Alternative Finance for Business

Looking for private equity backing? With the current market providing such rich pickings there is all the more reason to be discerning and the question is: what makes one private equity funder better than another for a particular management team?

Alternative Finance for Business

The primary reason for seeking funding from a private equity backer is, of course, to raise capital. But increasingly management teams are finding that it is not the financial terms that differentiate one equity provider from the next. We talk to The Works and Robinia Healthcare about what makes one PE investor stand out from the rest.

Alternative Finance for Business

What do private equity backers look for in potential investments? Most of all, a top-calibre management team, says Paul Marson-Smith, chief executive of mid-market investment business Gresham Private Equity.

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Lord Kalms of Edgware, the founder and now life president of Dixons, has joined the board of European soft drinks start-up Acorn Brands as chairman, while Fleming Family & Partners has made €100 million (£69 million) available to fund expansion.

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PPM Capital, the private equity arm of Prudential, has acquired information and communication technology consultant Azzurri Communications in a £182.5 million deal.

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2005 was a record year for the UK private equity industry, with more than £11.7 billion being invested in 1,535 businesses worldwide (up from £9.7 billion in 2004), according to new figures from the British Venture Capital Association and PricewaterhouseCoopers.