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Main Post Partners closes second fund with USD700m of capital commitments

Main Post Partners, a San Francisco-based private equity firm with deep experience investing in growth companies across the consumer value chain, has held the final closing of its second fund, Main Post Growth Capital II, with USD700 million of capital commitments. The Fund was oversubscribed and closed at its hard cap less than

Jaguar’s InMotion Ventures backs WeTrip

InMotion Ventures, Jaguar Land Rover’s venture capital fund, has made a seed investment in WeTrip, a digital platform aiming to simplify group holiday planning and booking. InMotion’s seed stage funding will support WeTrip in its global ambition to become the go-to digital platform for booking personalised group experience holidays. In

Inflexion leads buyout of service assurance software provider MYCOM OSI

Inflexion Private Equity has completed the buyout of MYCOM OSI, a provider of service assurance software to global telecommunication companies. The investment was made by Inflexion Buyout Fund V, the company’s dedicated mid-market buyout fund.   The business is poised for significant future growth as telecommunications companies transform to offer

Foresight makes GBP249,000 MEIF investment in smart textiles business Footfalls and Heartbeats

Foresight Group (Foresight) has made a GBP249,000 equity investment into Footfalls and Heartbeats Limited through the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF). Based in Nottingham, Footfalls has developed a revolutionary and proprietary process for manufacturing smart fabric, which uses nano-scale interactions within the textile to make the fabric itself the sensor.

Fersa Bearings acquires 100 per cent of NKE Austria

Fersa Group has acquired 100 per cent of the Austrian company NKE Austria, completing a ‘deal’ that began in 2016, when the Spanish company purchased 49 per cent of NKE shares. With the acquisition of the remaining 51 per cent, the Austrian company is now wholly owned by Fersa and

Eque2 sees double digit growth following LDC investment

Manchester-headquartered Eque2, a construction, contracting and housebuilding software specialist, has seen a year of strong growth following a multi-million-pound capital injection by mid-market private equity firm LDC. Since the investment in November 2017, the company has recorded double digit revenue growth. For the financial year ending April 2018 the business

Octopus Titan VCT raises GBP60m in under eight weeks

Octopus Investments has reached its half-way milestone (GBP60 million) in under two months for its Octopus Titan VCT.  This is the fastest that Titan has raised this sum, with rising numbers of online applications helping to drive this trend. This year Octopus is targeting another GBP120 million fundraise for its

Christopher Botsford, ADM

ADM Capital closes Asia Secured Lending Facility II at USD178m

ADM Capital, a Hong Kong and London-based private credit investment manager, has held the final close for its Asia Secured Lending Facility II, (ASLF II) with proceeds raised of USD178 million. ASLF II received USD50 million and USD10 million in commitments, respectively, from the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the

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Monroe Capital closes USD1.33bn Private Credit Fund III

Monroe Capital (Monroe) has held the final close of its 2018 Monroe Capital Private Credit Fund III at USD1.33 billion of limited partner commitments with over 100 investors in eight countries, eclipsing the target of USD800 million.   When combined with target Fund leverage, the Fund will have more than

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