Avenue Capital Group has acted as sole lender and agent in connection with the debt financing of the acquisition of Freedom Finance Nordic, the largest prime consumer loan broker operating in Sweden, Norway and Finland, by HIG Europe. Avenue also has made a minority equity investment in Freedom Finance
The average holding period for private equity-backed portfolio companies increased year on year between 2008 and 2012, according to research carried out by Preqin. Mega deals (over USD1bn) exited so far in 2013 had an average holding period of 6.2 years, up from just 2.1 years in 2008.
Private equity firm AnaCap Financial Partners has sold Cabot Credit Management (CCM) to funds managed and advised by JC Flowers & Co. The transaction agreements have been signed, and the transaction is expected to complete imminently. CCM was formed after the merger in April 2011 of two businesses, Apex
Zoove Corp has secured an investment of USD15m from existing series D investors, Rogers Venture Partners and Panorama Capital, along with additional investment from the company’s early stage investors, Worldview Technology Partners and Highland Capital. This new funding will allow Zoove to expand through all areas of the business,
A dearth of debt to support transactions hit the values being paid for private equity deals hard in the first three months of 2013, according to BDO’s latest Private Company Price Index/Private Equity Price Index (PCPI/PEPI). The index, which compares the EV/EBITDA ratios being paid on the sale of
GraphLab has closed a USD6.75m series A funding round led by Madrona Venture Group and NEA. GraphLab is innovating on the popular open source distributed graph computation framework (graphlab.org) that is used millions of times per day to deliver recommendations through popular consumer services. Founded by data scientist
Carey Olsen has provided Channel Islands-specific corporate and regulatory advice to Silverfleet Capital in its GBP50m buyout of fund administration and private equity specialist Ipes, from RJD Partners. The firm drew on its group expertise for the buyout field in a pan-Channel Islands legal team led by partners Tom
Polaris Private Equity, a Danish/Swedish mid-market private equity investor, has acquired HTC Sweden, a developer and manufacturer of professional floor grinding systems and floor solutions. Polaris has acquired the company from Håkan and Gunn Thysell, who founded HTC in 1987 and have remained majority owners with a 60 per cent
The number and size of US sponsor-backed going private transactions were each lower in 2012 than in 2011 and 2010, according to a report by law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges. However, when excluding the soft first quarter of 2012, deal activity was on par with such earlier years.
Petra Capital Partners has completed fundraising on Petra Growth Fund III with USD230m of capital available to invest. The fund is structured as a small business investment company (SBIC) licensed by the US Small Business Administration. “We are very pleased with the response from our existing investors and
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