Foresight Group, a listed infrastructure and private equity investment manager, announces the first close of the Foresight Regional Investment III LP at GBP65 million. The Fund is cornerstoned by the Greater Manchester Pension Fund, with strong support from Clwyd and Merseyside Pension Funds. The fundraise comes off the back of
Leading mid-market private equity firm LDC has exited its investment in ID card printer and software business Magicard to listed international manufacturer Brady Corporation (BRC). LDC invested in Magicard in May 2016 to support the business’ organic and international growth strategy. During LDC’s partnership with Magicard, the business invested heavily
Biotechnology company AlgaeCytes Limited is to build its first commercial plant in Dessau, Saxon-Anhalt, Germany. The plant will be owned and operated by the Company’s German subsidiary, AlgaeCytes Germany GmbH. The production facility will be a state-of-the-art site housing AlgaCytes’s unique algae-based technology to produce natural, vegetarian, traceable high potency
By 2022, the level of global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity involving technology providers will surpass previous highs recorded in 2018, according to Gartner, Inc. Acquisitions of tech providers were briefly impacted in 2020 by the onset of the pandemic, but M&A activity quickly rebounded into 2021 as the economy
OMERS Private Equity is to acquire a 25 per cent stake in International Schools Partnership (ISP) from Partners Group. OMERS Private Equity invests on behalf of OMERS, a defined benefit pension plan for municipal employees in the Province of Ontario, Canada. The transaction values ISP at an enterprise value of
Assured Guaranty (Europe) SA (AGE), an indirect subsidiary of Assured Guaranty, has guaranteed principal and interest payments on approximately EUR125 million of bonds issued on 21 May 2021 by Anselma Issuer SA, an entity owned by Qualitas Venture Capital. Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
Investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Capital Partners (MSCP), a middle-market focused private equity team at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, have completed an investment in Nivel Parts & Manufacturing (Nivel), sold by funds managed by Kelso & Company. MSCP is partnering with the current management team led by Brent Moore,
Middle-market private equity firm HKW’s portfolio company, Traductions Serge Bélair Inc (TRSB), has acquired Anglocom. The financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Founded in 1993, Anglocom is based in Quebec City and is a full-service translation company. The in-house teams of French and English translators specialise in
Faculty, a British artificial intelligence (AI) company, has raised GBP30 million in growth funding from the Apax Digital Fund (ADF). It is the largest investment Faculty has accepted to date, and brings total investment to nearly GBP40 million. The funding will be used to drive the expansion of Faculty’s pioneering
Global private equity firm Advent International (Advent) is in exclusive negotiations with ICG for the sale of its stake in Circet, a European telecoms infrastructure services company. As part of the potential deal, Circet’s founding team and managers will further increase their stakes in their company. Circet provides its customers
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