The Abraaj Group, a private equity investor operating in global growth markets, has exited its investment in Vejthani, selling its stake to the South East Asian healthcare chain KPJ Healthcare. This was the second successful exit in the last six months for the Abraaj in the rapidly expanding private healthcare
Munich-based venture capital firm Target Partners has made a EUR2m investment in Finanzchef24, Germany’s first financial services portal using a direct marketing model to target small businesses and self-employed individuals. With its proprietary technology for comparing commercial insurance and banking products, Finanzchef24 has focused the launch around business liability insurance,
Manufacturing is the leading sector for North West private equity deals over the past three years, accounting for 25 per cent of transactions, according to research by Equistone Partners in the North. Since January 2010, the region has completed 62 deals in manufacturing with a total value of GBP952m, out
Middle-market private equity firm Wynnchurch Capital has sold 4Front Engineered Solutions to Assa Abloy. Headquartered in Carrollton, Texas, 4Front is a manufacturer of loading dock equipment. 4Front’s products consist of mechanical, air-powered and hydraulic dock levellers, seals and shelters, trailer safety restraints, energy efficient HVLS fans, specialty dock doors, material
European private equity firm AXA Private Equity is to sell its holding in Phönix/Strack Group to the Curtiss-Wright Corporation for EUR82m. Phönix/Strack specialises in the development and production of custom-built high-performance valves for major players in the energy, chemicals and refinery industries. Final closure of the transaction is subject to
Tongal, a social platform for marketers to produce creative video content, has secured a USD15m series B investment from private equity firm Insight Venture Partners. Tongal plans to use the funding to accelerate the build-out of its community and to support plans for rapid expansion. Tongal was founded in 2008
Private equity firm Behrman Capital’s portfolio company Pelican Products has acquired Minnesota Thermal Science (MTS), a provider of global temperature controlled transportation products. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Based in Plymouth, Minnesota, MTS will become part of Pelican’s BioPharma division. Pelican now offers the most advanced
Venture capital firms invested about USD762m over 206 deals in India during the 12 months ended December 2012, according to a study by Venture Intelligence. While investment activity declined by 7.2 per cent over 2011 (which had witnessed USD1,094m being invested across 222 deals), the amount invested declined by 30
Julie O’Hara is the latest independent fund director to join Carne Group’s Cayman Islands office. O’Hara is the fourth Carne director now resident in the Cayman Islands and available for fund boards. Her appointment brings the total number of the firm’s fund directors to 20. John Donohoe, chief executive of
Gleacher Shacklock, an independent corporate finance advisory firm, has appointed Richard Slimmon as a partner. Slimmon was previously a managing director at Deutsche Bank. At Gleacher Shacklock, Slimmon will have responsibility for financial institutions. He has over 20 years of experience in the financial institutions sector including M&A, debt and
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