Middle-market private equity firm Charlesbank Capital Partners has closed its Charlesbank Credit Opportunities Fund II, sweeping past its $500m target to close on its $700m hard cap.
Platinum Equity has acquired the digital film distribution business of Deluxe Entertainment in partnership with the company’s former CEO Cyril Drabinsky. Deluxe was founded in 1915 as a film processing lab within Fox Film Corporation.
Watco Companies, a portfolio company of Oaktree Capital, has agreed to acquire the short line rail assets and related equipment of six North American manufacturing sites from Dow Chemical. Watco is a provider of transportation
Private equity firm Abry Partners has acquired a majority stake in HealthEZ, an independent third-party administrator (TPA) of self-funded medical plans, adding the company to its growing portfolio of healthcare services investments. Abry’s investment is
Foam Fabricators, a portfolio company of Compass Diversified (CODI) since January 2018, has acquired Polyfoam. Polyfoam is a manufacturer of protective and temperature-sensitive packaging used in the medical, pharmaceutical, grocery and food industries. The company
San Diego-headquartered HCAP Partners has promoted Bhairvee Shavdia to principal. Ms. Shavdia joined HCAP Partners in 2015 and has been active in building and implementing the firm’s impact investing methodology that supports the creation of
The New York firm is expanding the partnership established in 2018 with Milan-based Apeiron Management
Investment firms received money from the Paycheck Protection Program, intended to provide relief to small businesses affected by the pandemic
Blackstone's credit platform GSO Capital Partners is reportedly out raising up to $7.5bn for its latest mezzanine debt fundraise.
Baird Capital, the direct private investment arm of mid-market investment bank Baird, has promoted Michael Holgate to partner and Andy Dyer to director in its London team.
Venture capital houses Alta Life Sciences and Kurma Partners have led a €3.5m series-A round for Barcelona-based biotech startup Deepull.
Callista Private Equity has acquired Alupress Berlin from its Italy-based parent company Alupress and plans to rebrand the mechanical metal processing company as Berlin Millhouse.
Blackstone-backed Vivint Solar is set for a $1.46bn buyout from industry peer Sunrun Inc in a deal which will create a $9.2bn residential solar power giant.
Aurelius has sold Germany-based handicraft and yarn business Mez to a Swiss entrepreneur.
Allegra Capital has acquired two printing companies – Switzerland-based graphic arts printing company Genoud Entreprise d'Arts Graphiques, and Italy-based market peer Musumeci – from the Sandoz Family Foundation.
The deal was made via Hg's £575m fund, which is aiming to help accelerate F24’s international growth through a buy-and-build strategy
Environmental Technologies Fund (ETF) has led a €7m funding round for Basemark, a Helsinki-based software company specialising in autonomous driving vehicle software.
Hg has taken a majority stake in F24, a company that delivers critical communications on emergency notification, crisis and incident management.
CVC Capital Partners has raised one of the biggest private equity funds of all time by hauling in a reported €21.3bn for a final close for its eighth flagship fundraise.
Imaweb-IDF Group, a customer relationship management specialist backed by Providence Equity Partners, has acquired software developer Serinfer Servicios Informáticos, which is controlled by Spanish family holding company Alvariño Group.
