General Catalyst Partners (GC) has launched the GC Stripe Platform Fund, a programme in which GC plans to invest USD10 million in venture capital for businesses and applications built on the Stripe Connect platform. Stripe Connect enables businesses to connect their Stripe account (and their Stripe data) with other services:
Galena Asset Management has held the final close of its first Private Equity Resources Fund with USD400 million of total committed and invested assets. The fund invests in both the equity and debt of small-to medium-sized metals and mining companies, particularly those that are in a development or expansion phase.
Private equity firm Parthenon Capital Partners has completed the sale of portfolio company Sequoia Golf Holdings to ClubCorp for approximately USD265 million. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Sequoia owns or operates 50 private clubs, semi-private and resort golf facilities located across the US. Its portfolio includes the world-class 63-hole Woodlands
Ashurst has advised Inflexion Private Equity on the simultaneous first and final closings of two new private equity funds. Inflexion Buyout Fund IV and Inflexion Partnership Capital Fund I were raised in a parallel process over just five months, securing commitments of GBP650m and GBP400m respectively. Both funds were over-subscribed
Montagu Private Equity is to sell its entire holding in Euromedic International to Waypoint. Waypoint is already the majority investor in Euromedic through Ares Life Sciences and will now assume full ownership. Headquartered in Budapest, Euromedic is a provider of Advanced Diagnostics Imaging (ADI) and cancer care (CC) services
Europe’s executives are more bullish about the European mergers and acquisitions (M&A) outlook than they were a year ago, according to research by law firm CMS and Mergermarket. Two thirds of respondents expect M&A activity will increase, with 11 per cent anticipating a significant increase. This compares with 47
Bluestem Brands is to be acquired by Capmark Financial Group for approximately USD565 million in cash, subject to various pre-and post-closing adjustments. Capmark expects to fund the purchase price and associated transactional expenses with cash on hand, an equal amount of cash invested in Capmark by affiliates of Centerbridge Partners
Zolfo Cooper has overseen the sale of 43 Strada restaurants to Strada Trading Limited, a subsidiary of SCP Sugar Limited, an entity within Sun Capital Partners, co-founded by industry expert Hugh Osmond. The sale forms a major part of the restructuring of the Tragus Group, which previously owned Strada.
LBO France, via its Hexagone III fund, has acquired an 80 per cent stake in Payot, a French cosmetics and skincare laboratory, alongside a new management team led by Italian entrepreneur Andrea Surliuga. Payot was created in 1920 by dermatologist Nadia Payot. The company became part of Spain-based Puig in
Alternative asset manager LFPI Group has reached a conditional agreement to acquire a majority stake in Ergalis Group, a specialist in the French recruitment process outsourcing sector. With a turnover of EUR160m and comprising 69 regional agencies specialised by businesses, Ergalis employs nearly 4,000 daily temporary workers to more than
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