CEE private equity firm Innova Capital is to acquire Optiplaza, one of the major players in the Romanian optical market. The transaction marks further stronger entry of the fund into the attractive and growing optical market. The funds managed by Innova Capital have signed an agreement to acquire 100 per
Wren Sterling has acquired TD Armstrong Financial Planning Limited (T D Armstrong), a Dunfermline-based independent financial planning business. The deal will secure around GBP116 million of assets under advice, taking Wren Sterling’s total assets under advice to GBP3.3 billion. Wren Sterling has over 100 advisers based in eight regional
Audax Private Equity (Audax) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Aspen Surgical (Aspen) a business unit comprised of certain surgical consumable products, from Hillrom. The business is a leading manufacturer of branded and private label single-use surgical products including scalpels, blades, wound care, fluid control, and other patient
TrustArc, a provider of privacy management solutions, has received a USD70 million Series D growth investment led by private equity firm, Bregal Sagemount. Existing investors Accel Partners, Baseline Ventures, DAG Ventures, Icon Ventures and Industry Ventures will continue to retain significant stakes in the business. “We are very excited to
Specialist industrial investor Rubicon Partners has acquired Park Sheet Metal, a Coventry-based manufacturer of complex sheet metal components from from its owner, Stephen Payne. Founded by the Payne family in 1947, PSM has established a market leading position as a supplier of prototype tooling and assemblies and low volume production
In this week’s newsletter, Elizabeth Pfeuti reports on the continued growth in co-investment activity. As Pfeuti reports, Harbourvest Partners has increased its annual co-investment commitments from USD200 million a decade ago to USD2-3 billion today. The article looks at the various upsides to this ever increasingly popular allocation method, which
An affiliate of One Rock Capital Partners (One Rock) is to acquire the Engineered Components & Systems (EC&S) segment (excluding Cortland US) from Actuant Corporation (Actuant). The transaction is expected to close during the fourth quarter of 2019. Headquartered in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, Engineered Components & Systems is a global
Cairngorm Capital Partners’ second fund, Cairngorm Capital LP II, has acquired Millbrook Healthcare Limited (Millbrook), together with its subsidiaries, Ultimate Healthcare Limited and Consolor Limited. The transaction marks Cairngorm Capital’s entry into the assisted living sector, a long-held objective for the firm, which was facilitated by the appointment of Dr
Foresight Group (Foresight) has invested a further GBP4 million of growth capital into portfolio company ONFAB to fund the acquisition of Lancashire based designer and manufacturer of clean air containment products, Envair Holdings Limited (Envair). ONFAB produces flexible clean-air enclosures and consumables, designed and manufactured in-house from sites in Cheshire
Genstar Capital, a private equity firm focused on investments in targeted segments of the financial services, healthcare, industrial technology and software industries, has completed the previously announced acquisition of Advarra, a provider of compliance solutions that are critical to the drug development process, from Linden Capital Partners. Advarra is a leading
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