Italmatch Chemicals, a global speciality chemical group focussed on the production and marketing of performance additives for water & process treatment, oil & gas, industrial lubricants and plastics, is to acquire BWA Water Additives, a global provider of sustainable water management solutions for the oil & gas, industrial water treatment
EQT has held the final closing of its second European direct lending fund, EQT Mid-Market Credit II (the fund) with commitments equivalent to EUR2.3 billion of available capital, including anticipated leverage. Since the launch in 2008, the EQT Credit platform has raised over EUR6 billion and invested over EUR5.1 billion
Vesta, a new online marketplace for buying and selling rental property, has opened its latest equity crowdfunding round to new investors through leading European platform Seedrs. Vesta is led by an impressive team including Chairman Bob Wigley, also Chairman of UK Finance, and CEO Russell Gould, who previously held senior
Two investment management platform firms have formed a partnership to offer a one-stop hosting solution to their international client base of hedge funds, private equity and real estate funds. Laven Partners will provide UK Appointed Representative and AIFM solutions as well as its unique and world-leading compliance technology monitoring solutions.
Metropolitan Partners Group Management (Metropolitan), a direct-lending firm that provide senior-secured, short-term capital to small and mid-sized businesses in the US, has raised USD172 million, including co-investment rights, for its fifth and largest direct lending – Metropolitan Partners Fund V. Fund V invests in US non-sponsored companies in the lower
A consortium of growth-oriented private equity investors led by CX Partners Fund 2 Limited has acquired a significant equity ownership in Veeda Clinical Research Private Limited. The investors will make additional investments in the company over a period of time to fund the growth requirements of the company. The
OnliFunds, a global venture fund, has launched its first investment fund focussed on blockchain companies within Protect Pharmaceutical’s OnliChain Ecosystem. PRTT has announced that the fund launch will be this week. The fund will be led by its joint venture partners AES, Inc and OnliFunds LLC headquartered in Utah. AES/OnliFunds
Adams Street Partners, a private markets investment management firm with USD35 billion of assets under management, has provided a senior secured term loan and a revolving credit facility to Permira, the global private equity firm, for its acquisition of Jayhawk Fine Chemicals (Jayhawk). Adams Street served as sole lead arranger
Funding Circle UK, a small business loans platform, and Waterfall Asset Management (Waterfall), an institutional asset manager focussed on structured credit, have entered into a strategic partnership to support the growth of UK small businesses. Under the terms of the agreement, Waterfall will invest in GBP1 billion of loans originated
Cross River, a provider of banking services for financial technology companies, has completed a funding round of approximately USD100 million, led by a USD75 million equity investment from KKR. KKR is joined in the round by new investors, CreditEase and Lion Tree Partners, and by returning investors Battery Ventures, Andreessen
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