IK’s new UK team seals debut deal with Forthglade Foods buyout
IK Investment Partners has sealed the first deal from its newly-established UK team by buying into pet food provider Forthglade Foods through its €550m Small Cap II fund.
IK Investment Partners has sealed the first deal from its newly-established UK team by buying into pet food provider Forthglade Foods through its €550m Small Cap II fund.
Private equity major TPG is reportedly eyeing a sale of US regional cable TV and internet provider Astound which could value it at more than $8bn.
Phoenix Equity Partners has picked up a majority stake in Spy Alarms, a UK provider of electronic security and fire services.
Global private equity house TA Associates has rehired a trio of staff across its London and Boston offices as vice presidents after stints at graduate school.
Consumer-focused buyout house L Catterton has hauled in more than $3.7bn for its ninth flagship fundraise, putting it within touching distance of its goal.
European private equity investor Access Capital Partners has hit a first close for its €300m-targeting sophomore buyout co-investment fundraise.
Blackstone-backed Latin America private equity specialist Patria Investimentos has hauled in BRL10bn ($2bn) for its fourth infrastructure fundraise.
Roark Capital has bought into youth sports camp business US Sports Camps, which operates camping programmes including Nike Sports Camps.
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Longshore Capital Partners has closed its debut private equity fund, Longshore Capital Fund I LP, with total and oversubscribed capital commitments of $203 million. The new firm was formed earlier in 2020 by LaSalle Capital
Archant, a newspaper and magazine publishing company, has reportedly been acquired by private equity firm Rcapital Partners.
Scottish Lothian Pension Fund (LPF) has appointed Gillian De Candole as its new portfolio manager. De Candole will join after having clocked up over 15 years of experience across the investment space, both on the
Lindsay Goldberg has added three new managing partners to its team.
Real estate-focused private equity firm MACH Capital has acquired the assets of outdoor equipment company La Cordée Plein Air.
Capricorn Partners has tapped its Sustainable Chemistry Fund to invest into Belgian technology developer Zeopore Technologies NV.
Baring Vostok- and Vostok New Ventures-backed Doc+, a Russian online platform providing on-demand service for doctor visits, has merged with Russia-based medical clinics network Doktor Ryadom.
Bain Capital Private Equity has deployed $750m into cloud software company Nutanix though convertible senior notes.
Bridgepoint Development Capital (BDC) has sold its stake in workflow and productivity software developer BigHand to fellow US private equity firm Levine Leichtman Capital Partners.
The Axton Group, which focuses on opportunistic real estate and real estate-related assets in the US, has raised up to $120m for its latest fund.