IK Investment Partners’ IK 2000 Fund is to sell Sportfield Deutschland Holding (SportGroup), a specialist in sports and recreational surfaces systems, to Equistone Partners Europe Limited. The parties have agreed not to disclose the financial terms of the transaction. With over 40 years’ experience, SportGroup is a worldwide quality
Osborne Clarke has advised Funding Circle, an online marketplace for business lending, on its USD150 million (circa GBP100 million) in equity capital fundraising. Osborne Clarke's team was led by VC Partner Rob Wood, assisted by Simon Jones and James Taylor. Omar Al-Nuaimi, OC's Finance Partner and client CRM for
Car-sharing platform BlaBlaCar, headquartered in Paris, has acquired 100 per cent of the shares in Munich-based carpooling.com, which operates the online portals mitfahrgelegenheit.de and mitfahrzentrale.de. This acquisition sees the BlaBlaCar community growing to more than 20 million members in 18 markets across Europe and Asia. Members use the online system
Harris Williams & Co has advised Driven Brands, a portfolio company of Harvest Partners, to affiliates of Roark Capital Group (Roark). Through its two iconic brands, Maaco and Meineke, Driven Brands is one of the largest franchise platforms in the automotive aftermarket services sector. The transaction was led by Joe
Cordium, a provider of compliance consulting, accounting, tax and software to the financial services industry, has launched Pilot, its latest compliance software solution. Pilot, a first of its kind cloud-based corporate workflow management tool, is designed to manage complex compliance and operational tasks from start to finish. Pilot was created
HIG Middle Market (HIG), the dedicated middle market investment affiliate of HIG Capital, has completed the sale of Dent Wizard International to Gridiron Capital Dent Wizard, based in St Louis, Missouri, specialises in automotive reconditioning. Its services help its customers sell vehicles faster and at a higher profit. In November
findaWEALTHMANAGER.com, an online ‘dating’ service that matches affluent individuals with wealth managers, has secured GBP500,000 from angel investors to finance its development and business expansion. The funding comes from a small group of private backers, one of whom was a user of findaWEALTHMANAGER.com who recognised the growth potential of the
Inverness Graham has successfully sold AdvancedCath, a leading designer and manufacturer of catheter systems, to TE Connectivity Ltd for USD190 million in an all-cash transaction. The sale marks the fourth portfolio company exit for Inverness Graham in just over one year. AdvancedCath designs and manufactures advanced catheter systems used
JTC has been granted a registration status by the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) as a company service provider pursuant to Article 5 of the Company Service Providers Act, 2013. The firm can now provide professional services to third parties including corporate entities from the jurisdiction. As a recognised ‘Company
American Capital has sold Mirion Technologies, a provider of radiation detection, measurement, analysis and monitoring products and services to the nuclear power, medical, military and homeland security markets to Charterhouse Capital Partners for USD750 million. Mirion was created in December 2005 through the merger of portfolio companies synOdys, Global Dosimetry
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