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Vector Capital makes growth equity investment in CollabNet

Vector Capital, a technology focused private equity firm, has acquired CollabNet from existing venture investors and other shareholders. Concurrent with the buyout, Vector has also made a growth equity investment in the company, which will be used to accelerate product development, strengthen CollabNet’s sales and marketing efforts, and enable add-on

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Alcentra completes senior investment in Cambridge Education Group

Sub-investment grade corporate credit specialist Alcentra, part of BNY Mellon, has invested in Cambridge Education Group (CEG), a provider of foundation programmes and English language training. Alcentra’s senior loan will support the buyout by Bridgepoint in a transaction totalling GBP185m and will provide a strong platform to deliver the company’s

Partners of Ogier Fiduciary Services to complete MBO

Partners of Ogier Fiduciary Services have agreed terms for a management buy-out of the business from the Ogier Group. The deal closed on 1 February 2014 with final completion being subject to the regulatory approvals.   The management buy-out of Ogier Fiduciary Services is being backed by Electra Partners, an

Wasserstein acquires Recorded Books from Haights Cross Communications

Wasserstein & Co, on behalf of its private equity fund Wasserstein Partners III, has acquired all of the assets of Recorded Books from Haights Cross Communications (HCC), a K-12 educational and library publisher. Northwestern Mutual and Lexington Partners are co-investing in the transaction with Wasserstein & Co.   With operations

American Securities acquires SeaStar Solutions

American Securities, a US private equity firm, has acquired SeaStar Solutions in partnership with the company's management team from an affiliate of HIG Capital.  SeaStar is a manufacturer of precision-engineered vessel control systems and other specialised applications in marine and industrial end markets.    Financial terms of the transaction have

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Transition Capital Partners sells LT Energy Services to B/E Aerospace

Dallas-based Transition Capital Partners (TCP) has closed on the sale of its portfolio company, LT Energy Services, to B/E Aerospace, a manufacturer of aircraft cabin interior products. The sale was part of B/E Aerospace’s previously announced acquisition of two oil field service companies for USD265m.   Houlihan Lokey served as

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Zopa secures GBP15m investment from Arrowgrass Capital Partners

Zopa, Europe’s largest peer-to-peer lending company, has closed a GBP15m (USD25m) funding round from Arrowgrass Capital Partners. Zopa enables savers to receive better rates by lending money to people looking for low cost loans.    Its customers have lent over GBP455m through the platform.   Zopa will use this new

KRG portfolio company Diversified Foodservice Supply acquires Mill Hardware

Diversified Foodservice Supply Inc (DFSI), a KRG Capital Partners Fund IV portfolio company, has acquired Mill Hardware & Food Service. The addition of Mill Hardware to the DFSI portfolio adds scale to the organisation and improves the customer offering for chain restaurants and their associated franchisees.   Mill Hardware will

Will a quiet 2013 lead to a more active 2014 for Canadian M&A?

Retail, real estate, utilities and pension fund activity were not enough to fill the gap left by a dearth of mergers and acquisitions deals in Canada's oil patch and mining companies. Even life sciences chipped in with large deals in Q4, but it was not enough to prevent 2013 being

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Intelligent Fingerprinting secures further US private funding

Intelligent Fingerprinting, a British company developing the world’s first handheld fingerprint-based drug screening device, has secured GBP750,000 in funding from a consortium of private US-based investors. The funding boost will be used to support the final stages in the development of the company’s non-invasive drug screening technology, which uses the

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