UK growth equity investor Gresham House Ventures has scored a 6.9x return selling its stake in outdoor clothing maker Equip Outdoor Technologies UK. The post Gresham House scored 6.9x return selling long-held outdoor clothing business
The C$242bn-managing Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan has agreed to pay almost $1.5bn for a 25% stake in the electricity transmissin network of Scotland-based energy provider SSE. The post Ontario Teachers to pay almost $1.5bn for
UK mid-market buyout house Livingbridge has named Matt Jacobs as its new head of services sector investing. The post Livingbridge bumps up Matt Jacobs to head of services sector investing first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity
NatWest Group private banking arm Coutts and growth capital investor BGF has raised more than £80m for a UK Enterprise Fund targeting scale-up and early-stage businesses. The post NatWest private banking arm Coutts, BGF reach
Spanish fund manager Tresmares Capital has expanded into the UK with the launch of a £725m evergreen fund and dedicated London office. The post Spanish fund manager Tresmares expands to UK with £725m fund, London
UK-based investor abrdn has hit a £220m first close for its evergreen Inflation-Linked Infrastructure Debt Fund. The post Abrdn strikes £220m first close for inflation-linked infra debt fundraise first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.
UK private equity firm Bowmark Capital has agreed to back digital transformation IT services business Xperience. The post Bowmark Capital backs digital transformation IT services business Xperience first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.
UK investor Hambro Perks has hit a £100m first close for its new growth debt fund. The post Hambro Perks strikes £100m first close for ‘inflation hedge’ growth debt fund first appeared on AltAssets Private
UK investment house BGF has completed the exit of bakery St Pierre Groupe to Grupo Bimbo, earning an IRR of 85%. The post BGF earns 9.6x return on exit of bakery St Pierre Groupe first
Veteran UK private equity and infra investor Foresight Group has bought into F&W Networks to support the roll out of the company's full-fibre-to-the-premise network. The post Another fibre deal from Foresight Group seems firm back
UK investor YFM Equity Partners has led a £4.5m investment round for Plandek, a DevOps analytics platform that aims to enable technology teams to deliver quality software faster and more predictably. The post DevOps platform
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
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 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 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.
London-based Apposite Capital has hit a £200m final close for its latest fund targeting high growth and high impact healthcare and life science SMEs across Europe. The post Powerful returns see healthcare investor Apposite Capital
UK waste management major Biffa has accepted a cut-price buyout offer from US private equity firm Energy Capital Partners amid the pound crashing to its lowest ever level against the dollar. The post UK waste
Blackstone‘s 20-month ownership of venerable UK holiday resort chain Butlin’s has already come to an end through a buy-back deal from the family behind the company’s former owners. The post Blackstone sells famed UK holiday resort
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