Rockpool Investments’ portfolio company, Airedale Group has acquired Flowrite Refrigeration Holdings Limited, a business majority owned by Foresight Group.Airedale is the leading UK specialist in the design, installation and servicing of catering equipment in the UK, working across all sectors including retail, hospitality, education and healthcare. Flowrite is the UK’s
KPS Capital Partners (KPS) is to purchase the IKG business (IKG) from Harsco Corporation (Harsco) for a total consideration of USD85 million, subject to customary closing adjustments.Upon completion of the transaction, IKG will become the second portfolio company of KPS Special Situations Mid-Cap Fund (KPS Mid-Cap). IKG is a
Nuveen is bringing its private equity and junior capital group together with Churchill Asset Management, its middle-market senior loan and unitranche financing business, to create a direct access platform with over USD21 billion in committed capital. The combined platform, operating as Churchill, manages over 250 portfolio investments and has more than
Umbra Capital, a one-year old London-based merchant bank, provided a USD20 million equity portion in a USD270 million funding round in socially responsible capital app Hastee in December.
BGF invested GBP93 million of growth capital into companies based in London and the South East in 2019. Sixteen new businesses were added to the portfolio, and several existing portfolio companies received follow on funding to support further business growth. This brings BGF total in the South East region to
NovaQuest Capital Management (NovaQuest), a healthcare and life sciences focused private investment firm, has closed an investment in InformedDNA, a provider of genetics services. NovaQuest partnered with TripleTree Capital Partners (TTCP) and Frist Cressy Ventures (FCV) to make a meaningful growth capital investment into the company. InformedDNA will use the capital
Manulife Investment Management (Manulife) has closed approximately USUSD1.5 billion in commitments to Manulife Private Equity Partners (MPEP). MPEP is the first fund-of-funds product raised by Manulife Investment Management’s Private Markets group as part of its ongoing effort to provide specialszed asset management solutions for global investors. The Fund was seeded with an
FRP, a specialist business advisory firm, has advised Easy Cleaning Solutions Ltd on a refinancing deal with Close Brothers.Headquartered in Norfolk, Easy Cleaning Solutions manufactures private label and own brand cleaning solutions. It’s in-house design and chemist team has extensive experience of chemical manufacturing to effectively develop and scale processes,
Riverside Insights (Riverside), a portfolio company of Alpine Investors (Alpine), has acquired ImPACT Applications, a provider of research-backed concussion assessments.ImPACT Applications will continue to operate under its current brand name and its products and services will continue to be offered to the thousands of healthcare providers, schools and organisations that
UK relocations and storage businesses, Doree Bonner Holdings Limited, has secured a GBP multi-million debt finance package from Connection Capital, the specialist private client investment business. The package will enable Doree Bonner to refinance its existing senior secured debt facilities, and provide working and growth capital as it pursues a value-enhancing
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