IK Investment Partners’ IK VIII Fund has entered into exclusive negotiations with Equistone to acquire a majority stake in Bretèche Industrie Group (Bretèche), a manufacturer of industrial equipment for the production of food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic products. The management team will reinvest alongside the Fund. Financial terms of the transaction
Comparison Creator, a comparison software development company, has been bought out by its Managing Director and founder Steve Jones, as well as minority investors, with investment from financial information business Defaqto. As part of its strategic growth plan, the Cwmbran based business has also agreed a partnership with Defaqto, who
Private equity house Key Capital Partners (KCP) has backed the management team of YorkTest Laboratories Ltd in completing an MBO that sees CBPE Capital sell 100 per cent of its stake in the food intolerance testing business, which trades as YorkTest and Lorisian. YorkTest is the UK market leader in
AnaCap Financial Partners (AnaCap), the specialist European financial services private equity firm has competed an offering by AnaCap Financial Europe SA SICAV-RAIF (AFE) of EUR325 million of senior secured floating rate notes due 2024. The offering took place through the new Luxembourg Reserved Alternative Investment Fund, AFE, building on AnaCap’s
Promise Gluten Free, an innovative bakery which entered the gluten free market in 2012, has sold a majority stake to Mayfair Equity Partners (Mayfair). Promise, based in Donegal, Ireland and founded in 2011, is a group of companies comprising Aran Ard Teoranta (trading as Gallagher’s Bakery) and Cuisine Royale Manufacturing
OMERS Private Equity has agreed to sell Civica to funds managed and/or advised by Partners Group, the global private markets investment manager, for a total consideration of GBP1,055 million, generating a 2.6x money multiple for OMERS. Civica is a leading provider of business-critical software, digital solutions and technology-based outsourcing
Ridge Road Capital Partners has completed the merger of legal software companies TrialWorks and Needles. Between them, the companies have a combined 55 years of operating history and over 2,500 law firm clients. The combination of TrialWorks and Needles creates the leader in case management software for plaintiff-focused law firms,
Oak Hill Capital Partners (Oak Hill) has successfully closed Oak Hill Capital Partners IV (Fund IV), a USD2.65 billion private equity buyout fund. The fund was significantly oversubscribed, surpassing its target of USD2.0 billion and its hard cap of USD2.5 billion. Oak Hill will continue its 30-year history of
Castlelake has completed the first and final closing of its fifth general purpose fund, Castlelake V at its hard cap of USD2.4 billion in capital commitments after four months of marketing. The fund’s investor base consists of both existing and new Castlelake limited partners based in the US, Canada, Europe,
Middle-market private equity firm Pamlico Capital (Pamlico) has closed the previously announced sale of its portfolio company Dexter & Chaney (Dexter + Chaney) to Viewpoint Construction Software (Viewpoint). Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington and founded in 1981, Dexter + Chaney is a provider
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