The Carlyle Group has completed its acquisition of Getty Images, a creator and distributor of still imagery, video and multimedia products, in a transaction valued at approximately USD3.3bn. With the completion of the transaction, The Carlyle Group has acquired a controlling stake in Getty Images. Getty Images co-founder and chairman
Harvest Partners, a New York-based private equity firm, has completed the acquisition of FCX Performance, in partnership with existing management, from Sterling Investment Partners. Sterling will maintain an ownership stake in the company. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Based in Columbus, Ohio, FCX is an industrial, specialty process
Grey Mountain Partners has acquired the assets of North American Specialty Glass (NASG) out of Chapter 7 Bankruptcy. Headquartered in Pennsylvania, NASG is one of the largest safety and security glass producers in the US, serving customers worldwide with high-performance transparency systems for transportation, architectural, military and other specialty end-use
European Capital and its affiliates have received proceeds of EUR27.9m by exiting their existing investments in Unipex Group. European Capital has also completed a EUR20m investment in the multi-currency (including USD and EUR) unitranche bonds supporting the Unipex Group’s acquisition by IK2007 Fund, advised by IK Investment Partners. Both transactions
WL Ross has completed the purchase of 4.4 million common shares of Navigator owned by Lehman Brothers Inc (LBI) for approximately USD110m. The transaction was approved by Bankruptcy Judge James M Peck of the Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of New York overseeing LBI’s liquidation in connection with LBI
Private equity firm Ampersand Capital Partners has sold medical device design company MedVenture Technology to Helix Medical, a manufacturer for the medical device and healthcare industries. Established in 1998, MedVenture is headquartered in the Louisville, Kentucky metropolitan area and employs over 260 associates. MedVenture develops and manufactures minimally invasive surgical
Maranon Capital has made an investment in Performance Health and Wellness Holdings to support the acquisition of the business by Gridiron Capital and Performance Health’s management team. Maranon arranged and led a syndicate that provided mezzanine debt and an equity co-investment. Headquartered in Akron, Ohio, Performance Health is a designer,
Preqin’s initial public offering pipeline data reveals that there are currently 42 private equity and venture capital-backed companies globally set to list in the coming weeks, seeking to raise USD8.4bn in public offerings. Twenty-four of these companies are buyout-backed, and a further 18 VC-backed companies have currently filed for an
Accel-KKR, a technology-focused private equity investment firm, has made a majority equity investment in Accellos, a supply chain execution software company focused on the SMB segment. Accel-KKR is backing Accellos as it drives growth and rapid adoption of its unified suite of supply chain execution solutions. Accellos was founded with
Funds advised by IK Investment Partners are to acquire a majority of the shares in Vemedia Pharma, a supplier and distributor of over the counter medicines in the specialist areas of sleeping and calming products and vitamins. The acquisition agreement was entered into with the three largest shareholders of Vemedia
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