NextEnergy Capital Group (NEC) has held the first close of NextPower II, a private equity fund focused on acquiring operating solar power projects in Italy. NextPower II has secured an initial commitment of EUR150 million, and will begin deploying capital imminently. NextPower II’s strategy is to consolidate the large but
Specialist finance and advisory firm TCA Fund Management Group Corp is planning to launch a small-cap private equity fund to invest in under-served growth stage companies, primarily in the US and UK. TCA Opportunities Fund I, LP, registered with the Guernsey Financial Services Commission will seek just to target 15
Private equity firm Inflexion’s portfolio company Succession has secured an investment package of over GBP25 million from HSBC and its existing shareholders, to continue its growth strategy through the acquisition of the best 50 firms from its affiliated membership by the end of 2017. In the last three years Succession
Two thirds of Limited Partners (LPs) believe that the rapid growth of private equity ‘shadow capital’ – direct investments, co-investments and separate accounts – will reduce the returns of commingled private equity funds, according to Coller Capital. The firm’s latest Global Private Equity Barometer explains the popularity of co-investments, a
Daphne Dufresne, Managing Director and founding partner of RLJ Equity Partners, is to leave the firm to pursue smaller, higher growth companies which are outside of the investment scope of the firm. Dufresne will continue to serve as a Special Advisor to RLJ. Rufus Rivers, RLJ Equity Partners' Managing Partner,
Private equity house Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has supported the management buy-in (MBI) of Prime Document (Prime), a specialist provider of outsourced document management services. Maven’s backing will help the team strategically grow the sales and marketing capability of the business, expanding its footprint into the electronic document management (EDM)
Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) has entered into a strategic financing relationship with Calfrac Well Services (Calfrac), an Alberta-based pressure pumping services provider. AIMCo's investment in Calfrac provides its clients with an attractive opportunity to gain direct exposure to an innovative provider of pressure pumping services focused on North America's
Henley Investments, a private equity real estate investor headquartered in the United Kingdom is expanding into the United States with opening of offices in Boston, Massachusetts, and Orange County, California. Henley USA will be headed by Garrett Solomon, the founder of Corbelis, an award winning, nationally recognized residential land development
Horseshoe Group has acquired IKONIC Fund Services (IKONIC) to form an independent fund administrator and insurance manager dedicated to both the Insurance Linked Securities and the alternative fund markets. The transaction, which closed last week subject to customary regulatory approvals, will further solidify Horseshoe’s stance as the largest independent insurance
Since the global financial crisis in 2008 when an all-time high USD9.3 billion was raised, micro venture capital fundraising has seen six consecutive years of growth, increasing from USD6.5 billion in 2009 to reach USD8.5 billion in 2015, according to a report by Preqin. Furthermore, over the past decade micro
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