Pan-African equity specialist Emerging Capital Partners (ECP) has invested in Nairobi Java House, a leading Kenyan café and casual dining restaurant operator. The deal marks the first private equity deal in the restaurant sector in East Africa, and ECP’s second investment in the East Africa region from its latest fund,
August Equity has completed a buy-in management buy-out (BIMBO) in Aspirations Care Group (Aspirations), a community care services provider specialising in supporting individuals with complex and challenging behaviour. Aspirations is headquartered in Gloucester and provides high quality and specialist supported living and community support for children and adults who have
Scott A Schoen (pictured) has stepped down as Vice Chairman of private equity firm Thomas H Lee Partners. He will remain a Senior Advisor to the firm. Schoen joined THL in 1986, served as Co-President of the firm from 2003 through 2009, and as Vice Chairman since then. He will
Macquarie Group Ltd (Macquarie) is acquiring a 42.5% stake in sugar and ethanol advisory, supply chain management and trading firm C Czarnikow Ltd from Wilmar International Ltd, which will cease to be a shareholder. Bringing significant expertise in agricultural risk management, Macquarie will work alongside co-shareholders, Associated British Sugar and
Safeguard Scientifics, a holding company that builds value in growth-stage life sciences and technology companies, has appointed Dr Keith B Jarrett to its board of directors. Jarrett has more than 25 years of experience in venture capital, private equity and finance technology, driving value for customers, shareholders, investors and employees.
Global financial information services company Markit has agreed to acquire Cadis, a global enterprise data management specialist platform. Cadis’s platform addresses a multitude of data management needs including front-to-back office integration and data frameworks for trading, pricing, risk and compliance management. The acquisition comes at a time when financial institutions
Golden Seeds has joined a list of top-tier investors in Triptrotting, Inc’s Series A financing of USD1.5 million. Triptrotting is a global community connecting world travellers with like-minded local hosts for meet-ups and authentic experiences. Co-investors included Google Ventures, Idealab, LaunchpadLA, 500 Startups, WI Harper Group and individual angel investors.
Scandinavian-German dairy group Arla plans to merge with Milch-Union Hocheifel and the UK’s Milk Link. The transaction is currently awaiting approval from the EU competition authorities and the consent of the membership meetings of the companies involved. A team from CMS Hasche Sigle led by Dr Malte Bruhns advised Milch-Union
Oaktree Capital Management is to recapitalize Diamond Foods’ balance sheet with an investment of USD225 million in the branded, packaged food company. Concurrent with the closing of this investment, Diamond will amend its credit agreement with its existing lenders. The recapitalization will result in a capital structure that supports the
SEI has extended its relationship with Key Capital Investment Management Limited to include an operational outsourcing solution for the firm’s private equity business. Key Capital’s private equity offering is designed to provide family offices and high-net-worth private clients with exposure to a pre-identified list of Europe’s leading private equity firms
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