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CAPZA, a leading private investment firm specialising in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), has held the final closing of its CAPZA 5 Flex Equity Fund, reaching its revised hard cap at EUR700 million, doubling the final size of the previous Fund (EUR350 million).
Trainor Group AS has acquired prominent Swedish safety course provider, Teknikutbildarna, strengthening its position as Scandinavia’s leading provider of digital electrical safety training.
Headquartered in Tønsberg, this acquisition will enhance Trainor’s position as a leading player in electrical safety training in Scandinavia and give the Swedish market a boost in digital training.
As part of Trainor’s ambitious growth plans, the deal will give the company total turnover of around NOK130 million, and over 80 employees. Trainor, which is owned by its employees and global impact investor, EV Private Equity, is transforming the standard of electrical safety training through digitalisation.
UK network service provider Freshwave has acquired the managed service division of UK-headquartered Wi-Fi specialists Airangel.
Founded in 2005, Airangel provides Wi-Fi solutions and support to over 80 brands in the high-end hospitality market, as well as the build to rent and private rented sectors. Its managed service division currently connects 60,000 hotel rooms, apartments and seasonal pitches across the UK and Europe. Airangel’s leading platform for onboarding public access provides control through authentication security, insights and analytics which support and drive continuous improvement for its users.
Freshwave is backed by Digital Colony, a leading digital infrastructure investment firm
Carey Olsen, together with Northern Trust, have supported venture capital firm Pureos Bioventures on the successful launch and final close of its first fund, BB Pureos Bioventures LP (Pureos), with commitments of USD205 million.
Pureos, which exceeded its initial fundraising target after securing support from pharmaceutical and biotech companies, family offices, pension funds, fund-of-funds, a large contract manufacturer and other institutional investors, will invest globally but have a primary focus on Switzerland and Europe. It will invest in innovative private drug development companies with an emphasis on novel biological drugs and emerging modalities such as nucleic acid, cell and
New alternative lender Blazehill Capital has appointed Jake Hyman as Business Development Director, signalling its commitment to sourcing and executing complex credit opportunities in the UK mid-market.
Blazehill Capital typically provides secured lending ranging from GBP5 million to GBP30 million per transaction, delivering fast and flexible credit solutions to companies with non-standard lending requirements that are often complex and time critical. The firm’s ambition is to build a lending book of over GBP1billion in five years.
Hyman will lead the origination efforts for Blazehill Capital in London and the South. He started his career at EY before working for Wells
TA Associates, a leading global growth private equity firm, has completed a majority investment in InCorp Global, a leading corporate services provider in Asia.
Financial Services Capital, a private equity investor dedicated to the European financial services sector, has appointed Kevin Cunningham, an insurance specialist with more than 25 years’ experience in the financial services industry, as its newest Partner.
Cunningham, who will lead FSC’s investments in the insurance sector, joins from Stephens Europe, where he was a Managing Director of the Financial Services Group. He has over two decades of investment banking experience, advising public and private insurance companies on mergers, acquisitions, strategy, restructurings and fundraisings, and has broad experience across the financial services sector. Kevin was also one of the founders of
Abingworth, an international life sciences investment group, has held the final closing of its new Clinical Co-Development Fund at USD582 million.
The EQT Mid Market fund (EQT Private Equity) has agreed to sell StormGeo Holding AS (StormGeo) to Alfa Laval AB (Alfa Laval), a specialist in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling. The transaction price amounts to NOK3,630 million.
StormGeo was founded in 1997 in Bergen, Norway, as a spin-off from Norway’s largest commercial broadcaster, TV2. Through its scalable software solutions, StormGeo provides weather-centric services to more than 2,200 customers globally in a variety of industries, including shipping, energy and onshore industries such as healthcare, hospitality, insurance and retail.
With extreme weather being the number one cause of business disruptions
Arent Fox has expanded its Corporate & Securities practice with the addition of partner Jonathan P Bagg.
Bagg represents senior and mezzanine lenders, corporate borrowers, and financial sponsors in connection with a wide variety of financing transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, recapitalisations, and debt restructurings.
Bagg joined the firm from Cooley LLP and has particular experience advising clients in the retail, transportation, financial services, media, manufacturing, life sciences, and education sectors. Beyond transactions, Jonathan counsels clients in connection with the delivery or receipt of financial advisory services, including fairness opinions and solvency opinions. He routinely provides counsel
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