Middle market private equity firm GI Partners is to acquire IT infrastructure and cloud provider Peak 10. Founded in 2000, Peak 10 provides hybrid IT infrastructure services including data centre services, private and enterprise cloud infrastructure and managed services. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, the company operates 24 data
Private equity-backed IPOs in Latin America outperformed the broader public markets and other IPOs in the region by a significant margin over the course of 2013, according to a survey by EY. The report – Great expectations: what’s next for Latin American private equity? – underscores that exits via IPOs
Venture capital investor Octopus Investments and tech start-up specialist 360 Leaders have formed a strategic partnership to work on projects in the technology and enterprise space over the next 12 months. 360 Leaders held its latest ‘Hot Topics’ event last week in New York, focused on the trends of international
The Central Africa Growth Sicar (CAGS) fund, managed by pan-African private equity firm Emerging Capital Partners (ECP), has exited its stake in Togo-based commercial banking holding company Oragroup. The exit form Oragroup, which currently has operations spanning 12 countries in West and Central Africa, represents 2.2x return on CAGS’ initial
Dubai International Capital (DIC), the private equity arm of Dubai Holding, has signed an agreement for the sale of Mauser Group to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) for circa USD1.7 billion. Mauser, which was acquired by DIC in 2007 in a deal that valued the group at circa USD1.1 billion,
International investment firm Axon Partners Group has invested in iYogi, a specialist in on-demand tech support for consumers and small businesses, bringing the total raised so far in this Series E financing round to USD28 million. Axon Partners Group, which has a strong presence in Spain and Latin America, has
Talis Capital’s portfolio company FuelQuest In has completed the sale of its subsidiary business Zytax to Avalara. FuelQuest’s disposal of Zytax represents one of the first exits in the digital sector for Talis Capital investors. Talis Capital, also the exclusive advisor to Beyond Digital, completed a USD10m Series A
Private equity firm Graphite Capital has sold Education Personnel, a provider of supply teachers and educational support staff to schools in England and Wales, to its management team in a buy-out backed by ICG. Graphite originally backed the management buy-out of Teaching Personnel in 2010. The following year the business was
iZettle has closed a EUR40 million Series C funding round led by London-based growth investor Zouk Capital, with participation from Dawn Capital and Intel Capital. Series A and B investors Creandum, Greylock Partners, Index Ventures, Northzone and SEB Private Equity also invested. Investors in previous rounds included American
Countrywide Healthcare Supplies has secured a GBP2.7 million investment from Octopus Investments. Countrywide was established in 1996 and operates from a purpose-built distribution centre in South Yorkshire. With this investment Countrywide will continue to pursue its growth strategy as it looks to become the largest supplier to the UK
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