HgCapital has held the final closing of its latest private equity fund, HgCapital 7. The GBP2bn fund will provide broad coverage of the Northern European mid-market through its four sector teams, dedicated portfolio management group, and investment offices in London and Munich. Prior to the launch, HgCapital set
Gryphon Investors, a San Francisco-based private equity firm, has completed the sale of portfolio company TrustHouse Services Group to Elior SCA, a provider of contract and concessions catering headquartered in Paris, France. Elior partnered with its two main shareholders and TrustHouse’s existing management for the acquisition. Terms of
Social media marketing company SocialFlow has secured USD10m in a series B funding round. Fairhaven Capital led the round and was joined by existing investors SoftBank Capital, RRE Ventures, AOL Ventures and Betaworks, as well as new investors kbs+ Ventures and Rand Capital. SocialFlow will use these funds
A cross-office team from Squire Sanders has advised VTB Capital, the investment arm of Russia’s second-biggest lender, in its purchase of a minority stake in Russian satellite-television provider Tricolor TV for an undisclosed sum. Tricolor TV is the brand of National Satellite Company, the largest satellite television operator in
National Financial Partners (NFP), a provider of benefits, insurance and wealth management services, is to be acquired by affiliates of private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners. Under the terms of the agreement, NFP shareholders will receive USD25.35 in cash for each share of NFP common stock they own, in
Silicon Valley Bank, financial partner to the technology, life science, cleantech, private equity and venture capital industries, has provided Brandwatch, a social media monitoring and analytics company, with a GBP1.5m venture debt facility. This financing will allow the company to expand globally and invest in product innovation. It also
UK mergers and acquisitions activity totalled GBP23.5bn with 213 deals in Q1 2013, up 46.9 per cent compared to Q1 2012 (GBP16bn), but down 22.5 per cent in deal count (275 deals), according to MergerMarkets’ UK M&A Round-up for Q1 2013. The country witnessed a second consecutive quarterly increase, up
Private equity firm Graphite Capital has sold its majority shareholding in Optimum Care, a provider of homes and care to elderly residents, to Four Seasons Health Care, the UK’s largest independent elderly and specialist care provider, which is owned by Terra Firma. Optimum, which was created in June 2007,
AXA Private Equity, a European diversified private equity firm, has sold its majority stake in Aixam Mega to Polaris Industries, the US industrial group which specialises in powersports. Aixam Mega is a European company which produces on-road motorized quadricycles and light duty commercial vehicles. Founded in 1983, the company
Bright Horizons Family Solutions, a provider of employer-sponsored child care and early education, has acquired kidsunlimited, one of the UK’s largest providers of nursery care, for a cash consideration of GBP45m. The acquisition provides an exit for kidsunlimited’s private equity investor, LDC, which backed a secondary buyout of the business
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