Foresight Group (Foresight), a listed infrastructure and specialist regional private equity investment manager, has sold Hedges Direct Group Limited, an ecommerce business in the gardening and landscaping sector based in Euxton, Lancashire. This is the second exit from Foresight Regional Investment LP (the Fund), following the successful sale of Clubhouse
In this week’s Private Equity Wire podcast Karin Wasteson interviews Joe Stringer, partner at Octopus Ventures, who shares his views on trends in the healthtech space during the past year, and some of the sector’s key challenges and opportunities moving forward.
JTC, the global provider of fund, corporate and private client services, has acquired INDOS Financial and it subsidiaries (INDOS) for a maximum consideration of GBP12.5 million. Read the full story at Hedgeweek…
Tikehau Capital is to sponsor a first Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC), which will focus on the European financial services sector. Since its inception in 2004, Tikehau Capital has built a strong track-record of backing high-quality companies through equity or debt financing. Investment vehicles like SPACs are a natural extension
Sherpa Capital, a private equity fund manager focused on mid-market companies with EUR500 million under management, announces the sale of Macrolibros, a leading Spanish printing and binding company for children’s and educational books, to Gráficas Ceyde. Founded more than 40 years ago and based in Valladolid, Macrolibros is a market
Riata Capital Group (RCG or Riata) has made a strategic investment in Greenix Pest Control (Greenix) in partnership with Bob Nilsen and the Company’s management team. Greenix, estimated to be the thirteenth largest residential pest control company in the US based on subscribers, is a market-leading provider of subscription-based pest
MIG AG, through its MIG Fonds, has kicked off the year with a seed investment in deep-tech company Zadient Technologies, based in Chambéry, France. and founded in 2020. Joining the financing round led by MIG is Vestel Ventures, the investment arm of Turkish consumer electronics manufacturer Vestel. Zadient, which was
A Cambridge University programme has produced a raft of the UK’s ‘next generation’ entrepreneurs and world-class innovators – attracting over GBP50million (GBP53,561,000) of funding and investments over the last four years for the alumni’s life-changing projects. Notable alumni completing the programme have included: Dr Steve Brierley, Founder/CEO of technology sensation, Riverlane
Drug discovery and development company, Blueberry Therapeutics, has secured a GBP3.6 million extension to its previously successful GBP10.8 million Series B fundraising. Japanese investor, Medical Incubator Japan (MIJ), and a private syndicate of US Board Certified Dermatologists – led by Dr Omar Ibrahimi of the Connecticut Skin Institute – have
Private Equity Wire’s Technology Summit continued on Thursday, where LPs and GPs explored themes around digitisation and how the adoption of new tech is shaping private equity.
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