MiddleGround Capital (MiddleGround), a new private equity firm that makes control investments in business-to-business (B2B) industrial and specialty distribution companies in the North American lower middle market, has closed the second transaction for its inaugural private equity fund – the acquisition of Peterson Spring, a specialty spring manufacturer with thirteen
Montage Partners, a Scottsdale, Arizona-based private equity firm, has acquired Advanced Manufacturing and Development (METALfx) from a subsidiary of Avista Corporation. METALfx’s existing management team will continue to lead the company and will own a meaningful equity stake in the business. Founded in 1976 and headquartered in Willits, California, METALfx
Duncan and Todd has become the largest independent optical provider in Scotland following the acquisition of nine branches from optometrist Black & Lizars. The acquisition – completed for an undisclosed sum – is the sixth to take place since Duncan and Todd secured a GBP15million investment from LDC, the UK’s
Middle market private equity investor Ridgemont Equity Partners has formed a strategic partnership with The Speech Pathology Group (SPG), a school and centre-based provider of behavioural health and therapeutic services to children with autism and other special needs in Northern California. Ridgemont and SPG have formed Autism Intervention Services, a
Colony Capital (Colony) has closed its acquisition of Abraaj Group’s private equity platform in Latin America. The transaction was first announced on 23 January, 2019. The Company has been renamed Colony Latam Partners and will continue to be headed by its senio rmanagement team, led by Miguel Olea, Hector Martinez,
Activa Capital has acquired a majority position in Medisys, together with Turenne Santé, the entrepreneur and new CEO Guillaume Bouillot and the management team. Bernard Chevalier, founder, is supporting the operation and remains a shareholder. Medisys is a software publisher in the home-care field and for institutions specialised in dependent
Amerborgh has sold a part of its stake in fintech company Ohpen to NPM Capital to finance ongoing and future projects, including the arts and culture centre “het HEM” in Zaandam. The Ohpen SaaS, cloud native core banking platform administers retail investment and savings accounts for banks and other financial
Imandra Inc – creator of the Imandra cloud-native automated reasoning engine – has completed a USD5 million seed investment led by AlbionVC, IQ Capital and LiveOak Venture Partners. The capital will be used towards further growth in financial services and fast-growing applications of their AI technology to autonomous vehicles, robotics
Healthcare private equity outperformed other asset classes in 2018, with disclosed deal values surging almost 50 per cent to USD63.1 billion, topping last year’s level of USD42.6 billion, and deal count rising to 316 in 2018 from 265 in 2017. That’s according to Bain & Company’s eighth Global Healthcare Private Equity
A cross-jurisdictional Carey Olsen team has advised Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC) on its acquisition of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc for USD5.6 billion in fully diluted equity value. The acquisition, which was first announced in September 2018, has now completed and advances MMC’s leadership position in insurance and reinsurance
12 November, 2026 – 5:00 pm
12 November, 2026 – 8:00 am
12 February, 2026 – 8:00 am
12 February, 2026 – 5:00 pm
