Lonsdale Capital Partners (Lonsdale), a private equity firm focused on the lower mid-market, has completed the sale of Cross Rental Services (CRS) to Elysian Capital LLP and Company Management, creating a significant return for Lonsdale, the founding shareholders and management. This comes in the same week that Lonsdale announced the
Elysian Capital III has, in conjunction with the existing management team, acquired Healthfull Holdings Group Limited (parent of Wholebake Limited) from Bridges Fund Management. This represents the second investment in the last month from the Elysian Capital III LP Fund which closed in September 2020 at GBP325 million. Founded
KB Associates (KBA), a professional services firm advising investment funds and asset managers, has completed its acquisition of EFG Fund Management, a Luxembourg-based management company and subsidiary of EFG International AG, the Swiss Private Banking Group (EFG). The transaction was agreed in February 2021 and has now been completed after
Stephen Crystal, Founder of SCCG Management, has completed an agreement with Sowbhagya Shetty, CEO of Berlin, Germany based Data Sports Group (DSG), for a strategic consulting and business development in the US media markets. DSG provides highly accurate and consistent data for a wide number of traditional sports and esports
Palatine-backed Construction Testing Solutions (CTS), a provider of construction consulting and testing services, has completed the acquisition of Silkstone Environmental Limited (SEL), a multi-disciplined consultancy specialising in minerals and waste management planning & permitting, site investigation, environmental monitoring and surveying. Based in Sheffield, Silkstone Environmental employs 12 staff and operates
GCA and Houlihan Lokey, the global investment bank, have entered into a definitive agreement under which Houlihan Lokey will commence a tender offer to acquire GCA. Under the terms of the agreement, which has been unanimously approved by the GCA Board of Directors and the Houlihan Lokey Board of Directors,
High Bluff Capital Partners (High Bluff), supported by various alternative investment funds managed by FS Investments, is to acquire Church’s Chicken, one of the world’s largest quick service chicken restaurant chains, from FFL Partners. Subject to customary closing conditions, the transaction is expected to be completed during Q3 of 2021.
Gen II Fund Services (Gen II), an independent private equity fund administrator, has acquired Stone Pine Accounting Services (Stone Pine), a Denver-based provider of private equity fund administration, tax and investor services. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Founded in 1998, Stone Pine provides tailored services to a
FinAccel, the parent of Kredivo, an AI-enabled digital consumer credit platform in Southeast Asia, and VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings II (VPCB), a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Victory Park Capital (VPC), have entered into a definitive agreement for a business combination that will result in FinAccel becoming a publicly
Duke Street, a European mid-market private equity group, has completed the acquisition of COMPO, the largest European producer and distributor of consumer gardening soil, fertiliser, plant protection and lawn seeds. Headquartered in Münster, Germany, COMPO was previously owned by Kingenta Ecological Engineering Group Co. Ltd. (“Kingenta”), a publicly listed company
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