Riverside Partners, a private equity firm focused on investing in middle market healthcare and technology companies, today announced the closing of Riverside Fund V with USD561 million of committed capital. Riverside Fund V follows the firm’s USD406 million Riverside Fund IV, which was raised in 2009. Riverside Partners was able to secure

Private equity firm Superior Capital Partners has acquired the gourmet desserts division of Heinz North America.  The newly formed entity will be called Dianne’s Fine Desserts and will be led by Michael Knowles as CEO and Daniel Scales as President. This investment represents the twelfth acquisition and the fifth platform company

Platte River Ventures, a Denver-based private equity firm, has sold its portfolio company, PRV Aerospace, LLC (PRV Aerospace), to an affiliate of Court Square Capital Partners (Court Square), a private equity firm headquartered in New York, NY.   Headquartered in Everett, WA, PRV Aerospace is an aerospace and defence group

K+S Aktiengesellschaft has signed an agreement with EuroChem to sell K+S Nitrogen a supplier of nitrogenous fertilisers. A team led by lead partners Dr Thomas Meyding and Dr Barbara Wössner advised K+S AG on all aspects of the transaction. The EUR140 million euro transaction is currently awaiting approval from the

Private equity found Triton Fund II has agreed to sell the technical installation and service solutions company Bravida AB (Bravida) to Bain Capital. The transaction value has not been disclosed. Triton acquired Bravida in 2006. During its ownership and in partnership with management, Triton implemented a comprehensive program to turn

KPS Capital Partners’ portfolio company American & Efird Global (A&E) has acquired the outstanding two-thirds share ownership of A&E Sri Lanka and A&E Bangladesh from its two joint-venture partners, Brandix Lanka Limited and Brandot International Ltd.  A&E now owns 100% of both businesses. Financial terms of the transactions have not

Property portal Zoopla.co.uk has acquired UpMyStreet.com, one of the UK’s leading and longest standing property information websites, for an undisclosed sum. Launched in 1998, UpMyStreet.com was one of the first property websites in the UK and has been helping consumers find places to live and discover local information and services since. Recent

Citi has been appointed by Phase4 Ventures, a London-based venture capital firm, to provide document safekeeping and fund administration services. Citi has been serving private equity funds and investors for nearly two decades and is a leading global provider of accounting, administration and tax services for private equity, venture capital

Cinven and GS Capital Partners have completed of the sale of Ahlsell, the leading distributor of building products in the Nordic region, to CVC Capital Partners for SEK15.5 billion (EUR1.8 billion). This follows the announcement in February 2012 of the signing of a definitive agreement to sell the business. Cinven