Boston-based investment firm Berkshire Partners has led a majority recapitalisation of Parts Town, a parts distributor in the foodservice equipment market. Summit Partners, an existing shareholder, will remain a significant investor in the company. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.   Founded in 1987 in Addison, Illinois, Parts

Middlemarch Partners has acted as the sole merchant banking adviser in the completion of a USD21.95 million preferred equity raise for FlexShopper, an online provider of lease-to-own (LTO) financing and payment solutions for consumers. Middlemarch Capital Partners, Middlemarch Partners' co-investment arm, invested alongside a USD5 billion private equity fund that

Narrow Gauge Capital (NGC) has acquired a majority stake in SEI Group an installer of glass fibre insulation, spray foam, cellulose, standing seam metal, gutters, fireplaces, garage doors, door hardware, CBUs, and mailboxes for single and multi-family homes, primarily in the Atlanta metropolitan area. Eric Cunningham and Matt Hopkins, the existing owners of

Apposite Capital, a private equity firm specialising in healthcare, has made a new investment in Medical Imaging Partnership (MIP), a UK-based provider of medical diagnostic imaging services.  Apposite will make available up to GBP12m to support the geographical roll-out of MIP services across the UK, grow the management team and

The Cardiac Valve Research Institute – a joint project between Venus Medtech (Hangzhou) Inc (Venus Medtech) and the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine (SAHZU) – has been officially launched in Wanlong Technological Park located in the Binjiang district of Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province.  The

Dentsu Ventures Global Fund I, Dentsu Inc’s corporate venture capital fund, has made it first investment in Cue Inc, a US technology company that created Cue, an at-home device for tracking health information at the molecular level. Dentsu Ventures was established in April of this year with the objectives of

TriLinc Global Impact Fund has recently approved USD17.0 million in term loan and trade finance transactions to companies in South Africa, Kenya, Argentina, and Brazil. TriLinc is an impact investing fund that provides growth-stage loans and trade finance to established small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in developing economies where access

Thomas H Lee Partners has closed a growth equity investment in Bargain Hunt Superstores (BH), an extreme value retail chain, through a recapitalisation transaction. Members of the senior management team, including Founder and CEO, Robert Echols Jr, will retain equity stakes in the Company. Terms of the transaction were not

BaltCap, the private equity and venture capital investor in the Baltic States, is to invest in a leading Estonian dental care company Dental Invest Estonia (DIE). BaltCap Private Equity Fund II, advised by BaltCap, has agreed to invest in DIE group through new equity issue acquiring a 56 per cent