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Silverfleet Capital sells CCC

Silverfleet Capital, a Pan-European private equity firm that specialises in buy-to-build, is to sell Competence Call Center (CCC), a business process outsourcing (BPO) service provider, to funds managed by Ardian. The terms of the transaction, which is subject to regulatory approval, have not been disclosed.   Founded in Vienna, Austria

Gen Cap America partners with Bargain Barn

Gen Cap America has partnered with existing management in its acquisition of The Bargain Barn, which operates as United Grocery Outlet and GO Grocery Outlet, and is one of the largest close-out grocery outlets in the eastern United States.  “We are extremely excited at the opportunity to partner with the

Francisco Partners Closes FP V at USD3.975bn

Francisco Partners has held the closing of Francisco Partners V (FP V), a USD3.975 billion fund that will continue the firm’s history of partnering with management teams and investing in companies across the technology ecosystem. Francisco Partners closed its largest fund to date in less than six months through a

Inflexion backs MBO of PCMS Group

Inflexion Private Equity has backed the management buyout of PCMS Group, a provider of point-of-sale (POS) software for major retailers such as Walgreens, John Lewis and Arcadia Group. PCMS offers an integrated unified commerce platform for retail selling points for in-store (POS, self-checkout, self-scan) or cloud-hosted environments (eCommerce, mobile). This

Keystone Capital acquires VeggieLand

VeggieLand, a client of investment bank Tully & Holland, has been acquired by Nature’s Soy, a portfolio company of Chicago-based Keystone Capital. VeggieLand, based in Parsippany New Jersey, was an independently owned, broadly known brand name in the meatless industry with brands such as Franklin Farms and Jens and Marie

Target Partners appoints new Technology Analyst

Johannes Landgraf has joined Munich-based venture capital firm Target Partners as an analyst. He will focus on in-depth research covering various industries and new technologies. In addition, he will be involved in the due diligence process for evaluating startups. Landgraf holds a Bachelor of Science in International Business/Finance from Maastricht

Surge Private Equity completes investment in Busy Bee

Dallas based Surge Private Equity has completed its investment in Manhattan based Busy Bee Cleaning Corp, a commercial janitorial services provider, and sister companies Commercial Cleaning Services and Janitorial Cleaning Services. The investment closed with debt financing provided by Harvest Capital Credit Corporation.   Busy Bee is a commercial janitorial

WorldQuant Ventures appoints MD

WorldQuant Ventures, an early stage investment firm, has appointed Mark Danchak as Managing Director. Mark will co-run the firm with Steven Lau, Managing Director at WorldQuant Ventures. Danchak joined WorldQuant Ventures from Carbon6 Ventures, where he was a Partner and focused on Seed to A Round investments in early stage

GRI Club Global Group joins Climate Bonds Initiative Partners Program

GRI Club is the latest member to join the Climate Bonds Partner Program with the objective to boost infrastructure investment across emerging markets. GRI is a global organisation that brings together key actors across two critical economic and industry sectors – real estate and infrastructure.   Since 2015 GRI Club

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