Deals
Middle market private equity firm One Equity Partners’ (OEP) portfolio company Orion Innovation (Orion) has completed the acquisition of Tekmark Global Solutions, an outsourced technology and telecom services firm.Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Headquartered in Edison, NJ, Tekmark provides software engineering, quality engineering, telecom engineering, managed services, cyber security and data analytics. The Company’s experienced team of over 850 IT professionals will be deployed to Orion’s US-based delivery team.
“Tekmark’s solutions and deep customer relationships are complementary to Orion’s services and ability to innovate digital transformation solutions for Fortune 1,000 companies worldwide,” says Chip Schorr, Senior Managing Director,
The Riverside Company, a global private equity firm focused on the smaller end of the middle market, has invested in fire protection service provider Basic Fire & Safety (BFS) as an add-on to its fire and life safety platform, Performance Systems Integration (PSI). Based in Portland, Oregon, PSI is a leading provider of fire and life safety services in the Pacific Northwest. The company provides customers with fire and life safety services including system inspection, service and monitoring, equipment sales and cylinder repairs as well as installations for new construction and retrofits.BFS provides customers in Washington state with a variety
Docupace, a maker of cloud-based wealth management software, has secured a significant growth equity investment from FTV Capital, a sector-focused growth equity investment firm.
This investment enables Docupace to expand its product and service offerings to its broker-dealer, registered investment adviser (RIA), and insurance firm customers, as well as with the financial advisors affiliated with these businesses.
Docupace also announced the appointment of David Knoch, former president of 1st Global, to the role of chief executive officer, effective immediately.
The investment and leadership FTV Capital brings to the company will help Docupace accelerate its client-centric initiatives of expanding its capabilities
American Pacific Group, a San Francisco-based private equity firm, in partnership with Joe Falsetti of Dana Holdings, has acquired SaltStick, an electrolyte replenishment supplement with a strong following among endurance athletes for in-competition and training activities.SaltStick was founded in 2006 by Jonathan Toker, an elite-level triathlete and trail runner who holds a PhD in organic chemistry. SaltStick products are now sold in over 40 countries around the world; products include SaltStick Vitassium, a medical food designed for individuals suffering from sodium and potassium deficiency. This acquisition was the first for American Pacific Group’s newly established holding company, Roadrunner Holdings LLC,
A cybersecurity company, with a platform that helps to safeguard transport and infrastructure systems, has raised a further GBP1.8 million to help it expand its business in the maritime sector.CyberOwl has secured funding from 24 Haymarket, Mercia’s EIS funds, and the MEIF Proof of Concept & Early Stage Fund, which is managed by Mercia as part of the Midlands Engine Investment Fund. The latest investment will allow the company to expand its global client base and establish itself as a leader in cybersecurity for shipping lines and port operators.
CyberOwl, which has offices in Birmingham and London, provides early
Glennmont Partners, a fund manager focused exclusively on investing in clean energy infrastructure, has agreed to the sale of a 15 per cent minority stake in Project Piiparinmäki, a 211.4mw wind farm, to Kansai Electric Power Company.
The onshore wind farm, located in central Finland, is currently under construction with COD expected in late 2021. Once operational, Piiparinmäki will be the largest wind farm in Finland, a significant wind power asset in the Nord Pool area, and one of the largest unsubsidised wind farms in Europe.
The sale of the stake in Piiparinmäki marks the first divestment from Glennmont’s EUR850
Vattenfall has entered into a partnership with Greencoat UK Wind, and has given the green light to the construction of South Kyle, its largest onshore wind farm in the United Kingdom.
Ropes & Gray has advised K2 Insurance Services, a portfolio company of US private equity firm Lee Equity Partners, on its acquisition of Pioneer Underwriters, a London-headquartered underwriting services organisation.
The deal will see Pioneer’s ongoing underwriting portfolio, together with underwriting and support staff, transfer to K2, a specialist insurance services holding company, headquartered in San Diego. The transaction is expected to close by the end of Q2, subject to the necessary regulatory approvals. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
The transferred business will comprise underwriting units specialising in property catastrophe reinsurance, financial institutions, international property facultative and
Growth equity investor Verdane has partnered with Conscriptor, Sweden’s largest developer of medical journal documentation services and dictation software, and Max Manus, a speech recognition and dictation software company.
Bodhala, a data-intelligence and legal technology platform, has secured USD10 million in an investment round led by Edison Partners, a Princeton, NJ-based growth capital firm.
The company will use the funds for product expansion and sales and market acceleration as it transforms and modernises the purchasing of outside counsel services.
Companies spend nearly USD500 billion annually on outside counsel, with hourly billing rates tracking at almost four times the rate of inflation. Bodhala applies data science, machine learning and AI-driven insights to help companies analyse, interpret and optimise legal spend. The company experienced 300-pls per cent growth in both
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