Private equity investment in European companies hit a 10-year high in 2017 at EUR71.7 billion, a 29 per cent year-on-year increase, according to new data released today by Invest Europe. Almost 7,000 companies received investment, of which 87 per cent were small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Invest Europe’s 2017
US power and energy infrastructure manager LS Power Equity Advisors has held the final close of LS Power Equity Partners IV (Fund IV) at USD2.25 billion, exceeding its initial target of USD2 billion. Evercore Private Funds Group acted as the global placement agent for the fundraise with Magenta Capital Services
High Road Capital Partners has sold its portfolio company All Integrated Solutions (AIS) to MSC Industrial Supply Co, marking the sixth exit for the firm’s debut fund, High Road Capital Partners Fund I. The transaction closed on 30 April, 2018. Purchase price was approximately USD86 million. Wisconsin-based AIS is
Gresham House is to acquire the entire issued share capital of FIM Services Limited (FIM), an alternative investment fund manager specialising in UK real assets, specifically sustainable forestry and renewable energy investments, by its wholly-owned subsidiary, Gresham House Holdings Limited (GHH), for a total consideration of up to GBP25.0 million
EXL, an operations management and analytics company, is to acquire SCIOInspireHoldings, a West Hartford Connecticut-based healthcare analytics solution and services company (doing business as SCIO Health Analytics). Rohit Kapoor, EXL Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, says: “The acquisition will strengthen EXL’s capability in the high growth cost optimisation and
KPS Capital Partners (KPS) has created a new company, Autokiniton Global Group (AGG), to pursue investments in the global automotive supply industry. George Thanopoulos, a widely respected industry executive, will serve as AGG’s Chief Executive Officer. KPS also announced today that AGG is to acquire L&W. Following completion of the transaction,
Kuber Ventures, a fund investment platform offering simplified access to EIS/SEIS portfolios and funds has added three new high growth funds to its platform. The addition of the growth funds follows last year’s budget announcement which doubled the investment limit. It also saw the rules tightened to prevent investment
Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva, has acquired a 49 per cent interest in a portfolio of UK onshore wind farms from Fred. Olsen Renewables Limited in one of the largest single acquisitions made by its infrastructure platform to date. The portfolio includes two operational assets: Crystal
Graphene technology development company Paragraf, a recent spin out from the University of Cambridge, has closed a GBP2.9 million seed round to support the development of its first major products. The round is led by Cambridge Enterprise, the commercialisation arm of the University of Cambridge, with the participation of Parkwalk
Investment firm Greenbriar Equity Group (Greenbriar) has sold Ryan Herco Flow Solutions (Ryan Herco) to SunSource Holdings (SunSource), a distributor of hydraulic and fluid control power products in the United States and Canada. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Based in Burbank, California, Ryan Herco is a
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