Circularity Capital has continued to build its portfolio of European growth-stage businesses enabling the circular economy, by leading a growth funding round in Shark Solutions, a specialist in advanced recycled PVB products.

Infinedi Partners (Infinedi), a private equity firm focused on long-term partnerships with founder-owned businesses, has completed its second investment – Cultural Experiences Abroad (CEA). CEA is the fourth largest provider of study abroad educational programs for US university students in foreign countries. In 2019, the company provided study abroad and

Independent Iberian management company GED Capital has invested, through its Conexo Ventures fund, in SimpleCloud, a leading company in the transformation of the animation, video game, advertising and special effects industries. This startup, founded in 2008, and backed by Inveready, Caixa Capital Risc y CDTI, offers a global platform based on

Lafayette Mittelstand Capital has take a 51 per cent stake in the newly formed Acquisition Company REAL General Contracting Holding GmbH jointly with the future CEO, Michael Betz who holds 49 per cent of the shares. REAL General Contracting GmbH Holding is the Acquisition Company that acquired all assets via an

Actis, an investor of private capital into global emerging markets has, via its Actis Long Life Infrastructure Fund (ALLIF) completed the acquisition of two solar projects in India totalling 400MW from Acme Solar Holdings Ltd. These projects are located in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh respectively. Actis

Genstar Capital, a private equity firm focused on investments in targeted segments of the financial services, healthcare, industrial, and software industries, has teamed with existing management to invest in Sonny’s Enterprises (Sonny’s), a specialist in conveyorised car wash equipment, chemicals, controls, service and parts. Based in Tamarac, Florida, Sonny’s is the

Northstar Capital (Northstar), a provider of junior capital for middle market private equity transactions, has invested in Yale Cordage, a portfolio company of River Associates (River).Based in Saco, Maine, Yale Cordage is a provider of high-performance synthetic rope for key industries such as: heavy lift, specialty industrial, utility, arborist, life

Foresight Group (Foresight) has completed a EUR4.5 million top-up to the Project Bond issued in January 2019 by Pagano & Ascolillo and listed on Borsa Italiana, for the installation of LED street lights on behalf of the Foresight Italian Green Bond Fund.The top-up will support four further street lighting projects

Danish growth fund Nordic Alpha Partners has teamed with 3d-printing company Dyemansion’s existing investors – UVC Partners, btov Partners, KGAL, and AM Ventures – in a USD14 million Series B funding round. “We are super happy to have Nordic Alpha Partners on board for our growth journey,” says Felix Ewald, CEO

Renewable energy consultancy and service provider, Natural Power, has acted as technical adviser to the French private equity specialist Crédit Mutuel Equity for its CHF30 million acquisition of aventron’s renewable energy portfolio consisting of a large number of wind, solar and hydro assets located throughout six European countries.Natural Power’s mandate