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UK’s growth capital market mirrors the US market 15 years ago

FPE Capital Managing Partner, David Barbour, speaks with PE Wire about the firm’s unique relationship with Stonehage Fleming, the opportunity set for UK growth capital investors and its focus on tech-enabled businesses in the lower mid-market… PEW: Could you provide a bit of context regarding FPE Capital’s relationship with Stonehage

Riverside exits RE Panels

Private equity firm The Riverside Company has sold RE Panels SA, parent company of EPCO and TECSEDO, to THI Investments. As the European leader in panels for overhead doors, EPCO makes sandwich panels for residential, commercial and industrial sectional overhead doors. The company completed the add-on of Swiss manufacturer TECSEDO

PrimaryBid closes GBP7 million funding

PrimaryBid, an FCA-regulated online platform connecting publicly listed companies with everyday investors for discounted share issuances, thas closed a GBP7 million funding round, led by Pentech and Outward VC with participation from Hambro Perks and other new and existing investors. The investment will enable the company to expand its sales

Cerberus to acquire Axsesstoday

Alternative investment firm Cerberus Capital Management has executed a Deed of Company Arrangement related to certain subsidiaries of Axsesstoday Limited (Axsesstoday), a provider of equipment finance solutions to small and medium businesses in Australia. Upon closing of the transaction, Axsesstoday will operate as a privately held company, majority-owned by Cerberus.

Tyra S Jeffries, CreativeCap

CreativeCap Advisors unveils second class, S’19, for Global Emerging Manager Incubator

CreativeCap Advisors, a global business advisory firm exclusively focused on asset managers, has ubveiled its second class, S’19, for the Global Emerging Manager Incubator. The S’19 cohort includes: Navis Capital Partners’ Yield Fund, Tareo Capital Management and Pisano Capital.   “We are incredibly excited to announce our newest cohort, S’19. This

MJ Hudson advises 4BIO Capital on the establishment of a closed-ended venture fund

MJ Hudson has advised 4BIO Partners LLP (4BIO) on the establishment of a closed-ended venture capital fund. 4BIO is a London-based investment firm that invests in venture capital and public equities in life sciences focussing on gene, cell and RNA-based therapies. The fund focuses on investments in unlisted life sciences

McRock launches USD100m industrial IoT VC fund with global investors

McRock Capital has held an initial closing on its second venture capital fund, McRock Fund II LP, dedicated to investing in the global trend around the Industrial Internet of Things (IoT). The new fund has reached over 80 per cent of its targeted USD100 million.   Investors include Cisco Investments,

CenterGate Capital Partners invests in Naumann/Hobbs Material Handling

An affiliate of private equity investment firm CenterGate Capital (CenterGate) has made an investment in Naumann/Hobbs Material Handling (“Naumann/Hobbs”), a material handling equipment platform with a comprehensive suite of products and services. Established in 1949 and headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, Naumann/Hobbs serves a wide customer base across the southwestern United

Busy Bees makes acquisitions in US and Italy

Busy Bees, a child care provider in the UK, has made two child care group acquisitions taking the business into the US and Italian markets for the first time. Busy Bees has taken its first step into the US market with the acquisition of Educational Playcare, a child care provider

TA Associates makes minority investment in MISA

Growth private equity firm TA Associates has completed a minority investment in MISA Joint Stock Company (MISA), a software provider in Vietnam. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Founded in 1994, MISA provides accounting, financial, enterprise resource planning (ERP) and business management software to enterprises, government and

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