Fairstone Group has secured a major investment from Synova Capital, a Private Equity investor that focuses on UK growth companies. Synova has become the lead investor in Fairstone by providing an initial capital injection of GBP25 million as part of the deal with further cash available to Fairstone in the
Crescent Capital Group’s Crescent European Specialty Lending strategy provided the unitranche financing for the acquisition of Dalepak, the UK-based tech-enabled outsourced logistics provider, by UK private equity firm Sovereign Capita. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. “We are thrilled to be a part of this transaction, which will
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
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, 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, 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, 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
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, 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 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,
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