A new venture investment business has been formed via a partnership between the city advisory group Forster Chase and four successful CEOs/entrepreneurs, designed to guide and turbo charge young companies through to highly valuable exits. Forster Chase Ventures, in conjunction with the other companies in the group (Forster Chase Executive
FFL Partners, a San Francisco-based private equity firm, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), a global investment group, and the Dr H Doug Barnes Family have acquired all of the outstanding Class A common shares of the New Look Vision Group Inc for USD50.00 in cash per Share,
Downing Renewables & Infrastructure Trust (DORE) has signed an exclusivity agreement with AB Edsbyns Elverk (EE), a local Swedish multi-utility (EE) to buy EE’s subsidiary Elektra Nät AB (Elektra) and a portfolio of three hydropower plants. Elektra is a local regulated electricity distribution company in Edsbyn, central Sweden. DORE has
Deepbridge Capital, a UK venture capital investment manager, has secured a GBP15 million commitment from British Business Investments, a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, to fund early-stage businesses across the UK. This commitment from British Business Investments’ Regional Angels Programme, which is designed to reduce regional imbalances in
Citizens M&A Advisory has served as the exclusive financial advisor to Simple Admit, a provider of automated patient relationship management solutions for surgery centres, on its merger with HST Pathways, a Bain Capital portfolio company and provider of cloud-based software focused on the ambulatory surgery centre (ASC) space. For over
Independent asset manager BOOST&Co is expanding across the UK, offering a wider range of funding options to SMEs by establishing a presence in Birmingham, Reading and Leeds. The lender has hired nine new principals to better serve businesses throughout the country, and now has dealmakers in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol,
The Agri-Business Capital Fund (ABC Fund) has provided loans to three agri-businesses to support their working capital needs and their expansion, enabling higher rural employment and securing market access for farmers in their respective sectors. The two loans in the mango sector enable the provision of financing to SMEs that
UK food and beverage M&A deal volume increased across T1 2021, a report from corporate finance house Oghma Partners has revealed.
By Melanie Pittas, partner and co-head of financial services & Karen Allan, director, haysmacintyre – The private equity industry faced a number of challenges during the pandemic, with the majority of these arising from one underlying issue: uncertainty. These challenges included valuations, investor pessimism and a downturn in investment activity.
VSS Capital Partners (VSS), a private investment firm investing in the business services, healthcare, education and information industries has completed a significant growth investment in Centroid Systems Inc (Centroid), a provider of managed cloud-services and enterprise workload consulting services. Financial terms have not been disclosed. Headquartered in Troy, Michigan, Centroid
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