UK mid-market private equity firm Graphite Capital has agreed to sell Micheldever Tyre Services (MTS), the UK’s second largest distributor of car, 4×4 and motorcycle tyres, to Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd (SRI). Listed on the Tokyo stock exchange, SRI is the sixth largest tyre manufacturer in the world. The transaction
Vivaris Capital has created what it says is the first private equity hedge fund, which is designed to deliver superior alternative asset returns while mitigating downside risk. The structure deployed by Vivaris uses a portfolio of investment grade securities to diversify risk and to provide liquidity. The investment strategy
Gamut Capital Management has closed its debut middle market private equity fund, Gamut Investment Fund I, at USD1 billion, exceeding the fund’s USD750 million target. Gamut’s flexible investment strategy incorporates leveraged buy-outs, corporate carve-outs, strategic partnerships, and distressed-for-control situations. The fund’s target investment size ranges from USD50 million to
Altus Capital Partners, an investment firm focused on middle market manufacturing companies in the US, has sold Rocla Concrete Tie, based in Denver, Colorado, to German-based rail infrastructure supplier Vossloh Group. Altus Capital realised an estimated 4.5x return on its equity, made through Altus Capital Partners II in May 2013.
Bowmark Capital, a mid-market private equity firm, and Five Arrows Principal Investments, the private equity business of Rothschild Merchant Banking, are to sell Autodata, a European provider of technical information to the automotive aftermarket. Autodata is being sold to Solera Holdings for GBP340 million. Solera is a provider of
Middle market private equity firm One Equity Partners’ portfolio company, The WW Williams Company, has acquired Desert Fleet-Serv (DFS), a mobile provider of onsite maintenance and repair services for diesel trucks and trailers. Terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed. Headquartered in Phoenix, DFS's ASE-certified technicians provide
Dash Financial is to merge with LiquidPoint to create a new trading technology solutions provider focused on the options and equities markets. Dash Financial is an institutional trading technology, execution and analytics provider, while LiquidPoint is a provider of options technology and routing services to the sell-side and exchange communities.
Private equity firm OpenGate Capital has completed the sale of Getronics LATAM to Southern Cross Group, a Latin American private investment firm. The exit yields greater than 11 times invested capital for OpenGate Capital. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Getronics LATAM, with operations in Mexico,
Versant Ventures has closed its newest fund, Versant Venture Capital VI, at its hard cap of CAD538 million (USD400 million). Versant will use its diversified global investment strategy to find, form and fund innovative healthcare companies with an emphasis on novel therapeutics. Fund VI was highly oversubscribed and was
SOSV, an accelerator-based venture capital firm, has closed SOSV III, its first fund open to external investors, at USD150 million. With more than 150 start-ups backed annually through its accelerators, SOSV is the world’s third largest seed investor by volume. SOSV’s accelerator model takes a small stake in start-ups
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