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Stella Advisors and EOC Partners combine to form Stella EOC

Stella Advisors and EOC Partners are merging their businesses to create one of the largest media and technology investment banking boutiques in Europe. Stella EOC will bring deeper, even more powerful coverage right across the high growth tech and media sectors, and will bring highly relevant M&A advisory services to

Optoscribe closes Series B investment round

Optoscribe, a supplier of glass-based integrated photonics components, has closed a series B investment round of GBP1.8 million in line with its expansion and product supply plans. The funding was led by Scottish business angel investment syndicate, Archangels, and also supported by its other existing investors, Par Equity, Scottish Investment

Nexxus Capital exits Moda Holding

Nexxus Capital is exit its investment in Moda Holding, a holding company with the primary purpose of acting as a diversified platform of brands in the apparel retail industry in Mexico, such as Dorothy Gaynor (dress and casual footwear) and Zingara (swimwear & beachwear).  Nexxus Capital first invested in Moda

Advent International to acquire IPH from PAI Partners

Global private equity investor Advent International (Advent) has agreed to acquire IPH, a European industrial supplies distributor, from European private equity firm PAI Partners. IPH distributes industrial supplies for maintenance and production applications in Europe. It offers power transmission products, machining solutions, industrial supply solutions and product-related services. IPH serves

First trades on Seedrs secondary market deliver up to 10x returns

Equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs has closed its first secondary market trading window having delivered impressive 10x returns for some investors. Until Seedrs announced the launch of its secondary market, the long-term nature of the early stage equity asset class meant that the vast majority of shares would remain illiquid for

Yorkshire digital agency IDHL completes management buyout

Yorkshire-headquartered digital agency Ingenuity Digital Holdings Limited (IDHL) has completed a management buyout (MBO) of the business supported by a funding package from HSBC and Frontier Development Capital (FDC). The investments from HSBC and FDC follow a period of consistent growth for IDHL and a record financial performance in 2016,

Chris Flynn, THL Credit

THL Credit closes third direct lending fund with USD511m in commitments

THL Credit Advisors has closed on a total of USD511 million in commitments to its third direct lending fund. Strong institutional investor demand from both existing and new investors enabled THL Credit Direct Lending Fund III and affiliated vehicles to exceed its target, driven primarily by the firm’s differentiated platform,

New Transaction Liability MGA secures deal with CBL Insurance

Capital Risks Limited (Capital Risks), a new Managing General Agency (MGA), has secured an agreement with CBL Insurance Ltd (CBL), of New Zealand to enable it to underwrite Transaction Liability Insurance. With a specific focus on small and medium sized deals that are currently underserved in the market, Capital Risks

JW Childs Associates acquires Ascent Medical Group

JW Childs Associates, an operationally-focused private equity firm, has acquired Ascent Medical Group, through a newly formed platform company, Siromed. Ascent Medical Group, LLC, a physician group practice based in Florida, is the first entity acquired by Siromed. Ascent, founded in 2011 by Dr Steven Milstein, provides anesthesia care in Boynton

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