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NatWest Trustee and Depositary Services has been appointed as the depositary for Beechbrook Capital LLP’s latest fund in its UK SME strategy, Beechbrook UK SME Credit III LP.
Beechbrook Capital is a specialist direct lender which focuses on investments in small to medium-sized businesses (SMEs) across a range of industries in the UK and Europe. Since its formation in 2008, the debt manager has raised cEUR1 billion across seven funds and has invested in 82 companies in the European lower mid-market.
Its latest vehicle, Beechbrook Capital UK SME Credit III LP, provides mainly senior secured loans to non-private equity-backed
Atlan announced has raised USD50 million in a Series B round led by Salesforce Ventures, Insight Partners, and Sequoia Capital India at a USD450 million valuation.
Several founders in the data space participated in the round including Fivetran founder Taylor Brown and ThoughtSpot founder Ajeet Singh. Existing investors Waterbridge Ventures also participated in the round.
The latest investment comes just eight months after a $16M Series A led by Insight Partners and high profile angels like Bob Muglia, former CEO of Snowflake.
Audax Private Equity (Audax) has completed the sale of Smart Care Equipment Solutions (Smart Care), a provider of commercial kitchen equipment maintenance services, to Zone Climate Services, a provider of mission-critical refrigeration and HVAC services backed by Wind Point Partners.
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Since partnering with Audax in November 2017, the Smart Care team executed on Audax’s Buy & Build strategy, completing 14 add-on acquisitions, growing to over 1,400 employees, and completing over 350,000 service events annually.
An additional USD430 million in funds has been allocated to existing US apartment partnerships by the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS), according to a report by I&PE Real Assets.
Institutional Multifamily Partners a USD5.2 billion partnership with GID Investment Advisors has been allocated USD350 million by the USD496 billion pension fund, while Pacific Multifamily Investors, a USD1.7 billion partnership with Pacific Urban Residential, has received USD80 million.
Capchase, a specialist in providing non-dilutive capital for recurring-revenue businesses operating in the US and Europe, has raised USD80 million in a Series B investment round, led by 01 Advisors.
QED, Caffeinated Capital, Bling Capital, ScifiVC, Thomvest Ventures, Tusk Venture Partners, Invesco and Gaingels also participated in the round.
The additional $80M in funding comes after a year of rapid growth and product expansion. In 2022 alone, Capchase has expanded to the Netherlands, Belgium, Finland, Sweden and Denmark, and launched its new European headquarters in London.
CVC Capital Partners Fund VIII has agreed to acquire RGI, an independent provider of software solutions to the European insurance industry, from Corsair, a private equity firm targeting services, software, and payments investments in the financial services market.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
RGI provides insurers with a comprehensive and modular offering that addresses the entire insurance value chain, covering processes such as policy administration, claims, analytics, market management, reporting and sales, and distribution.
CVC will support RGI’s management team in its future growth plans, which include further consolidating the fragmented insurance software industry and investing in
Downing is partnering with specialist solar developer and consultancy Ennoviga Solar Limited (Ennoviga) to develop and construct a portfolio of five ground-mounted solar generators that will exclusively serve Northumbrian Water Limited (NWL).
Downing’s investment amounts to GBP3.7 million and represents its first investment into solar assets commissioned by a UK regulated utility company.
NWL supplies mains water and sewerage services to 2.7 million people across the northeast of England, with its service area reaching between Berwick to just south of Darlington and Middlesbrough. The solar generators will generate some total of 5.7 MWp of electricity that is delivered directly to
The European Investment Fund (EIF) has committed to making a cornerstone investment in the Estateguru Senior Secured Credit Fund.
The new fund has a target size of up to EUR170 million and is aiming to invest in senior secured SME property-backed loans originated primarily in the Baltics, Finland and Germany.
The fund is a closed-ended (7+1 year) private debt fund available for qualified investors that seek exposure to this asset class. The fund’s first close is expected around the end of the second quarter of 2022.
Investcorp is to sell Dainese, a provider of protective equipment and technical gear for motorcycling and dynamic sports, to global investment firm Carlyle (NASDAQ: CG) for an enterprise value of EUR630 million.
Founded in 1972, Dainese operates across EMEA, APAC and the Americas and distributes its products across more than 100 countries.
Investcorp acquired Dainese in January 2015 from its founder, Lino Dainese, and has worked closely with the management team to drive both international growth and expansion of the Company’s product offering. Under Investcorp’s ownership, Dainese more than doubled its sales to EUR250 million, and grew EBITDA at a
Ironwood Capital Connecticut has made a subordinated debt and preferred equity investment in Pith Products (Pith), a designer and manufacturer of tool storage solutions primarily for the aerospace industry and precision tool markets.
Ironwood Capital Connecticut provided subordinated debt and, along with The Shoreham Group and Merrimack Seacoast, equity investments in support of Pith. People’s United Bank provided a senior loan.
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