FORWARD FEATURES CALENDAR

Managers

Oil rig

Palatine completes MBO of seismic consultancy firm EPI Group

Private equity firm Palatine has completed the management buyout of Surrey-based seismic consultancy firm The EPI Group. Palatine is backing the incumbent management team, led by CEO Edward Bowen. As part of the deal Ian Langley, who Palatine backed as chairman of Air Energi, will join the board.   This

LTCG acquired by Stone Point Capital

LTCG, a specialist in business process outsourcing for long-term care insurance, has been acquired by Stone Point Capital, a private equity firm focused on investing in the global financial services industry. This acquisition furthers Stone Point’s strategy of backing companies in the insurance and insurance services sectors.   Originally founded

Nordic Capital invests in Gina Tricot

Nordic Capital Fund VIII is to acquire the majority of the Swedish fashion retail chain Gina Tricot from existing shareholders, and will inject new equity to strengthen its financial position. The founding Appelqvist family remains a significant shareholder. Göran Bille will take over as CEO, in connection with Jörgen Appelqvist's

Cinven to acquire Gas Natural Fenosa Telecomunicaciones

European private equity firm Cinven is to acquire Gas Natural Fenosa Telecomunicaciones (GNFT), the fibre network operator in Spain and Latin America, from Gas Natural Fenosa (GNF) for EUR510 million. GNFT is a neutral telecom operator providing fibre infrastructure and transmission services to telecom operators in Spain and Latin America

Monomoy and Kingsmoor acquire Plains Cotton denim manufacturing division

Monomoy Capital Partners and Kingsmoor have teamed up to acquire the denim manufacturing operations of Plains Cotton Cooperative Association (PCCA) through American Textile Holdings (AmTex), a newly-created acquisition vehicle. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.   AmTex is a designer and manufacturer of both denim fabric and denim

Big Data Partnership secures series A funding from Beringea

Big Data Partnership has completed a GBP1.25 million round of series A investment from Beringea, an international growth capital firm that manages the ProVen Venture Capital Trusts. Big Data Partnership provides vendor-agnostic big data consulting, training and support for diverse industries including web, financial services, telecoms, utilities, defence and media. 

Syntaxis Capital finances Expert Petroleum’s growth

Syntaxis Capital has provided financing in support of the founders’ buyout and strategic development of Expert Petroleum, through its second mezzanine fund. Expert Petroleum, primarily based in Romania, is an oil and gas services business that partners with some of the largest owners and operators in the oil and gas

Arma Partners advises Francisco Partners on Masternaut sale

Arma Partners acted as exclusive financial adviser to private equity firm Francisco Partners on the sale of Masternaut Group Holdings to a new joint venture between Summit Partners and FleetCor Technologies. Masternaut is Europe’s largest provider of telematics solutions to commercial fleets. Founded in 1996 and with headquarters in the

Job hunting

Beringea leads USD6m investment in Montage

Private equity firm Beringea has made a USD4 million investment in Montage, a provider of purpose-built video interviewing technology to the Global 5000. Beringea led the USD6 million Series C financing round, which also included existing investors Baird Capital, GCI and Calumet Venture Fund.   The capital will be used

ink

WHEB invests in Mcor Technologies

WHEB Partners, the London and Munich based private equity fund manager, has invested EUR6.6m of growth capital in Mcor Technologies. Mcor provides full-colour and eco-friendly 3D printers. The company is based in Dunleer, Ireland.   “We are experiencing strong demand internationally for our products and this investment from WHEB will

Events

12 November, 2026 – 5:00 pm

Directory Listings