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PasswordBox receives USD6m in VC funding

PasswordBox has raised USD6m in a series A funding round led by OMERS Ventures, along with Mark Britto, chief executive of BOKU, and Lee Linden, head of Facebook ecommerce. PasswordBox, a secure password management solution, plans to use the funds to continue scaling and growing its team.   "Thirty eight

O’Melveny represents Adelis on closing of EUR240m fund

O’Melveny & Myers represented Adelis Equity Partners in the closing of Adelis Equity Partners Fund I, a EUR420m (USD564m) buyout fund focused on the Nordic lower middle market. The London-based O’Melveny team was led by partner John Daghlian and counsel Angela Yung.   The team also included partner Daniel Quinn

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Omnes Capital supports MBO of Camérus

Omnes Capital has supported the management team of Camérus group, a specialist in furniture rental for event planners or trade fair and congress organisers, in a management buy-out (MBO). This new capital partnership with Christian Liagre (president), Christine Atzémis (co-CEO) and Christophe Vilain (co-CEO), will allow the company to further

Mutual funds

Elements Capital Partners acquires stake in NFD

Private equity firm Elements Capital Partners has acquired 40.84 per cent of NFD, the Slovenian mutual fund company. Along with the NETA financial group, the two companies now control 82 per cent of NFD. Financial terms have not yet been released and the transaction is subject to regulatory approval.  

BlackFin Capital Partners acquires HyperAssur

BlackFin, a private equity firm dedicated to financial services SMEs, has acquired the insurance comparison website HyperAssur. BlackFin plans to group its financial aggregators in France – www.MisterAssur.com, www.DevisMutuelle.com, www.Mutuelle-Conseil.com, www.KelAssur.com, and www.Kredity.com – under the new brand Comparadise. Each aggregator will retain its own brand, website and positioning.   Hyperassur

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ECI invests in Harvard Engineering

ECI Partners, the UK growth-focused mid-market private equity firm, has acquired a minority stake in Harvard Engineering, which designs and develops control products for the lighting industry. The details of the transaction are not being disclosed.   The investment will allow Harvard to further build on its strategic growth plans,

KKR to acquire Brickman Group for USD1.6bn

KKR is to acquire The Brickman Group for USD1.6bn from Leonard Green & Partners and other shareholders. Founded in 1939, Brickman is a provider of landscape maintenance and snow removal services in the US. With nearly 10,000 employees nationwide, Brickman serves a diversified base of over 10,000 clients.   Andrew

Graphite makes 2.3x on caravan park sale

UK mid-market private equity specialist Graphite Capital has sold Park Holidays UK, Britain's fourth largest operator of static caravan parks, to Caledonia Investments, a UK investment trust company, for GBP172m. The sale brings the total value of disposals made by Graphite since October 2012 to over GBP1bn.  Graphite has sold

Segulah IV’s portfolio company CCS Healthcare acquires Propyless

CCS Healthcare has entered into an agreement with Merck Sharp & Dohme (Sweden) to acquire the pharmaceutical skin care product and trademark Propyless. Propyless is a lotion, based on active substance propylene glycol, used for dry skin, atopic dermatitis and psoriasis. Introduced in the late 1980s it is a well-known

The Honest Company raises USD25m in financing round led by IVP

The Honest Company has secured USD25m in a financing round led by Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) and joined by ICONIQ Capital, with participation from existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners and General Catalyst Partners. The new round of funding adds to USD27m raised previously and will accelerate growth initiatives including international

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