Managers
The Irish funds industry may have some catching up to do in the private funds space, but as the government gears up to introduce a refreshed Investment Limited Partnerships Act, the jurisdiction is expected to see an influx of managers from the UK, the US and further afield choosing to set up their private funds in Ireland.
LBO funds recorded a significant fall in returns during the first half of this year, according to eFront’s latest Quarterly Private Equity Performance report.
AccessFintech, a fintech company evolving the financial industry operating model through data and workflow collaboration, has completed a USD20 million Series B funding round led by Dawn Capital, Europe’s largest venture capital fund dedicated to B2B software.Existing investors JP Morgan, Citi and Goldman Sachs contributed to the round, and Deutsche Bank has participated for the first time. It brings the total capital raised to date to USD37 million since 2018.
AccessFintech will use the proceeds of the investment to fuel the next stage of its development, to accelerate product innovation, and to continue its go-to market expansion and extend
Chicago-based private equity firm CORE Industrial Partners (CORE) has completed a platform investment in TCG Legacy (TCG Legacy), a leading marketing solutions provider, specialising in printing and packaging services for pharmaceutical, consumer products, technology and higher education companies and institutions.TCG Legacy offers a wide array of marketing solutions and in-house manufacturing capabilities, integrating traditional print with a variety of comprehensive marketing programs, including electronic correspondence and social media. Headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, the Company operates a 70,000 square foot manufacturing facility with capabilities including cross-media marketing, variable data management, fulfilment, digital printing, offset printing, packaging and finishing. TCG Legacy
Susquehanna Private Capital (SPC) has acquired Brandywine Coach Works (Brandywine), a multi-site auto repair operator headquartered in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, and formed Quality Collision Group (QCG), a holding company that will pursue strategic acquisitions of auto repair facilities throughout the US. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.QCG is comprised of OEM-certified collision repair centres that seek to deliver best-in-class service and exceptional customer experience. The group is guided by OEM repair methodologies and led by industry veteran Jerod Guerin, who brings more than a decade of automotive industry executive experience to the organisation. QCG employs a team of
OakNorth Bank is sector-agnostic, focusing mainly on lower mid-market businesses and established property developers/investors, and is active throughout England with offices in London, Manchester, Bristol, Birmingham, Leeds and East Anglia.
The bank, which has UK restaurant fast food chain LEON in its portfolio, has continued to lend throughout the pandemic cycle – just as it did following the Brexit referendum in 2016 – with over GBP45million in sponsor-backed deals approved since lockdown.
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We’ve done over 300 credit committees and approved over GBP1 billion in new loans since March, including around
Investcorp, a provider and manager of alternative investment products, has appointed Habib Abdur-Rahman, Principal, Corporate Development as its internal ESG lead. Within this new role, Abdur-Rahman will be responsible for overseeing the accelerated adoption of a standardised ESG framework, including implementing and enhancing ESG alignment across all business lines and geographies.
Rishi Kapoor, Co-Chief Executive Officer of Investcorp, says: “One of our key priorities at Investcorp is to deliver sustainable value for our stakeholders. Integrating strong alignment with key ESG factors that are consistent with our own core values is an integral part of this process. We are pleased to
Canadian private equity group Novacap has acquired an interest in AGA Financial Group Inc (AGA), one of Quebec’s leading employee benefits advisory firms and third-party administrators of group insurance and retirement plans.AGA helps businesses across Canada develop and administer tailor-made group insurance plans. AGA was founded in 1978 and has been owned and operated since 2013 by veteran insurance executives Martin Papillon, Chantal Dufresne and Gabriel Gagnon. AGA serves more than 1,200 clients across the spectrum from small and medium-sized businesses to those with national footprints. It employs more than 100 professionals, including a team of actuaries and a network
The Riverside Company, a global private equity firm focused on the smaller end of the middle market, has listed its portfolio company Mintra Holding AS, a provider of on-demand digital learning and enterprise HCM software solutions for safety-critical industries worldwide, on the Merkur Market of the Oslo Stock Exchange.
B-North has raised a further GBP1 million as it moves closer to obtaining regulatory approval.B-North teamed up with County Durham fintech specialist, Growth Capital Ventures (GCV), to announce the fundraise, which is part of a GBP20 million series A fundraising round designed to give B-North the necessary capital to finalise its banking licence process.
Prior to this latest raise, B-North had completed two fundraising rounds worth a combined GBP6.9 million.
Tapping into the UK SME lending market which has a stock of over GBP150 billion, Manchester-based B-North will deliver loans of between GBP500,000 and GBP5m and is built upon the
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