BGF – the UK and Ireland’s most active growth capital investor – has reported record-breaking results and surging growth in its 2020 Annual Report and Accounts. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, BGF actively maintained its risk appetite to keep supporting the economy and backed 61 companies in 2020, investing a
The number of acquisitions made by private equity backed businesses in the UK hit record levels in the first quarter of 2021, with 168 transactions completed in just three months, according to Rickitt Mitchell’s Buy and Build Barometer. The latest analysis from the corporate finance firm, conducted in partnership with
UK impact investor Fortunis Capital has reported a 373 per cent increase in the value of their science and tech-based fund over the last 18 months. The Fortunis UK Impact Investment VC Fund, which invests in innovative science and tech companies that are solving global problems, surged from GBP56.5million
Gen II Fund Services, LLC, an independent private equity fund administrator, has announced that the firm’s assets under administration (AUA) now exceed USD450 billion.
The month of March proved to be an extremely successful one for Newable Ventures, the UK’s leading early stage investment network, which deployed circa GBP2 million in six companies to round off a busy financial year, which also saw the group secure GBP10 million from British Business Investment’s Regional Angel
Kirkland & Ellis has emerged as the top legal adviser for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) by both value and volume in technology, media & telecom (TMT) sector for Q1 2021, having advised on 86 deals worth USD55.6 billion. A total of 3,009 M&A deals were announced in the sector during
Drooms, Europe’s specialist provider of digital data rooms, enjoyed a successful year in 2020, with the number of users of asset management platform Drooms PORTFOLIO, rising 87 per cent versus the previous year. As a result, the number of assets managed and transacted on Drooms surpassed 10,000 for the
Tees Valley based cleantech company Nova Pangaea Technologies (Nova Pangaea) has experienced significant growth as a result of its two funding rounds with the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF), including a 45 per cent increase in staff numbers since January 2020. The company, which has invested in a number of
FlowStone Partners has exceeded USD100 million of assets under management (AUM) in the FlowStone Opportunity Fund. The 1940 & 1933 Act registered investment vehicle was launched in August 2019 to provide qualified high-net-worth and smaller institutional investors with diversified exposure to private equity through an actively managed secondary-focused strategy. For
The revenue of the UK’s top 25 holiday parks has increased by 65 per cent in the past five years, validating major PE investment in a sector that has performed strongly during the pandemic, says New Street Consulting Group, the leadership and people solutions consultancy. The incomes of the Top
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