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Guy & O’Neill, a portfolio company of Centre Partners, and a developer and manufacturer of wipes and liquid-fill products in the household cleaning and personal care categories, has acquired Boomerang Laboratories (Boomerang), a Minnesota-based manufacturer of a diverse array of liquid-fill personal care and light-duty household cleaning products. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
The acquisition enhances Guy & O’Neill’s product breadth and capabilities in several attractive categories, provides meaningful additional liquid-fill capacity and creates a larger, more diversified and multi-site partner for customers. Founded in 1999 and based in Spring Park, Minnesota, Boomerang’s breadth of product capabilities
- 25/03/2020
Venture Capital firm Mayfield has closed on USD750 million in new capital across two venture capital funds, the USD475 million Mayfield XVI and the USD275 million Mayfield Select II, bringing the firm’s current assets under management to over USD2.5 billion.Mayfield XVI will continue the firm’s early-stage focus, primarily investing in companies at the ideation or early product stage. Mayfield Select II follows the strategy of Mayfield Select I, to invest in later-stage rounds of Mayfield breakout portfolio companies. The firm is expanding the charter of Mayfield Select II to invest in companies outside its portfolio which are at early-growth stages
- 25/03/2020
A consortium led by former CEO of Addison Lee Group, Liam Griffin, and Cheyne Capital’s Strategic Value Credit (SVC) business, has completed the buy-out of London’s largest taxi operator. Griffin and Cheyne SVC’s combined holdings give them a majority stake in the business, in a deal that sees at least GBP41 million of new investment flow into the firm.
The consortium was attracted by Addison Lee’s strong core revenues, which have remained resilient over the last five years, and by the firm’s enduring, pre-eminent position as London’s most trusted car service.
Griffin returns to his former role as CEO,
- 25/03/2020
Middle market private equity firm One Equity Partners is to acquire MCL Computer & Zubehör, a provider of IT consulting services and hardware & software reseller.
- 25/03/2020
ESG engagement by European firms is “strong” while their North American counterparts are “lagging behind”, according to a new survey by Aberdeen Standard Investments.
- 25/03/2020
Humatica, a specialist private equity adviser focused on organisational effectiveness, has appointed Jaroslav Filák as a Consultant in its Zurich office.
Filák will support continued expansion of the firm’s organisational efficiency work in Europe.
He brings deep experience with technology-driven organisational transformation, having previously worked with a leading IT consultancy in Europe and the US.
Like other Humatica consultants, Filák has an international background, having previously studied and worked in the UK, US, Germany and the Czech Republic.
Andros Payne, Managing Partner of Humatica, says: “With over 50 per cent pa growth in the past two years,
- 25/03/2020
- 25/03/2020
Churchill Asset Management (Churchill), an investment-specialist affiliate of Nuveen providing customised financing solutions to private equity firms and their portfolio companies, has completed fundraising for Churchill Middle Market Senior Loan Fund II with USD2 billion in limited partner commitments, exceeding its original target of USD1 billion.
The Fund, an unlevered vehicle that invests in traditional senior and unitranche loans to private equity sponsor-backed US middle market companies, is the firm’s second commingled fund offering since becoming an affiliate of TIAA/Nuveen in 2015. The Fund attracted equity commitments from a diverse base of institutional clients globally, including several large pension plans
- 25/03/2020
Covid-19 fallout continues to hit firms across the world, both in terms of supply and demand, and the predicted ensuing recession is likely to change how we live in the future. While the outbreak has unsettled lives and businesses across the world, delaying deal processes and fundraising, there are ‘new world’ sectors that will do well.
- 25/03/2020
The coronavirus has decimated global markets in recent weeks. And with PE funds competing to complete deals last year at record high valuations, the big question now is how managers navigate the threats of recession over the coming period. Many will be asking themselves: ‘How far might valuation multiples fall in this current climate and do we have the right risk protection in place for our portfolios?’
New research in McKinsey’s latest report, A new decade for private markets, reveals that while most fund managers consider cyclical risk as part of their due diligence and portfolio management processes, only
- 24/03/2020
A new medical device supplier which aims to offer UK hospitals the latest innovations from around the world has secured a GBP650,000 investment from NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance, which is managed by Mercia and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.North Yorkshire-based GI UK Medical specialises in gastroenterology products and will offer the NHS and private healthcare providers groundbreaking technologies to improve patient care and reduce cost. The company, which is based in Northallerton, has already struck a number of exclusive deals, including the right to supply a new capsule endoscopy system which can replace the need for an
- 24/03/2020
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