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Prestige Funds is to launch a new direct lending fund focusing on agricultural and SME businesses in both the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.
Called Prime Alternative Finance (PRIME), it will launch in November to external investors as a Luxembourg based, SICAV SIF operating with monthly liquidity and managed by Prestige Capital Management in Malta.
PRIME is the first direct lending fund to be launched by Prestige that will have the mandate to invest in the Republic of Ireland as well as the United Kingdom. Prestige’s existing direct lending funds have focused entirely on the UK to
Xpress Wellness Urgent Care (Xpress) has received an investment from Latticework Capital Management (LCM), a Dallas-based growth-oriented private equity firm focussed exclusively on the healthcare industry.
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 2013, Xpress Wellness Urgent Care operates walk-in clinics to treat non-life-threatening injuries and illnesses. In addition to urgent care, the company provides a number of services to paediatric and adult patients, including primary care, workers’ compensation services, occupational medicine and sports medicine. Xpress urgent care facilities are certified and accredited by the Urgent Care Association (UCA). The company employs approximately 130 professionals
Private equity firm HIG Capital (HIG) has sold its portfolio company Constructive Media (CM) to Sandbox & Co (Sandbox) on behalf of Figjam Group Ltd.
Established over 20 years ago, CM is one of the largest digital media platforms at the intersection of education and casual gaming. The Company has curated and developed a large selection of highly entertaining thinking games across a range of genres and age groups for desktop and mobile. With its unique mix of “edutainment” content, CM has become one of the most trusted and popular brands on the internet with over 400 million users across
An online marketplace for photographers has secured a GBP500,000 investment from venture capital fund Fuel Ventures, after launching its new platform in March this year.
Perfocal.com was founded by entrepreneur and former photographer Tony Xu. Since then it has delivered more than 100,000 images.
The company connects customers with local professional photographers, matching them based on requirements, experience and location. The UK photography industry is estimated to be worth around GBP2 billion, however it’s highly fragmented with freelancers accounting for more than 90 per cent of professional photographers. This can make it difficult for customers to find, compare and
Waterland Private Equity has expanded its portfolio company Schönes Leben Group to include Gut Köttenich/Euregio, a care specialist based in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Gut Köttenich Group’s portfolio of services includes inpatient, outpatient and adult day care, as well as assisted living, non-hospital intensive care and meals on wheels.
Following the acquisition of the southern German care specialists compassio in December 2017, Schönes Leben is now expanding into North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany’s most populous state. As a result, the company is taking a further step towards creating an outstanding platform for retirement care, new residential offerings for the
Vaultier7 has led a growth equity round in US-based Little Spoon, a provider of direct-to-consumer (DTC) organic baby food.
Utilising cold pressure technology and natural ingredients free of added sugars and preservatives, Little Spoon says it offers a ‘fresh, organic, homemade quality alternative to shelf-stable store-bought food’.
The company says its DTC platform is grounded in optimising nutrition in order to aid in a specific child’s crucial development stages. Using a proprietary system underpinned by expert paediatric nutritional science, Little Spoon creates a personalised nutrition plan, ‘The Blueprint’, for each child that is delivered directly to the home.
Alpha Real Capital (Alpha) has launched the Wind Renewables Income Fund (WRIF) a new fund predominantly investing in sub 5MW onshore wind assets in the UK, providing investors with secure inflation-linked long income.
The fund has recently acquired two portfolios comprising 4 operating assets with a total value in excess of GBP11 million.
Alpha secured subscriptions for WRIF totalling an initial GBP100 million in the first close from two investors, including the Towers Watson Secure Income Fund, a multi-manager fund managed exclusively for UK pension funds, and the Yorkshire and Clydesdale Bank Pension Scheme.
Alpha is a
International capital markets software firm genesis has completed a Series A financing round, securing a total of USD3 million from Illuminate Financial, a UK-based capital markets venture capital firm, and Tribeca Angels, a New York venture group.
genesis was founded in 2015 by Stephen Murphy and James Harrison, who have held senior roles at leading investment banks and capital markets software vendors around the world. Confident that the industry needed a different approach to innovation, genesis has dedicated the past four years to building a microservices technology framework designed specifically for the world of capital markets. This technical framework helps
Audax Private Equity (Audax) has acquired a controlling interest in Colony Hardware Corporation, (Colony), a distributor of tools, safety products, and other contractor supplies. Tailwind Capital, the Company’s previous sponsor, will retain a minority stake, as will the Company’s management team.
Michael Weiner, President and CEO of Colony Hardware Corporation, says, “We are excited to be partnering with Audax for the next stage of our growth. We have always put our customers first, and Audax is committed to investing behind our value proposition and our ability to serve the customer. Audax also brings expertise and resources that will help us
Angeles Equity Partners (Angeles) and Clearlake Capital Group’s portfolio company American Construction Source (ACS) has acquired Arrow Building Center (ABC), headquartered in Stillwater, Minnesota.
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
ABC, also known as Consolidated Lumber Company, is one of the largest nationally ranked independent building products distributors in the country. ABC provides custom home builders, building professionals, and DIY customers a comprehensive portfolio of lumber and building materials (LBM) products and specialty services in key Minnesota and Wisconsin markets, supported by a new state-of-the-art components manufacturing plant. ABC will continue serving customers under its current
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