New York based private equity firm Altitude Capital Partners has sold its portfolio company Saxon Innovations, an intellectual property licensing company, to Norman IP Holdings and RPX. The sale includes Saxon’s entire portfolio of 180 patents. Saxon was formed in August 2007 by Altitude to acquire the portfolio from Legerity
Investcorp Technology Partners, the technology private equity arm of alternative investment manager Investcorp, has acquired a 29.8 per cent stake in OpSec Security Group, a maker of anti-counterfeiting protection technologies and services. Investcorp’s investment includes a GBP7.6m subscription for newly issued preference shares and common equity, as well as a
Private equity firm BC Partners has acquired a 66 per cent stake in Spotless Group SAS, a manufacturer of laundry and cleaning products, from Axa Private Equity. The transaction is valued at approximately EUR600m. Both Spotless and AXA Private Equity are based in France, while BC Partners is based in
Phoenix Equity Partners, a UK mid-market private equity firm, has reached agreement for the sale of Nationwide Autocentres to Halfords Group for GBP73m. Nationwide is a provider of automotive mechanical repair, servicing and MOT tests across the UK. Operating from over 220 technical Autocentres, Nationwide has over 600,000 customers.
A consortium of venture capital firms has sold its stake in Intelliden, a provider of networking solutions, to information technology company IBM. The consortium includes 3i Group, GGV Capital (formerly Granite Global Ventures), Matrix Partners, Telus Ventures and Westbury Partners. Following the completion of the transaction, Intelliden technology will be
Private equity firm Kirtland Capital Partners has completed the sale of its portfolio company PVC Container, the parent company of Novapak, to Castle Harlan’s Pretium Packaging. During its ownership, Kirtland led PVC through a number of strategic and operating initiatives, including a transition to the Novapak name following the integration
The California State Teachers’ Retirement System has expanded its relationship with Banc of America Merrill Lynch Capital Access Fund into underserved inner-city and rural markets. Calstrs is committing USD100m to its fourth BAML fund since 2003, targeting underserved domestic markets. Calstrs has the option of increasing its commitment to USD200m
Private equity firm Advent International has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Centrul Medical Unirea, a chain of medical clinics in Romania, from the private equity company 3i and the founders of the business. The value of the deal was undisclosed. The transaction is subject to Romanian Competition Council
RW Capital Partners is aiming to raise USD50m of private capital with a new fund that will provide loans to small businesses who are struggling through the recession-induced credit crunch. RW Capital’s fund could be matched by up to USD100m in committed funds upon successful completion of its application to be
Private equity and venture capital recovered some of the losses they had incurred in 2008 and early 2009 in the third quarter, with each asset class logging its best performance since 2007. However, as in the previous quarter, public equity indices outperformed both, though for time horizons of three years
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