A cross-border team from law firm Goodwin represented the neuroscience company Cerevance in its financing by Lightstone Ventures and Takeda Pharmaceutical. Cerevance will focus on discovering and developing novel therapeutics for neurological and psychiatric disorders. The USD36 million funding round includes a USD21.5 million Series A financing investment from
Two thirds of limited partners (LPs) say there would be a negative impact on the EU from a ‘hard’ Brexit – a separation of the UK from the EU involving significant restrictions on the UK’s access to the EU single market and strong immigration curbs. That’s according to Coller Capital’s
Detroit-based private equity firm Rockbridge Growth Equity has sold Purchasing Power, an e-retailer offering a voluntary benefit to companies and membership organisations across the US, to private equity firm Flexpoint Ford. Founded in 2001, Purchasing Power is one of the fastest-growing voluntary benefit companies and the leader within the purchase
UK private equity house Maven Capital Partners has realised its investment in plastic extrusion manufacturer Nenplas, generating a return of more than 5x for investors. The exit from Ashbourne-based Nenplas follows a sale of a controlling interest to German company Döllken-Weimar, part of the German quoted group Surteco, in a
The EQT VII Fund is to acquire AutoStore from Jakob Hatteland Holding AS and other minority owners. AutoStore is an automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS) which uses robotics for collecting stored goods in a warehouse. From the origin of the idea by Ingvar Hognaland in the Hatteland Group
FS Investments’ business development company (BDC) direct lending platform committed approximately USD988 million in senior secured loans and other debt and equity financing to middle market companies in the third quarter of 2016, bringing its year-to-date total originations to more than USD2.2 billion. New directly originated investments during the quarter
Audax Private Equity has partnered with management to acquire Accent Food Services from Silver Oak Services Partners. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Accent, headquartered in Austin, Texas, is a provider of customised fresh food, snacks, and refreshment services to businesses, educational institutions, and property management companies.
NewStar Financial has closed the NewStar Berkeley Fund CLO, a USD505 million middle market collateralised loan obligation managed for qualified institutional investors. The Berkeley Fund is the fourth credit fund sponsored by NewStar to co-invest in middle market commercial loans originated through its direct lending platform. The Berkeley Fund
Arma Partners has acted as financial adviser to EQT on the sale of its portfolio company, Automic, to CA Technologies at an enterprise valuation of EUR600 million. Automic is a provider of business automation software that helps enterprises improve productivity and drive agility by automating business processes and IT infrastructure
Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) is to add Sound Harbor Partners, a US private credit manager led by Michael Zupon and Dean Criares, to its private debt platform. AllianzGI will acquire Sound Harbor’s assets for an undisclosed sum and the Sound Harbor team will join AllianzGI. The Sound Harbor team
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