Palatine Private Equity is targeting the GBP100 million investment mark in Midlands businesses, having pumped GBP55 million into the region over the last three years. The firm opened its Midlands office in December 2015, and has since moved to a new office in Somerset House on Temple Street. Palatine’s
HIG WhiteHorse, a credit affiliate of HIG Capital, a global private equity and alternative assets investment firm with over EUR26 billion of equity capital under management, has provided a growth capital solution to Risparmio Casa, a leading Italian drugstore chain based in Pomezia, Italy. Established over 30 years ago by
SEEK Group is to invest GBP50 million to become a joint, 50 per cent owner of The Open University’s FutureLearn social learning platform, in a deal thought to be the largest ever private-sector EdTech investment in Europe. The Open University launched FutureLearn, which is based in London, in December 2012
ARQIS has advised the investors of the Cologne-based ice cream start-up NOMOO, a brand of NRDS, on its first financing round. A group of three venture capital investors – Quest Solutions, Siltho Research, and AM1 Ventures – participated in the investment. Details of the financing round have not been disclosed.
Luxcara, an asset manager in the renewable energy sector, has increased its Scandinavian portfolio with the acquisition of one of Europe’s largest single onshore wind projects with an expected total capacity of 750 MW. The project is part of Markbygden 1101 in Northern Sweden, a cluster that was declared by
Mosaic Smart Data, a real-time capital markets data analytics company, has completed an USD9 million investment round to support its rapid product development and global expansion. The round was co-led by CommerzVentures and Octopus Ventures and includes JP Morgan – an existing investor and client. Daily trading activity in
Middle market private equity firm One Equity Partners (OEP) is to merge Anvil International (Anvil), a global designer, manufacturer and provider of products that connect and support piping systems, with Smith-Cooper International (Smith-Cooper), a global designer and provider of branded, high-quality pipes, valves, and fittings. The realisation represents the second
Foresight Group (Foresight) has made a GBP5 million investment into Steamforged Games (Steamforged), a developer and retailer of tabletop games. Steamforged was founded in 2014 by Rich Loxam and Mat Hart, both games enthusiasts who dedicated their free time to create ‘Guild Ball’, a sports-based miniature game which went on
Burlington Capital is launching a new venture in its aqueous ozone business by merging CleanCore Technologies and O-Z Tech Water. This new company, CleanCore Solutions, will be a much more diverse and innovative provider of environmentally safe, chemical-free cleaning technology. “Burlington Capital, as the majority owner of CleanCore Solutions, is
ENDEL, a subsidiary of the ENGIE group, has opened exclusive negotiations for the acquisition of the Pierre Guérin Group. Capzanine, a European asset management firm specialised in private equity investment, has been a minority shareholder in Pierre Guerrin since early 2017. Based in Niort, the company is a specialist supplier
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