Mezzanine
Mezzanine Management seeks €250m for fourth fund
Alternative lender seeking €40m commitment from EBRD for CEE-focused fund
Nordic mid-market mezzanine’s malaise
Mid-market mezzanine has been all but entirely squeezed out of the Nordic private equity space
BayBG backs barbecues retailer Activa Grillküche
The business produces and sells coal- and gas-fired barbecue grills
Nordic Mezzanine to hold off on new fund, says CEO
Debt manager has not explored fundraising due to the "squeezed" nature of the Nordic mezzanine market
Siparex backs Berkem with €10m of mezzanine
Vegetal chemicals specialist will use the funds to acquire a new industrial site
Ares holds final close for fifth fund on $7.85bn
Fund will make a mixture of debt and equity investments across Europe and the US
BPM backs MarkIT MBO with mezzanine as ASI exits
Buy-back returns full control to the Estonian management team after a growth capital injection in 2007
Maven's SLF injects £5m into Read Well Services
Mezzanine to fund both Read and sister company Meta
Maven injects £500,000 into Rekoop
Investment comes one year after Rekoop's seed funding round
Paine & Partners buys Spearhead International
Mezzanine Management supports deal with €30m funding package
Mezzanine Management invests €23.3m in Mogo Finance
Second investment in Baltics for Mezzanine Management
ActoMezz closes second fund on €210m
GP exceeds initial €200m target
Armada Mezzanine holds €103m final close
Fundraising surpasses €100m target, short of €150m hard-cap
Finance Birmingham invests £1m in Goodfish
ABN Amro provides debt package alongside £1m investment
Access Capital Partners holds first close for debt fund
Access Capital Private Debt Fund II aiming to raise €150m
Idinvest hits €235m first close for debt fund
Private Debt Fund III expected to reach final close by year-end
ActoMezz reaches €150m first close
GP aiming to raise €200m for Acto Mezzanine II vehicle
Beechbrook’s Fund II hits €150m hard-cap
Firm also announces two new investments
Syntaxis finances Expert Petroleum MBO
Syntaxis invested via its second fund
Belgian mezzanine financing comes out of the shadows
Belgian mezzanine
Beechbrook backs Simply Biz and N-Sea
Beechbrook Capital has made two new mezzanine investments via its second fund, backing support services business Simply Biz and sub-sea infrastructure services provider N-Sea.
Syntaxis appoints Coull as ESG consultant
Austrian mezzanine provider Syntaxis Capital has hired Rupert Coull as consultant for the firm's environmental, social and governance activities.
AMC backs Invia; offers MCI partial exit
Czech travel business Invia.cz has received a €7.5m capital injection from Mezzanine Management, with the GP acquiring a minority stake in the business.
Austrian politician praises mezzanine to support SMEs
Sonja Zwazl, president of the federal economic chamber of lower Austria, has called for more mezzanine financing to support local SMEs, according to local press reports.