Deals
KKR and data centre entrepreneur Franek Sodzawiczny are forming Global Technical Realty, a new build-to-suit and roll-up acquisition data centre platform, to develop and operate data centres for large tech companies across Europe as the PE group sees continued demand for data.
KKR will make a USD1 billion equity commitment primarily from its third global infrastructure fund, which may be topped up with additional commitments over time. “The data centre market in Europe presents a unique opportunity to invest behind the secular trend of increased cloud services adoption and demand for data,” said Waldemar Szlezak, managing director of KKR.
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Birmingham-based language technology firm, Learning Labs Limited, has secured a GBP500,000 investment to ramp up product development and establish itself in new markets. The investment round includes finance from some existing investors and GBP250,000 from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) Equity Finance Fund, managed by venture capital firm Midven.
Established in 2013 by Veejay Lingiah and Richard Allen, Learning Labs originally developed FlashSticks, a unique language learning system based on 3M’s Post-it Notes.
Sold in more than 500 WHSmith outlets nationwide at launch, the system was supported by Learning Lab’s interactive software platform, FlashAcademy.
FlashAcademy enables users to learn English from 45 different home languages.
The Riverside Company, a global private equity firm focused on the smaller end of the middle market, has signed a definitive agreement to sell ActivStyle, a distributor of consumable medical supplies with an emphasis on incontinence products, to AdaptHealth Corp. The proposed transaction is expected to close in June 2020, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
During Riverside’s hold, ActivStyle became a leading direct-to-consumer supplier of incontinence and urological supplies with a culture based on integrity, teamwork and best-in-class patient service, growing the business to serve more than 65,000 patients across 48 states.
“It was a pleasure working with
DWF, a global legal business, has advised Waterland Private Equity on the investment in imc group, the UK-headquartered global healthcare communications company.The investment will see Waterland Private Equity become a significant majority stakeholder in imc (integrated medhealth communication group) with ambition to create a leading independent services provider in the global pharmaceutical communications and consulting outsourced services market.
Waterland will support imc to pursue an ambitious buy-and-build strategy with significant follow-on funding available to acquire high-quality pharmaceutical communications, digital and consulting agencies across the UK, North America and EMEA.
The investment will also be used to execute a series of
Q&A with Franz Hoerhager, founder and head of Mezzanine Management, manager to the AMC funds which recently exited Zagreb-based contract research organisation Optimapharm.
Nordic Capital has agreed to acquire Max Matthiessen, a financial advisor focused on pensions, insurance and investment in the Nordics, from Willis Towers Watson.
Founded in 1889, Max Matthiessen has been active in the insurance sector for more than 130 years. Nordic Capital aims to develop the company’s customer offering and its next phase of growth and innovation.
“The company fits perfectly within Nordic Capital’s sector focus and strategy for financial services,” said Christian Frick, partner and head of financial services, Nordic Capital Advisors.
“Going forward, the joint focus will be on scaling Max Matthiessen’s operations and investing in organic
Waterland Private Equity (Waterland) has invested in integrated medhealth communication group (IMC) through a primary investment that will support ambitious plans to create a leading independent provider of global healthcare communications and consulting to the pharmaceutical industry.IMC Group is independently owned and has been committed to healthcare communications since 2006. IMC has offices in London, Cambridge (UK), Toronto, Boston and Cairo and a highly qualified employee base of 100 people. IMC provides healthcare communication and medical affairs support to over 50 pharmaceutical, biotech, vaccine, device and diagnostic companies globally, including eight of the 20 largest drug companies in the world such as AstraZeneca and Takeda. Five
Sherpa Capital has acquired a stake in Spanish company CityBike, which was created in 2014 by the Moventia Group and is one of the leaders in the European micromobility market, with a special focus on the operation of public bicycle systems.
Sherpa Capital’s investment in CityBike will further strength the company and accelerate even more rapidly the growth of its international business via the implementation of shared bicycle systems in new cities.
This is the third transaction from the Sherpa Capital Private Equity fund (the third vehicle of the firm after Sherpa Capital I and II), which held a
Horizon Capital has exited Connexas Group to AddSecure, a European provider of solutions for secure data and critical communications.
Connexas provides connected vehicle technology and fleet management solutions in the UK, EU, North America and Australia.
The company aims to empower fleets to become smarter, safer and more efficient using end-to-end technology solutions for delivery management, high definition camera systems and driving performance applications.
Connexas recently won mid-cap Technology Company of the Year at the 2019 UK Business Tech Awards. “Connexas has come a long way with the support of Horizon, evolving from a predominantly legacy hardware-based integrator to a
Invision has sold Vantage Education, a Swiss provider of higher education programmes, to a group of Swiss investors, but the company will continue to be led by the existing management team.
Vantage covers mostly higher and executive education across more than 60 programmes. The educational companies offer high quality education programs in business administration, sales, marketing, information management and tourism management at 13 locations throughout Switzerland.
Over the past seven years, Invision has taken Vantage through a series of consolidation deals, completing five acquisitions. “The unification of various education providers under the umbrella of Vantage proved to be the right strategy to
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