LGB Corporate Finance has advised the shareholders of CMi, a provider of executive mentoring for chairmen and senior level executives, on its sale to MW&L Capital Partners. Established in 2003 by executive search specialist Krister Svensson, who died last year, CMi has been at the forefront of this emerging leadership tool
HLD Europe has entered into exclusive negotiations with IK Investment Partners (IK), a Pan-European private equity firm to become the majority shareholder of Exxelia Group, a specialist in the manufacturing of high reliability passive components and electromechanical systems. Exxelia’s management will reinvest alongside HLD Europe. The completion of the transaction is
Fund data management platform Kneip has named Hugues Delcourt as Chairman of the Board whilst founder and previous Chairman, Bob Kneip, moves into the role of Vice-Chairman.Delcourt brings with him a wealth of experience, with 30 years in the banking industry accrued in Europe and Asia, working for global institutions,
Jerusalem Venture Partners has led a USD5 million funding round in Vicarius for its predictive cyberthreat technology, together with Innovation Hub and Goldbell. Vicarious automatically detects, patches and protects against yet-to-be-discovered software vulnerabilities before they are exploited by hackers.
Private equity groups keen to bolster their ‘green’ credentials may wish to consider how they might avail of upcoming Proposed Taxonomy Regulation in Europe, as they seek to standardise, and measure, the real impact of sustainable investments in their portfolios. As part of its Action Plan on Financing Sustainable Growth
Middle market private equity firm Wynnchurch Capital has closed its fifth fund, Wynnchurch Capital Partners V, with USD2.277 billion of committed capital.
Pantheon has agreed an exclusive introducer relationship in France with Kermony Capital. Paris-based Kermony Capital is led by Michael Sfez, a French national with multi-year experience of working across financial markets, including private markets. Sfez worked for Russell Investments for 19 years and served as managing director for Russell Investments France
Private investment house Ardian has raised EUR3 billion from investors for its fourth generation private debt platform to provide financing to mid-market companies across Europe. Established in 2005, the Ardian Private Debt team now has USD7 billion in assets under management with over 120 deals completed since inception. The latest
LumApps, a Software as a Service provider of cloud-based enterprise communication solutions, has completed a USD70 million Series C funding round, bringing the company’s total amount raised to around USD100 million. New investor Goldman Sachs Growth led the round with participation from Bpifrance, through its Growth Fund Large Venture, alongside Idinvest
Sixpoint Partners has closed Incline Equity Partners V, and Incline Equity Partners V-A, with USD1.165 billion of capital commitments.
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