Private equity firm Wellspring Capital Management has created a new flexible packaging company through the merger of portfolio companies Prolamina Corporation and newly acquired Ampac Holdings. Financial terms have not been disclosed. The combined company, which will be headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, will have a strategic geographical footprint and
11health has completed a new round of funding, raising a total of GBP775,000 from six angel investors, on top of the initial funding round of GBP500,000. This brings the total funding to over GBP1.25 million. This round of funding enables the business to extend the management team and more effectively
European private equity firm Vitruvian Partners has acquired a majority stake in Voxbone SA, a cloud-based provider of international voice over internet protocol (VoIP) services delivering communications solutions for enterprises worldwide. With Vitruvian’s backing, Brussels-headquartered Voxbone will look to drive its next phase of growth as it further strengthens its
Private equity firm HIG Capital has recapitalised United States Medical Supply (US MED), a direct-to-consumer mail-order medical supply business, focused on patients with chronic conditions, in partnership with management. Headquartered in Miami, FL, US MED provides medical supplies to patients suffering from chronic conditions, including diabetes, sleep/respiratory disorders, and urological
A wholly-owned, indirect subsidiary of Seagate Technology is to acquire Dot Hill in an all-cash transaction valued at USD9.75 per share, or a total of approximately USD694 million on a fully-diluted equity value basis. As Dot Hill has approximately USD49 million in cash on its balance sheet as of June
The real estate funds industry is alive and well from an asset raising perspective. In 2012, private RE funds closed with USD72 billion in committed institutional assets. By 2014, that number had increased by 45 per cent, according to leading alternative asset data provider, Preqin. While this is encouraging, the
SpotHero has closed a USD20 million Series B round led by Insight Venture Partners. SpotHero’s existing investors – Battery Ventures, Bullpen Capital, Chicago Ventures, Draper Associates, OCA Ventures, Pritzker Group Venture Capital and 500 Startups – also participated in the round along with Monkfish Equity, an investment group started by
Preqin’s Real Estate Online provides comprehensive profiles for the 49 institutional investors based in Boston that actively invest in the real estate asset class, collectively representing over USD1.1 trillion in assets under management. The largest proportion of institutional investors are foundations, representing a quarter of investors located in the city.
The Scottish Investment Bank (SIB), Scottish Enterprise’s investment arm, has relaunched its co-investment funds, with the aim of investing up to GBP75 million into companies across Scotland over the next three years. By streamlining its co-investment funds from four to two and widening the investment parameters, SIB is increasing flexibility
With most investors believing that small-sized and mid-market buyout funds currently present the best opportunities in private equity, this article from Preqin Private Equity Spotlight, August 2015, examines whether the size of a buyout fund has any significant impact on returns. According to Preqin’s latest investor survey, carried out in
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