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Ares Management raises USD7.85bn for fifth flexible capital PE fund

Ares Management has held the final closing of its fifth global flexible capital private equity fund, Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund V with USD 7.85 billion in committed capital. Fundraising began in the third quarter of 2015 with an initial target of USD6.5 billion.  The total raised includes USD250 million of

Scottish technology company Optoscribe secures GBP1.2m investment

Archangel Investors, the prominent business angel investment syndicate, has completed an initial GBP1.2 million round of fundraising for Optoscribe, a Livingston-based optical technology business. The fundraising was led by Archangels, who provided GBP825,000 of funding, supported by Par Equity, the Edinburgh venture capital firm, with GBP325,000 of investment, and Scottish

MPK Garages receives GBP14 million funding package from BGF and HSBC

MPK Garages, an independent operator of UK forecourts, has received a GBP14m funding package to pursue its ambitious growth plans.  With the investment, the business plans to acquire additional forecourts and refresh parts of its existing estate to capitalise on the growing market for convenience shopping. BGF (Business Growth Fund)

Warren Equity Partners completes investment in Hydromax USA

Warren Equity Partners, a middle market private equity firm, has completed an investment into Hydromax USA , a professional services company specialising in data collection for the purposes of locating and assessing the condition of water, wastewater and natural gas conveyance systems.  Financial terms of the transaction have not been

8 Miles invests in Ethiopian agribusiness

8 Miles, the pan-African Private Equity firm, has invested in Verde Beef Processing, an Ethiopian agribusiness that specialises in producing premium beef in Adami Tulu, Oromia in Ethiopia.  The investment of new money will give 8 Miles a significant minority stake alongside the management team and founder investors. The financial

CVC acquires majority stake in betting operator Tipico

Funds advised by CVC Capital Partners (CVC) are to acquire a majority stake in betting company Tipico Group (Tipico). The current proprietors will remain shareholders in the company. The financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.   The transaction is subject to the approval of the relevant anti-trust authorities

Capvent exits Tsingda China investment

Capvent, a private-equity firm with a specialist focus on consumer businesses in Asia, has exited its investment in Tsingda, an education services company in China, to another domestic private equity firm resulting in distributions of approximately three times the invested capital.  Capvent Asia invested in 2011 when the company revenues

Rand Capital Invests additional USD1.1m in medical device manufacturer GENICON

Rand Capital Corporation (Rand), a venture capital company that makes primarily equity investments in companies with emerging product, service or technology concepts, has invested USD1.1 million as the lead investor of a USD2.0 million senior term loan package for GENICON.  GENICON is recognised as an emerging leader in the design,

Kueski secures largest capital funding for FinTech startup in Mexico

Kueski, an online lending company in Mexico offering real-time, micro loans to Mexican consumers, has closed a USD35 million round of equity and debt funding, with the potential to increase to USD100 million in total funding, the largest capital funding in Mexico for a fintech startup.  The USD10 million equity

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