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Deals & Transactions

SK Capital acquires Canlak and Valentus Specialty Chemicals

Funds advised by SK Capital Partners (SK Capital), a private investment firm focused on the specialty materials, chemicals and pharmaceuticals sectors, have acquired Canadian coatings company Canlak Inc, and US-based Valentus Specialty Chemicals. SK Capital plans to merge the two businesses to form a single North American wood coatings company

Nordic Capital sells remaining Nordnet shares

Nordic Capital has sold its remaining shares in Nordnet, a pan-Nordic digital savings and investments platform.  Under Nordic Capital’s ownership, and in close partnership with the founding Öhman Group, Nordnet underwent significant transformative change and now offers a  best-in-class customer experience in the digital savings industry with sustainable growth potential.

Mattioli Woods to acquire Maven Capital Partners

UK wealth manager Mattioli Woods is to acquire lower-mid cap private equity house Maven Capital Partners. The deal will allow Maven to leverage the Mattioli Woods partnership to access further capital to help boost growth and will also enhance Maven’s services and capability through access to Mattioli Woods’ advisor and

CORE Industrial Partners portfolio company Arizona Natural Resources acquires Marianna Beauty

CORE Industrial Partners (CORE), a Chicago-based private equity firm, has acquired Marianna Beauty Holdings (Marianna), an Omaha, Nebraska-based leading developer and manufacturer of innovative hair, skin and beauty products, by portfolio company Arizona Natural Resources (ANR). Founded in 1968, Marianna is a full-service custom manufacturer, formulator and distributor of client-tailored

Healthcare investing

Frazier Healthcare Partners closes 10th fund on USD1.4bn

Frazier Healthcare Partners has closed Frazier Healthcare Growth Buyout Fund X, its 10th healthcare private equity fund focused on the middle market, a vehicle which was oversubscribed and hit its USD1.4 billion hardcap.  The capital came in from new as well as existing limited partners, including public pension funds, financial institutions,

iBanFirst teams up with global investment firm Marlin Equity Partners to finance organic growth and M&A initiatives

Financial services provider iBanFirst, which delivers solutions across banking borders, has secured a growth equity investment to fund product development, international expansion and M&A, from global private equity firm Marlin, which became the fintech’s largest shareholder as a result, replacing existing business angels and some of the company’s early backers.

Susquehanna Growth Equity invests in MediSpend

MediSpend, a global technology company providing solutions for the life sciences industry, has secured a majority investment from Susquehanna Growth Equity (SGE), an entrepreneur-centric growth equity firm exclusively focused on software and information services companies.  SGE’s prior investments across the broader healthcare vertical include Evive, HMP Global, iContracts, MMIT, ProviderTrust

Riverside to sell Greenphire to Thoma Bravo

The Riverside Company, a global private investor focused on the smaller end of the middle market, has signed a definitive agreement to sell Greenphire, a specialist in financial lifecycle management software for clinical trials, to Thoma Bravo, a software focused private equity firm.  The pending transaction is expected to close

Procuritas portfolio company Medtanken acquires Citysjukhuset

Medtanken, a leading primary care group in Western Sweden and a portfolio company of Procuritas Capital Investors VI (Procuritas), has successfully made its first step into the specialist care sector by acquiring Citysjukhuset. With its passion for building strong sustainable businesses through transformational growth, Procuritas is facilitating accelerated development and

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