Private equity firm Permira is to invest USD350 million in WeddingWire, an online marketplace connecting engaged couples with wedding professionals, becoming the Company’s majority shareholder. As part of the transaction, WeddingWire’s management team and existing investor Spectrum Equity will maintain a significant minority ownership in the Company. The new investment
Keensight Capital has acquired a majority stake in Biovian, a European specialist in contract manufacturing and development of biopharmaceuticals, alongside the founders and the managers, and Edmond de Rothschild Equity Strategies (ERES) funds. Founded in 2003, Biovian is a one-stop-shop GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) CDmO of biopharmaceuticals providing manufacturing and
Houlihan Lokey has acquired BearTooth Advisors (BearTooth), an independent advisory firm providing strategic advisory and placement agency services to alternative investment managers. BearTooth was founded in 2014 by Bob Brown, Andy Lund, Jim McGee, and Riverstone Holdings LLC and operates as a division of Riverstone Capital Services LLC and Riverstone
Global investment bank GCA Altium has advised video games label Team17 on the completion of its initial public offering (IPO) on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange, which included a GBP107.5 million fundraising. On admission, Team17 had a market capitalisation of GBP217 million. This
Private equity firm SFW Capital Partners (SFW) has made a strategic investment in Swiftpage, a provider of customer relationship management software to owners and managers of SMBs across the world. SFW’s principals have supported some of the most successful and well-regarded companies in the software, information, and workflow solutions sectors,
Private equity firm Aretex Capital Partners is to acquire Alerian, a provider of energy infrastructure indices and market intelligence based in Dallas, Texas. The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Alerian develops and maintains a series of indices for the energy sector and equips investors to make informed
Results Healthcare, a corporate advisory firm focused on public and private healthcare and life sciences companies, has appointed Jason Foss as Managing Director. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Foss will work alongside colleagues in Results’ existing New York office to drive the growth of the firm’s operations in the world’s largest
DealCloud, a specialist in deal & relationship management in the private capital markets, has opened its new EMEA headquarters in Holborn, London, United Kingdom. With the opening of the regional headquarters in London, DealCloud operates out of four offices globally. Supporting a rapidly growing client base in the region, DealCloud now provides implementation services, client
A cross-jurisdictional Carey Olsen team has advised Strategic Value Partners (SVP) in its acquisition of Vita Group from TPG. The UK-based Vita Group, which had been owned by TPG since 2005, develops, manufactures and markets flexible polyurethane, Talalay latex and flooring products to customers across Europe, the US and China.
Capzanine, a European private investment management company, has completed its first transaction in Germany – an investment via a unitranche instrument in Magix, a provider of video and music editing software and digital content. Founded in 1993, Magix provides software for designing, editing, archiving and presenting videos, music, photos, graphics
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