Butternut Box, a UK-based fresh dog food company, has raised £280m in its latest fundraising round from new investor General Atlantic, a global growth equity firm, and existing investor, consumer-focused private investment firm L Catterton.Â
Permira Holdings’ deal to acquire Ergomed is being funded with support from Blackstone’s credit unit in the latest sign that that private lending firms are taking buyout business from traditional lenders including banks, according to a report by Bloomberg.
European private equity firm CVC has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Dutch infrastructure investor DIF Capital Partners in a deal worth around €1bn in cash and shares, with a commitment to acquire the remaining shares “over time”.
Global Loan Agency Services (GLAS), a provider of loan administration, agency, and trustee services globally and a portfolio company of private equity firm Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP), is to acquire Pristine SAS, a Paris-headquartered asset and trust management firm.Â
European private equity firm Permira has agreed a deal to acquire British biopharmaceutical services company Ergomed, a provider of clinical research and trial management services, for around £703.1m ($886.40m), according to a report by Reuters.
Discovery Education, a global education technology company backed by Clearlake Capital Group, has agreed to acquire DreamBox Learning, an education technology provider serving more than six million students and 600,000 educators in the US.Â
HIG Capital (HIG), a global alternative investment firm with $58bn of capital under management, has sold a portion of its stake in Eletromidia, a Brazil-based out-of-home (OOH) media company, to Latin American media conglomerate Grupo Globo (Globo).
Private equity firms TA Associates and Warburg Pincus are exploring a sale of portfolio company Procare Solutions, a provider of child-care management software, that could value the business at nearly $2bn, including debt, according to a report by Reuters.
Balance Point Capital Advisors (Balance Point), via the Balance Point Capital Partners V fund, has made a follow-on investment in Concord Servicing Corporation (Concord), a portfolio company of Inverness Graham Investments (IGI).
PAM Group, an occupational health and corporate health services provider backed by private equity firm LDC, has continued its expansion with the acquisition of Corporate Health Ireland (CHI), which has 100 staff and annual revenues of €11m.
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