Mobeus Equity Partners and Beringea have co-invested in a GBP5 million funding round for mpb.com, a specialist online marketplace for second-hand photographic and filmmaking equipment. Millions of new cameras, interchangeable lenses, and other equipment and accessories are sold each year, generating billions of dollars in retail revenue across Europe and
Victory Park Capital (VPC) has launched a new fund together with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, to invest in financial technology companies in emerging markets. The partnership aims to improve access to debt capital for financial technology companies that lend to small businesses
Culum Capital, a Singapore-based receivables and supply chain financing platform, has secured an investment from GTR Ventures which will be used to accelerate Culum’s expansion and support growth. According to The World Trade Organisation (WTO, 2016), 80 per cent of trade is financed by credit or credit insurance. WTO
Aquila Capital has launched a new energy transition strategy, ETIF (Energy Transition Infrastructure Fund) which will invest in energy infrastructure assets that are essential to Europe’s energy transition. Aquila Capital currently manages renewable energy generation assets with a capacity of about 2,200MW. ETIF will pursue the three most important
Brightstar Capital Partners, a private equity firm that invests in closely held middle market companies, has closed its inaugural fund program in excess of GBP710 million of institutional capital from investors worldwide. The sum is one of the largest first-time private equity fundraises in the last year, according to data
Aberdeen Standard Investments and 21 Partners has formed a new UK-based 50:50 joint venture (JV) – 21 Aberdeen Standard Investments Limited (21ASI) – to launch a direct EUR1 billion private equity fund later this year. The investment strategy for the fund will target active non-controlling interests with a focus on
eFront’s latest quarterly private equity data shows that LBO performance reached a 10-year high in 2017, while overall risk levels reduced and average time to liquidity improved. According to eFront, LBO funds posted their best performance in a decade in 2017, while multiples on invested capital of active private equity
Funds managed by Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone) have invested in BOAL Group, a designer and manufacturer of high-performance aluminium greenhouse roof and side-wall systems for glass and poly greenhouses. Equistone will acquire a majority stake in BOAL Group from its current CEO Ronald Boers and the founder of the business,
Clearlake Capital Group has completed fundraising for Clearlake Capital Partners V (Fund V) with over USD3.6 billion in commitments. Fund V exceeded its target and was substantially oversubscribed, reaching its hard cap. At over USD3.6 billion, Fund V is Clearlake’s largest private equity fund to date. This brings Clearlake’s total cumulative capital
Ropes & Gray has advised Ensono, a hybrid IT services provider based in the US and Europe, on its USD405 million acquisition of a hosted data centre services business from Wipro Limited. As a result of the deal, which was announced on 14 March 2018, Ensono – a portfolio company
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