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Praetura Group (Praetura), a North West UK-based debt and equity capital provider to small and medium sized businesses, has reported a record GBP253 million year as demand for its equity and debt services continues to grow.
The Group’s lending division, which comprises Praetura Asset Finance, Praetura Commercial Finance, Praetura Invoice Finance and Kingsway Finance, finished the previous year on a GBP123 million loanbook. However, over 2021 the group grew its collective loanbook to more than GBP200 million, marking its highest lending levels since it was founded in 2011 and a 62 per cent increase from 2020.
Through its lending
Golub Capital has announced record originations for both the fourth quarter of 2021 and the full year. The Firm closed over USD15 billion in commitments during the fourth quarter and over USD36 billion in commitments for all of 2021.
Over 90 per cent of new loans were to companies controlled by private equity firms Golub Capital has previously worked with.
The firm also led or co-led a record 38 “mega one-stops” (unitranches above USD500 million) in 2021, more than half of all mega one-stop deals completed during the period
Strong credit results, reflected in a default rate of approximately 0.16
HungryPanda, a Asian food delivery company, has acquired Australian food delivery platform EASI and New Zealand Asian food delivery platform BUY@HOME.
Garnett Station Partners (Garnett Station), a New York-based principal investment firm founded in 2013 by Matt Perelman and Alex Sloane that manages approximately USD1 billion of assets, has partnered with founder Michael Ho, CEO Robert McKinley and the management team to recapitalise and provide growth capital for Mambo Seafood (Mambo), a Houston-based Hispanic restaurant brand.
Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
Mambo Seafood was founded in 1996 by Michael Ho. The Company operates 11 locations across the greater Houston area with growth plans throughout the Southwest.
Mastodon Ventures, Inc. represented Mambo Seafood as sell-side Investment
RLDatix, a international specialist in governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solutions for healthcare, has secured a minority investment from Nordic Capital.
Existing investors Five Arrows and TA Associates will continue to maintain a majority equity stake. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Nordic Capital brings decades of experience supporting the growth of innovative healthcare IT companies as well as additional financial strength and is joining Five Arrows and TA to support RLDatix in its organic and inorganic growth objectives. Most recently, RLDatix acquired Allocate Software, the leading provider of human capital management solutions that help healthcare organisations
LJC Investments V, an investment vehicle controlled by Littlejohn Capital, has acquired Alto Healthcare Staffing (Alto), a diversified healthcare staffing firm.
A portfolio company of Leeds-based private equity investor Endless has undergone a major rebrand to enable the expansion of its current service offer and provide the platform for sustainable growth.
Findel, a national and international ecommerce educational resources supplier, owns specialist education brands Hope, GLS, Philip Harris and Davies Sports. The parent brand, Findel, and all its specialist brands have been rebranded.
Hope, GLS, Philip Harris and Davies Sports provide resources for primary school, secondary school and early years teaching; school business managers; science teaching resources; and PE and sport equipment respectively.
Findel’s origins as an educational resources
Vision Innovation Partners, a leading eye care platform backed by Centre Partners, has acquired Memorial Eye Institute, a leading ophthalmology practice and surgical centre with two locations in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
The acquisition is Vision Innovation Partners 22nd in total. Founded in 2017, Vision Innovation Partners;footprint now includes 63 practice locations and 11 surgery centers across Maryland, Washington DC, Virginia and Pennsylvania’
Centre Partners is a middle-market private equity firm focused on the healthcare and consumer sectors.
OrthoBethesda, a physician-led and majority physician-owned provider of orthopaedic services in the greater Washington, DC region and a portfolio company of Atlantic Street Capital (ASC), has partnered with Washington Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine (WOSM).
The combination creates a leading orthopaedic care services provider in the region with 27 world class orthopaedists.
VC-backed exits and healthcare funding/investment both set new records yet again in 2021, according to Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) annual Healthcare Investments and Exits report.
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