Genstar Capital, a private equity firm based in San Francisco, has acquired Evolution Benefits, a provider of benefit card payment services for healthcare and employee benefits accounts. Financial terms were not disclosed. Evolution Benefits serves approximately 3.5 million people throughout the US. The company’s patented technology allows consumers to access
The Sterling Group, a Houston-based private equity investment firm, has completed the acquisition of B&G Crane Services. The acquisition was financed with equity primarily from Sterling Group Partners II and debt financing from Wells Fargo Capital Finance, BNP Paribas, Capital One Leveraged Finance and Whitney Bank. Headquartered in New Orleans,
Pearson, the education and information company, is acquiring Wall Street Institute from an affiliate of the The Carlyle Group and Citi Private Equity for USD92m in cash. Wall Street Institute provides spoken English training for adults through a proprietary learning model combining web-based content, class-based instruction and digital and printed
Vestar Capital Partners V and Health Grades, a healthcare ratings organisation, have entered into a definitive agreement for an affiliate of Vestar to acquire all of the outstanding shares of HealthGrades for USD8.20 per share. The amount represents a premium of approximately 32 per cent over HealthGrades’ 30-day average closing
eWise, a provider of online payments and online financial management solutions, has completed a funding round led by Balderton Capital, one of Europe’s largest technology investors. The firm has raised USD12.1m to accelerate the US rollout of Secure Vault Payments, an online banking e-payments network; launch and support operations of
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and GS Capital Partners have signed a definitive agreement to acquire HGI Holdings from The Jordan Company and members of the Harrington family. HGI is a mail-order, direct-to-home provider of specialty medical products serving chronic disease patients. The company offers more than 30,000 products addressing a
A gradually recovering exit market helped drive shorter-term venture capital performance upward in the first quarter of 2010 while the ten-year horizon continued to decline, according to the Cambridge Associates US Venture Capital Index, the performance benchmark of the National Venture Capital Association. Certain time horizons saw an increase in
The Private Equity Council has presented evidence showing the industry outperformed public markets by an average of seven per cent and 11 per cent over three and five years. The figures contradict claims by the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation that the industry produced disappointing average returns whilst
Foundation Venture Capital Group, a New Jersey Health Foundation affiliate, has sold its equity interest in Longevica Pharmaceuticals to Rostock International. Longevica, a Princeton, New Jersey-based company, is involved in developing kinase inhibitors that may keep normal cells healthy during chemotherapy or radiation treatments. Rostock International is a subsidiary of
BlueArc, a network storage provider, has closed USD20m of funding led by Investor Growth Capital, the wholly owned venture capital arm of Stockholm-based Investor AB. The round was also supported by 16 existing investors. "After extensive research and diligence with BlueArc, their customers and industry experts, it’s clear that BlueArc
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