Funds advised by Bain Capital Private Equity and Cinven Partners intend to launch a voluntary public takeover offer for all outstanding shares of STADA Arzneimittel. STADA is an independent pharmaceutical company listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The company offers a portfolio of high-quality, low-cost generic products including selected
The Klöckner Pentaplast Group (KP), a specialist in rigid plastic film and packaging solutions, has signed a binding agreement to acquire LINPAC Senior Holdings and its direct and indirect subsidiaries (LINPAC), a film producer and converter for food packaging in Europe. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Benhamou Global Ventures (BGV), an early-stage venture capital firm, has completed two more exits from BGV II, which first invested in 2014. Zentri, a BGV II seed investment, was acquired by Silicon Labs. Grid Dynamics, another early BGV II investment was acquired by Teamsun through its Hong Kong subsidiary
Accel-KKR, a technology-focused private equity firm, has sold its portfolio company Abila to Community Brands. Accel-KKR acquired Abila in 2013 when the business, which provides software and services to associations, non-profit organisations and governmental entities, was spun-off from UK-based The Sage Group. Following its initial investment in 2013, Accel-KKR
Foresight has invested GBP2.15 million from Foresight VCT into Fresh Relevance Limited (FRL), a marketing technology platform for eCommerce businesses. Fresh Relevance is a SaaS email marketing and web personalisation platform providing online retailers with personalised customer experiences and real-time marketing tools across desktop and mobile. Key features of
HarbourVest Partners, a global private markets asset manager, has held the final closes of its first mezzanine-focused co-investment fund at USD375 million and its third real assets fund at USD366 million. “Specialised programmes such as our mezzanine and real assets funds demonstrate our continued emphasis on offering solutions that help
JLT Specialty, the insurance broker and risk consultant, saw a 60 per cent increase in the number of insured deals during 2016 compared to 2015 globally. This type of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) insurance, also known as warranty and indemnity (W&I) insurance – of which the real estate and private
Fresenius Medical Care, a provider of dialysis products and services, has acquired a 70 per cent equity interest in Kunming Wuhua Health Hospital (Wuhua Hospital) in China, specialised in chronic-disease management and haemodialysis (HD). The acquisition was officially completed on 31 March 2017. This marks Fresenius Medical Care's first joint
LMS Capital has sold its majority stake in UK IT services business 365IT to CORETX Holdings, a mid-market network, cloud and IT managed services provider. Under the terms of the acquisition the enterprise value of 365IT was agreed at GBP5.4 million, which after adjusting for net debt of GBP800,000 results
Cairngorm Capital Partners has closed its second fund – Cairngorm Capital II – at its GBP107.5 million hard cap. The fund, which was oversubscribed, is now fully operational. Cairngorm Capital has been backed by a consortium of long-term, international institutional investors, consisting of several prestigious European funds of funds
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