Partners Group, the leading global private markets firm, has acquired one of the largest district heating platforms (the “District Heating Platform” or “the Company”) in the Baltics, from Finnish energy company Fortum Corporation (“Fortum”). The Company, which operates across Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, has 74 generation assets, which generate
Aliter-backed Sponge has completed its acquisition of Idox Compliance from its parent Idox plc. With operations in Germany, Belgium and the UK, Idox Compliance provides corporate compliance eLearning solutions to customers across Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the rest of Europe. Idox Compliance’s leading corporate compliance content, large corporate relationships and
Respira has closed an equity investment in the first quarter of 2021 by Capricorn Investment Group’s Sustainable Investors Fund. This investment aims to catalyse movement of institutional capital towards asset managers with high-quality approaches to sustainability. It will allow for the expansion of Respira’s portfolio-based approach to the carbon offset
Global law firm White & Case has advised Epidemic Sound on a USD450 million joint investment by EQT Growth and Blackstone Growth, which values Epidemic Sound at USD1.4 billion. Epidemic Sound is a global MusicTech company headquartered in Stockholm. The company has democratised access to music for storytellers by providing
Telestream, a portfolio company of Genstar Capital and a specialist in media workflow orchestration, media streaming and delivery technologies, has acquired Masstech, a creator of intelligent, hybrid cloud-based storage and asset lifecycle management solutions for the M&E industry. The company’s 10th acquisition comes shortly after Telestream’s purchase of EcoDigital –
Clessidra Sgr has finalised the acquisition of a majority stake in Botter SpA, a Venetian company among the world’s leading exporters of Italian wine owned by the Botter family and IDeA Taste of Italy fund, managed by DeA Capital Alternative Funds. The Botter family will support Clessidra in this transaction
Livingbridge has agreed the sale of their stake in TSA Management (TSA), an independent provider of client-side project management and advisory services across Australia and New Zealand, to Quadrant Private Equity. The investment was made from Livingbridge 6. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Sydney, TSA manages, consults and
PAI Partners (PAI) has closed its inaugural PAI Mid-Market Fund (“PAI MMF”, or the “Fund”) with a total of circa EUR920 million of commitments. The Fund was raised entirely virtually and is above its EUR700 million target and original EUR800 million hard cap, which was increased following significant investor interest.
Learndirect has acquired Animal Courses Direct (ACD) and i-to-i (TATG Ltd), two specialist training providers operating in the Animal Welfare and Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) sectors respectively. The acquisitions extend Learndirect’s existing portfolio in these sectors and provides a strong base for the group to continue
Sentinel Capital Partners, a private equity firm that invests in promising lower mid-market companies, has closed its sale of Pet Supplies Plus (PSP), the third largest pet specialty chain in the US, to Franchise Group, Inc. The deal is valued at USD700 million. Founded in 1988 and headquartered in Livonia,
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