Polaris has agreed to sell Avanti Wind Systems to Alimak Group, marking the private equity firm’s sixth exit in the past 18 months. With Polaris as its owner since 2011, Avanti, a specialist in service lifts as well as ladder and safety systems for the wind turbine industry, has doubled
Private equity firm Cinven has agreed to sell Host Europe Group (HEG), one of the largest privately-owned web services providers in Europe, to GoDaddy, a cloud platform dedicated to small, independent ventures. Cinven acquired the core business within HEG in August 2013 for an original consideration of GBP438 million.
Clessidra SGR has signed a definitive agreement to sell all outstanding shares of ABM Italia to funds advised by BC Partners through their participation in Keter Group. ABM Italia is one of Europe's leading manufacturer of high-end resin storage systems for domestic/office applications such as cabinets, shelves and storage boxes.
Solace Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on distressed-for-control and special situations investments in North America, has closed its inaugural Solace Capital Special Situations Fund at USD576 million, in excess of its USD500 million target. Solace has flexible capital and targets control-oriented investments in complex, distressed or capital-constrained, lower-middle
Exit Strategies, a specialist in the buy side, mergers and acquisitions space, closed three new buy side transactions in September 2016. “Our proprietary process and tools continue to be validated by these high quality transactions,” says Jordan Wagner, co-founder at Exit Strategies. The September closed deals originated and facilitated
Healthcare-focused private equity firms DW Healthcare Partners (DWHP) and Linden Capital Partners are to acquire Edge Systems. Headquartered in Signal Hill, California, Edge is a manufacturer and marketer of non-invasive equipment and consumables used in aesthetic skin health treatments. Edge's leading product is the HydraFacial line of facial skin
A cross-border team from law firm Goodwin represented the neuroscience company Cerevance in its financing by Lightstone Ventures and Takeda Pharmaceutical. Cerevance will focus on discovering and developing novel therapeutics for neurological and psychiatric disorders. The USD36 million funding round includes a USD21.5 million Series A financing investment from
Two thirds of limited partners (LPs) say there would be a negative impact on the EU from a ‘hard’ Brexit – a separation of the UK from the EU involving significant restrictions on the UK’s access to the EU single market and strong immigration curbs. That’s according to Coller Capital’s
Detroit-based private equity firm Rockbridge Growth Equity has sold Purchasing Power, an e-retailer offering a voluntary benefit to companies and membership organisations across the US, to private equity firm Flexpoint Ford. Founded in 2001, Purchasing Power is one of the fastest-growing voluntary benefit companies and the leader within the purchase
UK private equity house Maven Capital Partners has realised its investment in plastic extrusion manufacturer Nenplas, generating a return of more than 5x for investors. The exit from Ashbourne-based Nenplas follows a sale of a controlling interest to German company Döllken-Weimar, part of the German quoted group Surteco, in a
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