Deals
Swiss private equity investment firm Partners Group is weighing up the options for its portfolio company VSB Group including a sale of the Germany based renewable energy company, according to a report by Reuters.
Quilvest Capital Partners, a $7bn global alternatives investment manager, has invested in Acuiti Labs, a consultancy specialising in optimisation of the quote-to-cash process.
Renewable energy producer Encavis, which runs wind and solar parks across Europe, is in discussions to be acquired by global buyout firm KKR & Co in a deal that could value the German company at more than €2bn, according to a report by Bloomberg.
A number of big-name buyout firms including Carlyle Group, CVC Capital Partners and KKR have all shown preliminary interest in striking a take-private deal to acquire Hong Kong-listed luggage maker Samsonite International, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund, which is managed by global investment manager Ninety One and operates within the multi-donor Private Infrastructure Development Group, has secured $294m in additional debt facilities, representing over half of the fund’s $500m target by 2025.
GREYKITE Investment Adviser, a newly launched private capital investment advisory firm led by Founder and CEO Michael Abel, has secured a strategic capital investment from Capital Constellation, a platform managed by global alternative asset manager Wafra, and Leucadia Asset Management, a diversified alternative asset management platform and a division of Jefferies Financial Group.
MiddleGround Capital, a Kentucky-based middle market private equity firm specialising in B2B industrial and specialty distribution companies across North America and Europe, has acquired IT8, a provider of engineering services.
Specialist global impact investment firm Blue Earth Capital has completed a $30m direct credit investment in Q Collection, a Singapore-headquartered vertically integrated apparel manufacturer with manufacturing operations in Bangladesh.
Middle Eastern private equity firm Foursan Group has acquired a 33% stake in Medjool Village, Jordan’s largest vertically integrated grower, packer and exporter of medjool dates, marking its seventh investment via its third fund, FCP II.
Global private equity major Carlyle Group is gearing up to sell portfolio company Tokiwa, a Japanese cosmetics supplier, and is eyeing a potential deal value of around $800m, according to a report by Reuters.
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