Private investment firm Littlejohn & Co has agreed to sell Newgistics, a provider of technology-enabled parcel logistics to the e-commerce and direct-to-consumer retail industry, to Pitney Bowes (PBI) for approximately USD475 million. Since being acquired by Littlejohn in 2013, Newgistics has undergone a period of tremendous growth, including: greater than
Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ:CG) is to acquire French insurance software vendor Prima Solutions, in partnership with its management team. The transaction is expected to close on 30 September, 2017, subject to approval from the relevant authorities. Carlyle Europe Technology Partners III, a EUR657 million Carlyle fund
Global performance improvement solutions provider GP Strategies Corporation has acquired certain assets and the business of CLS Performance Solutions Limited (CLS), an independent provider of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) end user adoption and training services in the United Kingdom. CLS will operate as part of GP Strategies’ Performance Readiness Solutions group
Funds managed by Foresight Group have provided a GBP40 million secured loan note facility for Reward Finance Group Limited. Leeds headquartered Reward is an independent lender which provides secured loans to UK-based SMEs seeking more flexible finance, more promptly than mainstream lenders can deliver. Reward’s bespoke funding solutions take multiple
UK mid-market private equity firm LDC has backed multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy Patrick Parsons with a multi-million-pound development capital investment to support the firm’s UK expansion strategy together with the acquisition of infrastructure engineering specialist THDA. Headquartered in Newcastle, Patrick Parsons has more than 250 specialist engineers and provides design services
The alternative assets industry reached a record size as of the end of 2016, according to the latest performance analysis data released by Preqin examining assets under management, horizon returns, public market equivalents and top performing funds. Hedge funds saw their assets hit a record USD3.25 trillion, despite net investor
Mooreland Partners, a provider of M&A and private capital advisory services to the global technology industry, has acted as the exclusive financial advisor to OptoFidelity, an automated test technology provider for smart devices, on its sale to Changyuan Group. OptoFidelity Oy, based in Tampere, Finland, is a provider of innovative
NOW Money has closed its bridge funding round with a total of USD1.46 million in commitments. In addition to a recent US Venture Capital investment, this funding round includes USD700,000 from Dubai-based Venture Capital firm, Myrisoph Capital. Other contributions have come from private investors and MENA-based women’s investor network WAIN.
OrbiMed, an investment firm focused on the healthcare sector, has closed its third Asia-focused private equity fund, OrbiMed Asia Partners III, LP, with approximately USD551 million in capital commitments. Consistent with its predecessor funds, Asia Partners III will invest broadly across the Asian healthcare industry, with a focus on growth
StageOne Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm focusing on Israel-related technology startups, has closed ts third venture capital fund, with USD110 million in committed capital. Led by Yuval Cohen, Yoav Samet, and Tal Slobodkin, with presence both in Tel Aviv and in Palo Alto, StageOne Ventures helps entrepreneurs traverse
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