Harris Williams has acted as exclusive adviser to Country Pure Foods, a portfolio company of First Atlantic Capital and DN Partners, in its sale to Mistral Equity Partners. The transaction was led by Glenn Gurtcheff, Tim Alexander, Jeffrey Cleveland and Ryan Budlong from Harris Williams’ Minneapolis office. “Country Pure Foods
Vanterra C Change Transformative Energy & Materials Fund I launched with a USD100m initial close earlier this month, led by anchor investor Vanterra Capital in partnership with C Change Investments. The fund was founded by John T. Preston, energy investor and former director of technology development for MIT; John Sylvia,
American Capital has sold its portfolio company Narus to Boeing for proceeds of USD12m. American Capital realised a gain of USD3m during the third quarter from the transaction, subject to post-closing adjustments. American Capital’s compounded annual rate of return earned over the life of its investment was seven per cent.
WinSonic Digital Media Group, a facilities-based digital media company, has completed a USD5m equity funding facility with Georgia-based Roswell Capital Partners. Roswell has committed to purchase, over a period of two years, shares of the company’s common stock for cash consideration, up to an aggregate of USD5m. The equity funding
Tim Levy, chief executive of GBP6bn alternative investment firm Future Capital Partners, is about to embark on a expedition led by Bear Grylls through the Northwest Passage. Future Capital’s investment partnership Future Fuels, which will fund the construction of a renewable fuel plant in the UK, is sponsoring the expedition.
Joseph F Winterscheid (pictured), partner and head of the global Antitrust & Competition Practice Group at McDermott Will & Emery, outlines the implications of the FTC’s revised Horizontal Merger Guidelines. Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released the final revised Horizontal Merger Guidelines that describe the FTC and U.S. Department
Citadel Capital, a private equity firm in the Middle East and Africa, has reported a 5.3 per cent rise in total net asset value per share for the second quarter of 2010. The portfolio net asset value rose by 1.7 per cent and the asset management value rose by 12.5
Growth equity investor Summit Partners has invested USD100m in Avast Software, the developer of an antivirus programme, for a minority stake in the company. “Summit Partners’ investment is a vote of confidence in our disruptive ‘freemium’ business model, which combines a full-fledged free product with a premium one,” says Vince
Finatem, a lower mid-market German private equity firm, has acquired Techno Physik Group from E.G.O. Blanc & Fischer Goup, a supplier of household appliances. This transaction is the first investment of Finatem III, Finatem’s latest fund. With a turnover of EUR24m and about 100 employees in 2009, Techno-Physik-Group is a
Private equity firm Riverside has exited its investment in SunTek Holding dba Commonwealth Laminating & Coating. Commonwealth Laminating & Coating, based in Martinsville, Virginia, is a manufacturer of solar control window films designed to enhance privacy, aesthetics, safety and security in automotive, residential and commercial applications. Riverside purchased CLC in
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