Oak Hill Advisors (OHA) and Värde Partners (Värde) are to acquire a USD1 billion portfolio of shipping loans from Deutsche Bank. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2018 pending regulatory approvals. This represents the second sale of shipping loan portfolios from European banks that
Glatfelter, a supplier of specialty papers and engineered materials, has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Georgia-Pacific’s European nonwovens business (the “Business”) for USD185 million, subject to customary purchase price adjustments. The proposed transaction includes Georgia-Pacific’s operations located in Steinfurt, Germany, along with sales offices located in France and Italy.
Elastic Path, a specialist in enterprise headless commerce solutions, has closed a USD43 million Series B growth investment, led by Sageview Capital and with participation from current investors, Yaletown Partners and BDC Venture Capital. The company has now raised a total of over USD63 million. “Sageview provides highly
A Hull healthtech start-up which has developed an award-winning device to enhance mental wellbeing has secured a GBP200,000 investment from NPIF-Mercia Equity Finance, which is managed by Mercia Fund Managers and is part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund. Moodbeam’s wearable device allows users to log their mood and monitor
Private capital has been vital in working alongside governments and other investors to help close the Africa’s infrastructure gap, according to the third edition of the African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association’s (AVCA) Sector Snapshot: Infrastructure. The report states that 97 PE infrastructure deals worth USD12.1bn were reported between
Funds advised by private equity firm Apax Partners have received a binding offer and have entered into exclusive discussions to sell Azelis to the EQT VIII fund and PSP Investments. The transaction, which is subject to regulatory approvals, and other conditions including consultation with employee representatives, is expected to close
Platinum Equity is to sell Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) to affiliates of Cerberus Capital Management, in a transaction valued at approximately EUR1.2 billion. The sale is expected to close during Q4 2018, subject to regulatory approval and certain closing conditions. Since Platinum Equity acquired the company in 2015, WFS has
Micrima, a Bristol-based breast imaging company, has raised GBP4.4 million in additional equity funding led by Technology Venture Partners, The Angel CoFund(ACF), and Venture Founders – plus a group of returning and new individual investors – bringing the total amount raised to GBP10.7 million. Roy Johnson, Micrima’s Executive Chairman, says: “I am very happy
Ironwood Capital has made a subordinated debt and minority equity investment in Consulting Solutions International (CSI), headquartered in Tallahassee, Florida. The company is a leading provider of contract consultants for information technology (IT) and staff augmentation for commercial customers. “CSI serves a growing base of blue chip customers,”
Middle-market investment bank Harris Williams & Co has acted as exclusive advisor to Visma Sverige Holding AB (Visma) on its divestment of market-leading mass hosting providers Loopia and Active 24 to Axcel Management A/S (Axcel). The transaction was led by Thierry Monjauze and Sylvain Noblet of Harris Williams & Co’s
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