Brand Industrial Services, known as BrandSafway, is to acquire Venko Groep BV, a portfolio company of Mentha Capital. Venko will become a part of the Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services (Brand) group. “We are very pleased to announce the agreement with Venko,” says Bill Hayes, President and CEO of BrandSafway.
Hastings Equity Partners (Hastings), a private equity firm focused on investing in lower, middle-market energy services and equipment companies, has made its ninth Fund III platform investment, in Reach Wireline (Reach). Based in Fort Worth, Texas, Reach is a leading provider of Cased Hole Wireline services in the Permian,
Perilune Group has restructured into two separate entities, Perilune Capital, LLC and Perilune Private Family Services (PFS). The former will focus exclusively on investments, including real estate, hedge fund seeding, commercial and business aviation and private equity on behalf of its institutional and private investors, while PFS, the successor to
DuPage Medical Group has closed the formation of a strategic partnership with funds managed by the private equity group Ares Management. The investment by Ares will enable continued support for growth initiatives across the entire organisation, including DMG’s practice management company, DMG Practice Management Solutions, and DMG’s subsidiary, Boncura Health
Deutsche Asset Management (Deutsche AM) has provided a EUR45 million mezzanine facility to Ares Management on two designer outlet centres located in the French cities of Troyes and Roubaix. Andrea Vanni, Head of European Real Estate Debt Investments for Deutsche AM, says: “We are excited to be a part of
NorthEdge Capital has invested in Bridge Farm Nurseries (Bridge Farm), a producer of ornamental plants, flowers and herbs in the UK, backing a management buyout from its family shareholders. It is the first deal for the firm’s recently opened Midlands office. Founded in 1988 and headquartered in Spalding in Lincolnshire,
Round13 Capital, a Toronto-based venture capital firm led by Lavalife co-founder Bruce Croxon and seasoned technology investor John Eckert, has closed a CAD95 million fund to invest in growth stage Canadian companies. Round13 has made three investments since the fund closed, primarily in early-stage B2B software companies including Statflo, Hubdoc,
Options, a provider of cloud-enabled managed services to the global capital markets, has secured a significant investment from Bregal Sagemount, a New York-based private equity firm focused on growth-oriented investments. The transaction, which sees Bregal Sagemount invest nearly USD100 million in Options, will enable the firm’s executive team to pursue
Private equity deal volumes and valuations are beginning to diverge with the pace of PE investment activity slowing year over year while valuations have climbed to a 10-year high, according to Murray Devine’s inaugural H1 Private Equity Valuations Report. The report, which analyses data provide by PitchBook to examine trends
Preqin’s most recent survey finds that institutional investors view mezzanine funds as one of the most promising areas of the private debt market, leading to increased fundraising for the fund type in recent quarters. Almost half see mezzanine funds as offering the best risk/return profile, and four out of ten
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