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Palatine-backed Verdant Leisure acquires ninth leisure park

Verdant Leisure has acquired ts ninth leisure park. Queensberry Bay Holiday Park & Spa, on the Dumfries and Galloway coastline in south west Scotland is the fifth holiday park purchase in the last 28 months for the bespoke leisure park operator. The purchase brings Verdant Leisure’s portfolio to nine parks

New private equity firm Horizon Capital launches with GBP200m fundraising

Seasoned private equity executives Jeremy Hand, Simon Hitchcock, Luke Kingston, Adam Lewis and Martin Squier have launched a new private equity firm, Horizon Capital a sector-focused investor, targeting Technology and Business Service deals.  The new firm will make equity investments of between GBP10 – GBP50 million in high growth businesses

Foresight invests GBP1.7m in FreeFlow Technologies

Foresight Group has, via the Foresight Williams Technology EIS Fund, made a GBP1.7 million investment  into FreeFlow Technologies Limited (FreeFlow). FreeFlow is developing a patented e-bike system technology that promises to be lightweight and compact, providing a higher power density than existing solutions. The Company’s novel design will improve the

Campbell Lutyens advises on USD18bn in fundraisings and secondary transactions for US clients

Private capital adviser Campbell Lutyens’ US team has advised on USD18 billion in fundraisings and secondary transactions for US clients since 2017.  Campbell Lutyens’ fund placement team has completed fundraisings for leading US private equity, infrastructure and private debt managers in the past 18 months. In mid-market private equity, Campbell

OEP partners with Orion Business Innovation

Middle market private equity firm One Equity Partners (OEP) has entered into an agreement to acquire Orion Business Innovation (Orion), a fast-growing global digital transformation firm.  Financial terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed. Headquartered in Edison, NJ and New York, Orion provides digital transformation and automation services

GP Bullhound advises Namics on sale to Merkle

GP Bullhound has acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Namics, a specialist in digital transformation in Switzerland and Germany, on its sale to Merkle.  Namics provides further scale and depth to Merkle’s people-based marketing capabilities, in particular in the areas of business transformation strategy, digital consulting and technology implementation across

ROTA closes GBP1.8m funding round

Innovative staffing app, ROTA, has closed its latest funding round with an additional GBP1.8 million in investment.  Headquartered in London, the tech focused firm has revolutionised recruitment processes, through the supply of high-quality staff to leading venues in five major cities across the UK.  This latest funding round saw ROTA

Rockpool makes significant investment in TrustedHousesitters

TrustedHousesitters, a house and pet sitting platform, has secured a significant investment from private equity firm Rockpool Investments. Founded by Andy Peck and Rachel Martin in 2010, TrustedHousesitters is the world’s largest house and pet sitting community operating in over 130 countries. Since launch, the platform has facilitated more than

Maven Capital Partners invests in Acton Banks

UK Private equity house Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has led the management buyout (MBO) of Acton Banks Limited (Acton Banks), a UK healthcare staffing business.  The transaction is Maven’s third investment from its buyout fund, having earlier this year led an investment in Manchester-based hardware designer and supplier UAP Limited

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