Early-stage venture capital firm Blumberg Capital, seed investor and largest institutional shareholder in HootSuite, has realised a 52x return on its investment in the social media management specialist in just four years. Blumberg Capital and Hearst Ventures led the original seed round financing of HootSuite in December 2009 and
Spain’s AENA, the world’s largest airports operator with some 200 million passengers a year, has agreed to acquire London Luton Airport, the UK’s fifth largest airport in terms of passengers, in association with the infrastructure fund of AXA Private Equity. The consortium, in which AENA has a 51 per cent
Private equity firm Arsenal Capital Partners has completed the acquisition of ADCO Global, a provider of specialty sealants, tapes and adhesives, and merged the company with its adhesives and secants platform investment, Royal Adhesives and Sealants. ADCO Global supplies specialty adhesives, sealants, tapes and coatings serving construction, transportation and
iSIGHT Partners and Blackstone have teamed up to offer Blackstone portfolio companies iSIGHT Partners’ proprietary cyber threat intelligence. Under the agreement, Blackstone portfolio companies will have discounted access to iSIGHT Partners’ intelligence. This intelligence will become the base of those participating companies’ cyber security strategies, enabling a much more
Alleghany has invested USD250m for a 6.25 per cent equity ownership interest in Ares Management, which is privately held, and also committed to invest up to USD1bn of capital in various existing and new Ares investment strategies. Through its relationship with Ares, Alleghany seeks both to participate in
Dropcam, makers of Dropcam HD – a Wi-Fi video monitoring camera with cloud recording service – has raised USD30m in series C funding led by Institutional Venture Partners (IVP). Existing investors Accel Partners and Menlo Ventures and new investor Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers also participated in the round.
BaltCap, the Baltic-focused private equity firm, has sold Medicap Holding to synlab, a European provider of laboratory services. synlab has acquired 100 per cent of Medicap Holding, which owns Estonian, Finnish and Lithuanian laboratories operating under the Quattromed and Sorpo brand names, from BaltCap and individual shareholders. By
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has completed its acquisition of all of the outstanding shares of Gardner Denver for approximately USD3.9bn, including the assumption of debt. Timothy W Sullivan has been appointed as president and chief executive officer of Gardner Denver, effective immediately. Michael M Larsen has transitioned to the role of
Funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management have signed a definitive agreement under which Apollo will acquire Pitney Bowes Management Services (PBMS) for approximately USD400m in cash. The transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions, is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2013. Until then, Pitney Bowes
L’ArcoBaleno has secured a seven-figure financing round from a group of international investors. L’ArcoBaleno is positioned to lead the luxury design industry by bringing a curated marketplace of intriguing and valuable furniture, lighting, crafts and decorative arts direct to consumers. Since its launch in June, consumers around the
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