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Transition Capital Partners sells LT Energy Services to B/E Aerospace

Dallas-based Transition Capital Partners (TCP) has closed on the sale of its portfolio company, LT Energy Services, to B/E Aerospace, a manufacturer of aircraft cabin interior products. The sale was part of B/E Aerospace’s previously announced acquisition of two oil field service companies for USD265m.   Houlihan Lokey served as

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Zopa secures GBP15m investment from Arrowgrass Capital Partners

Zopa, Europe’s largest peer-to-peer lending company, has closed a GBP15m (USD25m) funding round from Arrowgrass Capital Partners. Zopa enables savers to receive better rates by lending money to people looking for low cost loans.    Its customers have lent over GBP455m through the platform.   Zopa will use this new

KRG portfolio company Diversified Foodservice Supply acquires Mill Hardware

Diversified Foodservice Supply Inc (DFSI), a KRG Capital Partners Fund IV portfolio company, has acquired Mill Hardware & Food Service. The addition of Mill Hardware to the DFSI portfolio adds scale to the organisation and improves the customer offering for chain restaurants and their associated franchisees.   Mill Hardware will

Will a quiet 2013 lead to a more active 2014 for Canadian M&A?

Retail, real estate, utilities and pension fund activity were not enough to fill the gap left by a dearth of mergers and acquisitions deals in Canada's oil patch and mining companies. Even life sciences chipped in with large deals in Q4, but it was not enough to prevent 2013 being

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Intelligent Fingerprinting secures further US private funding

Intelligent Fingerprinting, a British company developing the world’s first handheld fingerprint-based drug screening device, has secured GBP750,000 in funding from a consortium of private US-based investors. The funding boost will be used to support the final stages in the development of the company’s non-invasive drug screening technology, which uses the

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Indiegogo raises USD40m led by IVP and Kleiner Perkins

Global crowd funding platform Indiegogo has raised USD40m in Series B funding. The financing will be used to continue making key hires, expand globally and improve the user experience.   The round is led by Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), with additional funding from

Madison Reed raises USD12m Series B led by Norwest Venture Partners

Madison Reed has raised USD12m in a Series B round of funding led by Norwest Venture Partners (NVP). Previous investors, True Ventures and Maveron, also participated in this round.   The company, which launched today, leverages e-commerce technology to deliver salon-quality hair colouring formulas, immediate, personalised hair assessment, and at-home

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HIG WhiteHorse supports refinancing of Steelite

HIG WhiteHorse has arranged and provided a GBP29m unitranche debt financing for Steelite International, a provider of tableware for the international hospitality industry. HIG WhiteHorse has implemented a flexible debt financing to allow Steelite to build on its current market position and support management in taking full ownership of the

Advisers back renewable energy investment

Nearly three-quarters (71 per cent) of advisers are backing renewable energy investment given the inflation protection it provides, according to a study by Albion Community Power (ACP). ACP is a power generation company launched by UK venture capital specialist Albion Ventures.   Despite receiving support from advisers as an attractive

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IP Group extends agreement with The University of Manchester to include graphene

IP Group has extended its commercialisation agreement with The University of Manchester through its technology transfer company, UMI3 Ltd, to include Proof-of-Principle (PoP) funding for graphene projects. Subject to completion of its capital raising announced on 23 January 2014, it intends to commit a further GBP2.5m of funding, bringing the total

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