Lighthouse Funds has closed its most recent mid market private equity fund, India 2020 Fund II, in June 2015 with aggregate commitments of USD138 million, well over its targeted size of USD125 million. The success of Lighthouse’s predecessor fund, Fund I attracted major Fund I investors to reinvest as well
Venture capital investor Octopus Ventures, part of the Octopus Group, has launched the USD140m Octopus Zenith Opportunities II, which will provide growth capital to successful fast-growing later-stage companies across Europe. The fund is dedicated to follow on investments into existing companies within the Octopus portfolio, as well as having the opportunity to
Fidelity Biosciences is joining with Devonshire Investors’ technology venture capital fund to become F-Prime Capital. F-Prime Capital will create a new, unified name for the venture capital funds of FMR LLC, the parent company of Fidelity Investments, and continue its 40-year history as an active global investor in life sciences,
Global Jet Capital, a provider of financing solutions for large-cabin, long-range private jets, has agreed to purchase the aircraft lease and loan portfolio of GE Capital Corporate Aircraft in the Americas representing approximately USD2.5 billion of net assets. Shawn Vick, Executive Director of Global Jet Capital, says: “We are investing
Mid-market advisory firm Clearwater International has completed deals worth over EUR1 billion during what are typically considered to be the quieter summer months – activity which has seen the company’s average deal value soar to EUR84 million. Following the first anniversary in June, of the merger to create Clearwater International,
HIG Middle Market, the dedicated middle market investment affiliate of private equity firm HIG Capital, has acquired Universal Fiber Systems (UFS). Headquartered in Bristol, VA, with additional facilities in the United States, Europe, Thailand and China, UFS is a global leader in the production of custom solution-dyed synthetic fibres. The
Wellington Financial, a privately held specialty finance firm providing growth capital to Canadian and US-based companies, is pleased to announce the launch of a new USD900 million investment program. Wellington Financial Fund IV, capitalised with USD200 million of re-circulating equity capital in 2012, was a successor fund to three previous
Funds affiliated with Hellman & Friedman (H&F), a US-based Private Equity firm, have agreed to acquire the entirety of Bain Capital’s interest in Securitas Direct Verisure Group. The acquisition places H&F in a majority shareholder position alongside Company management and creates an optimal platform for continued growth. Securitas Direct
Investec Growth & Acquisition Finance has provided GBP21 million in funding in the form of senior term loans and working capital facilities, for Mayfair Equity Partners’ second deal, the acquisition of Europe’s biggest supplier of fishing equipment, Fox International. Stephen White (pictured), who led the funding team at Investec, says
The British Business Bank is to provide a GBP100m facility to Hitachi Capital UK to fund a portfolio of newly originated small business asset finance receivables. The transaction is the first of the British Business Bank’s innovative new ENABLE Funding programme, which aims to increase significantly the supply of leasing
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