Arma Partners acted as exclusive financial advisor to Vero Software on its sale to Hexagon AB. Founded in 1988 and with headquarters in the UK, Vero is an independent provider of computer aided manufacturing software, with a presence in over 40 countries and more than 20,000 customers on maintenance worldwide.
Private equity firm Palamon Capital Partners has agreed the sale of Retail Decisions (ReD) to ACI Worldwide for USD205 million, subject to regulatory approvals. The sale will result in total Sterling investment returns for Palamon of 2.5x invested capital. ReD is a provider of payment fraud prevention technology and
21 Concordia, a private equity fund of 21 Partners, has completed an investment in Polish debt collection company EGB Investments. Founded in 1995, EGB Investments manages collection of consumer and corporate debt for banks, financial institutions, telecommunications, and utilities companies in Poland. EGB generates sales in excess of EUR12
Specialist financial services private equity investor Cabot Square Capital has made a GBP25m investment in Henry Howard Finance, in order to enable it to increase its provision of finance for SMEs. Cabot Square believes that the shortage of SME financing from banks in the wake of the credit crisis has
Nordic Capital Fund VIII has signed an agreement to acquire the majority of Lindorff, a European debt collection company headquartered in Oslo, Norway, from Investor and Altor. Investor and Altor will retain a minority holding in Lindorff. The total EV is EUR2.1bn plus EUR200m of a performance based vendor
Lonsdale Capital Partners has acquired the flexible plastic packaging businesses of Suominen Corporation. Suominen Flexibles supplies printed plastic film and certain converted products for consumer and industrial applications from three factories in Finland and Poland. It also has sales offices in Sweden and Russia. In 2013, Suominen Flexibles had
A fund managed by Ares Management’s private equity group is to acquire the parent company of National Veterinary Associates (NVA) from investment funds affiliated with Summit Partners. NVA's senior management will retain a minority stake. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed, and the transaction is expected to close in
Private equity firm GTCR is to acquire the Cole-Parmer Instrument Company from Thermo Fisher Scientific for USD480 million. Cole-Parmer, headquartered in Vernon Hills, Illinois, is a manufacturer and distributor of specialty laboratory equipment, instruments and supplies to a diverse range of customers in pharmaceutical, biotech, healthcare, chemicals, food and other
Syntaxis Capital has completed its investment in eSKY, an online travel agent focused on Central Europe. Founded in Poland in 2004, the company provides travel services to individuals, centred around the sales of airline tickets, for both traditional as well as low-cost carrier flights. Its platform allows it to
Zoyi Capital has invested in Quaser Machine Tools, a machine tool manufacturer in Taiwan specialising in high-precision and multi-axis machine centres. Quaser manufactures and sells machine centres primarily under its own brand and has also secured original equipment manufacturer partnerships. To capture new growth opportunities, the company has a
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