FGP Systems (FGP), a UK-based aerospace precision engineering company, is back in profit just three months after its acquisition out of administration by Cyrus Investment Management (CIM) with funds raised through the Cyrus Secured Loans Precision Engineering EIS Fund 1. FGP was acquired in September and following growth investment and
Audax Private Equity (Audax) has sold KODA Distribution Group (KDG) to Azelis Group, a portfolio company of funds advised by Apax Partners. Azelis is headquartered in Antwerp, Belgium and is a leading global specialty chemicals distributor with revenues over EUR1 billion. KDG is a leading specialty chemical distributor in
Venture capital fund AXA Strategic Ventures (ASV) has added four new investments over the second half 2015 to its portfolio in the US. “Our world is becoming more transparent, digitally enabled and customer centric,” says ASV US’s General Partner, Manish Agarwal. “These developments are changing financial services and we are
Private equity house WestBridge Capital has exited Aero Stanrew following its acquisition by TT Electronics plc, a global provider of engineered electronics for performance critical applications. WestBridge backed the GBP8.5 million management buyout of Aero Stanrew in February 2012 and has worked in partnership with the executive team for the
Octopus Ventures has invested GBP2 million in Segura Systems, a UK technology house delivering supply chain protection to a range of industries. The cloud-based technology creates a comprehensive audit trail that allows all businesses to track every element of their purchases, not only from direct suppliers but also throughout the
Hercules Technology Growth Capital has completed the previously-announced redemption of USD40.0 million of the USD85.9 million in issued and outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 7.00 per cent Senior Unsecured Notes due September 2019. The partial redemption of the Notes will result in an annual interest expense savings of
Global investment firm Summit Partners is taking a EUR31 million minority stake to support the growth of Signavio, a provider of SaaS-based software for business process and decision management. CMS Germany’s Berlin-based technology team headed by partners Dr Jörg Zätzsch, Jesko Nobiling and Dr Ole Jani advised the Signavio founders
BGF has exited its investment in The Exchange Lab, a programmatic marketing solutions company, following its acquisition by WPP for an undisclosed sum. The Exchange Lab’s people and technology will be integrated into WPP’s GroupM. Minority shareholder BGF (Business Growth Fund) provided GBP5 million of growth capital to The Exchange
Private equity firm Livingbridge has completed a GBP9.8 million investment in French restaurant group Le Bistrot Pierre, the Group’s first investment from its new, GBP220m, Enterprise 2 fund. Established as a single franchise restaurant in Nottingham in 1994 by school friends Robert Beacham and John Whitehead, Le Bistrot Pierre provides
Investec Growth & Acquisition Finance has provided a GBP55 million debt facility to support an affiliate of Sun European Partners (Sun) in its acquisition of Finlays Horticulture Investments Limited and Finlays Horticulture Holdings Limited (Finlays) from the Swire Group. Blending asset-based and cashflow lending, the funding structure provided by Investec
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