Private equity group Bridgepoint set for £2bn London listing
Firm that has backed Itsu and Burger King’s UK arm is planning to raise £300m in stock market float Bridgepoint, the private equity group behind the restaurant group Itsu, online cycling specialist Wiggle and the UK arm of Burger King, is planning to raise £300m with a stock market flotation in London. The listing, expected […]
Plant-based meat brand THIS secures £11m in Series A funding round
Plant-based meat brand THIS has secured £11 million in a Series A investment co-led by BGF, and Lever VC. THIS has also grown at a record-breaking rate of 530 per cent (April ’21 vs ‘20). Having only launched two years ago, this is one of the highest ever growth rates for a UK food brand, […]
Philippines’ Voyager raises $167M from KKR, Tencent
Philippine digital and financial services firm Voyager Innovations has raised $167 million for its expansion programme, including a venture into digital banking, its listed and largest shareholder said on Monday. Shareholders PLDT Inc (TEL.PS), private equity firm KKR & Co Inc (KKR.N) and Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings Ltd (0700.HK) participated in the funding round. Voyager, which serves 38 […]
Palliare completes $8m Series A funding round
Palliare has closed an oversubscribed $8 million Series A funding round led by leading European Life Sciences Venture Capital firm Seroba Life Sciences, with participation from Luxembourg-based SCM AD Ventures, Western Development Commission, and several private investors. The funds will be used to support US commercial launch activities related to Palliare’s EVA15 insufflator and smoke […]
Perwyn Growth Capital leads €10m funding round in Secret Sales
Perwyn, a family-backed private equity and growth capital investor, is pleased to have led a €10 million Series A funding round in Secret Sales, a premium ecommerce marketplace for fashion, footwear, accessories, beauty and homeware. Secret Sales’ revolutionary new business model is disrupting the discount sector and ingeniously solving excess inventory problems with its direct […]
Investcorp acquires CloudCare
Investcorp, a global provider and manager of alternative investment products, has acquired CloudCare. CloudCare is a tech-enabled platform active in the energy, telecommunications and insurance markets where it operates as a channel partner and digital broker, connecting consumers and service providers through both its own proprietary online platform and clients’ web platforms. CloudCare is a […]
Golding holds first close of first dedicated buyout co-investment fund at €161m
Golding Capital Partners has has held first close of its co-investment fund, Golding Buyout Co-Investment 2020, with capital commitments of €161 million. The asset manager for alternative investments has thus been able to place three quarters of the target volume of EUR200 million with investors – primarily pension funds and insurance companies – within just […]
Cinven to create pet care platform in Italy through combination of Arcaplanet and Maxi Zoo Italia
International private equity firm, Cinven, has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Arcaplanet, a pet care retail chain in Italy, from funds advised by Permira and Winch Capital Partners. As part of the transaction, Cinven and Arcaplanet will jointly acquire Maxi Zoo Italia, the third largest pet care operator in the Italian […]
Alter Domus acquires Investors Economic Assurance
Alter Domus, a fully integrated provider of fund administration, debt capital markets and corporate services backed by the Permira funds, has acquired Investors Economic Assurance (IEA), a global provider of technology solutions and services to alternative investment managers. The Manhattan-based firm specialises in capital administration solutions including Limited Partners’ waterfall calculations and General Partners’ carried-interest […]
SJE Inc. Acquired by Audax Private Equity
The investment from Audax comes as SJE aims for continued growth and expansion within the controls industry. SJE, a leading manufacturer of control solutions for the water and wastewater industry, has sold a majority equity interest to Audax Private Equity (“Audax”). The investment from Audax comes as SJE aims for continued growth and expansion within the controls […]
