20m in IGF Invoice Finance

Spring Ventures, a private equity investor specialising in management buyouts of UK companies with strong growth potential, has backed a group of commercial lending professionals to buy invoice financing provider, IGF Invoice Finance Limited (IGF), from Greater London Enterprise( GLE).   Spring Ventures will initially invest GBP9 million to fund

Silversmith Capital Partners announces industry advisory board members

Silversmith Capital Partners (Silversmith), a growth equity firm focused on supporting the best entrepreneurs in technology and healthcare, has named Mike Lester, Bill Ready, and Ashok Subramanian as Senior Advisors of the firm.  In this capacity, each will contribute to the firm by offering industry insight, sourcing new investment opportunities,

Shanda Group makes long term strategic investment in Legg Mason

Shanda Group is to purchase Trian’s 9.9 per cent holding in Legg Mason. Shanda Group is a Singapore-based global investing holding company with a long-term investment horizon across public market equity, fixed income and commodities, private equity and real estate.  It is focused on value investment opportunities in the financial

Seimos raises USD8m in private equity financing

Semios, a provider of real-time agricultural information and precision pest management tools, has closed an USD8 million financing with private equity individuals from the Agtech community, with assistance from Haywood Securities. Founded in 2010, Semios has grown to be the largest worldwide network of sensors and control devices in specialty

Portfolio Advisors closes eighth global PE fund of funds at USD1.22bn

Portfolio Advisors has held the final closing of its globally diversified private equity fund-of-funds, Portfolio Advisors Private Equity Fund VIII (PAPEF VIII) with total commitments of USD1.22 billion.  Limited partners include private and public pension plans, university endowments, private foundations, insurance companies, family offices and high net worth individuals. Approximately

Livingstone advises on LDC’s GBP17m MBO of Panther Logistics

Livingstone’s Business Services team has advised Panther Logistics, the UK’s largest independent two-man next day home delivery provider, on a GBP17m management buy-out backed by LDC. Headquartered in Northampton, Panther specialises in providing two-man and one-man assisted home delivery services, supplying household furniture, white goods and other high value items

LeverPoint Management secures investment from Hamilton Lane and SBIC Fund

LeverPoint Management has partnered with Hamilton Lane, a global private markets asset management firm, and the New York Credit SBIC Fund (the Fund).  The Fund, in collaboration with company management, is providing a debt and equity investment in LeverPoint that will serve as a catalyst for continued growth and enhanced

Brennan Investment Group sells industrial asset in Nashville

Brennan Investment Group, a private real estate investment firm that acquires and operates industrial properties on a national basis, has sold 1870 General George Patton Drive in Franklin, Tennessee, in the Cool Springs submarket within the greater Nashville Metropolitan area.  Brennan Investment Group owned the property in partnership with investor

AE Industrial Partners closes first fund with USD680m in equity commitments

AE Industrial Partners (AEI), a private equity investor in aerospace, power generation and specialty industrial companies, has closed its first fund – AE Industrials Partners Fund I – with USD680 million in equity commitments.  The fund is one of the largest dedicated to investments in aerospace and related industry segments,

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