Chicago-based private equity firm Winona Capital Management, along with existing investors, has made a strategic investment in Petsense, a rapidly growing US chain of specialty pet supply retail stores. “We are extremely excited to partner with Petsense. Bob Angstead (Petsense CEO) and his team have sharpened the pet retail model,”
Forbion Capital Partners’ portfolio company AM-Pharma BV, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the preclinical and clinical development of Alkaline Phosphatase (AP) as a treatment of severe inflammatory diseases, has raised EUR29.2m in an oversubscribed Series D financing. The series D round was led by Ysios Capital Partners, co-led by Kurma
Global private equity firm Advent International has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire shares representing 49.998% of MAXAM’s share capital, from Vista Capital and Portobello Capital. The remaining 50.002% of the company’s share capital continues to be controlled by MAXAM’s management team, led by its Chairman CEO, José F
Alliance Consumer Growth (ACG) has closed its debut private equity fund, Alliance Consumer Growth Fund, with USD40 million in committed capital. The Fund will make investments in high-potential young consumer product and service companies. Founding partners Josh Goldin, Julian Steinberg and Trevor Nelson have overseen successful growth investments in the
Thierry Monjauze (pictured), Managing Director at Harris Williams & Co, comments on the announcement that Zagat is to be acquired by Google… Google’s interest in local services and advertising (Local) goes back several years, but the related strategy has seen a number of false starts, both via internal initiatives and
JP Morgan Private Equity Limited has completed a USD91.9 million (GBP56.5 million) all stock acquisition of Arch Cru’s ex-portfolio of 38 mid market buyout co-investments from the SPL Funds. Purchase price represented a 4.7% discount. The SPL Funds will receive 65% of the Purchase Price through the issue of 44,727,053 new
HIG Europe has acquired a significant equity stake in CTI, in conjunction with the merger between CTI and Maten. With turnover of nearly EUR135 million, the new group is now the leading independent industrial boiler maker in France specialised in the energy sector. CTI specialises in the construction and maintenance
Peter J Thomson (pictured) has become a cornerstone investor in the Conservative Consumer Credit Fund. LC Advisors, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lending Club, serves as the General Partner of the Fund, which invests in the two highest grades of 36-month consumer loans originated through the Lending Club platform. In
Albion Ventures has invested GBP1.5million in partnership with Welsh based developer, Infinite Energy, to fund the development of a single 500kWp Wind Turbine on a brownfield site near Ebbw Vale in Wales. The investment will create a special purpose vehicle (SPV) which will be owned by Albion Ventures’ funds and
Atlas Holdings portfolio company RedBuilt, a leading supplier of engineered lumber products, has signed an agreement to purchase certain Standard Structures Inc (SSI) assets, such as equipment, raw materials inventory and intellectual property. SSI, a leading manufacturer of glulam beams, I-joists and open-web trusses for commercial and multifamily roof and
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