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Mid Europa Partners (Mid Europa), a private equity firm focused on Central and South Eastern Europe, has signed an agreement to increase its stake in the leading CEE road freight transport company Waberer’s International Nyrt from 56.8 per cent currently to 97.1 per cent.
Mid Europa is acquiring the shares held by the founder and CEO, György Wáberer and acquiring full control of the Company. The transaction is subject to anti-trust clearance.
Wáberer decided to retire from active participation in Waberer’s after 35 successful years of building the business. As part of his retirement, Wáberer decided to sell his remaining
Tortoise Credit Strategies, part of the Tortoise Investments family, has completed the previously announced management buy-out by key Bradford & Marzec employees and Tortoise Credit Strategies.
Bradford & Marzec’s team-based investment decision process, utilised for 32 years through numerous business and economic cycles, and the core investment team remain the same. Employees and firm management now collectively own approximately 37 per cent, with the remainder owned by Tortoise Investments. Founders Ted Bradford and Zelda Marzec exited their equity positions and remain employees to ensure a smooth transition.
The Tortoise family has a long history in income and energy investing, with
Hyphen Solutions has secured an investment from PWP Growth Equity, a private equity fund managed by Perella Weinberg Partners that invests in leading, growth-oriented, lower middle market companies. Terms of the investment have not been disclosed.
The partnership with PWP Growth Equity will allow Hyphen to accelerate its investment in its people, systems and processes, and will enable the Company to add new customers and software products. As part of this transaction, Felix Vasquez, President and Chief Technology Officer of Hyphen, has been named Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
Hyphen provides cloud-based supply chain management, collaboration, and scheduling solutions
The Italian corporate and financial law firm Gattai Minoli Agostinelli & Partners has advised alternative investment management firm Investcorp on the acquisition of a majority stake in the Italian menswear manufacturer Corneliani.
The transaction was in the form of an acquisition of an equity stake from the Corneliani family and underwriting of a capital increase.
A team composed by partners Bruno Gattai and Gerardo Gabrielli, senior associate Michele Ventura and associates Maria Persichetti and Andrea Chiloiro advised on the M&A profiles of the transaction.
Partner Lorenzo Cairo and associate Paola Cavalli advised on the employment aspects, while partner
Private equity firm Encore Consumer Capital has completed the sale of its portfolio company, Mesa Foods, a producer of tortillas, flatbreads and taco shells to Teasdale Foods, a leading provider of private label and branded beans, hominy, peppers, sauces, corn products and seasoning products.
Scott Sellers, Managing Director of Encore Consumer Capital, says: "It has been a great pleasure for us at Encore to have partnered with the talented team at Mesa Foods. We could not be more proud of what the team has accomplished as it has continually innovated and worked collaboratively with its customers to meet their needs.
Audax Private Equity (Audax) has completed the sale of Neptune-Benson (Neptune) to Evoqua Water Technologies (Evoqua), a portfolio company of AEA Investors (AEA).
Evoqua is headquartered in Warrendale, Pennsylvania and is a leader in water and wastewater treatment products, systems, and services for industrial and municipal customers.
Headquartered in Coventry, Rhode Island, Neptune is a designer and manufacturer of environmentally-friendly filtration, including regenerative media filtration, UV disinfection systems, microsand filtration, recirculation components, and filter accessories to the commercial aquatics, industrial, and municipal industries. Since Audax’ initial investment in 2011, Neptune completed five acquisitions to add to its product offering and
Realla.co, a commercial property search engine and marketing automation business, has raised GBP1.5 million from a group of property and technology investors led by Kirsh Family Office and Lloyd Dorfman’s Esselco Group.
Realla seeks to address the fragmented way commercial property is marketed by offering a single, well-presented platform for tenants, investors and agents to source property along with professional features to help commercial agents and landlords market and manage all types of instructions in a highly automated, trackable fashion.
The company was founded in late 2014 by Andy Miles, formerly a property investor at British Land and Ian Parry
Forentis Fund, a USD50 million special purpose venture fund focused on biotechnology, has committed to provide USD7.5 million in funding to Blueprint Bio, the first of the company’s target portfolio companies to receive a funding commitment.
“Our strategy at Forentis is to provide capital resources and support to our group of selected target portfolio companies,” says Jay Goth, managing partner at Forentis. “This capital infusion will allow Blueprint to further develop their intellectual property portfolio and fund additional discoveries. As the commercialisation engine of our ecosystem, Blueprint will be the first in line for funding.”
Blueprint Bio was founded in
The European Investment Bank has agreed to provide GBP 12 million for investment by Newton Aycliffe based Gestamp Tallent Automotive. This will support new investment to strengthen innovation and development of specialised chassis and suspension products at the automative industry component manufacturer.
“The European Investment bank has a strong track record supporting investment to strengthen the world class leadership of UK industry. We are pleased to continue our cooperation with the UK automotive sector to finance significant new investment by Gestamp Tallent in Newton Aycliffe,” says Jonathan Taylor, European Investment Bank Vice President.
Gestamp Tallent has six plants in
Deutsche Börse Group has launched a dedicated corporate venture capital (CVC) platform – DB1 Ventures. The DB1 Ventures team will be primarily based in Frankfurt and will undertake new investments as well as actively manage Deutsche Börse’s existing minority shareholdings.
While Deutsche Börse has already made several strategic investments in early stage and mature companies, the new approach is designed to allow the Group to actively manage its existing and new portfolio to realise the full potential of these strategic shareholdings.
DB1 Ventures will invest only in areas that are strategic to Deutsche Börse. The focus will primarily be on
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