NVM Private Equity (NVM) has successfully exited from Control Risks Group Holdings (Control Risks), a specialist risk consultancy. Control Risks, which was founded in 1975, offers a range of services addressing political risk, business intelligence, corporate and personal security and crisis response. Control Risks’ clients include corporations, governments and non-governmental organisations.
21 Concordia I, the Warsaw-based private equity fund of 21 Partners, has invested in Polish laundry services provider Hollywood SA. Founded in 1995 by Andrzej Konieczkowski, Hollywood is the largest B2B laundry chain in Poland. Operating across six laundry facilities located in Northern and Central Poland, the company provides bed
Caledonian Optical, the lens manufacturing division of Duncan & Todd Group, is poised for expansion following the completion of a GBP1.3m refurbishment at its laboratory in Aberdeen, thanks to the support of BGF (Business Growth Fund). Duncan & Todd has invested in state-of-the-art optical manufacturing equipment for the site, including
Berkery Noyes has represented True Potential, an integrated investor and wealth management technology platform serving advisers and retail clients, in its growth equity investment from FTV Capital. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, True Potential is one of the fastest growing and most innovative financial services groups in the
Early stage venture capital firm Lightspeed Venture Partners has held the closings of Lightspeed Venture Partners XI (Fund XI) with USD715 million of committed capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners Select II (Select Fund II) with USD500 million of committed capital. The new core fund is a continuation of Lightspeed's focus
Harris & Harris Group, an investor in transformative companies enabled by disruptive science, is to begin offering limited numbers of accredited investors the opportunity to co-invest with with teh firm in its portfolio companies through a newly-formed co-investment fund that will be managed by Harris & Harris Group. “A consistent
AlphaSense, provider of the AlphaSense search engine for financial professionals, has secured USD33 million in growth capital from Tribeca Venture Partners, Triangle Peak Partners, and Quantum Strategic Partners – a private investment vehicle managed by Soros Fund Management – as well as notable individual investors such as Tom Glocer, formerly
Babson Capital Management, its subsidiaries Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers and Wood Creek Capital Management, and Baring Asset Management Limited, are planning to combine operations under the Barings brand. The combination will create a global, multi-asset investment management firm with over USD260 billion of assets under management, offices in 20 countries,
It's a great time to be a borrower, with 63 per cent of direct lenders and 55 per cent of banks reporting that they have higher acquisition finance lending targets this year, according to the DLA Piper European Acquisition Finance Debt Report 2016. However, the report, which polled more than
Midlands-based Paintbox Group, a full service supplier of premium exterior systems and advanced painting and finishing solutions to the automotive industry, has secured a significant investment from BGF (Business Growth Fund) to help fund a new robotic production line and support longer-term growth. Founded in 1989 to provide services to
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