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Electra Partners acquires Allen & Heath

Electra Partners has acquired mixing console manufacturer Allen & Heath from D&M Holdings.   A total of GBP43m of equity and debt has been provided by Electra Private Equity and Allen & Heath’s management.   Founded in 1969, Allen & Heath designs and manufactures audio mixing consoles for live sound,

The Carlyle Group acquires Marelli Motori for EUR212m

A company wholly owned by funds managed by The Carlyle Group is to acquire Marelli Motori from Melrose Industries.   The transaction will be effected by the sale of Marelli Overseas Limited, the holding company of Marelli Motori, and is expected to close in August 2013.   Capital for this

Kennet Partners and Fidelity Growth Partners Europe acquire Rivo Software

Kennet Partners, the technology growth investor, and Fidelity Growth Partners Europe (FGPE), the pan-European growth investor, have acquired Rivo Software, a software company based in Warwick, UK.   Rivo Software is a provider of environmental, health and safety, quality and loss prevention management software. Founded eight years ago, the company

LBO France, Apax, Altamir and Nixen to sell Maisons du Monde to Bain Capital

Apax Partners, Altamir, LBO France and Nixen have signed an exclusive agreement with Bain Capital for the sale of Maisons du Monde, a specialist home decoration and furniture retailer.    The transaction is expected to be completed in the coming weeks.   Apax Partners and LBO France acquired a majority

Segulah Advisor appoints Lars Nyberg as board member

Lars Nyberg, former president and chief executive officer of Telia Sonera, has been appointed as board member of Segulah Advisor.   Nyberg (pictured) is also chairman of DataCard and Autoliv.   Between 1995 and 2003, Nyberg was chairman and chief executive of NCR Corp, where he continued as chairman until

PwC expands US deals practice

PwC’s US deals practice has grown to nearly 1,600 professionals, a 12 per cent increase, focused on assisting clients with strategic merger and acquisition (M&A) and capital raising efforts.   "As businesses seek to capitalise on the current economic climate and succeed in a highly competitive deal environment, we continue

Vertos Medical raises USD23m in series E financing

Vertos Medical, a specialist in treatments for lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS), has closed a financing of almost USD23m.   The proceeds will be used to fund US commercial expansion and the launch of mild in European markets.    The financing was led by Pitango Venture Capital and joined by existing

Personetics secures USD11.5m in second round of VC funding

Personetics, a provider of predictive customer engagement solutions for the banking industry, has completed its series B funding of USD11.5m, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with existing investors Sequoia Capital and Carmel Ventures.   This investment will be used to drive sales and scale operations to meet the growing demand

Taylor Wessing advises Rutland Partners on triple acquisition for GBP85m

International law firm Taylor Wessing has advised Rutland Partners on the simultaneous acquisitions of AFI-Uplift in the UK, Access Rental Gulf in the Middle East and Hi-Reach in the UK for a combined enterprise value of circa GBP85m. All three businesses are providers of powered access equipment rental for performing

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