Varagon Capital Partners (Varagon) is serving as administrative agent on a senior secured credit facility to support the acquisition of Comar Packaging (Comar) by investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Capital Partners (MSCP). Founded in 1949 and headquartered in Voorhees, New Jersey, Comar is a manufacturer and leading provider of
Manchester-based Ardenton Capital has backed PP Control & Automation in the investor’s second deal. Ardenton now owns a majority stake in PP Control & Automation (PP), which employs more than 230 people at its world-class manufacturing facility in the West Midlands. Established in 1967 and headquartered in Walsall, PP
Waterland Private Equity has expanded its portfolio company MEDIAN with the acquisition of Klinikzentrum Mühlengrund in north Hesse. Mühlengrund is a modern facility for inpatient rehabilitation in the indications of orthopaedics, internal medicine/cardiology, diabetology, neurology and psychosomatics. The acquisition marks the extension of MEDIAN’s range of medical and therapeutic services
Value Partners Group’s subsidiary Value Partners Private Equity Investment (Shen Zhen) Limited (VP Shenzhen) is partnering with Huajiao Education Technology (Jiangxi) Co to establish a private equity fund that focuses on the Chinese education sector. The fund will be the inaugural fund of VP Shenzhen, the Group’s newly established
Salveo Capital, an alternative investment firm specialising in the legalised cannabis space, has acquired a minority equity interest in Flow Kana, a sustainable sun-grown cannabis provider in Northern California. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Founded in 2015, Flow Kana is focused on partnering with and
Vancouver and Dublin based Hartley & Marks, the makers of luxury stationary brand Paperblanks, has appointed Moore Stephens, the top 10 international accounting and advisory firm, to manage a private equity investment round to fuel the company’s future growth. Paperblanks was founded in 1992 and now produces annual revenues in
Private equity investment firm Golden Gate Capital (Golden Gate) has acquired The Learning Experience, an academy of early education for children six weeks to six years old. The Learning Experience, headquartered in Deerfield Beach, Florida, is led by Co-Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer Richard Weissman. Financial terms of the
LFPI has completed an indirect minority investment in the share capital of Umanis. Umanis, French leader in data, digital and business solutions, remains owned and controlled by its longstanding shareholders Laurent Piepszownik and Olivier Pouligny, who have entered into a shareholders’ agreement with LFPI. To successfully complete this operation, the
Venture capital funds globally continued their strong run of performance over recent years in the first quarter of 2018, with a near-record return of 1.45x, according to new data published by eFront. The company’s latest Quarterly Private Equity Performance Report shows that despite a small seasonal dip from the all-time
Corsair, a provider of PC peripherals and components for gamers, enthusiasts and eSports athletes, is to acquire Elgato Gaming, a Munich-based provider of hardware and software for content creators. Global investment banking firm Drake Star Partners acted as exclusive financial advisor to Elgato Systems on this transaction. “Elgato Gaming
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