The number of UK businesses acquired by US private equity houses has jumped 57 per cent from 37 to 65 in the past year, as PE funds look to the UK for value, new research from global law firm Mayer Brown has revealed. US PE firms also account for a
Memery Crystal has advised Vitality CBD on its GBP10.2m acquisition by CSE/AQSE-listed Yooma Wellness via the company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Yooma Europe Limited. Vitality is a market-leader in CBD products in the UK, and its presence at mainstream retail outlets such as Boots, Lloyds Pharmacy, Tesco and ASDA means that
Exus Management Partners (Exus), a specialist in powering sustainable investments through operational excellence, has facilitated the financial close of the EUR500m sale of a 450MW portfolio of 11 Spanish wind farms, owned in partnership by Spanish family office Corporation Masaveu (Masaveu) and Belgian investors Korys, to Chinese clean energy developer
VIVA Investment Partners AG (VIP), a multi-manager investment platform headquartered in Zurich with offices in Athens and London, and AnD Ventures Fund LP (AnD), an Israeli venture capital fund based in Herzliya, have created a partnership to scale AnD’s new model of venture capital harnessing their networks and expertise, and
Private equity firm OpenGate Capital’s portfolio company, Kongsberg Precision Cutting Systems (Kongsberg PCS) has acquired MultiCam, a US manufacturer and distributor of Computer Numerical Code (CNC) cutting machines, and a leader in digital finishing processes. MultiCam was acquired from Rosewood Private Investments. Terms of the acquisition have not been disclosed.
LeapFrog Investments, a Profit with Purpose investment firm, has acquired a 16.94 per cent stake in Ghana’s largest privately-owned bank, Fidelity Bank Ghana Limited from Amethis, an investment fund manager dedicated to the African continent, and Edmond de Rothschild Equity Strategies (ERES), a mid-cap growth and buy-out franchise affiliated with
I Squared Capital, through its ISQ Global Infrastructure Fund III and ISQ Growth Markets Infrastructure Fund, has invested approximately USD200 million as a first tranche of a USD300 million equity raise in AG&P City Gas. AG&P City Gas is a Singapore-based company that is developing twelve city gas distribution networks,
Lord Wei of Shoreditch has joined the Board of Fortunis Capital as a Non-Executive Director. Wei’s background makes him the ideal partner both to promote the Fortunis mission and development, attracting the best technology and innovation from around the world and developing it here in the United Kingdom, whilst
Dentotal, a Romanian dental distributor, backed by the Central European private equity investor Abris Capital Partners (Abris), is to acquire Dentatechnica, a dental distributor in Bulgaria. The agreement is conditional upon securing clearance from the relevant antitrust authorities. Founded in 1991, Dentatechnica is the largest distributor of materials and digital
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