African Development Partners II (ADP II), a pan-African private equity fund advised by Development Partners International (DPI), is making a USD20 million investment in Université Privée de Marrakech (UPM), one of Morocco’s leading private universities. ADP II’s investment will serve to support UPM’s growth plans both in Morocco and in
The senior management team of Vista Retail Support has completed a management buyout of the business, with the support of private equity house WestBridge Capital. The secondary buyout was valued at GBP12.3 million. This deal sees a majority shareholding being acquired by the existing senior management led by managing
Nordic Capital Fund VIII is to acquire Euroline, a provider of card acquiring solutions with a strong market position in eCommerce. Euroline is a provider of quick and secure card acquiring solutions in Scandinavia with a strong market position in eCommerce and Nordic retail. Euroline has built a portfolio
VGX Animal Health, a 90 per cent-owned subsidiary of Inovio Pharmaceuticals, has sold its animal health assets to Plumbline Life Sciences (PLS) of Korea. The assets being transferred include an exclusive license with Inovio for animal applications of its growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) technology and animal DNA vaccines plus a
FF&P Private Equity has invested in European self-ticketing solution ticketscript, which has offices in London, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Barcelona and Berlin. Since its launch in 2006, it has worked with over 70,000 events across Europe, and sold over 11 million tickets for its clients. FF&P Private Equity will be investing
Funds advised by Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) have sold Peters Food Group, one of Australia’s oldest consumer businesses, to R&R Ice Cream backed by funds advised by PAI Partners. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Under the agreement, R&R will acquire Peters, with its portfolio of
Entrepreneur and philanthropist Dr BR Shetty is teaming up with equity partners associated with UAE investment firm Centurion Investments to acquire Travelex from Apax Partners. Following completion of the transaction Lloyd Dorfman will be founder and president of Travelex and remain a shareholder. Peter Jackson, chief executive officer of Travelex, together
The Manchester office of mid-market private equity house LDC has backed the management buyout of Stroma, in a deal led by mid-market financial advisory group Altium. The value of the deal has not been disclosed. Based in Castleford, Stroma was established in 2002 by Matt Ferguson, Rob Coxon and
Lynx Equity Limited has acquired Winfield Wood & Lath Limited, a British Columbia-based sawmill and lumber wholesaler. Winfield joins Lynx’ expanding portfolio of over 30 companies as the first Western Canadian acquisition. As it shifts its focus away from primarily Ontario-based acquisitions, Lynx has opened its second Canadian office,
Private equity house Bowmark Capital and the private equity fund of the Rothschild Group, Five Arrows Principal Investments, have acquired Autodata Publishing Group for a reported enterprise value of GBP143 million. Livingstone advised the shareholders of Autodata on the transaction. Autodata, founded in 1975 by Richard Atherton and Dietmar
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