Conviviality Retail, the owner of Wine Rack and Bargain Booze retail chains, has completed the GBP200m acquisition of Matthew Clark, the UK drinks distributor, in a deal led by investment banking boutique Zeus Capital. Zeus acted as financial adviser, nominated adviser and joint bookrunner to Conviviality Retail on the transaction,
Monroe Capital has participated in a senior secured credit facility to support Holley Performance Products’ acquisition of MSDP Group (MSD) by private equity sponsor, Lincolnshire Management, Inc. Holley and MSD are cornerstone brands in the performance automotive aftermarket, with leadership positions in fuel systems, exhaust, ignition and electronic tuning. Both
Private equity firm EQT has signed an agreement via its EQT Mid Market Fund to acquire Berlin-based kfzteile24 GmbH. The company is being sold by its two founders, Matthias Kieper and Torsten Hainke. Both remain substantial shareholders in kfzteile24 and will continue in their roles as co-CEOs in order to
Brandon Collins and Heather Parker have launchedCollins-Parker, a new private equity firm to work primarily in seed-stage investments in the technology industry. Collins-Parker is slated to be fully operational in January 2016. While the firm will be primarily involved in the technology industry, it will also have operations in traditional
Hastings Equity Partners, a private equity firm focused on investing in lower middle market energy services and equipment companies, has made its fourth Fund III platform investment in Hybrid Tool Solutions (Hybrid). Hybrid provides its customers with a patent pending, revolutionary process for conducting frac plug drill outs. The Hybrid
The Edmond de Rothschild is looking to bolster its private equity offer, with the objective of increasing assets under management by more than 50 per cent over the next two years. As part of this strengthened commitment to private equity, the Group is launching ERES III, a new fund dedicated
Aberdeen Asset Management has held the final closing of private equity fund FLAG Private Equity VI (FPE VI) with USD295 million in committed capital, USD70 million above the Fund’s target. This is the first fund closing announced since the completion of Aberdeen’s acquisition of FLAG Capital Management last month, and
Noerr has advised the Swedish company QMATIC on a strategic investment in the German market. The provider of customer flow management systems is acquiring NetCallUp Software GmbH from Bocholt. The company offers a software-based queue management system called NetCallUp to provide efficient management of visitor flows. The system ensures organised
Five Arrows Principal Investments (FAPI), the corporate private equity business of Rothschild Merchant Banking, has completed the final closing of Five Arrows Principal Investments II, its second European lower mid-market private equity fund. The fund size of FAPI II has been increased from the original target of EUR700 million to
Octopus Investments has launched the GBP90 million Octopus Zenith Opportunities II aimed at providing growth capital to successful fast-growing later-stage companies across Europe. The fund, which is now closed for investment, is dedicated to follow on investments into some of the most successful companies within the Octopus Titan Venture Capital Trust
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