Private equity firm Denham Capita has committed USD200M to establish an African mining platform in partnership with Pangea Exploration, a South African mining exploration company. The new business will target a wide range of opportunities across Africa. Pangea Exploration is led by Rob Still and his team, who have a

Private equity investors Warburg Pincus and GS Capital Partners are to acquire a majority stake in Endurance International Group, a provider of hosting and online services to small- and medium-sized businesses, from Accel-KKR. Endurance’s current management team and Accel-KKR will continue to maintain an interest in the Company. Terms of

Economic uncertainty is having an increasingly negative impact on the success of transactions and squeezing access to acquisition finance. Those are the key findings of the quarterly survey in October 2011 of the M&A panel polled by commercial law firm CMS Hasche Sigle and Finance magazine, comprising some 70 investment

Oragroup, the Togo-based regional commercial banking holding company with operations spanning six countries in West and Central Africa, has attracted a USD20 million growth equity investment from Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) BIO (USD7million) and PROPARCO (USD13 million). This investment marks  a major step in an ongoing focus on fundraising and

Middle market investment bank Harris Williams & Co has advised GSO Capital Partners pin the sale of its portfolio company Stolle Machinery, LLC to strategic buyer Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd. (Toyo Seikan; TSE:5901), for USD775 million.  The transaction closed on 3 November, 2011 and was led by Mike Hogan, Chris

A consortium comprised of funds advised by Apax Partners, together with controlled affiliates of Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPSP Investments), has completed its acquisition of Kinetic Concepts, Inc (NYSE: KCI) for USD68.50 per common share in cash. KCI shareholders approved the transaction at a special meeting held on 28

Effective 17 October, 2011 GSC Group Limited has joined the Black Diamond family of companies and will now operate under the name Black Diamond Capital Management Limited. Black Diamond’s European office will be headed by Nick Petrusic, who, along with the other London based team members, will oversee its European

Mid-market private equity firm LDC has exited its investment in Volvox Group, a leading supplier of auto electrical products and industrial consumables – through a sale to Elysian Capital. Volvox, which is headquartered in Leeds, designs, sources and distributes a wide range of innovative products for the private and commercial

Gogobot has completed a USD15 million round of funding led by Redpoint Ventures, with participation from Battery Ventures and Michael Arrington’s CrunchFund. Gogobot will use this new financing to expand its global footprint through marketing, partnerships, and outreach.  Gogobot allows users to harness the power of their social networks to exchange trusted travel