Deals
Squla (Futurewhiz), a portfolio company of Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP), has acquired Scoyo, an online learning platform for primary and secondary school students in the German market.Squla is the leading consumer education company in the Netherlands and provides interactive educational tools for primary school pupils (Squla) and secondary school students (WRTS). Squla is linked to the national curriculum and is designed to supplement a student’s education in a fun and adaptive way. The company’s products are used in over 50,000 classrooms and by over 1.4 million users throughout the Netherlands, Belgium and Poland. With the acquisition of Scoyo, Squla
Private equity-backed soft drinks manufacturer Clearly Drinks is to invest in a new canning facility at its Sunderland headquarters following support from NorthEdge.The multi-million-pound investment is set to provide state-of-the-art canning capabilities, designed by BW Integrated Systems, allowing Clearly Drinks to manufacture 160 million cans each year. This will enhance Clearly Drinks’ product offering and packaging flexibility, allowing it to widen its customer base which currently includes Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Booker and One Stop.
The investment follows NorthEdge’s backing in 2018 and is designed to support Clearly Drinks in its ambitious growth plans. The facility will build on the business’
PasarPolis, an insurance technology firm in Southeast Asia (SEA), has closed a heavily oversubscribed Series B funding round. The investors invested and committed a total of USD54 million, which will be used to support the company’s growth plan. The Company’s significant growth while maintaining positive unit economics across all issued policies, attracted leading global financial services investors LeapFrog Investments and SBI Investment, the country’s pioneer investor AlphaJWC and Indonesia-only VC firm Intudo Ventures, as well as an internet company with smartphones and smart hardware connected by an IoT platform to its core, Xiaomi to the Company. Existing Series A investors also
Pemberton, an asset manager backed by one of Europe’s largest insurers, Legal & General Group, is supporting Advent International’s acquisition of a majority stake in Hermes UK, a consumer delivery company, with the provision of debt financing, together with Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division and PSP Investments.Hermes UK is one of the leading consumer delivery companies in the United Kingdom and delivers over 400 million parcels a year on behalf of many of Europe’s leading retailers, including Next, Asos and Pretty Little Thing. The company has experienced sustainable double-digit growth over the past seven years, consistently reinvesting profit into its
Varagon Capital Partners (Varagon) is serving as Administrative Agent, Joint Lead Arranger and Joint Bookrunner on a senior secured credit facility to support the acquisition of Sila Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc by Astar Heating and Air, a Dubin Clark portfolio company.Astar Heating and Air, LLC was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Middletown, NY. Sila Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in King of Prussia, Pensylvannia
The combined entity provides a wide range of HVAC services in the Northeast including replacement, service, and maintenance, as well as plumbing and water treatment services.
IQ-EQ has acquired Conseil Expertise & Synthese (CE&S), an independent accounting business based in Paris. This latest acquisition, the firm’s second in 2020, adds further scale and a strong client book to its French operations enabling is to offer an extensive suite of funds, corporate and private wealth services.Led by principal, Jean-Noël Servans, and three other senior partners since 2010, CE&S offers accounting, tax, payroll and corporate secretarial services to a range of fund managers, entrepreneurs, corporates, and high net worth clients. The deal will result in the creation of a 75 person strong business in France.
As the
Intertrust, a specialist in providing tech-enabled fund and corporate solutions, has reached a binding agreement to acquire the corporate services business of India-based Sameer Mittal & Associates.
Sameer Mittal & Associates, which was established in 2012, has been Intertrust’s preferred corporate services partner in the region since 2016 and currently employs approximately 50 permanent members of staff. The business provides a range of administration services dedicated to servicing multinationals, private equity and funds clients. The acquisition will enable Intertrust to provide its corporate clients with a full suite of services in India in addition to serving its global clients onshore
Addleshaw Goddard has advised artificial intelligence cardiovascular disease specialist GEN inCode UK Limited, on its GBP3 million institutional foundation fundraise from Maven Capital Partners and Downing LLP.
Thoma Bravo has completed its acquisition of Foundation Software, a leading provider of construction accounting software and payroll services for small- to mid-sized specialty contractors.
Foundation Software’s suite of pioneering solutions for the construction industry and dedication to excellent service have allowed the company to consistently grow market share and maintain a resilient customer base. Foundation Software is expected to leverage Thoma Bravo’s capital and expertise in enterprise software solutions to continue growth and pursue further innovation across the company’s platform.
“Fred and I couldn’t be more excited to chart this next phase in our company’s journey with such a
Francisco Partners and Evergreen Coast Capital (Evergreen), the private equity affiliate of Elliott Management Corporation (Elliott), have completed their acquisition of cloud services provider LogMeIn in a transaction valued at an aggregate equity valuation of approximately USD4.3 billion.
Founded in 2003, LogMeIn is a pioneer in remote work technologies and the maker of market-defining products like LastPass, GoToConnect, GoToMeeting, GoToMyPC, Rescue and its namesake LogMeIn remote access and remote management products. Today, the company’s comprehensive work-from-anywhere portfolio makes LogMeIn a preferred and trusted partner for helping millions of customers connect and collaborate from anywhere; support employees and customers from anywhere;
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