Scottish Equity Partners-backed Exco InTouch, a provider of patient engagement, data capture and digital health solutions for the clinical research and healthcare industry, has been acquired by ERT, a provider of patient data collection solutions for use in clinical drug development. The combined organisation will provide the biopharmaceutical industry with electronic clinical outcome assessments (eCOA), patient engagement and
KKR has held the final closing of KKR Next Generation Technology Growth Fund (NGT), a USD711 million fund dedicated to growth equity investment opportunities in the technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) space in North America, Europe and Israel. The fund is focused on generating strong returns for investors by investing
PIMCO has formed a joint venture with Solar Capital Partners as the firm continues to develop and expand its private credit platform. Solar Capital Partners is an investor in private corporate credit with a 10-year track record of making private loans to corporate borrowers. The firm also has a network of
Wing Venture Capital has closed Wing Two, its USD250 million second fund. Wing Two has the backing of universities and private foundations. Wing is a venture capital firm devoted to early-stage, long-term company building in business technology. The firm was founded in 2013 by Gaurav Garg and Peter Wagner,
StepStone Group has closed the acquisition of Swiss Capital Alternative Investments, a European private debt and hedge fund solutions provider. The transaction was originally announced in May 2016, and has been in the process of receiving regulatory approvals since then. As part of the transaction, StepStone has launched StepStone
KKR is to acquire a majority stake in cyber security specialist Optiv Security from a group of private investors, including a private equity fund managed by Blackstone. Blackstone will maintain a minority interest in Optiv along with Optiv management. Other selling shareholders include Investcorp and Sverica. Financial terms of
Kirkland & Ellis has advised CD Capital, a London-based specialist natural resources and mining private equity manager, on the closing of the CD Capital Natural Resources Fund III. The fund was closed with aggregate capital commitments of USD355 million. The fund, which will make investments in global natural resources
Alternative asset manager Atalaya Capital Management has closed its third Asset Income Fund (AIF III) at its USD525 million hard cap, exceeding its USD500 million target. AIF III held its first close in June 2016. AIF III’s investors are primarily public and corporate pension plans, foundations, and endowments. In
Polaris has agreed to sell Avanti Wind Systems to Alimak Group, marking the private equity firm’s sixth exit in the past 18 months. With Polaris as its owner since 2011, Avanti, a specialist in service lifts as well as ladder and safety systems for the wind turbine industry, has doubled
Private equity firm Cinven has agreed to sell Host Europe Group (HEG), one of the largest privately-owned web services providers in Europe, to GoDaddy, a cloud platform dedicated to small, independent ventures. Cinven acquired the core business within HEG in August 2013 for an original consideration of GBP438 million.
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