Deals
Miami-based private equity firm Black Dragon Capital has agreed to acquire the entirety of Grass Valley, a technology supplier of advanced broadcast and media solutions, from Belden.
According to Louis Hernandez Jr founder, managing director and CEO of Black Dragon, the firm plans to accelerate Grass Valley’s evolution in becoming the market leader in digital media, as well as open and inclusive cloud technology.
Private equity and venture capital firm Black Dragon makes control investments in growth companies it believes can become market leaders in industries disrupted by digitalisation.
“Grass Valley has an iconic brand, track record of strong performance,
Healthcare investment vehicle Impel Healthcare Catalyst (Impel) has announced an additional seven figure investment into its portfolio business Trio Healthcare (Trio).The funding will be used to fast-track the development of Trio’s production facility at its state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in Skipton, Yorkshire, ahead of the anticipated launch of a world’s first product for the ostomy market later this year.
Founded by Lloyd Pearce in 2006, Trio develops, manufactures and distributes a range of novel ostomy products, which have consistently delivered year-on-year growth for the company. Trio has also won two Queens Awards for Enterprise to date, recognised for its contribution
Ironwood Capital has exited its debt and minority equity investment in American Residuals Group, the holding company of Denali Water Solutions (Denali), to TPG Growth, a middle market and growth equity platform of alternative asset firm TPG. Denali is a provider of specialty waste and environmental recycling and disposal services in the United States, performing daily organic waste collection, processing, recycling, and disposal for municipal, industrial food processing and downstream industrial customers.
“The Denali management team did an excellent job executing on its investment thesis and growing its network,” says Ironwood Capital Managing Director Dickson Suit. “Denali provides important recycling solutions that contribute to
Sovereign Capital Partners, a private equity Buy & Build specialist, has exited its investment in Arachas Corporate Brokers (Arachas), a commercial insurance brokerage in Ireland to certain funds controlled and managed by Madison Dearborn Partners (MDP) and HPS Investment Partners (HPS). The exit, which follows three years of Sovereign’s partnership with Arachas, delivers a 5.5-times money return to investors.
Sovereign originally backed the MBO of Arachas in early 2017. During the period of Sovereign’s investment Arachas made four acquisitions: Capital Cover Group, Kidd Insurances, Covercentre and most recently Murray & Spelman. The acquisitions brought substantial additional scale to the Group, further
Avignon Capital, a European property investment firm and asset manager has completed the sale of the Ampere asset in Berlin to RFR Holding for a purchase price in excess of EUR80 million.The Ampere building is a unique listed property built in 1926 and is a former electricity transformer station (Umspannwerk), which was converted into offices in 2010. The 11,678 sqm building is located in Prenzlauer Berg, an area widely regarded as a ‘tech-cluster’ in Berlin, and increasingly popular with young creative companies.
Avignon acquired the building on behalf of a private client in Q3 2016 and this sale marks the
Oak Intranet has announced a GBP2.1 million additional seed funding round led by existing investors Maven Capital Partners. The funding follows a restructure of the company’s leadership team led by the new CEO, Will Murray and the appointment of a new non-executive chairman, Mark Quartermaine which will enable the business to expand adoption across the UK.
Created in 2016 Oak Intranet is aimed at enterprise and medium sized businesses, it organises departments, news, teams, projects and internal communication through its mobile app and SaaS platform. This makes it perfect for large organisations that may have multiple locations and deskless workers.
American Healthcare Investors completed the acquisition of four medical office buildings, one integrated senior health campus and one land parcel for an aggregate contract purchase price of approximately USD44 million, and completed developments for approximately USD15 million during the fourth quarter of 2019, for Griffin-American Healthcare REIT III, and Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV.The firm completed nearly USD262 million in aggregate acquisitions and developments based on contract purchase price on behalf of the REITs during the entirety of 2019.
“It was another active year of acquisitions on behalf of Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV, which acquired an excess of USD201 million of
Centaur Fund Services, a provider of fund administration and regulatory services for the alternative investment fund industry, has secured a significant growth equity investment from FTV Capital, a sector-focused growth equity investment firm. Centuar says the capital will position the company for continued expansion into new geographies and further investment into talent, product development and technology. As fund managers increasingly look to outsource their regulatory and back- and middle-office functions, Centaur has experienced rising demand for solutions as a tech-enabled independent fund administrator.
Ronan Daly, Karen Malone and Eric Bertrand, Centaur’s co-founders, will continue their leadership roles and remain significant shareholders
Research by Adams Street Partners finds no evidence of sponsor-to-sponsor underperformance and that sponsors are a real and relevant source of deal flow for other sponsors. Moreover, such deals appear to offer stable returns with lower losses than non-sponsor deals.
Tosca Debt Capital (TDC) has provided a First Lien facility to support the acquisition of the remaining equity of Once Upon A Time (OUAT) by its Management Team from its private equity investor, Calculus Capital, and to provide funding for their ambitious growth and acquisition strategy.OUAT is a London-based marketing agency that delivers a full range of marketing services; from advertising, branding, media, all forms of creative, shopper and in-store marketing, and the production of physical and digital assets. Clients include high-profile brands such as Disney, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros, Netflix, William Grant and BMG Music.
Founded in 2013,
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