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Limerston Capital has acquired Prism Medical UK (Prism) from LDC. Prism specialises in moving, handling and bathing equipment for elderly, disabled and mobility disadvantaged clients.
Prism supports customers in a range of care environments, such as schools, hospitals and care homes, and provides a full-service that includes the design, installation and servicing of its equipment across the homecare, long-term and acute care markets.
Prism operates from eight UK locations, employs circa 450 highly skilled staff delivering a portfolio of 180 products, driving growth in the GBP600m UK market and a number of international markets including China and Australia.
Mandarin Capital Partners (MCP) alongside Atlante Private Equity, the founding families and other minority shareholders, is to sell the entire share capital of Hydro Holding SpA (The Group) to NB Renaissance Partners (NBRP).
The Vaghi, Facondini, Cerase and Brivio families (founding families) reinvested a minority interest and will retain management roles in the Group.
Hydro Holding is a leading player specialised in the manufacturing of fittings and hoses for the hydraulic sector and is the result of the business combination of four leading Italian companies: (i) Tieffe, acquired in 2015, is engaged in the production of carbon steel fittings;
Northleaf Capital Partners (Northleaf) has launched and held the initial closing of Northleaf Venture Catalyst Fund II (NVCF II) as part of the Government of Canada’s Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative.
NVCF II provides investors with access to Canada’s top venture capital funds as well as direct investments in high-potential, innovative Canadian companies.
“We are delighted that the Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative is receiving strong support from investors and that Northleaf has achieved this important milestone,” says Mary Ng, Canada’s Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion. “Our government’s Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative strengthens and broadens the Canadian venture capital
Varagon Capital Partners (Varagon) is serving as administrative agent and lead arranger on a senior secured credit facility to support the investment of Giraffe Foods Inc (Giraffe) by Graham Partners.
Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Giraffe is a manufacturer of custom sauces, marinades, dips, and dressings for industrial food processor, retail, and foodservice customers throughout the US and Canada. Giraffe is benefiting from multiple conversion-driven growth catalysts, including increased demand for private label, global flavours, organic, and better-for-you foods, all of which are fuelling brand, flavour, and product proliferation. Giraffe is well positioned to capitalise on growth within the foodservice, retail,
Law firm Dillon Eustace has been named as the top legal adviser to Irish domiciled funds in 2018, in the 24th edition of the Monterey Insight Ireland Fund Report.
The firm’s Asset Management and Funds practice, which across all product types from traditional UCITS, ETFs, money market funds and alternative UCITS, to the full spectrum of Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) such as hedge, funds of funds, real estate, infrastructure, loan and private equity funds, advised 1,113 Irish domiciled funds over the last year.
Donnacha O’Connor (pictured), Head of Asset Management and Investment Funds, says: “We are delighted to be
genedrive, the AIM-listed near patient molecular diagnostics company, has raised GBP6 million in funding from new and existing equity investors through the issue of equity, loan notes and a broker option.
The funding includes a GBP3.5m cornerstone investment from BGF, the UK’s most active investor in growing businesses.
Based in Manchester, genedrive has developed the first portable device to diagnose the Hepatitis C virus (HCV) based on detecting the virus’s genetic code. By removing the need for diagnosis to take place in large hospital laboratories, the device can be used by patients in remote areas of the world.
Kensington Capital Partners has raised USD85 million in the first close of Kensington Venture Fund II, LP, a fund of funds investing in promising venture capital (VC) funds and technology companies.
The new Fund has been launched under the Government of Canada’s Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative (VCCI). Additional investors include BMO Capital Partners, Trend Forward Capital, and the Kensington Private Equity Fund, among other institutional and individual investors.
The new Kensington Venture Fund II will target investments in VC funds, as well as direct investments in promising emerging technology companies. The diversified portfolio will include investments across key technology
TMF Group to acquire State Street’s Private Equity and Real Estate (PERE) fund servicing business in the Channel Islands.
Completion of the deal will see TMF Group’s assets under administration reach over USD125 billion for PERE clients, making it one of the leading fund administrators in Europe. TMF Group’s ‘one-stop-shop’ of PERE services, including fund administration and depositary services, is supported by experts in over 80 jurisdictions worldwide.
In Jersey, the acquisition will add fund administration to its existing corporate and trust services, whilst in Guernsey, it will complement the recent acquisition of Gentoo, a leading fund administration business.
Swiss energy operator Repower, through its Italian branch, Repower Italia, and Omnes, a Paris-based European investor in private equity and infrastructure, via its Capenergie 3 fund, have formed a joint-venture Repower Renewable, aimed at managing the portfolio assets and at developing new generation projects in the renewable energy sector.
Repower Renewable’s portfolio is made up of hydro, solar and wind assets for a total capacity of about 90 MW built in the last 15 years by Repower or by Elettrostudio Energia. All the assets and the future activities of Repower Renewable are based in the Italian market.
Repower Renewable
Silverfleet Capital-backed 7days, a specialist workwear supplier to the healthcare sector based in the Westphalia region of Germany, is to acquire the Danish company Praxis Herning A/S, which supplies the same end markets in the Nordic region.
Managing directors, Jesper Rasmussen and Søren Wortmann, who are the majority shareholders of Praxis will continue to manage the business and are acquiring an interest in 7days as part of the transaction. It has been agreed that the purchase price will not be disclosed.
Praxis was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Herning, the textile capital of Denmark. The company
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