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Gresham divests Swift
Gresham Private Equity has sold oil & gas recruitment company Swift Technical Group to Wellspring Capital Management.
Q3 Barometer: European deal volumes drop to 2005 lows
Findings from the latest unquote” Private Equity Barometer, published in association with SL Capital Partners, reveal a worrying drop in deal volumes, falling to the same level as Q4 2005.
Insignia raises £865,000 from Equity Gap et al.
Smart packaging company Insignia Technologies has received £865,000 in a transaction led by Equity Gap.
Bridgepoint Development Capital invests in LOC
Bridgepoint Development Capital (BDC) has purchased a minority stake in offshore marine and engineering consultancy LOC.
Graphite makes 3.5x on Alexander Mann Solutions sale
Graphite Capital has sold Alexander Mann Solutions (AMS) for £260m to New York-based New Mountain Capital, reaping a 3.5x return on its initial investment.
Just Retirement targets £1bn+ market cap
Permira-backed Just Retirement is hoping to achieve a market capitalisation of between £1-1.25bn after it began its investor road show yesterday.
Saga expected to raise £3bn in IPO
Saga, part of Acromas, backed by CVC, Charterhouse and Permira, has hired STJ Advisors in advance of an expected £3bn public offering.
Is crowdfunding a threat to private equity?
Crowdfunding
Ergon’s Nicotra-Gebhardt secures €115m refinancing
Ergon Capital-backed Nicotra-Gebhardt has secured €115m of senior unitranche facilities to refinance existing debt and support its acquisition of Industrie CBI.
Cinven looking to offload Gondola
Cinven is appointing advisers to review its options for restaurant group Gondola Holdings, the parent company of PizzaExpress, Ask and Zizzi.
PAI’s Marcolin picks up Viva
Italian eyewear manufacturer Marcolin, backed by PAI Partners, has acquired Viva International through a definitive stock purchase agreement.
Baird acquires Alpha for £28m
Baird Capital has purchased a majority stake in international management consultancy business Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (Alpha) in a deal valuing the company at £28m.
SVG posts 3.5% NAV increase
Listed investor SVG Capital has reported an increase in its NAV per share of 3.5% to 497.2 pence per share.
Idinvest reaches €60m first close
Paris-based Idinvest Partners has held a first close on its Idinvest Digital Fund II on €60m.
Funding Circle raises $37m in series-C round
UK-based crowdfunding platform Funding Circle has raised $37m in a series-C round led by Accel Partners.
Permira walks away with Dr Martens
After months of speculation, Permira has acquired iconic footwear brand Dr Martens for £300m.
PE hungry for Burton’s Biscuits
Private equity houses including Apax Partners, Warburg Pincus and Clayton Dubilier & Rice are circling food company Burton’s Biscuits.
Inflexion backs CMO Compliance
Inflexion has backed the management buyout of CMO Compliance, a software company focused on health, safety and environment (HSE) governance, and risk and compliance.
SMEs disenchanted by party conferences
UK SMEs feel unsupported and uncertain of the future following the recent political party conferences across the UK.
F-star raises €9.4m from Atlas, Aescap et al.
Biopharmaceutical company F-star has raised €9.4m in a series-A round supported by Altas Venture, Aescap Venture, TVM Capital among others.
Faction raises further $3m
Ski equipment and apparel retailer Faction has received a further $3m in funding from Octopus Investments and London-based angel investors.
GCP rebrands to Kester and offloads TEG
The former European private equity division of Greenhill & Co, GCP Capital Partners, has simultaneously rebranded as Kester Capital and divested Travel Entertainment Group (TEG).
Brookes joins Impetus-PEF
Martin Brookes, Impetus-PEF
Harvard appoints new MD for private equity
Harvard Management Company (HMC), the Boston-based university endowment fund, has named Lane MacDonald as managing director of its private equity operations.