Investment firm KKR is to acquire Internet Brands from Hellman & Friedman and JMI Equity. KKR is making its investment in partnership with Internet Brands chief executive officer Bob Brisco and the Internet Brands management team, who will hold a minority stake in the company and continue to run the
American Capital’s portfolio company SMG Holdings has acquired Premier Food Services, a provider of outsourced food and beverage services in southern California. SMG is a provider of entertainment and conference venue management services worldwide. "As a global venue management company, SMG manages a large and broad portfolio of venues
Private equity firm American Securities, in partnership with the existing management team, has completed its acquisition of Grede Holdings, a producer of cast, machined and assembled transportation market components. Grede had been majority owned by a private investment fund managed by Wayzata Investment Partners. Financial terms of the transaction have
Atlas Holdings’ portfolio company ASG, a specialty-packaging manufacturer, has acquired the Bydgoszcz, Poland-based beauty and personal care folding carton business of MeadWestvaco Corporation (MWV). Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Bydgoszcz is an important supplier of packaging to major global and regional consumer goods companies, including cosmetics
Private investment firm Palladium Equity Partners has acquired, through affiliates, Q'Max Solutions, an oilfield services company with operations in Latin America, North America and Asia. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Founded in 1993, Q'Max is a large independent oilfield services company focused on providing drilling fluids
Private equity firm Genstar Capital has completed the acquisition of US-based Pretium Packaging from Castle Harlan. Pretium manufactures rigid plastic containers and closures that require significant technical expertise and proprietary tooling to manufacture. Pretium uses its national manufacturing footprint, design and engineering capabilities to provide customised solutions to its
Thomas Hirschberger, founder of Munich-based restaurant and bar chain Sausalitos, and EQT Expansion Capital II Limited have agreed to sell the Sausalitos Group to Ergon Capital Partners III. The transaction is currently awaiting approval from the German competition authorities and is expected to complete in July 2014. A team
European private equity firm Cinven is is to sell in-vitro diagnostics protein testing business Sebia to a consortium led by Montagu Private Equity and Astorg Partners for an undisclosed figure. The transaction will generate a 2.4x return on Cinven's original investment. During Cinven’s ownership and under chief executive Benoit
Venture capital firm Osprey Capital is making an investment into GovToday, the public sector media platform. Having raised over GBP700,000 last year, including an initial round of investment from Osprey and a grant from the North West Fund for Digital & Creative, the latest fundraising has seen a small group
Private equity firm NorthEdge Capital has committed to invest in Utiligroup, a Lancashire-based data management software and services company, pending approval from parent company Bglobal’s shareholders. Founded in 1997, the business, located in Chorley, provides data management software and services to the energy sector. Utiligroup has helped a total of
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