Charlesbank Capital Partners has completed fundraising for Charlesbank Credit Opportunities Fund II (COF II) with limited partner commitments in excess of its USD700 million hard cap.Established in 1998, Charlesbank is an experienced middle-market private equity firm with a strong history of investing across a range of core sectors and business
New York-based private equity firm CI Capital Partners has partnered with with Paul Winnowski, the former President and COO of Sunrun, and former President of UTC Fire & Security in Europe & South Africa, to jointly pursue platform company investments in the residential solar industry and the commercial security integration industry. Winnowski
UK private equity house Maven Capital Partners has made a GBP2 million investment in technology company HubIsoft Group. The transaction has been funded through Maven’s managed VCTs, and Gareth Price, Investment Director at Maven, will sit on Hublsoft’s board. HubIsoft brings new technology to the market that is challenging the
Impax Asset Management (Impax), a specialist asset manager investing in the transition to a more sustainable economy, has published a framework to help policymakers in middle-income countries mobilise the private sector investment needed to meet the climate goals of the Paris Agreement.Ahead of COP26 in November 2021, the attention of
A new report from Credit Suisse and law firm CMS analyses the financial and legal implications of the Covid-19 pandemic on M&A transactions in Western Europe.
Ada Ventures has led a GBP570k seed funding round into Organise, a platform aiming to empower workers to campaign for better rights.
German private equity firm Allegra Capital has acquired two high-end printing companies from the Sandoz Family Foundation in Switzerland. Genoud Entreprise d’arts graphiques and Musumeci, two specialists in graphic arts printing, were purchased by a holding company advised by Munich-based Allegra Capital, which focuses on corporate divestitures in special situations.
Fresh Direct Produce, a portfolio company of middle-market private equity firm HKW, has acquired Mike and Mike’s Inc. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada, Mike and Mike’s is a non-grower distributor of fresh certified organic fruits and vegetables sourced
CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution and a leading impact investor, has committed USD100 million to Helios Investors IV, the fourth private equity fund raised by Africa-focused private equity firm Helios Investment Partners.The pan-African generalist fund will invest in and build market-leading companies across the continent. With a well-established
O’Melveny has advised Platinum Equity on its acquisition of L&R Distributors, a wholesale distributor of consumer products servicing more than 17,000 retail locations throughout the United States.The transaction closed on 30 June, 2020. L&R operates three distribution centres in Arkansas, California, and New Jersey and specialises in large SKU-count categories
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