Foresight Group
Foresight backs £1.75m Positive Outcomes MBO
Foresight Nottingham Fund has made its debut investment, supporting the £1.75m management buyout of Positive Outcomes.
Foresight to raise £200m through Solar Fund float
Foresight Group is to list its Foresight Solar Fund on London Stock Exchange’s main market with plans to raise £200m.
Foresight et al. invest in Biofortuna
A consortium of existing backers has injected £1.3m into Biofortuna, a UK-based molecular diagnostics company, to fund further growth.
Foresight backs Aerospace Tooling BIMBO
Foresight has invested £3.5m in the buy-in management buyout (BIMBO) of Scottish precision engineering company Aerospace Tooling.
Foresight launches third Solar EIS fund
Foresight Group has launched its Solar EIS 3 fund, with a target of £20m, to follow in the footsteps of its recently closed £30m Solar EIS 2 vehicle.
Foresight backs Procam MBO
Foresight Group has backed the MBO of Procam TV, a UK broadcast hire company.
Foresight invests £7.5m in Utility Funding
Foresight Group has backed Utility Funding Ltd (UFL) with £7.5m to roll out smart metres across the UK.
Foresight backs £21m organic waste facility
Foresight has committed £11m to special purpose vehicle TEG Biogas London.
Foresight rocks out with £3.5m Blackstar investment
Foresight Group has injected £3.5m into UK-based guitar amplifiers manufacturer Blackstar.
Foresight completes Aquasium partial exit
Foresight-backed technology company Aquasium has sold its electron beam subsidiary EBTEC to EDAC Technologies Corporation for approximately $11m.
Matrix reaps 17.8x on Camwood
Matrix Private Equity Partners and Foresight Group have sold their original stake in Camwood, an IT services business, in a sale back to management.
ISIS backs £46m Autologic MBO
ISIS Equity Partners has invested in the £46m MBO of UK-based automotive diagnostic software business Autologic.
Foresight completes management buy-in of Industrial Engineering Plastics
Foresight Group LLP has invested £4m in plastics manufacturer and distributor Industrial Engineering Plastics (IEP) as part of a management buy-in.
PE’s top five home runs of 2011
Matrix and Foresight’s stellar sale of App-DNA this week is among a handful of outstanding results the industry has achieved in recent months. Greg Gille takes a look at 2011’s top five exits
Foresight Environmental Fund launched
Foresight Group is to manage a new £200m fund to focus on waste and recycling in London.
Consortium sells LAB901
Archangel Informal Investment, Alliance Trust, Scottish Enterprise, Foresight, Noble Fund Managers and the Business Growth Fund have exited their stake in LAB901.
Acuity cedes management of VCTs to Foresight
Management shift is the second example of industry consolidation this year
Foresight, Clearwater team up to offer £20m VCT
Foresight Group, an independent alternative asset manager, has teamed up with Clearwater Corporate Finance to launch a £20m venture capital trust (VCT) to invest in UK businesses seeking under £10m of capital.
Foresight bolsters private equity team
The Foresight Group has appointed Matt Smith and Darrel Connell as investment managers in its private equity team.
Foresight launches £40m fund
Alternative asset manager Foresight Group has launched a £40m fund, listed on the London Stock Exchange as Foresight Solar VCT.
Foresight invests in Vertal and Closed Loop
Foresight Group has injected further funding into London recycling specialists Vertal and Closed Loop Recycling.
Foresight boosts European solar team
Foresight Group, a dedicated environmental investor, has appointed Federico Giannandrea as investment director.
VCTs to make a comeback
Venture Capital Trusts are hardly an asset class to make the headlines but current market conditions suggest there are growing expectations for a strong 2010 vintage. Emanuel Eftimiu reports