Piper, a leading private equity specialist in consumer brands, has sold its majority shareholding in adult soft drinks business Bottlegreen Holdings Limited to SHS, the Northern Irish-based food group who own a number of successful drinks brands including Shloer, WKD and Merrydown. As a result of the sale, Piper has

Superior Capital Partners LLC, a Detroit-based private equity firm, has acquired Rubex as an add-on acquisition to its Fort Worth, Texas-based specialty chemicals portfolio company, Edge Adhesives.  The transaction represents the seventh acquisition from Superior’s 2008 inaugural fund and the third acquisition in 2011.   Edge Adhesives acquired Rubex from

Cleary Gottlieb is advising Bridgepoint and Eurazeo on the exclusive discussions with BPCE announced on May 12, 2011 relating to the acquisition of Foncia.   As the leading residential real estate services company, Foncia has a network of more than 600 branches run by nearly 7,000 employees. It operates in

First Capital, a specialised commercial finance company, has provided over USD330 million in new credit lines to small and medium-sized businesses since May 18, 2010 when it almost doubled its equity in a capital raise led by HIG Capital. Lee Wilson, President and CEO of First Capital, says: "We have

Boticca.com, the online accessories retailer that connects customers directly with independent designers all over the world, has closed a GBP1.5 million (USD2.5 million) funding round.   The investment was led by ISAI, a fund comprised of 70 of the most successful Internet entrepreneurs in France, including founders of Vente Privée

Lyceum Capital-backed Carewatch, the UK’s largest national domiciliary care provider, has strengthened its geographical reach after completing the acquisitions of three franchise businesses: Graham Home Care, Carewatch North and East Riding of Yorkshire and Carewatch Greenwich. The deals are the first add-on acquisitions made by Carewatch during 2011 and take

Verto Partners, LLC, a national performance improvement, restructuring, and corporate turnaround firm, has acquired Wavelength Strategies, LLC, a New York-based transformation services firm focused on life sciences, healthcare, and technology. With the move, Wavelength managing principals Duncan Steels and Greg Calaman join Verto as Managing Directors and will lead the

Patriarch Partners, a private equity firm and holding company that currently manages 74 companies with annual revenues of more than USD8 billion, has completed the acquisition of the Gorham (New Hampshire) paper mill from FP Acquisitions LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Counsel RB Capital, LLC. Patriarch intends to begin