Invest in Africa (IIA) has signed a USD1 million African Development Bank (AfDB) grant that will enable it to support a unique business skills training programme for Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Ghana. IIA will use the grant provided by the AfDB's Fund for Private Sector Assistance (FAPA)
The Carlyle Group and Old Mutual Private Equity are to acquire 100% of South African tyre retailer and wholesaler Tiger Automotive (TiAuto) from Ethos Private Equity and the founders. Funding for this investment will come from the Carlyle Sub-Saharan Africa Fund and Old Mutual Private Equity Fund IV, and TiAuto
Appear Here, the UK’s largest online marketplace for retail space, has raised USD7.5 million of new funding, in a round led by venture capital firm Balderton Capital. This significant new investment follows 18 months of dynamic growth from Appear Here, which has facilitated over 500 short-terms lets in the last
Creo Medical has closed a GBP3.5m funding round, led by Finance Wales, angel investors and the Angel CoFund. The Government-backed Angel CoFund joins existing investors Finance Wales, the Arete Angel syndicate and individual business angels, including lead angel Mark Farmer, bringing the total Creo investment received to date to GBP7.9m.
The introduction of the AIFMD has fuelled strong growth in European fund domiciles, with the number of alternative investment funds increasing by 10% since 2010, and assets under management increasing by 13%. That’s according to a report published by the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry, carried out by Oliver
London-listed private equity fund JZ Capital Partners Limited has expanded its US vertical portfolio by making two acquisitions alongside Edgewater Funds LP (Edgewater). JZCP and Edgewater invested USD1.6 million each to acquire Action Products Marketing Corporation and ConShield Technologies Incorporated ("APMCS"), an infrastructure rehabilitation company headquartered in Johnston, Iowa. The
ATADATA Solutions has reached an agreement has been made with its capital stakeholders to recapitalise the Company. The Company will rebrand itself as ATADATA, which represents “Any to Any” for Enterprise-class application migration between any Data Centre, or Cloud Platform, for true Workload Portability. Furthermore, additional capital will be invested
Large banks continue to eschew lower middle-market loans because of heightened regulatory scrutiny and unattractive risk-adjusted spreads as they concentrate on larger, more fertile customers, says Old Hill Partners. The result is large banks and large companies have benefitted most from the post-crisis recovery, while small banks and small companies
HIG Capital’s portfolio company Comverge is to merge with Constellation to form a new combined business, CPower, which will be headquartered in Baltimore, Md. Power will operate as a new, standalone company independent from Comverge and Constellation, and deliver a full spectrum of demand response offerings to C&I customers across
Mercer, subject to regulatory approvals, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire SCM Strategic Capital Management AG, a Swiss-based specialist private markets advisor and delegated solutions provider. The acquisition will further strengthen Mercer’s capabilities in alternative investments, an area of growing importance in the global institutional marketplace. “Mercer’s Investment
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