Catapult’s portfolio business, BWB Consulting, one of the UK’s leading design engineering consultancies, has become part of the global transport engineering giant CAF Group. The transaction, which will see BWB embark on significant expansion in the UK and abroad, has delivered an excellent return for the Catapult Growth Fund with
The German mid-cap LBO market generated another round of strong growth in the first half of 2017. The latest MidCapMonitor prepared by the investment bank GCA Altium that regularly analyses leveraged buyout finance transactions with a credit volume of between EUR20 million and EUR500 million recorded 41 transactions in the
Private equity house Key Capital Partners (KCP) has acquired a minority stake in London-based independent performance media agency, MC&C. This is KCP’s third investment from its latest fund. The capital will be used to grow the firm, enabling key hires, further investment in operational technology, financing potential acquisitions, and acceleration of
Funds managed by Alpina Partners (Alpina) have invested in New Solutions (New Solutions) a provider of software solutions for the digitalisation of business processes on the shop floor. The founder Christian Ehrenschwendtner will stay on board as a managing director and shareholder. Since its foundation in 1999, New Solutions
International law firm Ropes & Gray has advised TPG Capital and its portfolio company, Beaver-Visitec International, a leading global developer, manufacturer, and marketer of specialised surgical devices for the ophthalmic marketplace, on the acquisition of Vitreq, a Dutch ophthalmic technology company. Headquartered in Netherlands, Vitreq develops and manufactures high-quality, innovative
Growth capital investor Beringea has exited its investment in APM Healthcare through the sale of business to national pharmacy chain, Day Lewis Pharmacy. Day Lewis will take over APM Healthcare’s 18 UK pharmacies, which it runs in Joint Venture Partnerships with GP Practices across the country. Trading under the
Inverness Graham has acquired SwipeClock, a provider of cloud-based integrated workforce management software solutions that include automated time and attendance and advanced scheduling. The Company’s products, which include TimeWorksPlus, TimeSimplicity, and TimeWorksTouch Intelligent Clock, are sold through over 850 partners to more than 26,000 businesses. “We are excited
Investcorp has agreed the sale of Esmalglass to global private equity firm Lone Star Fund X for an enterprise value of EUR605 million. Established in 1978 in Villareal, Spain, Esmalglass is a producer of ceramic colours and glazes with total sales of circa EUR400m in 2016. Esmalglass supplies a wide
The Petainer Group has secures EUR10 million in growth funding investment from Next Wave Partners to support a substantial increase in customer demand for the company’s PetainerKeg – a plastic alternative to traditional steel beer kegs. Commenting on the investment, Nigel Pritchard, Group Chief Executive of Petainer, says: “This funding
Quark Software has been acquired by Parallax Capital Partners, LLC (Parallax), a Southern California-based software-focused private equity firm. The new owners intend to help Quark accelerate the adoption of its transformational content automation solutions through investment in organic growth and acquisitions.

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