Private Equity

Middle East & North Africa

Jacana absorbs Kenya-based firm

The merger with InReturn Capital, an East Africa-focused SME investor, comes as the firm prepares to raise a $75m fund.

3 min read · 21 September 2013

Investcorp catches FishNet

The Bahrain-based firm has acquired North America’s largest information security provider after a couple months that saw it realise more than $1bn in investment proceeds.

2 min read · 21 September 2013

Jordan Company buys shipping business

The mid-market firm is planning to launch its Resolute Fund III in the coming weeks and will target $3 bn for the vehicle.

1 min read · 21 September 2013

Riverside buys military training firm

The US mid-market firm has acquired Bohemia Interactive Solutions, completing yet another Australia-related education investment.

2 min read · 21 September 2013

Firms stay busy during holiday ‘break’

There was no rest for several firms during the holidays that spent the allegedly ‘slow’ final week of the year closing landmark acquisitions and exits.

4 min read · 21 September 2013

Equistone books 2.5x return on Hydrasun

The oil and gas sector exit to Investcorp comes shortly after the close of Equistone's first independent fund.

4 min read · 21 September 2013

Grovepoint invests in Israeli microalgae

The London-based firm, created in 2010 as a principal investor, hopes to tap the growing global appetite for health and nutrition products.

2 min read · 21 September 2013

Lion pays €300m for good hair day

Montagu Private Equity has made 3x on the sale of ghd – maker of flat irons and hair dryers – to Lion Capital.

2 min read · 21 September 2013

European mid-market fundraising to remain subdued in 2013

Mid-market fundraising remained flat last year, with low levels of realisations impacting new allocations to the asset class, according to a study by placement firm Acanthus.

2 min read · 21 September 2013

EQT acquires itslearning

The investment is likely to be the last by the firm’s Expansion Capital Fund II, a 2007 vintage now close to 80% invested.

2 min read · 21 September 2013

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