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ECI exits CliniSys delivering 2.5x return

ECI Partners, the UK growth-focused mid-market private equity firm, has sold healthcare IT company CliniSys to Montagu Private Equity.   The exit has yielded ECI a 2.5x return on its investment.   Based in Chertsey, and with offices in Germany, France, Belgium and Spain, CliniSys is a provider of software

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I Like Music secures GBP700,000 deal to grow sales and accounts team

Digital music provider I Like Music is on a recruitment drive after securing a GBP700,000 growth capital deal as part of Santander’s Breakthrough programme.   The Richmond-based company, which supplies music to businesses including the BBC and Funky Pigeon, is looking to recruit an additional 10 staff to boost its

Sungevity attracts GE Ventures investment

Solar market specialist Sungevity has secured USD15m in new equity financings, including an investment from venture capital firm GE Ventures. The funding will be used to accelerate the company’s capital efficient growth initiatives with a primary focus on the development of new service offerings that will diversify Sungevity’s business and

Irving Place Capital and Oaktree Capital sell Chesapeake to The Carlyle Group

Irving Place Capital and funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management have entered into a definitive agreement to sell their ownership interests in Chesapeake to The Carlyle Group.   Chesapeake is a supplier of specialty paperboard packaging, including folding cartons, leaflets and labels, for the pharmaceutical, confectionary, and premium drinks markets.

AVT secures USD1.1m equity from Ironridge Global

AVT, a specialist in automated retailing systems, customised kiosks and self service stores, has settled trade payables of approximately USD1.1m in exchange for the issuance of shares of its common stock to Ironridge Consumer Co, a division of Ironridge Global IV.   The capital will be used to build company-owned

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CounterPoint makes third acquisition in three months

Los Angeles-based private equity firm CounterPoint Capital Partners has completed its third acquisition in as many months with the recent addition of The Bradshaw Group into its platform company, Parts Now. Financial terms have not been disclosed. Founded in 1990, The Bradshaw Group is a distributor of desktop laser and production

German M&A bosses are ready for further acquisitions

Acquisitions are currently high on the agenda in many German M&A departments – companies are showing increasing confidence in the mergers and acquisitions market and relying on their own liquidity to finance transactions.   In contrast, bankers and advisers in the market are working primarily on sales at present. Both

Albion Ventures agrees Opta sale to Perform Group

Venture capital investor Albion Ventures is in the process of disposing its investment in Opta following the conditional sale of the company to Perform Group for GBP40m.   Opta is a provider of sports data and analysis. Formed in 1996, the company uses proprietary technology to collect and analyse statistical

Avista Capital Partners to acquire Zest Anchors

Private equity firm Avista Capital Partners is to acquire Zest Anchors from The Jordan Company.    Zest is a designer and manufacturer of LOCATOR branded overdenture abutment solutions used in the treatment of edentulous patients. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.     Sriram Venkataraman, partner at Avista, says: “The

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