PAI Partners (PAI) has made a binding offer to acquire a majority stake in the ECF Group (ECF), a business-to-business distributor of equipment and consumables for hospitality and care professionals, from French private equity firm Naxicap Partners (Naxicap). Under the proposed deal, Naxicap will remain a minority shareholder in the
European private equity investor Perwyn has acquired Monaco-based Cruiseline, a specialist in the online sale of cruises in the Mediterranean, North Sea, Latin America, and the Caribbean, in partnership with the company’s management team, which has been led by Pierre Pelissier since 2012. With nearly €200 million in annual revenues,
Parabellum Investments, a private equity firm founded by international growth investor Rami Cassis, has acquired Vantage Consulting Group, a US-based manufacturing automation firm specialising in the pharmaceutical and food industries. The deal significantly expands Parabellum’s existing portfolio company advanco making it one of the world’s largest independent pharmaceutical serialisation solutions
Mayfair Equity Partners has sold the Snowfox Group, a multi-channel and international Japanese food business, whose UK and US brands include YO! Sushi, Snowfox, Bento, and Taiko, to Zensho Holdings – a Japanese food service company – in a deal valued at $621 million.
Global private equity fund TA Associates has completed fundraising for its latest flagship fund, TA XV, which launched in late November of last year, with total limited partner commitments at its hard cap of $16.5 billion.Â
Arlington Capital Partners, a Washington, DC-area private equity firm, has acquired Pegasus Steel, a provider of complex fabricated steel structures used for the construction of submarines, aircraft carriers and other naval and industrial systems.Â
SUSI Partners held a final closing for the SUSI Asia Energy Transition Fund at the end of May, bringing total fund commitments to $120 million.Â
Ardian’s North America Fund team has acquired a majority stake in Tom Barrow Company, a provider of commercial HVAC solutions in the US Southeast. The management team and founding family will continue to own a meaningful minority share of the business.
Petra Funds Group, an independent private funds administrator, has appointed Mark Lacana as managing director and head of business development, with a primary focus on middle-market private equity and private debt funds.
GrowthCurve Capital has held the final close of its inaugural private equity fund, GrowthCurve Capital Partners I, with total capital commitments of $1.4 billion for the fund and related co-investment vehicles.Â
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