Private equity firm VMG Partners has completed the sale of Snack Factory, parent company of Pretzel Crisps, to Snyder’s-Lance for USD340m. Pretzel Crisps, the world’s first flat pretzel-shaped cracker, was launched by snack food pioneers Sara and Warren Wilson in 2004. VMG invested in the company in 2009 and, working
eFront, an alternative investment software solutions provider backed by private equity firm Francisco Partners, has acquired DMLT, a provider of investor reporting and portal services for the alternative asset community. “I am pleased to bring together two world-class organisations to better serve the global alternative investment market,” says Olivier Dellenbach
Private equity fund manager Summer Street Capital Partners has invested in Midwest Technical Institute, a private, post-secondary school providing career education in the fields of welding, HVACR, allied health and cosmetology with five campuses across Illinois and Mississippi. This transaction is Summer Street’s third platform investment in the post-secondary career
Pontis has secured USD10m in equity financing in a fundraising round led by Qualcomm Incorporated via its venture investment arm, Qualcomm Ventures, together with current investors Accel Partners, Evergreen, Norwest Venture Partners (NVP), Sequoia and existing strategic investors. The Pontis solution allows communication service providers (CSPs) to deliver personalised offers
The Beekman Group has closed the sale of Northwestern Management Services (NMS) to Linden Capital Partners, a healthcare-focused middle market investment firm. Founded in 2002 by chief executive David A Willens, NMS provides management and administrative services and facilities for the Gentle Dental Group and has grown into the largest
Private equity firm Thoma Bravo has completed the acquisition of Deltek, a provider of enterprise software and information solutions for professional services firms and government contractors, for USD13 per share or USD1.1bn. With the transaction completed, Deltek’s stock ceased trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol PROJ at market
IO, a provider of next-generation modular data centre technology and services, has raised USD90m in equity from a group led by New World Ventures, a Chicago-based venture capital firm focused on technology innovations. Existing IO investors also participated in the funding. "From the moment we saw this product, we knew
Capital Dynamics, as the private asset manager for a UK pension fund, has acquired a 26-megawatt (MW) portfolio of gas-fired power plants from UK Coal Plc. The portfolio consists of four sites located in North Yorkshire and the East Midlands that recover waste mine methane and convert it to electricity,
Private equity funds in the US raised nearly as much capital in the first three quarters of 2012 as during the entire 2011 calendar year, according to Dow Jones LP Source. In addition, 2012 commitments from limited partners in Europe are on track to surpass 2011 fundraising. During the
JZ Capital Partners (JZCP), the London listed private equity fund which invests in US, European and Latin America micro cap companies, deployed a total of USD130.8m across 17 new investments during the six months to the end of August 2012. JZCP made USD85.7m of new investments across all industry verticals
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