HarbourVest Partners has promoted three new managing directors – Ryan Gunther, Senia Rapisarda, and Kelvin Yap – and 13 new principals and senior vice presidents. These promotions recognise team members whose expertise contribute to the success of HarbourVest and its clients across the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific. “HarbourVest’s
Advent International has agreed to sell its 93.29 per cent interest in Devin, a producer and distributor of bottled water in Bulgaria, to Spadel, a European family-owned company specialising in the production of natural mineral water, spring water and natural fruit drinks. The transaction values Devin at a EUR120 million
Munich-based industrial holding company Adcuram Group has acquired 98.57 per cent of luxury kitchen manufacturer Poggenpohl Möbelwerke, based in Herford (Northrhine-Westfalia). The transaction with the previous majority shareholder, Swedish-listed Nobia, which was signed on 19 December 2016, is still subject to customary regulatory approval. Poggenpohl, known for its Porsche-Design
Stirling Square Capital Partners, a pan-European mid-market private equity firm, has acquired AD Industrie, a French manufacturer of complex, critical sub-assemblies and components for the aerospace, defence and energy markets. AD Industrie was acquired for an undisclosed amount from majority owner Ingefin (a family holding company), and minority investors BPI
Volution Group, a supplier of ventilation products to the residential and commercial construction markets, has acquired the entire share capital of Breathing Buildings. The deal provides an exit for the company’s previous backers including MMC Ventures. Breathing Buildings is based in Cambridge, UK and was formed in 2006 by
Independent trust, fund, real estate and corporate services provider First Names Group has promoted Karen O’Hanlon to managing director of its Singapore business. The appointment is effective immediately. O’Hanlon will lead the team in Singapore, continuing to build on the foundations developed over her last two years as director
UK peer-to-peer (P2P) finance platform Assetz Capital has lent a record GBP105 million to UK businesses in 2016 to date. Experiencing increasing growth during the year, including a final quarter when it lent as much as in the whole of 2015, Assetz Capital is now providing secured loans of GBP25
Affiliates of Xura, a provider of digital communications services, are to acquire Mitel Mobility, a division of Mitel Networks and Ranzure Networks. Mitel Mobile, formerly Mavenir Systems, is a provider of Voice-over-Long-Term Evolution (VoLTE), Voice-over-WiFi (VoWiFi), video, Rich Communication Services (RCS), messaging, radio access and packet core solutions. Ranzure,
LPA, in association with Toullec Solicitors, has advised Bluecom Group, an e-commerce solutions provider in Asia-Pacific, on the sale of 100 per cent of its share capital to Dentsu Aegis Network, a provider of media, digital and creative communications services. Established in 2012, Bluecom specialises in designing and implementing e-commerce
Kohlberg & Company, a private equity firm specialising in middle market investing, has held the final closing of its eighth private equity fund, Kohlberg Investors VIII, with USD2.2 billion in total commitments. The fund was oversubscribed and closed at its hard cap due to strong support from existing limited partners,
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