Deals
LDC, the UK’s leading mid-market private equity firm, says it would seek to increase its investment in UK companies during 2020 after deploying GBP365 million of capital in 2019 to back 18 ambitious management teams.The firm, part of Lloyds Banking Group, said the role of private equity in supporting the UK’s small and medium-sized businesses was ‘more important than ever’. LDC said the plan formed part of its rolling three-year commitment to invest GBP1.2 billion of capital.
In an annual summary of its performance, LDC – which typically invests between GBP5 million and GBP100 million in a single transaction
Keensight Capital, a private equity managers dedicated to pan-European growth buyout investments, is to sell shares of smartTrade Technologies, a specialist in multi-asset electronic trading solutions, to Hg.Founded in 1999 and headquartered in France, smartTrade Technologies has developed an automated trading platform which enables fast access to a wide range of liquidity for Foreign Exchange (FX), Fixed Income, Equities, Cryptocurrencies, and Derivatives. These solutions connect to numerous liquidity providers, aggregation, smart order routing, order management, pricing, distribution, risk management capabilities, and an HTML5 user interface.
The group is located across four continents, with offices in France, Geneva, London, Milan,
Collision Management Systems (CMS), a connected vehicle data specialist, working with insurers, fleets and remote worker organisations to reduce employee risk, has secured a second round of funding from BGF.This investment comes as CMS passes the milestone of over 100,000 people connected to its award-winning platform. In addition, through the integrations CMS has in place with multiple global telematics vendors, the company can access over 50% of commercial vehicles with telematics installed; subject to consent of the customer.
Founded by CEO Charles Smith, CMS has taken a market lead in using the growing volume of connected vehicle data to manage
Corfin Industries has announced a strategic combination with Micross Components, a provider of mission-critical microelectronic components and services for high-reliability markets, as part of a transaction led by Corfin’s current majority shareholder Behrman Capital. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Headquartered in Orlando, Florida, Micross serves the aerospace, defence, space, medical, and industrial markets, among others. The company offers an industry-leading portfolio of high-reliability components and services that include advanced component testing, qualification services, packaging services, standard wafer bumping, advanced wafer level packaging services, and 3D integration. Micross has longstanding relationships with blue-chip customers in each of
Busy Bees, a multinational childcare provider, has acquired EduKids, an early childhood education and care centre operator with 15 locations in Western New York. The deal, which closed on 31 Friday January, follows the acquisition by Busy Bees of Educational Playcare’s 19 centres across Connecticut in August 2019. This expands Busy Bees’ North American presence to 34 centres across the states of New York and Connecticut and 89 centres in Canada.
Founded in 1989, EduKids has 450 staff providing care for 1,660 children from the age of six weeks to five years. Busy Bees acquired 100 per cent of EduKids; following
CBPE Capital (CBPE) has sold its investment in ABI Holiday Homes (ABI) to the Company’s management team, with a minority equity investment from Pricoa Private Capital. Terms of the transaction are not disclosed but CBPE has achieved a money multiple return of 3.0x on its investment in ABI and an IRR of 36.9 per cent.
ABI is a leading manufacturer of caravan holiday homes and one of the most highly regarded and established brands in the caravan holiday home industry. The Company manufactures its caravan holiday homes in Beverley, East Yorkshire where it employs over 500 people. ABI is the
Ingenious’ Infrastructure Ventures EIS Service has invested as part of a USD6 million Series A investment round in TeraView, a specialist in terahertz technology and solutions.The investment is designed to ensure that TeraView retains its leadership in the growing terahertz market and continues to provide a high level of support to each of its customers across the world while also accelerating product & technology development, customer support, and sales & marketing by the Company.
TeraView is the leading supplier of terahertz systems to support semiconductor companies and their manufacturing partners in the implementation of advanced 2.5 and 3D packaging
Vanguard and HarbourVest have announced a strategic partnership to provide qualified investors with access to private equity and the potential to earn higher returns and achieve increased diversification.“We are entering the private equity market the Vanguard way – partnering with a world-class advisor to provide a high-quality offer,” says Vanguard CEO Tim Buckley. “Private equity will complement our leading index and actively-managed funds, as we seek to broaden access to this asset class and improve client outcomes. While this strategy will be initially available to institutional advised clients, we aim to expand access to investors in additional channels over time.
Weatherford Capital, a leading family-owned private investment firm, has completed an investment in insurance comparison site The Zebra.The USD38.5 million Series C fundraising round was led by Accel and included other current investors, Silverton Partners, Daher Capital, Floodgate Fund, Ballast Point Ventures, and The Zebra’s CEO, Keith Melnick.
As the nation’s largest insurance comparison site with over 1.3 million website visitors per month, The Zebra’s revenue has seen very strong growth. The company’s revenue grew almost 200 per cent year over year to nearly USD37 million in 2019. Their annual run rate is now exceeding USD60 million, more than
Dallas-based private equity firm Align Capital Partners’ utility intelligence platform E Source has acquired Baton Rouge-based UtiliWorks Consulting.
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