Clearwater Corporate Finance completed 28 deals with a total value of over GBP750m in 2013 – more than a 50 per cent increase on 2012. The Manchester-based firm celebrated its 10th anniversary this year and all of the sector groups have seen significant improvements in business levels. Key deals advised on by Clearwater during 2013 include: •
Ingenious, the UK alternative investment and advisory group, has strengthened its clean energy division with five new appointments, including Helen Wade as a senior investment director. In addition, the firm has appointed one investment director, one investment manager and two investment associates. The appointments bring Ingenious Clean Energy’s team of investment
Ardian and Resource Partners have increased their joint investment in SIA Baltcom TV, Latvia’s largest cable television operator, by completing the buyout of a minority shareholder. This transaction strengthens Ardian’s and Resource Partners’ strategic partnership, having initially invested in Baltcom in May 2011. Baltcom TV SIA was founded in
Mid-market private equity provider LDC has completed an investment to support the GBP17.8m management buyout of GMG Property Services, a UK provider of software services to estate agents. The business will be rebranded the Property Software Group. LDC will take a significant stake in the business, investing alongside the
ARX Equity Partners has fully exited its investment in Polish plastics processor, Ergis Eurofilms, generating an overall internal rate of return of over 33 per cent and 4.5 cash-on-cash multiple. The ARX exit was executed via a series of block trades to investors on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in December
Private investment firm Forstmann Little is to sell its ownership stake in sports, fashion and media business IMG Worldwide to Silver Lake Partners and William Morris Endeavor Entertainment. The transaction concludes a successful partnership between Forstmann Little and IMG, during which IMG grew into one of the world’s premier sports,
Temptime Corporation, a provider of time-temperature indicators to the healthcare industry, has acquired Connecticut-based William Laboratories to expand into blood temperature monitoring solutions. Temptime’s acquisition is a significant step toward expanding its capabilities since it partnered in September with Water Street Healthcare Partners, a strategic investor focused exclusively on healthcare.
Digital advertising agency Olson, a KRG Fund IV portfolio company, has acquired PulsePoint Group, an Austin-based digital marketing strategy consulting firm. The addition of PulsePoint’s strategic expertise and tools further strengthens Olson’s digital creative and executional capabilities. Olson chief executive officer John Partilla says Olson chose PulsePoint because of
Ardian has sold its minority stake in the CEGOS Group to management and the CEGOS Association, a long-standing shareholder in the group. The CEGOS Group is a specialist in vocational training services. Since Ardian’s investment in 2009, the CEGOS Group has significantly increased its market share in France and,
MMC Ventures closed 18 deals and attracted more than USD100m in total investment into its portfolio in 2013. One of the top five most active VCs in the UK, MMC welcomed nine new companies into its portfolio this year. Research compiled by Ascendant showed that, despite overall falls in
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