Funds managed by HgCapital are to acquire a majority stake holding in the parent company of Zenith Vehicle Contracts Group from Morgan Stanley Global Private Equity (MSPE), subject to regulatory approvals. The contract hire and leasing company was recently ranked 12th in the FN50’s list of the UK’s top 50
The total number and value of deals in the UK private equity lower mid-market surged in the second half of 2013, according to Lyceum Capital and Cass Business School’s UK Growth Buyout Dashboard. The research, which analyses private equity control deals in the GBP10m to GBP100m enterprise value range, found
Welsh, Carson, Anderson and Stowe portfolio company Quest Diagnostics is to acquire Solstas Lab Partners Group and its subsidiaries for a total transaction value of approximately USD570m. Solstas is a full-service commercial laboratory company based in Greensboro, North Carolina. The company operates in nine states throughout the south-eastern US, including the
Tikehau Investment Management has arranged, alongside European Capital, the EUR65m unitranche financing backing the acquisition of Asmodée by Eurazeo Capital. Created in 1995 by Marc Nunès, Asmodée is an independent publisher and distributor of games and trading card games in Europe with operations in eight countries including the UK, Benelux,
Hutton Collins has signed an agreement to invest EUR50m in Italian healthcare IT systems company Dedalus Group. The investment will be made through a subordinated loan and a minority equity interest. In addition, co-investors with Hutton Collins have invested EUR15m. Dedalus Group, which has its head office in
European Capital has received proceeds of EUR45.8m from Gilde Buy Out Partner's sale of Hofmann Menu Manufaktur to Partners Group on behalf of its clients and the existing management team. The proceeds relate to a mezzanine facility provided to support Gilde's buyout. In addition, European Capital also co-invested
Kareo, a provider of cloud-based medical office software and services for small medical practices, has secured USD29.5m in growth capital. This latest financing was led by Greenspring Associates and joined by OpenView Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank. The new capital will be used to invest in sales and marketing
Mid-market advisory firm Clearwater Corporate Finance has advised on four deals in the first three weeks of the New Year. This builds on a landmark 2013 for Clearwater, which saw the company complete 27 transactions with a total value of GBP750m – more than a 50 per cent increase on
Venture capital investor Albion Ventures has invested GBP3.1m in partnership with Perth-based developer Green Highland Renewables (GHR) to fund the development of a single 1MW hydropower scheme on the Allt Gharagain, near Achansheen in the Scottish Highlands. The scheme will benefit from the feed-in-tariff regime and it is expected to
One third (33 per cent) of global businesses are planning a sale in the next two years, according to a report from EY. The annual 2014 Global Corporate Divestment Survey, which surveyed more than 700 corporate executives globally, also reveals that 80 per cent of global executives are open to
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