Aero Capital Solutions (ACS), a mid-life aircraft leasing platform, has held the successful final closing on its first aviation investment vehicle with total aggregate equity commitments of USD200 million. Investors include a broad group of sophisticated investors, registered investment advisers, and single and multi-family offices. In addition to the USD200
Arthur J Gallagher & Co is to acquire the global aerospace operations of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc (JLT). The acquisition, subject to European Commission approval, is scheduled to close this spring in connection with the closing of the JLT purchase by Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. The agreement provides for
Global private equity firm The Riverside Company has acquired ADA Solutions, a designer and developer of detectable warning surface and way-finding solutions for the visually impaired. ADA is an add-on to Riverside’s SureWerx portfolio company, a leading supplier of professional safety products, tools and equipment. ADA’s products are used in
New research from Revolution.Aero amongst private equity and venture capital professionals reveals that 69 per cent expect the amount of money their industries invest in the aviation sector to increase between now and the end of 2020, and just 4 per cent expect it to fall. The corresponding figures for
Swipii, the loyalty card app, has secured an investment of GBP1.9m through a funding round led by award-winning Scottish venture capital firm Par Equity. The latest version of the app removes the need for physical loyalty cards by linking to a debit or credit card and rewarding users with points
New Heritage Capital (Heritage) has made an investment in Columbia, SC-based Rhythmlink International (Rhythmlink), a designer and manufacturer of disposable neurodiagnostic devices and consumables. Rhythmlink’s products provide the connection between “people and machines” in order to identify, record, and monitor important neurophysiological information. Heritage completed its investment via its unique
KnowBe4, provider of a security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, has secured a sizeable minority investment from global investment firm KKR, with participation from Ten Eleven Ventures. The investment, which values the company at over USD800 million, comes off the back of an exceptional 2018 for KnowBe4, which reached USD120 million of bookings and revenue
Pandea Global M&A – an international network of advisory firms co-founded by Dow Schofield Watts – completed 110 transactions with a combined value of over EUR1.6 billion in 2018. The network, which has members in 15 countries, was most active in the business support services sector, which accounted for 25
European private equity firm Astorg is to acquire a minority shareholding in Acturis Group, a leading supplier of insurance software. Under the terms of the transaction, existing investor Summit Partners will exit its position. Acturis employees will continue to own the majority of the company. The Acturis Group was founded
Private equity investors are likely to favour cycle-tested managers this year, says Tom Franco, Partner, Clayton Dubilier & Rice… If global markets become jittery over the coming months, investors are likely to retrench and maintain their private equity allocations with a smaller number of trusted managers who have
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