Kingswood Capital Management (Kingswood), an operationally-focused lower-middle market private equity firm, has closed the Kingswood Capital Opportunities Fund I. The Fund was oversubscribed and closed at the hard cap with total commitments of USD230 million. The Fund received commitments from a balanced group of high-quality limited partners, including public pension
Bain Capital Private Equity (Bain Capital) and Cinven (the consortium) have entered into definitive agreements to acquire Lonza Specialty Ingredients (LSI), a division of Lonza AG, for a total enterprise value of CHF4.2 billion. LSI is a world-leading provider of specialty chemicals for microbial control solutions, used to eliminate or
Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) showed extraordinary resilience in 2020 despite the challenges of the pandemic, according to a new survey of VCT managers conducted by the Association of Investment Companies (AIC). In the survey, which was conducted between 1 December 2020 and 6 January 2021, 40 per cent of managers
Surface Transforms, which manufactures next-generation carbon ceramic brake discs for the automotive and aircraft industries, has raised GBP20 million in a financing round led by Zeus Capital. The raise follows a successful 18 months for Surface Transforms, in which it has secured contracts to supply brake discs for five new
Puma Private Equity, the private equity division of Puma Investments has completed a GBP2 million investment into Ostmodern, a digital product design and technology business that creates innovative video platforms for some of the world’s leading entertainment companies, including Formula One, Arsenal, Channel 4 and Fox. Ostmodern has been
Kester Capital (Kester) has made an investment in Optibrium, a drug discovery software provider to the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. The business’ customer base includes five of the top ten global pharmaceutical companies. This off-market deal is Kester Capital’s third investment in the Life Sciences sector and follows
Inflexion has reinvested in the British Engineering Services Group (BES) to support the company’s continued growth. Inflexion has been an investor in the engineering testing, inspection and consultancy services specialist since it led the carve-out from RSA plc in October 2015.
Homa Games, a mobile developer and publisher with more than 30 apps in its portfolio, has raised a record USD15 million Seed round from Idinvest Partners, e.ventures & renowned business angels. Since its foundation in 2018, Homa Games has chosen HyperCasual as its main focus and has created multiple worldwide
BV Investment Partners (BV), a middle-market private equity firm focused on the tech-enabled business services, software and IT services sectors, has made a majority investment in SupportNinja, a high-end outsourcing solutions provider. SupportNinja provides scalable customer and technical support and back-office solutions for the world’s fastest growing and most innovative
Following the close of its recent GBP35 million Series C investment round, digital mortgage and home-buying company Habito has secured additional backing from Bootstrap Europe, a technology growth debt fund that works with disruptive scale-ups making an impact. Backed by the British Business Investments, Bootstrap Europe recognised the potential in
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