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Midlands-based Paintbox Group, a full service supplier of premium exterior systems and advanced painting and finishing solutions to the automotive industry, has secured a significant investment from BGF (Business Growth Fund) to help fund a new robotic production line and support longer-term growth.
Founded in 1989 to provide services to the Formula 1 industry, its customers now include Rolls Royce, Bentley, Aston Martin and Jaguar Land Rover. Paintbox operates three robotic and four manual paint production lines across its manufacturing sites in Birmingham and Banbury, employing more than 300 people and with an annual turnover close to GBP50m.
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Genstar Capital, a private equity firm focused on the healthcare, software, financial services, and industrial technology industries, is to sell ERT, a provider of high-quality patient data collection solutions for use in clinical drug development, to Nordic Capital Fund VIII.
Genstar acquired ERT in 2012 for approximately USD400 million in a take-private transaction. Since then, Genstar's investment professionals implemented significant enhancements to reposition the business, accelerate growth, and build a world-class management team. Genstar invested resources and capital in ERT, including the acquisitions of invivodata, eClinical Insights, and PHT Corporation, that complemented substantial internal investments in people and technology to
Aprea AB, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel anticancer therapies targeting the tumour suppressor protein p53, has completed a Series B financing round, raising EUR46 million (approximately USD 51 million).
The international syndicate was co-led by Versant Ventures and 5AM Ventures, with participation by Sectoral Asset Management. HealthCap acted as the local lead investor. Aprea's main shareholder is KDev Investments AB, an investment vehicle owned by Karolinska Development AB.
The funds will be used to advance the clinical development of lead program APR-246, a first-in-class anticancer compound reactivating the tumour suppressor protein p53. Aprea is completing the Phase Ib
IndiaMART, India’s largest online marketplace, has closed a Series C funding round led by Amadeus Capitalwith participation from Westbridge Capital, the Accion Frontier Inclusion Fund, managed by Quona Capital, and existing investor to Intel Capital.
The Company will use the funds raised to further strengthen its leadership position in the B2B segment by scaling up Indiamart.com along with Tolexo.com and ultimately assist more of India’s entrepreneurs to launch businesses, restock their shelves and connect with more business opportunities.
Dinesh Agarwal, Founder and CEO, IndiaMART, says, “As pioneers in this field, we understand that there lies a huge untapped opportunity with Indian MSMEs as well as big corporate
Wunder Capital, an online lending platform that connects investors with large-scale solar projects across the United States, has raised USD3.6 million in Series A funding round, bringing the company’s total funding to USD4.7 million.
The round was led by Techstars Ventures, Fenway Summer Ventures, and FinTech Collective, alongside existing seed investors. This new capital will allow Wunder to continue scaling operations, growing its team and expanding into new energy markets.
Wunder was the first solar company to be accepted into Techstars’ technology accelerator program, which it graduated from in 2014. Since then, its platform has allowed accredited investors to
Triloma EIG Global Energy Term Fund I has begun investment operations with an investment in senior secured notes issued by Sabine Pass Liquefaction (Sabine Pass).
Sabine Pass is a project company formed to own, develop and operate natural gas liquefaction facilities in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. The notes, which mature on 15 March, 2022, are secured by a first lien security interest in substantially all of the assets of Sabine Pass. The project is supported by fixed price, 20-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) sale and purchase agreements with investment grade counterparties. In February 2016, the project achieved a milestone when the
Private equity firm Main Post Partners has held the final closing of its inaugural fund, Main Post Growth Capital, with a total of USD400 million in third-party limited partner commitments, well in excess of its initial target of USD250 million.
The fund received commitments from a select group of prominent investors, including college endowments, insurance companies, family offices, corporate and state pension funds, fund-of-funds and high net worth individuals. Main Post Partners' principals and its executive network also contributed significant capital to the new fund.
"We are very grateful to have the trust and support of a distinguished group
Cleveland-based private equity firm Linsalata Capital Partners (LinCap) has promoted Jeffrey S Wahl to Managing Director and Operating Partner, Murad A Beg to Managing Director and James V Guddy to Principal.
Wahl joined Linsalata Capital Partners in 2014 after a 30 year career of progressive operating roles, most recently as President and CEO of EdisonLearning, a private equity-backed international education services provider. Before Edison, Wahl was Executive Vice President and COO at Outsourcing Solutions Inc, a private equity backed global leader of business process outsourcing and revenue cycle management. Prior to that, he rose through senior level positions at GE
eVestment has expanded its private equity performance analytics capabilities to meet the needs of institutional investors with the addition of new functionality to TopQ – eVestment's solution for the private equity market.
eVestment is continuing to work towards its commitment of providing institutional quality data and analytics across all major asset classes.
With these improvements, eVestment and TopQ users will see further enhancements to eVestment TopQ's private equity performance analysis functionality. Additions include the Direct Alpha public market equivalent (PME) analysis methodology in TopQ's PME module. PME analysis enables managers and investors to understand the relative performance of private equity compared
Private equity and investment advisory firm CVC Capital Partners (CVC) has hired Chris Colpitts as a Senior Managing Director and Head of Telecommunications, Media and Technology (TMT) in the US. Colpitts will be based in CVC’s San Francisco office.
Colpitts joins CVC from Deutsche Bank, where he was Global Co-Head of TMT Investment Banking based in San Francisco. Chris has over 18 years’ experience working in the San Francisco and Bay area with local and global technology companies, including Avago Technologies’ acquisition of Broadcom Corporation which was the largest strategic transaction in the technology sector since 2000. Prior to joining
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