UK private equity house Maven Capital Partners (Maven), through its management of the Finance Durham and North East Development Capital Fund, supported by the European Regional Development Fund, has provided GBP825,000 of funding to independent shipping container supplier, Parsons Containers Limited (Parsons). The funds have invested GBP500,000 and GBP325,000 respectively,
Wireless Innovation, a specialist Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity and communications provider, backed by Horizon Capital, has acquired Rock Seven Mobile Services Limited and YB Tracking Limited. Founded in 2008, Rock Seven and YB Tracking provide connectivity and hardware, which enable customers to track assets and IoT
Céréa Capital II, alongside the management and Unexo, has acquired, from Linxis Group, owned by the IK VIII Fund advised by IK Investment Partners, the three companies of its cheese and dairy division: Chalon-Mégard, Tecnal et Simon Frères. Linxis Group, formerly Bretèche Industrie, is a supplier of equipment for the
Tikehau Capital, an alternative investment and asset management group, has acquired asset management company ACE Management. In addition, Marwan Lahoud has been appointed to strengthen Tikehau’s private equity business. Tikehau Capital continues its policy for growth with the 100 per cent acquisition of ACE Management. The acquisition of a specialist
Senior Architectural Systems, the UK’s largest privately owned aluminium fenestration systems manufacturer, has announced a structured management buy-out (MBO) of the company by its current board of directors. The MBO deal has been led by Senior’s managing director Mark Wadsworth and includes three other members of the board – sales
Private equity funds are not known to be currency speculators, but now that sterling has fallen since the decision was made to leave the European Union, currency valuations may be playing their part in the UK’s private equity market. A financial sponsor would usually have a vision of how it could
PineBridge Investments has closed PineBridge Secondary Opportunity Partners (PSOP) having raised over USD880 million in five months. The fund will aim to provide investors with access to a global and diversified private equity secondary portfolio. The fund primarily provides clients with exposure to US middle-market buyout strategies, with additional global
An affiliate of middle-market private equity firm Peak Rock Capital has acquired Pretzels, a supplier of pretzels and extruded snack products. Headquartered in Bluffton, Indiana, Pretzels provides an extensive portfolio of salty snack products that includes traditional, peanut-butter-filled, flavoured, seasonal, and gluten-free pretzels, as well as extruded snack products. The company
International law firm Fieldfisher has advised TSX-V-listed Canadian company, Strongbow Exploration, on successfully closing a conditional “synthetic” offtake agreement with specialist mining private equity fund, Orion Mine Finance. Strongbow is the owner of South Crofty, the iconic former-producing copper and tin mine near Camborne and Pool in Cornwall. The company
TripleTree has advised private investment firm Clearlake Capital Group on its acquisition of symplr, a healthcare governance, risk and compliance (GRC) software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform, from Pamlico Capital and The CapStreet Group. The sellers were advised by Moore & Van Allen on the deal. symplr provide management, credential management and payer
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