Livingbridge sells UK’s Ten10 to Graphite Capital

Livingbridge sells UK’s Ten10 to Graphite Capital

Mid-market private equity firm Livingbridge has agreed to sell Ten10, a UK a quality engineering and software testing services provider, to Graphite Capital. The firms declined to provide financial details of the deal. Ten10 helps about 100 customers in the financial,...
BlackRock invests in UK’s electric vehicle start-up Arrival

BlackRock invests in UK’s electric vehicle start-up Arrival

Electric vehicle start-up Arrival said it has raised $118m from funds managed by BlackRock, the latest investor bet on new technology upending the auto sector. The investment values the UK-based manufacturer at around €3bn, according to a person familiar with the...
Private equity and Britain’s care home crisis

Private equity and Britain’s care home crisis

A battle over care home provider Four Seasons raises troubling questions for a sector Boris Johnson has pledged to fix At the Whitchurch Care Home, emergency buzzers went unanswered, some medicines were not dispensed and many of its frail and elderly residents had not...
Private Equity Fundraising Will Slow Down Next Year

Private Equity Fundraising Will Slow Down Next Year

The record-setting sums raised by Blackstone and other large private equity firms this year are unlikely to be matched in 2020, according to PitchBook.   Private equity fundraising in North America and Europe hit another all-time high in 2019, driven in part by...
Oakley Capital: a tasty private equity fund at a bargain price

Oakley Capital: a tasty private equity fund at a bargain price

Oakley Capital, the private-equity fund, is cheap, yet its investments are flourishing. Although Oakley Capital Investments (LSE: OCI), with £650m of assets, has been the best performer in the private-equity sector in the last year, it still trades on a 29% discount...