Private equity investor Hermes GPE has sedured a GBP1 billion mandate from the BT Pension Scheme (BTPS) bringing the firm’s total private equity AUM to GBP4 billion (USD6 billion). Hermes GPE is part of Hermes Investment Management (Hermes), the GBP30.1 billion manager focused on delivering superior, sustainable, risk adjusted returns

Private equity firm TA Associates has completed a growth equity investment in CCRM, a leading provider network of fertility treatment services with locations in Colorado, California, Minnesota, Texas and Toronto, Canada. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. With a reputation for world-class physicians, facilities and laboratories, CCRM

Law firm Shoosmiths has advised venture capital firm, MMC Ventures, on the firm’s GBP2.5m investment in online floristry business, Bloom & Wild, in a Series A funding round. Venture capital firm MMC, which has been backing early-stage, high-growth companies since 2000, joins existing angel investors including Catamaran Ventures and Samos

Private equity firm Vestar Capital Partners has made a majority equity investment in Veritas Collaborative (Veritas), a premiere specialty hospital system for the treatment of eating disorders, headquartered in Durham, North Carolina.  Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. “There is a large, unmet demand for the services and

Private equity provider LDC has completed a significant investment to support the GBP23million management buyout of BOFA International, the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of fume extraction systems. LDC’s investment will help support BOFA’s continued growth and development, including expansion into new markets, further investment in product development, international reach

Prodrive Composites has secured a GBP6m growth capital investment from BGF (Business Growth Fund).  The business, which is based in Milton-Keynes, works within the automotive, aerospace and marine sectors producing lightweight, high performance composite components and structures, such as interior trims and bodywork.   Prodrive Composites was created in the

KKR is to invest USD150 million into JBF Group, a manufacturer of polyester value-chain products. The deal includes JBF’s international subsidiaries. A portion of the proceeds will be used by KKR to acquire a 20% stake in JBF, listed on the BSE Ltd. and National Stock Exchange of India. The

Leading Mayfair-based growth capital investment business, Committed Capital, has completed its investment into AIM-listed affordable smart home technology provider, LightwaveRF plc. The total investment LightwaveRF plc was seeking was GBP1.5m, of which Committed Capital has invested GBP1.1m.   LightwaveRF plc, which enables households and businesses to remotely operate and control

BGF has invested GBP4.9m in PPS, a provider of returnable transit packaging solutions. BGF’s investment will help fund the acquisition of Alison Handling Services, the UK’s largest independent stockist of returnable plastic packaging. Operating from sites in South Staffordshire and Grimsby, PPS currently moves 25 million trays and pallets a

Optoro, a platform for returned and excess inventory, connecting buyers and sellers worldwide, has received a USD40 million debt financing commitment from TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corporation, a non-bank venture debt provider, and Square 1 Bank. This investment brings Optoro’s total amount of money raised to over USD100 million.