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Private equity firm NorthEdge has supported the management buyout of Lights4fun, one of Europe’s leading e-commerce retailers of decorative lighting, to further expand the business’ existing market presence internationally. The direct-to-consumer Harrogate-headquartered business has been operating since 2003 and sells more than 700 decorative lighting products online, which include indoor and outdoor fairy lights, festoon lights, and seasonal lighting. The business now employs more than 40 people and generates revenues in excess of GBP20 million. With a highly efficient supply chain and logistics capability, Lights4fun sells its products online internationally across the UK, France, Spain, Italy, Germany and the US into
Corporate advisory firm Rickitt Mitchell has strengthened its senior leadership team with the promotion of Director Kaine Smith to the firm’s board.Having spent five years at Ernst & Young (EY) where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant, Smith joined Rickitt Mitchell in 2013 and possesses significant experience in the technology, healthcare, distribution, engineering and retail sectors. He has advised on a wide variety of deals with a combined value of over GBP350 million, advising on transactions across both public and private markets.
Smith has played a fundamental role in a number of high-profile transactions, including the GBP30 million sale
TELEO Capital Management (TELEO), an operationally focused private equity firm, has closed TELEO Capital at its hard cap of USD250 million.Investors in the Fund include a blue-chip roster of leading institutional limited partners, such as endowments, insurance companies, pension funds, fund of funds and family offices.
“We are honoured to welcome such high-caliber institutional investors as long-term partners, and we are grateful for their overwhelming support and confidence amidst a highly competitive fundraising market,” says TELEO Capital.
The Fund will invest in businesses based primarily in North America and Europe with a focus on special situations and corporate divestitures. In
Shore Capital Partners (Shore), a Chicago-based private equity firm, has entered into a strategic partnership with the Women’s Health Group (WHG).Led by founder Dr Stephen Volin, WHG is a leading obstetrics and gynaecology (OB/GYN) services provider with nine locations, including a midwifery practice, birthing centre, surgery centre and six clinical locations in Greater Denver. WHG is a leading practice in the Denver market, offering comprehensive medical and surgical OB/GYN services including in-office procedures, pelvic support treatment, and minimally invasive surgical techniques.
Shore Capital is partnering with WHG’s six existing partner physicians, Dr Stephen Volin, Dr Cindy Long, Dr Kristin
The lead up to the US election, and the results of it, have had and will continue to have, an impact on the global private equity industry. Here Hasib Howlader, director at the London accountants Howlader & Co, outlines some considerations on how the Biden victory, a win for the Democrat party, will affect private equity in the long run.
Eight Roads Ventures and London-based VC firm Balderton Capital, with participation from existing investors including San Francisco-based Founders Fund, have led a Series B equity round into digital electricity supplier Tibber.
Tibber also secured working capital funding by Nordea alongside equity, in order to support its growth. With this, Tibber has closed a total of USD 65 million in new capital.
The capital will be used for scaling up the team, as well as expanding into new markets, including the Netherlands in 2021. “For us, this means that we can continue our mission of making energy smarter at an even
Deutsche Börse AG is to acquire a majority (80 per cent) holding in Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) in a deal that values the whole business at USD2,275 million (EUR1,925 million).Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
Leading early-stage venture capital firm Future Capital Discovery Fund (Future Capital) has held the final closing of its fourth USD flagship fund, USD Fund IV with USD187 million in committed capital. The Fund will continue to focus on investing in early-stage enterprise technology and game-changing consumer technology companies in the Greater China region.
In addition to the previous institutional investors, USD Fund IV welcomes several new endowments; the Fund represents their first allocation to an early-stage Chinese specialist fund. Other new LPs include prestigious global fund of funds, family offices, foundations and top-tier HNWI entrepreneurs from the United States, Europe and
Eurazeo Capital is to sell its stake in Iberchem, its Fragrances and Flavours portfolio company based in Murcia (Spain), to Croda, a UK Specialty Chemicals company listed on the London Stock Exchange.
BGF has invested GBP8 million into Midlands-headquartered UK Flooring Direct to support its ongoing growth ambitions.UK Flooring Direct is an online retailer supplying quality own-brand wood, laminate, and vinyl flooring direct to consumers and trade, growing from an early ecommerce pioneer, to now being regarded as a market leader in the home improvement market.
The business was set up by CEO Jason Ashby in 2005 with GBP299 to purchase a website that would form the original platform for the business. UK Flooring Direct went on to generate sales of GBP750,000 in its first year and now, 15 years later,
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