Antares Capital is serving as administrative agent and sole lead arranger on a senior secured credit facility to support the acquisition of SmartBear Software (SmartBear) by Francisco Partners. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Somerville, MA, SmartBear is a global leader in software quality tools for teams. With over 22,000
European mid-market private equity investor Equistone Partners Europe has invested in Willerby, the UK’s leading manufacturer of static holiday homes. Equistone has acquired a majority stake in the Company from Caird Capital. Financial terms of the investment are undisclosed, but CVC Credit’s European Private Debt Business provided a term debt
HIG Capital (HIG), a leading global private equity and alternative asset firm with over USD21 billion of equity capital under management, is pleased to announce that one of its affiliates led a strategic investment in Trace3, Inc. Headquartered in Irvine, CA, Trace3 is a leading digital transformation and IT solutions
Liberty Hall Capital Partners (Liberty Hall), a private equity firm focused exclusively on investments in businesses serving the global aerospace and defence industry, has acquired Dunlop Aircraft Tyres Ltd, an independent global designer, manufacturer and retreader of aircraft tires, in a transaction valued at USD135 million. Dunlop Aircraft Tyres represents
Orrick has advised Michelin on its acquisition of NexTraq, a US provider of commercial fleet telematics, from Fleetcor Technologies in an all-cash transaction. NexTraq provides solutions for driver safety, fuel management and enhancing fleet productivity. Since its inception in 2000, NexTraq has become a leading provider of GPS fleet management
Edge Investments (Edge), a specialist investment house focused on the creative industries sector, has taken a stake in Antidote Productions. Antidote is an independent, factual TV production company based in London, working with major UK and international broadcasters. The Company was founded by Laura Jones, BAFTA and RTS award-winning filmmaker,
Private equity firm Warburg Pincus has completed its acquisition of a 35 per cent stake in tfintech company Avaloq, a specialist in integrated and comprehensive banking solutions. Under the partnership announced on 22 March 2017, Avaloq will be able to capitalise on Warburg Pincus’ expertise and network in the financial
Investec has agreed to sell 18 aircraft from its managed leasing funds to funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P., working in conjunction with World Star Aviation. The transaction includes 15 narrow body Boeing 737-800 and Airbus A320-200 aircraft, two wide body Boeing 777-300ER aircraft and an Airbus A330-300 aircraft. The
Eco-friendly coffee specialist Halo Coffee is looking to raise GBP1.6m to aggressively grow the business in the UK and globally through a fundraising campaign on private investor platform Growthdeck. Since its launch in early 2016, Growthdeck has raised GBP7.3 million for a range of growth companies. Halo has designed
Harris Williams & Co has advised Zitcom HoldCo ApS (Zitcom Group), a portfolio company of HgCapital, to The Intelligent Group, a portfolio company of Waterland Private Equity Investments B.V. (Waterland). Harris Williams & Co is serving as the exclusive financial advisor to Zitcom Group, a Danish hosting and cloud solutions
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