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BlueMountain Capital launches new national behavioural health platform

BlueMountain Capital Management (BlueMountain) has launched a new national behavioural health platform, led by industry veterans Kirk Kureska and Rob Waggener.  The new company, Promises Behavioral Health (Promises), initially will operate 12 facilities and programs across seven states to provide a comprehensive range of treatment options for substance abuse, sexual

SE Capital Partners acquires TLC Companies

SE Capital Partners (SE Capital) has acquired TLC Companies (TLC) under its recent partnership with Berggruen Holdings.  “The partnership, Berggruen/SE Capital Holdings (BSECP), is extremely flexible on transaction size and structure, focusing largely on lower middle market transactions with enterprise values ranging from USD15 to USD100 million,” says Paul Mulvaney

Hire firm raises GBP4.5m investment from Mercia’s EV Growth II fund

Quick Reach Powered Access – a UK-based equipment hire business – has secured a GBP4.5million equity investment from Mercia Fund Managers. The investment, which is the second from Mercia’s GBP45.1million EV Growth II fund, will allow the Manchester-based company to double its fleet of powered access equipment and continue its

One Equity Partners completes investment in strategic combination of Orion and MERA

Middle market private equity firm One Equity Partners’ (OEP) portfolio company, Orion Business Innovation (Orion), has combined with MERA, an outsourced product development business headquartered in Switzerland. OEP is making a significant investment in MERA to support the transaction.   MERA provides customised solutions and software services, including outsourced product

Cognizant acquires Meritsoft

Cognizant has acquired Meritsoft, a privately-held financial software company based in Dublin, Ireland, best known for its FINBOS platform for post-trade processing, an intelligent automation solution for managing taxes, fees, commissions, and cash flow functions between financial institutions.  Meritsoft’s products are currently used by five of the world’s eight leading

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Prestige Funds finances GBP14m biogas plant in Kent

Prestige Funds, a provider of private finance to the UK’s agriculture, clean energy and SME markets, has completed a GBP14.7 million funding deal to finance an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Kent. The deal is the latest in a long series of financing agreements to fund anaerobic digestion facilities in

Legal & General invests in UK electric vehicle charging business

Legal & General Capital (Legal & General) has taken a circa 13 per cent stake in Pod Point, one of the UK’s largest electric vehicle charge point operators. Through its Future Cities business, Legal & General looks to make investments that are focussed on creating sustainable communities with good employment

Astorg sees big opportunity in IP space, makes first US acquisition

Astorg, one of Europe’s leading private equity groups with over EUR8 billion of AUM, has made its first investment in the US with the acquisition of Anaqua, a global leader of intellectual property management solutions. Astorg sees significant opportunities in the IP space and by taking a controlling shareholder position

Sentinel Capital Partners acquires Mobile Communications America

Sentinel Capital Partners, a private equity firm that invests in promising companies at the lower end of the mid-market, has acquired Mobile Communications America (MCA), a provider of communications solutions and services in North America and one of Motorola Solutions’ largest channel partners. Terms of the transaction have not been

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