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Private Equity

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KnowledgeMill secures co-investment

In its sixth deal of 2012, YFM Equity Partners has backed KnowledgeMill and brought in a new executive chairman for the business.

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Team at Equistone lands first investment

The former private equity division of high street bank Barclays has completed its first investment since the firm became Equistone Partners Europe.

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RCapital sees future in Matrix Knowledge

Little Chef investor RCapital has backed Matrix Knowledge's plans to expand globally.

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Electra and Chamonix rescue Peverel

Following a year of uncertainty Perevel Group has secured the backing of two private equity partners, and is set to see its debt levels slashed.

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Peckforton nets further investment 

A week after deploying its new MEZZ fund for the first time, YFM Equity Partners has re-invested in Peckforton Pharmaceuticals.

Entrepreneurs

Rescue services – Interview with Jon Moulton

It takes a shrewd customer to make rapid returns at a time of anaemic growth. GrowthBusiness meets Jon Moulton to find out how he intends to make the best of a bad situation.

Venture Capital Funding

Skin in the game

It seems private equity bosses are under pressure to take a big dose of their own medicine.

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GPs feel the pressure to invest in own funds

Private equity general partners are feeling increasingly pressurised into investing more personal capital into their firm's next fundraising, new research finds.

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Matrix Private Equity invests in Equip

Matrix Private Equity Partners has invested £4.5 million into mountaineering clothing business Equip Outdoor Technologies as part of a £20 million funding package alongside Santander.

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Private equity investments improve

Companies backed by private equity have seen improved or unaffected performance, new findings reveal.

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Streetcar backers make new investment

Knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) business The Smart Cube has received a capital injection through an investment from Smedvig Capital.

Exit Strategies

Know your exit strategy before you invest in a business

The blunt truth is that private equity houses need to understand what the exit strategy is the moment they start talking to potential investee companies. GrowthBusiness blogger Wol Kolade explains.