Club deals, often used by private equity managers prior to the ’08 financial crisis, are a thing of the past. The new kid on the block is the co-investment deal, which over the last four or five years has been gaining real traction with institutional investors. Speaking with Private Equity
Brella, developer of a networking application for business events that was founded in Jyväskylä, Finland, in 2016, has raised EUR1.2 million in private equity. The lead investor was Vendep Capital together with a team of international angel investors, including from the USA, France and Finland. The investment will allow
Kirkland & Ellis has advised private equity investors Bain Capital and Cinven on the successful takeover offer for the German pharmaceutical group Stada. With a total value of EUR5.4 billion, this is the largest buy-out ever realized in the German market. In a second voluntary public takeover offer, 63.85 per
Rock Hill Capital Group (Rock Hill) has finalised the sale of Alpha Technical Services Corporation, LC (ATS) to Quala, a specialist in bulk transportation container cleaning. Based in Pasadena, Texas, ATS operates a full service state-of-the-art industrial cleaning facility specialszing in difficult cleaning projects requiring advanced cleaning techniques. ATS has the
Post Oak Energy Capital has committed USD100 million of equity to Sierra EF, a subsidiary of Sierra Resources. Affiliates of GSO Capital Partners (GSO), and the Sierra management team have also contributed capital to the Company and will continue to invest alongside Post Oak. Sierra is a Houston-based exploration and
StoryStream, the content acceleration experts, has raised GBP1.2 million in additional funding, led by MMC Ventures, to advance its offering with Artificial Intelligence (AI). With this latest investment, StoryStream will use AI to accelerate the efficiency of finding, managing and deploying content to power engaging content experiences for brands, whilst
Vestar Capital Partners has acquired Quest Analytics, a specialist in health plan provider network management software and services. Terms of the investment have not been disclosed. Quest Analytics, based in Appleton, WI, was co-founded in 2003 by David H Hill and John P Weis. Both will remain active in the
ITI Group has acquired a 100 per cent stake in Walbrook Capital Markets Limited, an FCA-regulated brokerage house providing direct access to global exchanges and bespoke wealth management services. Employing an expert team of experienced brokers, Walbrook specialises in a fully comprehensive range of asset classes and account types including
Monroe Capital has acted as sole lead arranger and administrative agent on the funding of a USD43 million senior credit facility to support the acquisition of Stella Environmental Holdings (Stella), a division of Action Resources, by private equity sponsor Hidden Harbor Capital Partners. Based in Houston, Texas and founded in
Unigestion, a boutique asset manager that focuses on providing its clients with risk-managed investment solutions, has expanded its fund distribution network by joining the MFEX platform. The new agreement means that all Unigestion’s Uni-Global SICAV sub funds and share classes are now listed on the MFEX platform, which offers 50,000
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