Allocations
EV Growth, a Singapore headquartered venture capital firm, has hit the hard cap of its first fund at USD250 million, exceeding the firm’s initial USD150 million target.
This milestone is the result of the firm’s admission of new Limited Partners (LPs) which include several Asian based family offices and two of Asia’s largest sovereign wealth funds.
Launched in March 2018, EV Growth is a joint venture between East Ventures, SMDV and Yahoo! Japan Capital that focuses on providing growth capital to startups in Indonesia and the rest of Southeast Asia with an industry agnostic focus. The company is led by
KKR is to acquire OverDrive, a digital reading platform for libraries and schools, from Rakuten USA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Rakuten, Inc. Financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Serving a growing network of 43,000 libraries and schools in more than 75 countries, OverDrive delivers the industry’s largest catalog of ebooks, audiobooks, magazines and other digital media to millions of readers around the world. With its proprietary platform, the Company securely allows these institutions to acquire and manage premium and differentiated digital content from a strong publisher network OverDrive has built over more than 25 years.
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Thompson Street Capital Partners (TSCP), a private equity firm based in St Louis, has partnered with management to acquire Custom Wheel House LLC, (CWH) a Los Angeles, CA-based designer, marketer, and distributor of branded automotive aftermarket wheels, performance tyres, and accessories through its brands – Method Race Wheels, Tensor Tires, GMZ Race Products, and Dusty Times, a desert racing enthusiast-focused publication.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 2010, Method Race Wheels (www.methodracewheels.com) designs, develops and distributes high performance wheels and accessories for race and street applications. These products represent the company’s commitment to quality, driven
Omnio has held the first close of a private placement, successfully raising gross proceeds of EUR15 million by issuing 23,077 shares at a subscription price of EUR650 per Offer Share.
The Company received substantial interest from new institutional investors, family offices and HNWI across Europe, in particular building a strong investor base in the Nordic region. Omnio intends to increase the total fundraising size up to EUR25 million in January 2020. The net proceeds from the private placement will be used to invest in the Company’s sales force, compliance/risk management, product (platform) enhancements, working capital and to finance a pending
Blue Point Capital Partners (Blue Point) has made its seventh Fund IV platform investment, with the acquisition of Country Pure Foods (CPF), a provider of beverages and other natural juice products.
The acquisition of CPF also includes Silver Springs Citrus. Blue Point acquired CPF in partnership with management and CPF’s former CEO, Raymond (Ray) Lee. The Company is an excellent fit with Blue Point’s expertise in the food & beverage space.


For over seventy years, Country Pure, based in Akron, OH, has been a value-added producer, processor, packager and distributor of both branded and private label beverages and juice products
Blackford Capital has made an investment in the US business of Cartridge World, a franchised network for the leading printing consumables brand.
Blackford has completed an investment in the Cartridge World brand through the purchase of the brand licensing rights covering the United States territory.
Headquartered in McHenry, Illinois, the Cartridge World US business operates nearly 230 franchised retail store locations. The brand and franchise are internationally renown for high-quality ink and toner products, with the company’s locally owned and operated full print solution providers expanding their product and service offerings extensively over the past 18 months. Cartridge World is the
SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust plc, the first UK-listed investment company of its kind to invest exclusively in the energy efficiency sector, has agreed to acquire a 50 per cent interest in Primary Energy, a portfolio of recycled energy and cogeneration projects located in Indiana, USA, from a consortium led by Fortistar for an equity cash consideration of approximately USD110 million.
The 298MW portfolio consists of five operating projects which generate low-cost, efficient energy: three recycled energy projects, one natural gas combined heat and power project and a 50 per cent interest in an industrial process efficiency project.
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New York and San Francisco Bay Area-based middle market buyout firm Argand Partners’ Sigma Electric Manufacturing Corp (Sigma), a global manufacturer of precision engineered metal components, has acquired Tooling Dynamics, the leading US manufacturer of high volume, precision metal stamping and Swiss screw machining.
Tooling Dynamics’ renowned expertise working with very thin gauge metals under extremely tight tolerances allows it to tackle the toughest jobs in the electronic and telecommunications connector world. This acquisition will significantly expand Sigma’s capabilities and benefit its customers, and it represents the third acquisition under Argand’s ownership in addition to the opening of two new
Shape Security, a portfolio company of cyber security, cloud infrastructure and applied data analytics-focused VC firm C5 Capital, has agreed a USD1 billion sale to F5 Networks, a Nasdaq-listed technology company.
C5 led a high profile funding round, earlier this year, in California-based Shape, whose fraud prevention technology will powerfully combine with F5’s distribution capability. That funding round, where C5 led several renowned Silicon Valley and corporate investors, demonstrated C5’s expertise in identifying valuable market leading companies with strong growth prospects.
Shape uses AI-powered automation and fraud detection capabilities to distinguish between human and automated traffic and defend some
Nordic Capital has signed an agreement to acquire the business unit Consilium Marine & Safety, one of the world’s largest producers of safety and safety-related technologies, within fire and gas detection, for the marine, oil and gas, transport and building sectors, from Consilium AB (publ) for an enterprise value of SEK3 000 million on a cash and debt free basis.
In partnership with the management team, Nordic Capital will support Consilium Marine & Safety’s continued growth as a strong new independent company and further strengthen the Company’s strong position and service offering by investing in R&D, Commercial Excellence and M&A.
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12 November, 2026 – 8:00 am
12 November, 2026 – 5:00 pm
