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One Equity Partners’ WW Williams acquires Desert Fleet-Serv

Middle market private equity firm One Equity Partners’ portfolio company, The WW Williams Company, has acquired Desert Fleet-Serv (DFS), a mobile provider of onsite maintenance and repair services for diesel trucks and trailers. Terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed.   Headquartered in Phoenix, DFS's ASE-certified technicians provide

Ben Londergan, LiquidPoint

Dash and LiquidPoint merge to create Dash Financial Technologies

Dash Financial is to merge with LiquidPoint to create a new trading technology solutions provider focused on the options and equities markets.  Dash Financial is an institutional trading technology, execution and analytics provider, while LiquidPoint is a provider of options technology and routing services to the sell-side and exchange communities.  

OpenGate Capital sells Getronics LATAM to Southern Cross Group

Private equity firm OpenGate Capital has completed the sale of Getronics LATAM to Southern Cross Group, a Latin American private investment firm. The exit yields greater than 11 times invested capital for OpenGate Capital. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.   Getronics LATAM, with operations in Mexico,

Versant Ventures closes sixth healthcare fund

Versant Ventures has closed its newest fund, Versant Venture Capital VI, at its hard cap of CAD538 million (USD400 million). Versant will use its diversified global investment strategy to find, form and fund innovative healthcare companies with an emphasis on novel therapeutics.   Fund VI was highly oversubscribed and was

SOSV closes USD150m Fund III

SOSV, an accelerator-based venture capital firm, has closed SOSV III, its first fund open to external investors, at USD150 million. With more than 150 start-ups backed annually through its accelerators, SOSV is the world’s third largest seed investor by volume.   SOSV’s accelerator model takes a small stake in start-ups

Chinese firm launches winery acquisition fund in the US

Hong Kong-headquartered Chateau Segonzac International Group has launched an international Winery mergers and acquisition fund in the United States. Chateau Segonzac International owns Bordeaux-based Chateau Segonzac, a 40-hectare vineyard, which produces Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Malbec. The company is jointly funded by Austchi Dragon and a number of other Hong Kong and Mainland China enterprises,

Sentinel teams with Altima Dental

Sentinel Capital Partners, a private equity firm that invests in promising companies at the lower end of the middle market, has partnered with Altima Dental Centres, one of the largest dental services organisation in Canada. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Headquartered in Toronto, Altima’s clinic network includes

Man Group Luke Ellis

Man Group completes acquisition of Aalto Invest Holding AG

Man Group has completed its previously announced acquisition of Aalto Invest Holding (Aalto). Luke Ellis (pictured), CEO of Man Group, says: “We are delighted to have completed the acquisition of Aalto, which is a key step in the development of Man Global Private Markets, our new investment engine for private

Israeli high-tech exits totalled USD10 billion in 2016, says IVC-Meitar

Israeli high-tech companies closed 104 deals, totalling USD10 billion in exits, during 2016, according to the latest IVC-Meitar Exits Report. The figure includes 93 M&A deals with a total value of nearly USD8.8 billion including the USD4.4 billion Playtika acquisition. Eight additional buyouts generated USD1.22 billion while three small IPOs

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