An affiliate of HIG Europe, the European arm of private equity firm HIG Capital (HIG), has completed the acquisition of a controlling stake in Metalprint, a manufacturerer of forged brass and aluminium industrial components. Metalprint, founded in 1974 and based in Calcinato (Brescia, Italy), has expanded meaningfully, driven by the
ARQIS has advised AVS Verkehrssicherung (AVS), a portfolio company of Triton Fonds IV, on the acquisition of Lorenz a provider of road marking and construction site safety with headquarters in Wittstock/Dosse, Germany. The merger is still subject to the approval of the antitrust authorities. The parties have agreed not to
Palatine Private Equity owned SMP Group, a professional and financial services group headquartered in the Isle of Man, is to acquire Helm Trust Company Limited, a trust and corporate services provider based in Jersey. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval. Helm has been delivering independent trust and company
Ninth Wave, a specialist in secure data connectivity between financial institutions and third-party applications including aggregators, fintechs, accounting solutions, tax prep software and other consumer and business solutions, has closed on a significant minority investment from SARORAS Private Capital, a private equity firm. Ninth Wave will use proceeds from the
RSK, a UK-based environmental, engineering and technical services consultancy, has acquired the business, operating assets and employees engaged in the business of RAW Technology Ltd. The acquisition is RSK’s fourth of this financial year. RAW, a leading specialist in inland oil spill response and remediation, operates worldwide from 16 offices
Private equity funds managed by Angelo, Gordon & Co have completed the sale of Crunch Fitness (Crunch) to TPG Growth, a middle market and growth equity platform of alternative asset firm TPG. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Crunch is a health and fitness company that owns, operates,
During the first half of 2019 YFM Equity Partners (YFM) completed GBP230 million of deals and raised GBP100 million of new funds, a sharp increase on 2018. YFM says that the results demonstrate that the UK’s smaller businesses are continuing to innovate and invest for growth, despite the ongoing backdrop
There is evidence that the previously sacrosanct 8 per cent hurdle rate may be under challenge, according to the latest edition of MJ Hudson’s Private Equity Fund Terms Research, with 23 per cent of funds this year having (at least initially) dropped the hurdle altogether, an increase on the numbers
Machine Labs, has secured GBP800,000 in equity funding from Techstart Ventures, the founders, angels investors, plus additional grant funding from Scottish Enterprise. The seed funding will be used to recruit a team of eight based in offices opposite Edinburgh Castle. Andrew Veitch, Founder and CEO of Machine Labs, says: “For
Ingenious has led an investment round into Over-C Limited, a London-based analytics company focused on operational performance in the workforce management market. Ingenious helped raise an additional GBP5.5 million in equity funding, bringing the total raised to GBP10 million. Over-C’s software uses artificial intelligence, data and analytics to provide industry
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