Detroit-based Rockbridge Growth Equity has acquired Rapid Financial Services, a Bethesda, Maryland-based provider of capital for small businesses. RapidAdvance has created a technology-powered platform that underwrites small business loans and advances, providing its customers with capital quickly and efficiently. The company has opened up the market for capital to
Riverside Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm, has completed its acquisition of a majority equity interest in AMCAD, an enterprise software company dedicated to providing software solutions and services to the public sector including state, county and local governments. The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Brynwood Partners VI’s newly-formed portfolio company Lightlife Foods has acquired Lightlife, one of ConAgra Foods’ smaller brands. Product lines include vegetarian-based burgers, hotdogs and other meatless frozen and refrigerated items. The acquisition includes the Lightlife manufacturing operation in Turners Falls, Massachusetts. Terms and conditions of the transaction were
Mid-market private equity provider LDC has invested to support the management buyout of Equiom Limited, a provider of fiduciary and administration services. Headquartered in the Isle of Man, Equiom is a trust and corporate service specialist. The business provides a range of fiduciary, administration and management services across a
Hogan Lovells has advised the senior management of Aim Aviation on its secondary buy-out by TowerBrook Capital Partners from existing investor LDC. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to complete in Q4 2013. TowerBrook, an investment management firm, has acquired a controlling stake in
Cinven portfolio company Host Europe Group has acquired Telefónica Germany Online Services (TOS), a subsidiary of Telefónica Deutschland, for an undisclosed consideration. This acquisition will further strengthen Host Europe’s position as a leading provider of enterprise hosting solutions to small and medium-sized enterprises, and enable the company to deliver
Kreditech has obtained funding from Europe’s largest growth debt provider Kreos Capital, securing a credit line of up to USD7m. The funding has been obtained from the Kreos Capital IV growth debt fund, which recently held its final close at USD320m. Besides Kreditech, other high-growth companies which have received
The voluntary public tender offer for Kabel Deutschland submitted by Vodafone on 30 July 2013 has met the required 75 per cent minimum acceptance condition. Vodafone will publish the final acceptance ratio on 16 September 2013. The consummation of the takeover remains subject to antitrust approval. A
EMIS Group has conditionally agreed to acquire Ascribe Group, a software and IT services provider to the UK’s secondary healthcare market, from ECI Partners and certain other vendors for an initial enterprise value of GBP57.5m. Ascribe was taken private by ECI from the AIM market in January 2009 in
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and Abu-Dhabi’s department of finance have created a partnership for investing in Russian infrastructure projects and developing cross-border investment cooperation between the countries. Under the agreement Abu-Dhabi’s department of finance will invest up to USD5bn in the partnership. When implementing investments, the
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