IK Investment Partners’ IK VIII Fund has reached an agreement to acquire Granite Holding (Schock), a granite kitchen sink manufacturer, from HQ Equita. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. The original inventor of the manufacturing technology commonly used in the production of granite sinks, more than
UK venture capital investor Albion Ventures has completed the acquisition of OLIM from Close Brothers Group. The acquisition was first announced on 27 September 2016, subject to regulatory approval. OLIM is a fund manager specialising in UK quoted equities, with around GBP500 million of assets under management. The
SPLIO, a SaaS-based customer experience software company, has secured a EUR10 million fundraising supported by three funds – Digital Ambition Fund, BNP Paribas Développement and Amundi Private Equity Funds. Digital Ambition Fund is managed by Bpifrance under the Future Investment Program led by the Commissariat-General for investment (CGI). Leveraging
JMP Group, an investment banking and alternative asset management firm JMP Group, is partnering with investment bank with Bryan, Garnier & Co on the origination and execution of cross-border mergers and acquisitions, strategic advisory mandates and public and private capital-raising transactions. The alliance will operate under the common brand of
Saratoga Partners has acquired the xenon cinema business from Philips Lighting, with debt financing provided by GC Andersen Partners Capital. The business, to be named Lighting Technologies International (LTI), is a major manufacturer of xenon arc lamps for digital cinema projectors used in the worldwide cinema exhibition industry. GC
HarbourVest Partners has held the final close of its latest secondaries fund, which was oversubscribed and closed above its USD3.6 billion target at USD4.77 billion. “Our global secondaries team has decades of experience and deep industry relationships. As the secondaries market continues to evolve, these competitive advantages have helped us
Juniper Capital Advisors has held final close of its first institutionally-backed private equity fund, Juniper Capital II, at its hard cap of USD500 million. The fund targets equity investments of USD25 million to USD75 million in oil and gas companies located primarily in the continental US. Edward Geiser (pictured),
Plexus Capital, a provider of capital to small businesses in the US, has closed Plexus Fund IV at its fully subscribed offering of USD400 million. Consistent with its predecessor funds, Fund IV will focus on the same strategy of investing in profitable businesses with USD10 million to USD100 million in
Smartrac, a portfolio company of private equity firm One Equity Partners (OEP), is to sell its Secure ID & Transactions business to the Linxens Group. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions. OEP has helped support Smartrac to grow into the largest global player
C5 Capital, a technology investment firm focusing on the cyber security, data and cloud computing sectors, has acquired ITC Secure Networking for GBP24 million. The acquisition marks the fund’s fourth investment following its investments in Metrasens, a UK based sensor company; Omada, a provider of identity and access management technology; and
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