England’s North West is a prime destination for private equity and venture capital investment, and therefore a ‘key player’ in the UK’s growth-led recovery, a new report has found. The report, produced by the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA), takes a closer look at investment in the
Addleshaw Goddard has advised Terra Firma on the GBP110 million acquisition of Kier Living from leading UK construction and infrastructure company Kier Group. The AG team was led by Corporate Partner Graham Cross alongside Real Estate Partners William Boss and Cathy Fearnhead. The sale, due to be finalised over
Pan-European asset manager AURELIUS has closed the AURELIUS European Opportunities IV. The Fund has secured EUR350 million of total commitments from a diverse group of top-tier institutional investors, including US and European university endowments, pension funds, insurance companies and family offices. AURELIUS’ listed vehicle, AURELIUS Equity Opportunities SE & Co.
Muzinich & Co has held the third close of the Muzinich Pan-European II Private Debt Fund (the Fund), at EUR342 million. The Fund focuses on providing growth capital to lower middle-market companies to fund acquisitions, expansions and transitions in family and founder-owned businesses. Muzinich & Co.’s locally-based teams work across
RGE Services, a fire and electrical compliance services provider primarily working with the public sector, has funded its primary buyout by securing an equity investment from YFM Equity Partners (YFM). The deal is the second from the PE house’s GBP80 million Buyout Fund II which closed just 12 months ago
Horizon Capital, a UK technology services Buy & Build specialist, has backed Modern Networks, a successful provider of IT Managed Services and Connectivity to the Real Estate and Construction industry in a GBP40 million deal. Modern Networks provides IT Support, connectivity and communications in an easy to consume integrated solution
Vista Investors, a private equity investor operating from London and Milan, and Reed Capital, a privately held industrial holding company investing in private equity operating from Paris, are merging to form EIM Capital. EIM Capital (Equity In Motion) will bring together Reed Capital’s reputation for operational management of acquired companies
IK Investment Partners (IK), a Pan-European private equity firm, has closed the IK Small Cap III Fund (IK Small Cap III) at its hard cap with commitments of EUR1.2 billion. The IK Small Cap III Fund was significantly oversubscribed and allocated exclusively to existing IK platform investors in just three
After a collapse in cross-border dealmaking in the first half of 2020 in the wake of the pandemic, foreign investment into the UK has risen considerably in recent months, according to the latest UK M&A data from Mergermarket. Inbound M&A reached GBP58.7 billion (196 deals), over 3x higher than during
Global investment firm KKR has invested in Adopt A Cow, a fast-growing, direct-to-consumer dairy company in China that integrates digital solutions into its core operations. Adopt A Cow’s new funding round was co-led by KKR and DCP Capital. Founded in 2016, Adopt A Cow primarily produces and sells its pure
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