MIR Capital, a private equity fund formed by Gazprombank and Intesa Sanpaolo, has made its first investment by acquiring a non-controlling stake in Packer Service Group. Packer Service Group is a Russian company specialising in hi-tech services and solutions for some of the largest oil and gas companies. The investment
Riverside Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm, has completed an investment in BioAgilytix Labs, a contract bioanalytical laboratory specialising in large molecule biologic drugs. Riverside Partners’ investment was completed in partnership with the BioAgilytix founders and management team. Headquartered in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, BioAgilytix provides outsourced
Middle Eastern private equity group Foursan Group has exited its investment in Al-Isra Education & Investment, a holding company that operates Al-Isra Private University, a Jordanian private university that provides graduate and undergraduate degrees to nearly 6,500 Jordanian and foreign students. Since Foursan invested in Al-Isra, the company grew
The Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association (DCIIA) believes that plan sponsors should consider the use of “alternative” investment structures that provide better risk balance in an attempt to reduce the volatility experienced by the typical plan participant. A newly released DCIIA paper, “Is It Time to Diversify DC Risk
Private equity house WestBridge Capital has appointed Pascal Wittet as senior investment manager. The announcement follows the firm’s recent move to new offices in London to accommodate its growing team. An economics graduate, Chartered Accountant and MBA, Wittet will be based in WestBridge Capital’s London office. Managing
MIOX Corporation has secured a strategic investment from TEL Venture Capital, the corporate investment arm of Japanese semiconductor capital equipment manufacturer Tokyo Electron. This marks the first investment by an Asia-based investor in MIOX. The TEL investment complements grants awarded to MIOX by the National Science Foundation (NSF)
InsightSquared has secured USD8m in series B funding from new investor DFJ and existing investor Atlas Venture, which seed-funded the company and led its series A. Combined with previous funding rounds, InsightSquared has now raised a total of USD13.5m. The additional financing will allow InsightSquared to accelerate further development
The long-awaited policy decision by the Financial Conduct Authority on the controversial CP 12/19 consultation paper could open the doors to up to GBP2.5bn worth of investment into Enterprise Investment Schemes (EIS) each year, according to investment specialist Kuber Ventures. The paper, which was created in August 2012 and proposed
An affiliate of global private equity firm HIG Capital has made a strategic investment in Raymond Express International (REI). Founded in 1983, REI is an asset-light logistics provider specialising in transportation solutions for temperature-sensitive products. From its facilities in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Seattle, the company primarily
Brookfield Capital Partners III, the flagship private equity fund of Brookfield Asset Management, has acquired the Canadian logistics operations of Millard Refrigerated Services, launching a national cold storage company called Brookfield Cold Storage. Through this acquisition, Brookfield Capital Partners is acquiring more than 16 million cubic feet of combined
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