Quad-C Management, a middle market private equity firm, has closed an investment in Inmark Packaging, a distributor of rigid container and life sciences packaging. While specific terms have not been disclosed, the deal was structured as an owner-operator recapitalisation, allowing the company’s management to retain a significant ownership in the

The Maven Capital Managed Greater Manchester Loan Fund (GMLF) has invested GBP320,000 in Emeg Electrical Limited (Emeg), a specialist mechanical and electrical contractor providing services to the owners and operators of rail facilities. Established in 1997, Emeg has grown steadily in recent years following the award of the coveted Principal

Private equity firm Sheridan Capital Partners has made an equity investment in Europa Sports Products (Europa), a wholesale distributor of sports and fitness supplements. Sheridan will merge the business of its existing portfolio company, Lone Star Distribution, a Dallas-based wholesale distributor of sports and fitness supplements, into the Europa platform.

Trilantic Capital Partners Europe has entered into an agreement with Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri (FSM) to make an initial investment of EUR66 million in the company to finance both organic and inorganic growth projects. As part of the transaction, FSM, a leading Italian operator of private hospitals, will transfer all its

Electranova Capital US, the energy cleantech venture capital fund, managed by Idinvest Partners and sponsored by EDF, has invested in Off Grid Electric (OGE), a leading solar leasing company in Africa. The funds will be used to enter new African markets and to continue to scale up OGE’s effort, in

AgFunder, the leading agriculture-focused online investment platform, has reported a record USD4.6 billion of investment into the agriculture technologies sector for 2015, almost double the USD2.36 billion invested in 2014, and outpacing growth in the broader venture capital market. Over the past five years, global investment in the agtech sector

British Business Bank Investments, the commercial arm of the British Business Bank, has agreed to provide a GBP25 million facility to UK independent leasing company Haydock Finance. The three-year funding commitment is structured as a block discounting facility and is part of the Bank’s Investment Programme, which has now committed

Advantage Capital Agribusiness Partners has made a second investment in American Botanicals, a Missouri-based supplier of bulk herbs and botanical products, to help fund the acquisition of Aloha Medicinals, a biotechnology company focused on medicinal mushroom production. American Botanicals buys, processes, sells and exports hundreds of roots, herbs, barks, berries