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International private equity firm, Cinven, is to acquire JLA, a leading critical asset supply and services business for laundry, catering and heating in the UK, for an undisclosed consideration.
Headquartered in Ripponden, West Yorkshire, JLA provides commercial laundry, catering and heating solutions to more than 25,000 small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) customers. JLA offers a unique ‘Total Care’ proposition, which combines equipment supply with guaranteed service response times for a contracted monthly fee, providing peace of mind and value for money to a range of customers including care homes, hotels, education providers and housing associations.
Founded in 1973, JLA
Fintech is the most popular sector among high net worth and professional investors, according to Capitama, a direct private investment platform.
Analysis of the preferences of the registered investors of Capitama, which includes more than 300 individuals, family offices, PE firms and investment offices has indicated that fintech and technology investment opportunities more generally are the two most popular sectors among investors.
Capitama’s current registered investors have a total annual investment capacity of GBP7.6 billion. Of this total capacity, investors have expressed an annual investment capacity of GBP5 billion into Private Equity opportunities, with GBP2.3 billion total annual investment
Carey Olsen’s investment funds team in Jersey has advised CoinShares Group on the successful first close of CoinShares Fund II.
The new investment vehicle follows the June 2017 launch of CoinShares Fund I, the first fund ever to be denominated in Ethereum. Like its predecessor, the closed-ended fund will invest in a range of opportunities in the blockchain space, among them – newly created digital assets, emerging from Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs).
The fund has been authorised under the Jersey Private Fund Regime, a regime which provides for a streamlined regulatory authorisation process as it is a selective offering
Ashfords has been ranked as one of the most active law firms globally in venture capital deals for the first quarter of 2018, according to PitchBook. The annual global league table provides a comprehensive ranking of private equity and venture capital (VC) activity worldwide.
The firm has been ranked joint second in Europe, alongside US law firms Cooley and Jones Day, and ranked 16th globally according to figures released by PitchBook. Ashfords is the only independent UK law firm to appear in the global league table and have climbed from 4th in Europe and 23rd globally from last year’s rankings.
Odysseus Investments, the private equity arm of Reech Corporations Group, recently announced a significant investment in Whitebox Services AG, an independent financial advisory firm using advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to offer tailor-made investment services to retail clients.
The investment makes Odysseus the largest external investor in the company. Christophe Reech (pictured), Chairman of Reech Corporations Group, explains that he established Reech after a lengthy career as a serial entrepreneur as a financier, principally working in supporting and developing established businesses as well as identifying new business opportunities.
One of his ventures, subsequently sold to SunGard in 2004, was
BGH Capital, a leading private equity firm focused on buyout opportunities in Australia and New Zealand, has successfully closed its first fund, BGH Capital Fund at around AUD2.6 billion after reaching its agreed hard cap.
The fund launched in late 2017 with a target of AUD2.0 billion. This represents the largest ever first-time private equity fund focused on investment in Australia and New Zealand.
The fund will invest in a diversified portfolio of investments across Australia and New Zealand leveraging its deep, local sourcing capability. It will seek to invest in companies where there is significant opportunity to support
Dallas-based social enterprise Good Returns and alternative asset management firm Inverdale Capital Management have launched the Guarantee-Investment-Values Strategies (GIVS) which, in addition to targeting a financial return, takes into account an impact weighting and provides guarantee capacity for impact lending programs.
GIVS will immediately expand the guarantee capacity for Good Returns’ Cycle program. Through Good Returns, participating companies provide capital in the form of a one-year interest-free loan, or “cycle.” Good Returns then deploys the capital to vetted groups that address social challenges using financially and operationally sustainable models, also called “impact organisations.” The loan increases the effect of the impact organisation and is
Silverfleet Capital, a Pan-European private equity firm that specialises in buy-to-build, is to acquire a majority stake in Prefere Resins Holding.
Headquartered in Erkner, situated on the outskirts of Berlin, Germany, the Company is a European market leader in the development, production and sale of phenolic and amino resins which are used as a binding agent across the construction, insulation and industrial sectors. Completion is subject to regulatory approval and the terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Built through the acquisition of plants owned by Neste and Perstorp in 2000, Prefere operates seven production facilities across six European
Blue Bear Capital, a venture and growth equity fund focused on digital technologies for the energy industry, has appointed Lord Browne of Madingley to its Advisory Board.
Browne has an exceptional record of leadership across the energy and investment industries, having served as Chairman and CEO of BP, co-head of the world’s largest renewable energy investment fund at Riverstone Holdings, non-executive director of Goldman Sachs and Intel, and President of the Royal Academy of Engineering, among numerous other positions.
“The energy industry has always been driven forward by technology,” says Browne. “The next great wave of technology is digital.
Indian craft beer brand Bira 91 has closed its third round of funding at USD50 million, led by Belgian investment firm, Sofina.
This brings the company to over USD100 million in funding to date.
This latest round will be deployed to expand the India business five-fold over the next three years and establish a leadership position in the Indian premium beer market. It will also further accelerate Bira 91’s global footprint with expansion in the US market, as well as Asia Pacific, including Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong and Vietnam.
Two years ago, Sequoia Capital India marked its first-ever
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