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Shamrock Capital closes inaugural Debt Opportunities Fund Targeting content industries

Shamrock Capital (Shamrock) has held he final closing of Shamrock Capital Debt Opportunities Fund I (SCDOF I), a USD196 million fund focused on originating loan structures to owners of entertainment intellectual property rights.  Shamrock’s debt fund targets owners of entertainment IP across the film, television, music, games, sports media rights

US Orthopaedic Partners to team with Andrews Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center

US Orthopaedic Partners (USOP), a comprehensive orthopedic care platform that provides the full continuum of musculoskeletal treatment to patients in the Southeastern US, is to enter into a strategic partnership with Andrews Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center in Birmingham, Alabama. US Orthopaedic Partners is to partner with Andrews Sports Medicine &

StepStone Group acquires Greenspring Associates

StepStone Group Inc (STEP), a global private markets investment firm, is to acquire Greenspring Associates, a venture capital and growth equity platform, and certain of its related entities.  The transaction is expected to close by the end of the year, subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals and receipt

LDC back UK mid-market companies to the tune of GBP180m in H1 2021

LDC, the private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group, provided GBP180 million of investment to back eight new management teams and to support its portfolio companies in the first half of 2021. The firm said its eight new investments demonstrated an ‘increasing appetite and ambition for growth’ amongst the management

Private equity emerges from pandemic in bullish mood

More than two-thirds (67 per cent) of private equity professionals expect to achieve higher returns this year than in 2020, with just 3 per cent expecting lower returns, according to Investec’s annual GP Trends survey. The research, which analyses the views of 219 private equity professionals around the world, reveals

Genstar-backed Obsidian acquires Western Home Insurance Company

Genstar Capital-backed Obsidian Insurance Holdings, an AM Best rated “A-” hybrid fronting group, has acquired admitted carrier, Western Home Insurance Company (Western Home), from Western National Mutual Insurance Company (Western National). The acquisition supports the company’s strategic growth plans and together with Obsidian’s existing admitted carrier, Obsidian Insurance Company, Western

FTV Capital makes USD100m Series A investment in LoanPro

LoanPro, a SaaS-based loan management, servicing and collections platform for alternative, fintech and traditional lenders, has raised a USD100 million growth equity investment from FTV Capital, a sector-focused growth equity investor in innovative enterprise technology and services, financial services, and payments and transaction processing companies.  Through this capital raise, LoanPro

Behrman Capital acquires Shur-Co

Behrman Capital (Behrman), a private equity investment firm based in New York, has acquired Shur-Co, a manufacturer of cargo covering and cargo control systems and related accessories for the transportation industry. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Headquartered in Yankton, South Dakota, Shur-Co has served its customers

Aliante closes EUR160m preferred equity transaction with Pomona Capital

Aliante Partners, an Italian buyout investor, has completed a preferred equity transaction for the investment vehicle Aliante Equity 3.   Pomona Capital was the sole investor in the transaction that included a liquidity option provided to shareholders in the vehicle and a second preferred equity line for add-on acquisitions in

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