SunTx Capital Partners has sold its portfolio company, Huron, to a financial sponsor. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Huron, based in Lexington, Michigan, is a supplier of value-added tubular assemblies and precision machined products for the automotive industry. Originally founded in 1943, Huron uses advanced technologies
Archangels, the business angel syndicate, increased its funding support for Scottish early stage business in 2012, making it Scotland’s largest provider of business angel funding for the year. Last year, Archangels – which was established by Edinburgh-based entrepreneurs Mike Rutterford and Barry Sealey in October 1992 – invested GBP9.5m in
Independent oil and gas company Aladdin Middle East has raised USD20m in new equity from 4D Global Energy Advisors SAS (4DGEA), a Paris-based private equity investor that specialises in the energy sector. The equity financing will enable Aladdin Middle East to finance its committed and contingent work programmes and working
Sovereign Capital portfolio company City & County Healthcare Group has acquired ISS Healthcare (ISS), extending the group’s complex care offering and marking its first acquisition in Wales. ISS provides care in the home from its two branches in Torfaen, South Wales and Birmingham. The Torfaen branch was established in 2001,
GI Partners, a Bay Area-based multi-strategy private equity investment manager, has acquired a data centre-anchored property in Hayward, California. The investment was made through DataCore, a fully discretionary core real estate fund managed by GI Partners. The California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) created DataCore in 2012 as a core
Private equity firm Nautic Partners has completed the sale of Big Train to Kerry Group. The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Headquartered in Lake Forest, California, Big Train is a manufacturer and marketer of liquid and powdered beverage concentrates used for blended ice coffee, fruit smoothies, chai
Trac ID Systems, a provider of RFID solutions for asset tracking and process optimisation in the oil and gas industry, has completed a EUR3m round of funding led by Northzone. Trac ID’s main value proposition to the oil and gas industry is significant annual cost savings and improved safety by
NBGI Private Equity has acquired Stiplastics for an undisclosed sum. Stiplastics is a manufacturer of injection-moulded plastic dosing, packaging solutions and medical devices for the pharmaceutical industry including pillboxes, medication blister packs, and “tamper proof” systems. The company employs around 70 staff and operates production facilities in Beauvoir en Royans,
Nearly all retail chief financial officers (94 per cent) expect merger and acquisition (M&A) activity will increase or remain steady in 2013, according to a survey from BDO USA. CFOs’ bullish forecasts follow USD324.6bn in global retail and consumer M&A activity in 2012, which was up 33 per cent over
Poorer-performing private equity firms are increasingly being squeezed out as investors look to partner with the best performers, according to the latest research from private equity placement agent Acanthus Advisers. Acanthus’ European Mid-Market Fundraising Review 2013 shows that in the past two years, just three per cent of capital raised
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