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Investment manager Downing has agreed a £7.6 million funding facility to support Country Court, a UK operator and developer of elderly residential care.
The loan to develop a 69-bed modern purpose-built care home, is the start of a new relationship for Downing’s Development Capital team with Country Court – which owns and operates 35 homes in England.
The proportion of investors reporting net annual returns of over 16% across the lifetime of their private equity portfolios has reached near-record levels, according to Coller Capital’s latest Global Private Equity Barometer.
Some 42% of Limited Partners (LPs) now have portfolio-lifetime annual returns of over 16% net. This number has been exceeded only once since the Barometer was first published in 2004: in the Barometer of Summer 2007 in the run-up to the Global Financial Crisis (GFC).
Over 70% of LPs say their private equity assets have outperformed their public equity portfolios since the GFC. Indeed, most LPs say
Ariceum Therapeutics (Ariceum), a private biotech company developing a radiopharmaceutical product for the diagnosis and systemic targeted radiation therapy of certain hard-to-treat cancers, has completed an oversubscribed €25 million Series A financing round.
Ariceum was co-founded by EQT Life Sciences (formerly LSP) and HealthCap who also co-led the financing that was joined by Pureos Bioventures. Ipsen transferred assets, and all corresponding rights into the Company in late 2021.
The proceeds from the financing will enable Ariceum to further develop its lead asset and proprietary peptide derivative, satoreotide, a radiopharmaceutical drug and an antagonist of the somatostatin type 2 (SST2) receptor
Akin Gump has appointed Amy Wollensack and Sergio Urias, a pair of private equity transactional lawyers, as partners in the firm’s New York office.
Wollensack and Urias regularly advise on M&A, recapitalisations, leveraged buyouts, growth equity investments and related corporate transactions.
Urias’ practice also represents investment funds and strategic clients in Latin America.
The Access Group, a provider of business management software to mid-market organisations in the UK, Ireland and Asia Pacific, has secured further investment from its shareholders, Hg and TA Associates, with an associated enterprise value of £9.2 billion, believed to make it one of the largest UK headquartered software providers.
Access has grown significantly since its incorporation in 1991, delivering uninterrupted profitable growth in the last 15 years. Since 2020, Access has more than doubled in size driven by double-digit organic growth, combined with strategic M&A in the UK, Ireland and Asia Pacific. Access has grown its customer base to
International law firm Clifford Chance has advised global private equity firm Cinven and co-investor Novo Holdings on the disposal of Envirotainer to EQT and Mubadala.
Headquartered in Sweden, Envirotainer is a global provider of temperature-controlled air cargo containers for the global pharmaceutical supply chain. The Enterprise Value of the transaction is approximately €2.8 billion. Novo Holdings is a co investor with Cinven, and Law firm Vinge advised on the Swedish aspects of the deal.
Clifford Chance originally advised Cinven, alongside Vinge, on its acquisition of Envirotainer in 2018, and has supported Cinven throughout the lifecycle of its investment.
Antelope, an omni-channel, pet wellness platform backed by private equity firm Alpine Investors, has acquired Diggin’ Your Dog and Super Snouts, a supplier of high quality pet CBD supplements, health products and treats.
With this partnership, Diggin’ Your Dog and Super Snouts will continue to operate under its brand name within Antelope, and Christy Love will continue as its CEO.
Antelope was launched in August 2021 by Alpine and Founder and CEO, Wendy Wen, with the mission to build a next-generation conglomerate of high-quality natural pet brands.
The German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) is planning to set a minimum investment quota for venture capital investment allocations by public and private pension plans, according to a report by Investment & Pensions Europe.
The proposal would result in a total of €30 billion invested in VC funds as the government looks to boost the amount of capital available to start-ups.
Private equity firm Thomas H Lee Partners (THL) has appointed Sam Hendler as managing director and head of business development for the firm’s healthcare investment group.
Middle market private equity firm One Equity Partners (OEP) is to acquire ACI’s corporate online banking solutions, an API-driven solution for the banking industry, from ACI Worldwide.
Upon completing the transaction, the entity will operate independently under the new name, Dragonfly Financial Technologies.
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