Deals and Transactions

Duolingo raises USD15m in series B funding

Tue, 18/09/2012 - 16:19

Duolingo, the free language learning service which translates websites, has raised a USD15m series B round led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA), with participation from existing investor Union Square Ventures. »

Fernando Marques Oliveira, managing director and head of HIG Brazil

HIG Capital acquires Cel Lep

Tue, 18/09/2012 - 10:10

HIG Capital’s Brazilian affiliate has completed the acquisition of Cel Lep Idiomas, a premium English Language Teaching (ELT) network in Brazil. »

Fourth acquires US-based Adaco

Tue, 18/09/2012 - 06:18

Fourth, a SaaS provider of labour, payroll, inventory and procurement systems for the restaurant/bar, hotel, contract catering and leisure markets, has acquired Adaco, a supplier of SaaS based purchasing and inventory control solutions to the hotel sector in the US and throughout the world. »

HIG Europe acquires ARMetallizing and Vacumet Paper

Mon, 17/09/2012 - 12:03

HIG Europe, the European arm of private equity firm HIG Capital, has completed the acquisitions of ARMetallizing, a Belgium based manufacturer of metallized paper, from Ackermans & van Haaren and Vacumet Paper, a Massachusetts based manufacturer of metallized paper, from Scholle. »

Carlyle Group acquires controlling stake in Tok&Stok

Mon, 17/09/2012 - 06:37

Alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group has acquired 60 per cent of Tok&Stok, Brazil’s largest specialty furniture retailer by sales, from founders Ghislaine and Régis Dubrule. »

iWalk raises USD17m in series D financing

Fri, 14/09/2012 - 16:15

iWalk has closed a private series D equity financing round of USD17m led by new investor Gilde Healthcare Partners. »

Richard Fetterman, partner at Livingstone London

Mergermarket acquires Inframation Group

Fri, 14/09/2012 - 14:32

The Mergermarket Group has acquired Inframation Group. Livingstone advised the shareholders of Inframation on the transaction. »

MidSpan Partners sells Jordan Technologies to Flare Industries

Fri, 14/09/2012 - 12:10

MidSpan Partners has sold Jordan Technologies to Flare Industries, a portfolio company of Texas-based private equity firm Turnbridge Capital. »

HIG Europe acquires Specialty Alumina business of Rio Tinto Group

Thu, 13/09/2012 - 10:07

HIG Europe has closed its acquisition of the Specialty Alumina business of listed global mining firm Rio Tinto Group. »

Robert Potokar, chief executive of Thermal Solutions Manufacturing and operating partner of Resilience Capital Partners

Resilience Capital Partners acquires R&D Enterprises

Thu, 13/09/2012 - 05:56

Resilience Capital Partners, a Cleveland-based private equity firm, has acquired R&D Enterprises, an original equipment manufacturer of highly-engineered heat exchange and cooling products serving the off-road, marine, on-highway and industrial end markets. »