Deals
BGF has exited its minority stake in Vysiion Group, a communications infrastructure and outsourced IT service provider. The business has been acquired by Exponential-e, a cloud, network and unified communications company.BGF has backed the Wiltshire-based Vysiion since 2015, following a GBP4 million investment. During this time, revenue and EBITDA have more than doubled, and the exit has delivered a strong return for all shareholders.
Founded by serial entrepreneur Bruce Brain, Vysiion Group was set up to create an IT services provider that could take advantage of the large and rapidly growing Public and Private sector market for infrastructure and
Odyssey Investment Partners (Odyssey) has acquired NSi Industries from Blue Sea Capital LLC. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. NSi is a leading supplier of a wide variety of electrical connector, fitting, control and wire management products for construction, maintenance and repair applications. NSi’s well-known brands include Polaris insulated connectors, Bridgeport Fittings, TORK time and lighting controls and Platinum Tools connectors & tools. NSi has a 40-year history of providing innovative, profitable and quality solutions to its distributor partners with an unparalleled customer-centric approach. NSi is headquartered in Huntersville, North Carolina, with additional facilities in Stratford, Connecticut and Newbury Park, California.
Alternative student transportation company, ALC Schools (ALC), has been acquired by an affiliate of Palladium Equity Partners, a private equity firm based in New York, NY. The student transportation provider, which saw record numbers in 2019 in terms of transporting special-needs, McKinney-Vento, and displaced students for school districts, says Palladium’s partnership will help support continued growth. “We’re very excited about the future of ALC with this acquisition. We chose to join with Palladium after very careful consideration, and we couldn’t be happier to be a part of their family,” says Gregg Prettyman, Chief Operating Officer for ALC.
For more than two
Advent International and Cinven have agreed to acquire thyssenkrupp’s Elevator Technology business, together with the RAG-Stiftung.
Monroe Capital (Monroe) has acquired and recapitalised Ascent Behavioral Health (Ascent), in partnership with Cimarron Healthcare Capital and Ascent’s management team.
Private equity investment firm Sverica Capital Management (Sverica) has made an investment in Cytracom, a provider of cloud-based unified communications (UCaaS) software and solutions built exclusively for the Managed Service Provider (MSP) channel.Based in Dallas, TX, Cytracom has over two thousand MSP partners throughout North America. As the move to the cloud continues, Cytracom’s UCaaS offering enables its partners to expand their service portfolios and provide true end-to-end managed IT services. The Company plans to invest further into features that empower its MSP partners to better sell, support, and manage UCaaS for their customers.
“Our focus has always been on
HS Orka, an Icelandic renewable energy and utility company 50 per cent owned by Ancala Partners, has secured a USD210 million financing package with a group of leading European commercial lenders.HS Orka has also made three senior management appointments, with Tómas Már Sigurdsson joining as Chief Executive Officer, Björk Þórarinsdóttir as Chief Financial Officer and Sunna Björg Helgadóttir as Chief Technology Officer.
The new financing comprises a term loan, capex facility and a revolving credit facility. HS Orka will use the facilities to pursue attractive development projects and strengthen its position as Iceland’s leading privately owned power producer. The company
BlackRock Long Term Private Capital will become the new majority shareholder in Creed, the Paris-based multi-century old luxury fragrance company.
Creed executive Javier Ferrán will become chairman of the company’s board of directors and join as an investor. Ferrán, who has experience with niche luxury brands and in working with European family-owned businesses, assumes his responsibilities following the transaction.
He will work closely with founder Olivier Creed, who will continue as the master perfumer of the fragrance house. The partnership with Ferrán and the Creed family, including Creed’s son Erwin, is BlackRock LTPC’s first investment in Europe. Michel Dyens &
Kartesia, the European specialist provider of capital solutions for small and mid-sized companies, has completed ts fifth investment from the Kartesia Senior Opportunities I fund (KSO I), with the financing of PlanetHome Group.PlanetHome is a real estate and financial brokerage company in Germany and Austria. The company follows a unique B2B partnership strategy with leading financial institutions in the region and combines high quality real estate and financing brokerage services under one roof.
The company was founded over 30 years ago as part of HypoVereinsbank (now UniCredit Group) and was carved out in 2015 by a group of investors
SHE Software, a global health and safety software company headquartered in Scotland, has completed a GBP7 million Series B investment led by Frog Capital from its new growth equity fund with existing investors Northern Venture Capital Trust (VCTs) Funds at Mercia Fund Management Limited also participating.The investment further validates SHE Software’s strong market position and will accelerate the growth of international operations, building on the momentum achieved over the last two years in North America. The company plans to increase headcount, expanding its talent pool by 60, including 15 new jobs announced earlier this year following funding from Scottish Enterprise.
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