Allocations
Osmosis Investment Management, a sustainable investment specialist with USD1.5 billion in client assets, has closed a significant equity investment from the Oxford Endowment Fund.
The fresh injection of capital into the sustainable investment firm is a further endorsement of Osmosis’s systematic investment approach which targets superior risk-adjusted returns from companies that display strong resource efficiency metrics. A non-targeted, natural outcome of the approach is a significant reduction in the environmental footprints of the funds and strategies relative to their respective benchmarks.
This strategic equity investment is growth capital, which Osmosis will deploy to deepen the firm’s portfolio management, research and
A Greater Lincolnshire-based horticulture producer and supplier has secured a GBP200,000 debt funding package from Maven Capital Partners and the Midlands Engine Investment Fund.
Jepco Glebe Limited will use the finance to invest in a new hydroponic lettuce production facility – the first of its kind in the UK.
Now in its third generation, the family-run company produces and sells a wide range of salad and vegetable products to the manufacturing, retail, food service and wholesale sectors in the UK and overseas markets.
Although Jepco already offers hydroponically-grown salad and vegetables to ensure its products are available beyond
JPW Industries (JPW), a designer, manufacturer and distributor of branded metalworking and woodworking equipment and specialty shop tools sold under the JET, Powermatic, Wilton, Edwards and Promac brand names, has acquired Baileigh Industrial Holdings (Baileigh).
JPW is a Gamut Capital Management (Gamut) portfolio company. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1999, Baileigh is a leading marketer, manufacturer and distributor of over 500 metalworking and woodworking products sold under the Baileigh brand across the US and Europe. Through its wholly-owned subsidiary, RMD, Baileigh designs and manufactures high-quality, “made-in-the-USA” Baileigh-branded metalworking machinery. Baileigh’s operations in Manitowoc, WI,
Dunedin, a UK mid-market private equity house, has backed the management buyout of Acquis Insurance Management (Acquis), an independent insurance broker and administrator that provides specialist solutions to the finance and leasing industry.
The deal (which is subject to regulatory approval) enables the current management team, led by CEO Nick Leader, to drive the business’ international growth with support and funding from Dunedin.
This is Dunedin’s third platform investment in twelve months, following investments in digital technology specialist, Incremental Group; and innovative payments software business, GPS. The investment in Acquis follows on from Dunedin’s 2016 investment in specialist broker
Private equity firm West Lane Capital Partners (West Lane) has acquired a majority stake in Fantasy Files Group (Fantasy Files), a California-based developer, manufacturer and distributor of specialty cosmetic products under the Blossom, Blue Cross and Savina brands.
Ron Tinero and Mark Friedman, the founders of Fantasy Files, will remain as executives and shareholders of the business. No material changes in the operations of the business are planned. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Nick Sternberg, Managing Partner of West Lane, says: “We are very excited to partner with Ron, Mark and their team to continue growing the Company’s
Hampleton Partners, an international mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance advisory firm for technology companies, has advised Simi Reality Motion Systems, a developer of fully markerless video-based motion capture and analysis software, on its acquisition by ZF Friedrichshafen, a global automotive supplier and specialist in autonomous vehicle technology.
This is the second transaction that Hampleton has closed with ZF Friedrichshafen in two months.
“We are excited about the opportunity ahead of us as we embark on this journey with ZF,” says Pascal Ruß, CEO of Simi. “Hampleton led a structured process and after considerable interest from other parties, was able
Fund raising activity for PE funds focused on Asia Pacific proved to be buoyant in 2018, with an estimated USD37.8 billion of net inflows recorded through the first nine months of the year according to Private Equity International’s Q3 2018 Fundraising Report. This compared to USD37.7 billion raised for the entire calendar year 2017.
“Hillhouse Capital Group raised USD10.6 billion for its Fund IV, while Carlyle Group raised USD6.55 billion for its Asia Partners V fund,” comments Rajindar Singh (pictured), Sub Regional Director APAC, Private Equity & Real Estate & Capital Markets at TMF Group, based out of the
Mobeus has sold Plastic Surgeon, a surface repair and restoration specialist, to Polygon Group. Plastic Surgeon is the UK’s largest cosmetic surface repair specialist, with particular expertise in fine finishing services.
The company provides high quality, long-lasting repairs to any hard surface, including ceramic, UPVC, brick, stone and glass, in diverse industries from house build, through construction and insurance, to facilities management.
Mobeus originally invested GBP2 million to support the MBO of Plastic Surgeon in 2008 and supported the business through the subsequent recession, which affected its key house-build market. During the investment term, the management team took the company
UK private equity house Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has led an investment, alongside existing shareholders Par Equity and the Scottish Investment Bank, in Edinburgh-based Symphonic Software Limited (Symphonic), a player in the Identity and Access Management (IAM) market.
The funding will be used to further scale the business, investing in sales and marketing resource, as well as product innovation, to ensure Symphonic continues to offer customers a best-of-breed solution in this important and growing market.
Symphonic has developed a fine-grained, context-aware authorisation software solution that enables organisations to securely share critical, time-dependent and sensitive information by managing access to
Accelerate Financial Technologies has launched three zero management fee, performance fee only alternative exchange traded funds (Accelerate Alt ETFs).
Each Accelerate Alt ETF has closed the initial offering of units, and is now trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX).
“Accelerate was founded with the mission to democratise alternative investments by offering hedge fund and private equity-like strategies in low-cost ETFs accessible by any investor,” says Julian Klymochko, CEO at Accelerate.
The Accelerate Private Equity Alpha Fund (ALFA) seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation and to replicate the returns of private equity funds over the long term by investing
Events
12 November, 2026 – 8:00 am
12 November, 2026 – 5:00 pm
