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Drake Star Partners advises Gambit on sale to BNP Paribas Asset Management

Drake Star Partners has acted as exclusive financial advisor to Gambit Financial Solutions in its sale of a majority stake in the business to BNP Paribas Asset Management. Gambit’s solutions work with a scientific approach to bring intuitive and user-friendly tools to investment advisory, delivered either through an advisory-guided or

Perusa backs Schroth MBO

Perusa Partners Fund 2, a private equity fund advised by Perusa, is backing a management buyout (MBO) at Schroth Safety Products as majority shareholder, alongside members of the existing management team in both Germany and the US. Schroth Safety Products, a specialist in the development and manufacturing of occupant protection

L&G, SystemIQ and Modern Energy invest in Upside Energy

Legal & General Capital, the principal investment arm of Legal & General Group, and SystemIQ, a purpose driven investment and advisory firm established in 2016 to tackle system failures, have co-led a Series A investment in Upside Energy (Upside). Upside is a Manchester-based company that has developed a cloud platform

Williams Scotsman acquires Acton Mobile

WillScot Corporation (Williams Scotsman) has completed its previously announced acquisition of Acton Mobile (ActonMobile.com) for a cash purchase price of approximately USD235 million. Williams Scotsman will have nearly 100,000 modular space and portable storage units serving approximately 35,000 customers from over 100 locations across the United States, Canada and Mexico. 

Fortino Capital invests EUR20m in MobileXpense

Fortino has invested the first EUR20 million from its new Digital Growth Fund in fast-growing cloud software pioneer MobileXpense. The Brussels-based company is specialised in travel and expense management and already completed more than 1,300 implementations worldwide.   As a majority shareholder, Fortino Capital will assist the MobileXpense management to

FFL Partners completes investment in Autism Learning Partners

FFL Partners, a private equity firm focused on investing in quality middle-market companies in growing markets that can benefit from their experience and capital, has completed the acquisition of Autism Learning Partners (ALP), a provider of Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) therapy.  Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.  

Gryphon Investors makes majority investment In Potter Electric Signal Company

Gryphon Investors (Gryphon), a San Francisco-based private equity firm, has made a majority investment in Potter Electric Signal Company, LLC (“Potter” or “the Company”), a leading provider of mission critical products to the fire safety industry. Kelly Romano, the former president of several of United Technologies’ Fire and Security, and

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Investor Group to acquire Voya’s Closed Block Variable Annuity Business

An investor group led by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Crestview Partners and Reverence Capital Partners is to acquire Voya Financial’s Closed Block Variable Annuity business (CBVA Business). The investment will be made through a newly formed standalone entity, Venerable Holdings. The proposed transaction, which is expected to close in

Summa Equity acquires Norsk Gjenvinning

Summa Equity Fund I (Summa) is to acquire Norsk Gjenvinning from Altor Fund III (Altor). The transaction is subject to government approval and is expected to be completed in Q1 2018. Norsk Gjenvinning is Norway’s largest and leading recycling company, with around 1200 employees and annual revenues in excess of

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