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Keensight Capital completes sale of smartTrade 

Keensight Capital, a private equity manager focused on pan-European growth buyouts, has completed the sale of smartTrade, a multi-asset electronic solutions firm. Earlier this year, Keensight Capital had announced that it had entered into an agreement to exit smartTrade Technologies.  Founded in 1999 and headquartered in France, smartTrade Technologies has

Foresight makes six-times return on sale of Manchester-based golf business

Private equity firm Foresight Group has sold the UK’s largest independent online retailer of golf equipment, Clubhouse Golf, to European ecommerce business, all4golf.Clubhouse has found a strong strategic partner in all4golf, and together they will look to become the pan-European market leader for golf equipment.  This represents the first exit

YFM Equity Partners delivers more than three-times return with sale of GroupBC

YFM Equity Partners-advised funds have sold their shareholding in GroupBC to Bentley Systems Incorporated, a global provider of software and digital twins services for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure, generating a return well in excess of three-tims its original investment.GroupBC is a leading provider of enterprise-scale information

Pharmaceutical machinery

Holland Capital exits Inno4Life to Swiss company Dec Group

Holland Capital has sold its portfolio company Inno4Life, a manufacturer of machines for the pharmaceutical industry, to Dec Group, a Swiss powder handling and process containment equipment provider. Inno4Life’s management will remain actively involved in the company after its acquisition, which will continue to operate under its own name following

Edison Partners sells fintech firm Clearpool Group to BMO

Growth-equity investment firm Edison Partners has completed the sale of Clearpool Group, a New York-based electronic trading provider and independent agency broker-dealer, to BMO Financial Group. The deal is Edison’s third institutional fintech exit to a strategic buyer this year, which also includes the sale of Scivantage to Refinitiv and Solovis

HIG Capital sells AVI-SPL

HIG Capital (HIG) has sold its portfolio company, AVI-SPL (AVI) to Marlin Equity Partners (Marlin). In conjunction with the transaction, AVI will be merged with Whitlock, an affiliate of Marlin focused on workplace collaboration solutions, resulting in USD1.3 billion of pro forma 2019 revenue. HIG will retain a minority stake in

Ironwood Capital exits from Performance Team

Ironwood Capital has exited from its subordinated debt investment in Performance Team.  The company was purchased by AP Moller – Maersk and will integrate its services with Maersk Warehousing & Distribution’s regional network of 20-plus facilities in the United States and Canada.   Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Performance Team

Edison Partners completes sale of Solovis to Nasdaq

Edison Partners, a growth-equity investment firm, has completed the sale of its stake in Solovis to Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ), generating over a 50 per cent IRR on its USD13 million total investment.Headquartered in Dallas, Solovis offers multi-asset class portfolio management, analytics and reporting tools for asset owners and allocators. Solovis’

O’Melveny advises WeWork on Meetup sale

O’Melveny represented WeWork in the sale of its subsidiary, Meetup, one of the world’s first social media platforms and the only one dedicated to groups that meet in-person or online during times of crisis.Meetup is being acquired by a consortium of investors led by Kevin Ryan’s AlleyCorp and includes mission-driven

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