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F2i, on behalf of its Third Fund, has signed an agreement with private equity firm Terra Firma to acquire RTR, a company that owns 134 photovoltaic energy production sites in Italy, with an overall installed capacity of 334 MW.
“Thanks to the overall scale of production reached with this acquisition, F2i becomes Europe’s third largest producer of electrical power from solar energy. The noteworthy operating and financial efficiencies of scale achieved will also make it one of the continent’s most efficient operators,” says Renato Ravanelli, CEO of F2i .
In fact by the end of 2018, F2i plans to confer
Bridge Farm Group has been given the green light to commence construction of a 75-acre production facility following a GBP18 million cash injection from HSBC and private equity investor NorthEdge Capital.
Bridge Farm Group, which includes the Neame Lea and Zyon brands within its portfolio, specialises in the growing and production of ornamental plants, flowers and herbs for retailers throughout the UK. The company has a workforce of over 500 employees at peak times across five locations around Spalding, Lincolnshire.
The company’s brands have been recognised by the industry, with Neame Lea most recently winning Overall UK Grower of
A surgical and high-precision engineering company that provides bespoke full jaw dental implant solutions in a day to patients has received a GBP4 million investment from BGF.
London-headquartered Evo will use the funding to expand its clinics, which feature on-site dental laboratories with the latest hi-tech medical manufacturing technology across the UK, and explore international growth.
Evo’s advanced, proprietary solution provides life changing treatment for patients suffering from severe dental problems caused by advanced gum disease, congenital bone loss or accidents, and who require a full jaw reconstruction.
Designed and developed in-house by founder Dr R P Vijayanarayanan BDS (Vijay)
Mid Europa Partners (Mid Europa), a private equity investor in Central and Eastern Europe, has completed the acquisition of a majority stake in MediGroup.
The seller, Blue Sea Capital, has retained a 45 per cent stake in the Company.
MediGroup is the leading private healthcare provider in Serbia with 13 facilities across key cities, providing inpatient, outpatient, lab, IVF, ophthalmology and cosmetology services. Mid Europa and Blue Sea Capital will support MediGroup during the next phase of organic and acquisitive growth, further consolidating the burgeoning private healthcare market in Serbia and strengthening the Company’s market leading position.
Data aggregation specialists Collision Management Systems (CMS) has received a GBP1.25 million investment from BGF, following the launch of its telematics data aggregation, risk management and crash detection software for Telematics and Insurance businesses.
The funding will help accelerate CMS’s market expansion following a year of strategic licensing deals with insurers, such as global giant Swiss Re; and leading telematics vendors who are eager to exploit CMS’s technology-agnostic solution to deliver field-proven benefits.
Founded in 2012 by Charles Smith, CEO and the architect behind CMS’s software platform, the company is set to take advantage of the growing use of
OakNorth has completed a deal with private equity firm Baird Capital to part finance the acquisition of Collingwood Lighting, a leading designer and supplier of luminaires into the professional refurbishment and new-build markets in the UK and France.
With roots dating back to 1902, Collingwood Lighting was a fourth-generation family-owned business that has built itself up to a market-leading position. Its clients include residences, hotels, universities, shops and elderly care homes. The business, which has been featured on the Sunday Times International Track 200, is primarily focused on the UK and French markets but hopes to further its European presence
Blockchain for private equity firm Swarm has partnered with decentralised autonomous organisation MakerDAO to integrate the Dai token into the Swarm platform.
Swarm writes that this will give Swarm’s community of accredited investors a greater capability to lock in crypto prices, using the world’s first decentralised stablecoin on the Ethereum blockchain.
“When we connected with the MakerDAO team, we found them to be like-minded, community-focused technologists. Our cooperative relationship will provide new ways for our investors to create and protect their value,” says Philipp Pieper (pictured), CEO and Co-Founder of Swarm. “It removes what has been perceived as
Holger Mertens, Senior Portfolio Manager, Global Credit and Chia Woon Khien, Senior Portfolio Manager, Fixed Income at Nikko Asset Management examine the future for Chinese bonds in major indices…
In our publication “Will Investors be ready when Chinese bonds go global?” last October we raised the expectation that Chinese bonds could become eligible for inclusion in major bond indices. In March 2018, Bloomberg announced a conditional decision to include Chinese bonds in its flagship bond index: Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate, starting from April 2019. The index provider also intends to include China in the Global Treasury and the EM Local
Great Rock Capital, an asset-focused commercial finance company specialising in middle market lending, has closed a USD12 million senior secured credit facility to toy manufacturer and seller Imperial Toy.
The new capital will provide Imperial Toy with the financial flexibility needed to increase business production and position the firm for accelerated growth.
“The partnership with Great Rock Capital provides Imperial with the capital needed to drive our continued growth and position the firm for sustained success,” says Peter Tiger, CEO of Imperial Toy. “We look forward to working with the Great Rock team to further execute on our growth objectives.”
“Imperial continues
High Road Capital Partners has completed the acquisition of Nolan Power Group, which will be combined with Storage Battery Systems (SBS). High Road acquired SBS in May 2017 in the seventh platform acquisition for High Road Capital Partners Fund II.
Based in Mandeville, Louisiana, Nolan Power Group is the Gulf Region’s premier provider of stationary power management solutions. It supplies and services reserve power batteries, stationary batteries, chargers and rectifiers, DC power systems, uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems and supporting products for applications across the industrial, manufacturing, oil and gas, data centre and telecommunications markets.
“Nolan Power Group is
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