Goldman Sachs Alternative Investments & Manager Selection (AIMS) has made a minority investment in private investment firm Littlejohn & Co.  The investment was made through Goldman's AIMS Petershill programme.   AIMS Petershill is purchasing a passive, non-voting, primary stake in Littlejohn representing less than 10 per cent.   The investment

Digital media platform Drivetribe has completed a USD5.5 million Series A funding round led by Breyer Capital with additional participation by Atomico and other individual investors. Drivetribe, which expects to officially launch in November 2016, aims to become the top digital publishing home for motoring.   The company was co-founded

Having recently announced GBP70 million in long-term funding, rent-to-buy specialist Rentplus has secured a further GBP20 million from Crestline Investors to expand its nationwide pipeline of delivering affordable homes. The company, which was formed in 2012 and is planning to deliver 5,000 new homes by 2020, can draw the initial

Funds managed by BlackRock’s alternative solutions group, in partnership with BlackRock Real Assets, are to invest approximately 10 per cent in the 1,100 MW combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) Cricket Valley electric generating facility. Construction of the plant, which will use General Electric 7FA.05 combustion turbine generators, is expected to

Yukon Partners, a provider of mezzanine capital for middle market private equity transactions, has partnered with Sorenson Capital in its investment in Axiom Materials. Axiom, headquartered in Orange County, California, is a manufacturer of proprietary advanced composite materials and related products for customers in the aerospace and defence, industrial, automotive,

European curated shopping service Outfittery has raised USD22 million in new funding. The backing comes from London and New York-based venture capital firm Octopus Ventures, which is leading the round, as well as the U-Start Club, an Italian group including some of the world’s most renowned fashion families.   Existing investors

Pan-African private equity firm 8 Miles has led a USD80 million investment in Nigerian biscuit manufacturer Beloxxi Industries by a consortium consisting of African Capital Alliance (ACA), a Sub-Saharan Africa focused Private Equity firm, and DEG – Deutsche Investitions und Entwicklungsgesellschaft, the German Development Finance Institution. The consortium has taken

An Apollo Global Management-backed consortium of investors is supporting a management-led buyout (MBO) of operational support and risk management services provider Constellis. The consortium includes Jason DeYonker, chief executive officer of Constellis, president of the firm Dean Bosacki and certain other members of management.   It is expected that Forte

Branding automation company Bynder has secured USD22.3 million (EUR20 million) in Series A funding from Insight Venture Partners, a New York-based venture capital and private equity firm. The funding is a milestone for the ‘branding automation’ category as marketers seek a solution to deliver brand consistency across all channels and