Lyceum Capital-backed M&C Energy Group (M&C), the global energy consultancy, has expanded its US footprint and strengthened its market position with the acquisition of fellow energy consultancy Coleman Hines, headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. The mid-market growth investor acquired M&C for £22 million in 2010 and, since then, has implemented a

Wellspring Capital Management has acquired ThermaSys Corporation, manufacturer of a wide range of heat exchangers and heat exchange equipment, from an affiliate of Sun Capital Partners, Inc. Financial terms of the have not been disclosed. Founded in 1971 in Montgomery, Alabama as Thermal Components, Inc, ThermaSys has one of the

Allied Oil & Gas Services, a cementing and acidizing business headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, has been acquired by Intervale Capital, a private equity firm focused on investments in middle-market oilfield services companies. With locations in Kansas, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, Allied provides cementing and acidizing services to customers in

August & Debouzy has advised France Economie Régions (FER) on its bid to take over the French newspaper La Tribune.   France Economie Régions’ majority shareholder, the Hima Group, teamed up with the Hi-media Group, chaired by its founder, Cyril Zimmermann, for the bid.   The business plan consists in combining

Private equity firm Warburg Pincus has acquired majority ownership in FacilitySource, a provider of facility maintenance and management solutions to retailers and other multi-site operators. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. FacilitySource manages over 60,000 facilities worldwide via an elite service provider network, representing over USD1 billion in

A company owned by Permira, the European private equity firm, has successfully completed the acquisition of Genesys, a global expert in contact centre technology software, from Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU). Technology Crossover Ventures and certain co-investors of the Permira funds also participated in the transaction. The transaction values

Domo, a new software-as-a-service (SaaS) venture launched by Omniture co-founder Josh James, has closed USD20 million in Series A-1 funding from Institutional Venture Partners (IVP). This round brings total investment in Domo to USD63 million.   “Winning takes 100 percent focus,” says James. “While we weren’t in the market for

Better Capital has sold MentecPlus Integrated Solutions Limited (MentecPlus), a company within the BECAP Fund LP (the 2009 Fund) investment portfolio, to UNIT4 Business Software Holding BV (UNIT4), a NYSE Euronext-listed company. MentecPlus was acquired as part of the Calyx group of ICT managed services companies in September 2010. As