Acquisition finance
Gimv and Sofinnova lead €11.2m financing of INSIDE
Gimv and Sofinnova Partners have led a €11.2m round-D investment in Inside Contactless, an open-standard contactless chip company, alongside existing shareholders.
Exponent-backed Durrants acquires Gorkana in £25m deal
Exponent-backed Durrants, a 125-year-old cuttings business, has agreed to buy Gorkana, an online jobs site, in deal worth just under £25m.
Lead Equities’ JCL Logistics acquires Logwin assets
Lead Equities' portfolio company JCL Logistics has acquired the road and rail activities of logistics company Logwin.
August committs further £23m to bulk up First Call
August Equity has committed a further £23m to fund the merger of its existing portfolio company First Call Services to Active Assistance.
Electra Partners et al. back SAV in Citigroup portfolio purchase
Electra Partners has injected additional capital into portfolio company SAV Credit for its acquisition of a £825m credit card portfolio from Citigroup, alongside other backers Palamon Capital Partners, Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners and...
Norvestor's RenoNorden acquires Danish waste collection unit
RenoNorden, a portfolio company of Norwegian buyout house Norvestor, has acquired the household waste collection division of Renoflex-Gruppen.
Valedo makes four add-ons to Swedish psychiatry group
Valedo Partners has completed four add-on acquisitions for its portfolio company Specialistpsykiatrigruppen.
Elysian's English Landscapes acquires Western Landscapes
Elysian Capital-backed English Landscapes, a landscape maintenance provider, has acquired Western Landscapes Limited for an undisclosed amount.
YFM-backed Fishawack acquires Nexus Communications
YFM has injected fresh capital to support portfolio company Fishawack Communications, the medical PR company, in its acquisition of US-based Nexus Communications.
Yield of dreams: unquote" explores high yield
Interview with Peter Schwartz, capital markets partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges.