Global asset manager Russell Investments has launched an open-ended infrastructure fund targeting commitments from UK professional investors. The post Russell Investments eyes inflation hedge, post-Covid opportunities with infra fund launch first appeared on AltAssets Private
Climate and sustainability-focused investment house Lightrock has hauled in €860m for a hard cap close of its debut climate impact fund. The post Lightrock fundraising spree continues with €860m hard cap close for debut climate impact
Specialist-tech investor Volpi Capital has made its first investment from fund III by acquiring UK-based cybersecurity group Xalient.
European asset manager Aurelius has sold agrochemical contract development and manufacturing organisation Briar Chemicals to Indian trade buyer Safex. UK-based Briar has been part of the Aurelius portfolio since 2012, following a corporate carve-out transaction
Huge negativity abounds in the UK private equity community over the country's economic outlook over the next two years, new research shows. The post Vast majority of UK private equity community negative on country’s economic
UK investor ICG Enterprise Trust has called the 60% discount between its stock price and the NAV of its portfolio “very anomalous”.
European sponsor Aurelius has sold Briar Chemicals, an UK-based producer of agrochemicals and fine chemicals, to crop protection group Safex Chemicals India for approximately EUR 83m.
UK investment house Pollen Street Capital has bought a majority stake in PAIR Finance, an AI-based digital debt collection platform. The post AI-powered debt collection fintech PAIR Finance gets Pollen Street Capital backing first appeared
European tech investor Bregal Milestone has bought into automated regulatory compliance specialist CUBE Global. The post Bregal Milestone taps into automated regulatory compliance opportunity with CUBE Global investment first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.
Mid-market sponsor Inflexion has hired Freddy West as talent director from British International Investment (formerly CDC Group).
Private equity and venture capital players reaffirmed their conviction on the long-term prospects for the industry and listed their current priorities when it comes to operating and investing in the UK, during the discussions at
UK tech investor GP Bullhound has backed a £93m Series C fundraising for Connex One, a cloud-based customer engagement platform. The post Klarna, Revolut backer GP Bullhound backs £93m Series C for Connex One first
UK mid-market buyout house Graphite Capital has backed the management buyout of Digital Space from Horizon Capital. The post Graphite Capital targets £58bn IT managed services market with Digital Space buyout first appeared on AltAssets Private
Flashpoint Venture Capital, a tech investor focused on expanding Europe and Israel-based startups internationally, has opened its first US office. The post Europe, Israel-focused Flashpoint expands to US to bolster transatlantic opportunities first appeared on
UK private equity house Inflexion has brought in former British International Investment director Freddy West as talent director. The post Inflexion brings in Freddy West as talent director first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.
Mid-market sponsor Graphite Capital has agreed to acquire Digital Space, a UK-based managed IT services provider, from Horizon Capital.
UK treasury minister Richard Fuller MP highlighted the role that the private capital industry can play in the government’s growth plan, as well as how this plan can support the industry itself, speaking at panel
YFM Equity Partners has sold UK-based Springboard, a provider of AI-powered retail and footfall data analytics, to MRI Software, a US-based real estate software solutions provider.
Palatine Private Equity has offloaded its minority interest in Acora to LDC, the private capital arm of Lloyds Banking Group, less than three years into its investment in the UK IT managed services provider.
Although markets have responded with alarm to the UK government’s recent “fiscal event”, the UK private industry is soldiering on, with opportunities to be had for those who do not see the market as out
