Over EUR1 million has now been invested in P2P platform DoFinance since its launch seven months ago. “We’ve achieved one of our first major milestones, and DoFinance platform has been recognised by its investors. We’ve moved to this goal strategically and it is proven that with an easy and user-friendly
Pan-European seed investor Seedcamp has held the first close of its fourth fund to invest in the next generation of European talent with GBP41 million in commitments. The fund is already over 2x larger than Seedcamp’s last (EUR20m raised in 2014) and is backed by 60 leading corporates, venture capitalists
The London team at Ropes & Gray has made some predictions for the private equity market in 2018, against the backdrop of market uncertainty caused by a range of factors including Brexit. Phil Sanderson (pictured), private equity partner at Ropes & Gray, says: “M&A in the UK will remain resilient
American Industrial Partners (AIP) is to acquires Rand Logistics, a provider of bulk freight shipping services throughout the Great Lakes Region. AIP is a New York-based private equity firm with over USD4.0 billion of assets under management that focuses on buying, improving and growing industrial businesses in the US and
Leeds Equity Partners, a New York-based private equity firm focused exclusively on investing in the Knowledge Industries, has completed its investment in Fusion Education Group (Fusion). Fusion operates 43 schools in eight states and Washington, DC through a personalised education model and today educates more than 4,000 students in grades
IK Investment Partners’ IK Small Cap I Fund together with Management is to acquire Studienkreis (Studienkreis), a provider of tutoring services for primary and secondary school students in Germany, from Aurelius. Since its inception in 1974, Studienkreis has developed into one of the leading providers of tutoring services on the German
Prestige has secured three new mandates from institutional investors outside the UK for its private lending credit funds. The mandates are the latest to be received from non-UK institutions that are allocating to the UK-based private lending specialist. The investors are: a Swiss-based industrial corporate pension fund; a South Korean-based
SK Capital, a private investment firm focused on the specialty materials, chemicals and pharmaceuticals sectors, has completed its previously announced acquisition of Perrigo Company’s active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) business, which has been renamed from Perrigo API to Wavelength Pharmaceuticals (Wavelength). Wavelength is a leading developer and manufacturer of generic APIs
German bank Donner & Reuschel has launched a new investment fund which is aiming to take advantage of the long-term growth trend in global sports and invest in media rights, private equity and real estate. Few other business sectors have grown as fast in recent years as professional sports. In
Cornwall Insight, a provider of research, analysis, consultancy and training services for the energy and water sectors has secured a minority investment from BGF, alongside a term loan facility from Barclays, to accelerate its growth plans. Led by CEO Gareth Miller, the Norwich-headquartered company will use the funding for expansion
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