Following its angel funding round earlier this year Gousto, the recipe box delivery business that appeared on Dragon's Den, has now closed a USD2m investment led by venture capital fund MMC Ventures. Existing investors, including the Angel CoFund, also participated. The funding will be used to further strengthen the
Alkhabeer Capital has acquired a majority shareholding in Express Publishing and Investment Limited. The acquisition marks Alkhabeer Capital Private Equity’s second transaction in the UAE’s industrial sector. Alkhabeer Capital aims to expand the value of its private equity investments through facilitating and leading the growth of its portfolio companies
Growth market investor The Abraaj Group has completed 15 exits through its funds in 2013. The most recent deals include: • The sale of Abraaj’s 50 per cent shareholding in Turkish health insurance company Acıbadem Sağlıkve Hayat Sigorta to Khazanah Nasional Berhad, the Government of Malaysia's strategic investment fund; • Abraaj’s
Mid-market private equity specialist Graphite Capital has backed the management buy-out of City & County Healthcare Group (C&C), the UK’s fourth largest home care provider, from Sovereign Capital Partners. This is the first investment made from Graphite’s new GBP500m fund, Graphite Capital Partners VIII, which closed in October. C&C
Private equity provider LDC has completed its exit from Leasedrive, the UK’s largest independent privately-owned vehicle management group. Following the exit, LDC has subsequently re-invested in Leasedrive, retaining an interest in the business as part of a new deal with HgCapital, which has acquired a controlling stake. LDC originally
Nautic Partners has partnered with management to acquire QoL meds, a specialty pharmacy serving the mental health community. QoL was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. QoL operates specialty pharmacies across the country and dispenses over two million prescriptions and serves over 50,000 patients annually. QoL
Ardian and F2i have acquired an additional 14.8 per cent of the share capital of Enel Rete Gas for EUR122.4m from Enel Distribuzione. Ardian and F2i previously owned 85.1 per cent of the company. The closing of the transaction is expected by the end of 2013. Enel Rete Gas
An affiliate of Resilience Capital Partners, a Cleveland-based private equity firm, is to acquire the assets of the liquids division of oneCare. This is Resilience Capital Partners' first add-on acquisition by its CR Brands platform, which it acquired in September 2012. Headquartered in West Chester, Ohio, CR Brands
LeapFrog Investments, a specialist investor in financial services in Africa and Asia, has exited from Ghanaian insurer Express Life, selling its majority stake to Prudential PLC for an undisclosed sum. The transaction marks the entry of one of the world’s largest insurers into the fast-growing African insurance industry. LeapFrog’s
MoneyPlus Group, backed by Manchester-based Palatine Private Equity, has been authorised as a licensed body by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. The debt and financial services provider, which represents around 35,000 people, has purchased Manchester firm Richardson Mail Solicitors to facilitate the new legal service. This is the seventh acquisition
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