Houlihan Lokey, the international investment bank, has acquired ArchPoint Partners, an independent investment banking firm that provides M&A and private capital raising advisory services to clients in the technology sector. The transaction, which closed on 7 March, enhances Houlihan Lokey’s global coverage and capabilities for clients across the technology sector.
A fund managed by Blackstone on behalf of its private equity investors is to acquire a majority stake in Accuvant, a provider of information security solutions and services. Accuvant management and existing shareholder Sverica International will invest alongside Blackstone in the transaction. Blackstone’s investment will enable Accuvant to accelerate
Adbrain has raised USD7.5m in a Series A funding round led by Octopus Investments, while existing investors Notion Capital also participated. Adbrain will use the funding for its ongoing expansion into the US and Europe, and to step up the recruitment in its engineering, big data and artificial intelligence teams.
Euronet Worldwide is to acquire UK-based HiFX, a provider of online initiated international payments and foreign exchange services, for GBP145m or approximately USD242m. Twenty five per cent of the purchase price will be paid in shares of Euronet stock and the balance in cash. Euronet's existing revolving credit facility
Palatine Private Equity portfolio company Chase Templeton has completed the first in a new series of acquisitions with the purchase of Health Assist. Health Assist, based in Kenilworth, specialises in company private medical insurance (PMI), employee benefits and group risk. The acquisition will add GBP1.9m in annual premium income
Rcapital, the London based private investment company, has bought Shopacheck Financial Services (SFS), the home collected credit business, from Welcome Financial Services. The new deal will see SFS merge with Rcapital's existing home collected credit business, Morses Club Limited (MCL). The revenue of the newly formed business is expected
Catella has acted as advisor to The Carlyle Group in the sale of Globen City and Startboxen. The buyer was property company Klövern, and the purchase price amounted to SEK3.8bn. The sale is the largest transaction completed in Sweden thus far in 2014. The deal includes the Arenan
A fourth vessel has been added to the fleet of small handy dry cargo ships, following the latest shipping transaction under Talis Capital’s Project Blueline. Talis Capital advised on the acquisition of a 10,700 dwt 2007 built general cargo vessel which was completed in the last week of February. Alongside
Private equity firm Superior Capital Partners has sold Edge Adhesives to a buyer group led by Gladstone Investment Corporation and Akoya Capital Partners. The company will continue to be led by the current executive management team. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas,
LLR Partners has held the final closing of LLR Equity Partners IV (LLR 4), a USD950m private equity fund that builds on the firm’s 15-year history of investing in and partnering with middle market growth companies. LLR 4 began investing in 2013 and has closed investments in five companies –
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