Meridia Capital has acquired a significant minority stake in Grupo Andilana, a casual dining restaurant chain and hotel operator in Spain. As a result of Meridia’s investment in the company, Andilana will now look to accelerate its growth plans both organically and by increasing its restaurant rollout programme.   Meridia

Shore Capital Partners has completed a growth investment in Argentum Medical and certain assets of Cura Surgical. Founded in 2001 and located in Geneva, Illinois, Argentum manufactures and sells wound care products across a wide number of clinical applications, including the Silverlon brand, its proprietary range of silver-based antimicrobial products.

Kartesia, a provider of financing solutions for small and mid-sized European companies, has provided EUR10 million financing to GT Motive, a software provider for the European automotive insurance market. The company was born out of an alliance between the European company GT Motive and America's Mitchell International.   The new

Sterling Partners’ Education Opportunity Fund has invested in Amerigo Education, a company that partners with elite American high schools to support their international students and prepare them for acceptance into selective US universities. Amerigo uses an approach centred on excellent academic outcomes to ensure international students thrive both in and

UK mid-market private equity investor LDC has backed the management buyout (MBO) of Fishawack Group, a provider of scientific communications services to global pharmaceutical companies. The deal values the business at GBP38 million and LDC has committed further equity to accelerate Fishawack’s growth strategy, including potential acquisitions. It represents a

Aldevron, a contract development and manufacturing organisation specialising in the production of plasmid DNA, proteins and antibodies, has received a growth investment from growth private equity firm TA Associates. Aldevron’s management retains a significant portion of ownership in the company and will continue to run the company. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.  

SD-WAN platform provider Aryaka has completed a USD45 million Series D round of financing led by Third Point Ventures, new investor Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners (DTCP), and with participation from existing investors. The new funding round will help Aryaka aggressively expand its global reach.    Aryaka has delivered over 100

Venture and growth investor Beringea has invested USD4.6 million into Whistle Sports, a digital entertainment media company. The investment is part of Whistle Sports’ recently-concluded Series C, with Beringea joining leading names in sports broadcasting and digital media in a round worth USD27.5 million in total. Other investors in the round include TEGNA,

Noerr has advised a banking consortium on the financing of the German subsidiary of the French Recylex Group. The banks are providing the German subsidiary of the listed French recycling group with EUR67 million.   The financing package includes a EUR40 million investment in a new reduction furnace in the

Beechbrook Capital has completed its first three investments from its most recent fund, Private Debt III. The fund’s first transaction was to provide growth financing in support of H2 Equity Partners’ investment in Multi Pilot Simulations, a designer and manufacturer of flight simulation training devices based in Groenekan in the