Jarden Corporation is to acquire Yankee Candle Investments from a fund managed by private equity fund Madison Dearborn Partners for approximately USD1.75bn in cash. The transaction will extend Jarden’s portfolio of consumer brands in niche, seasonal staple categories, while creating opportunities in cross-selling, broadening the global distribution platform, and
Platinum Equity has closed Platinum Equity Capital Partners III, a buyout fund focused on investing in businesses that can benefit from Platinum’s operational expertise. The fund closed on its target size of USD3,750,000,000 in capital commitments. It is the successor to a USD2,750,000,000 fund that closed in 2008 and
Private equity firm Aquiline Capital Partners has completed its previously announced acquisition of Genworth Wealth Management for USD412.5m from Genworth Financial. The acquisition includes both of Genworth Wealth Management’s businesses: Genworth Financial Wealth Management (GFWM), an investment management and services platform, and Altegris, a provider of liquid alternative investments.
Private equity fund Estancia Capital Partners has acquired a minority interest in Equinoxe Alternative Investment Services, joining XL Group as a strategic investor in the firm. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Equinoxe is a boutique full-service alternative investment fund administration company founded by a group of
Kaiima Bio-Agritech, an Israel-based seed-and-breeding technology company, has raised more than USD65m in equity from three new investors as well as some current ones. The three new investors are: Horizons Ventures, which manages the private investments of Li Ka-shing in Internet and technology globally; the International Financial Corporation (IFC),
Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) and Hermes have acquired Zouk Capital’s shareholding in Anesco, a UK-based energy efficiency solutions company. Zouk Capital, the private equity and infrastructure fund manager specialising in the clean economy, was a founding shareholder in Anesco in 2010 and has made a significant contribution to the
International law firm Taylor Wessing has advised Powa Technologies on a private placement of shares to raise an aggregate amount of approximately USD76m. The transaction represents one of the largest investments in an early stage UK technology company in recent years. Powa Technologies, which was set up by
Pure Storage, the all-flash enterprise storage array company, has closed an oversubscribed USD150m series E funding round with institutional investors – the single largest private funding in the history of the enterprise storage industry. Led by T Rowe Price, Tiger Global Management and other public market investors, with participation
Maven Capital Partners has made a further investment in existing portfolio business Fletcher Shipping. Maven Client Funds, alongside the Scottish Loan Fund (SLF), which is managed by Maven, have provided a GBP5.5m package to part fund the acquisition of a fourth and fifth Platform Support Vessel (PSV), the FS
Paymetric, a provider of SaaS-based enterprise security and integrated payment acceptance solutions, has secured a majority investment from Francisco Partners, a technology-focused private equity firm. The investment will provide Paymetric with a new financial partner to help it capitalise on its current momentum and continue to drive product innovation
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