Deals
Epic Games has acquired Quixel, the creator of a photogrammetry asset library and bundled toolset. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Teddy Bergsman and Waqar Azim founded Quixel in 2011 with the vision to substantially speed up how creators build digital environments. GP Bullhound invested in Quixel in 2018.
Since its foundation, Quixel has given creators access to a vast and ever-expanding library of 3D building blocks and easy-to-use tools to simplify the creative process. These assets and tools have become indispensable to the artists behind some of the most iconic digital productions of our time, such
BGF has invested a further GBP11 million into Molson Group, a UK-based independent distributor of capital equipment to the construction and waste management sectors.
The investment will be used to develop Molson’s existing sites and brands, as well as expand its international and waste management offerings.
Founded in 1996 and based in Bristol, Molson provides a wide range of equipment for the construction industry, including excavators, dump trucks, dozers, demolition rigs and waste and materials handlers. The business, which has additional depots in Warrington, London, Kent, Stratford-upon-Avon and Doune, is currently one of the largest suppliers of construction equipment
Henkel is to acquire Deva Parent Holdings from a fund managed by the Private Equity Group of Ares Management Corporation. Deva Parent Holdings owns DevaCurl, a high-growth professional hair care business.
Founded in 1994, the company offers hair care and styling products for all types of curly and wavy hair with a comprehensive portfolio of vegan and “free from” formulas. The product range includes cleansers, conditioners, styling products, styling accessories, and treatments. The portfolio of DevaCurl is highly complementary to the existing portfolio of Henkel Beauty Care. The ‘Premium Professional’ products of DevaCurl are distributed in the US in leading
Off the back of a hugely successful 2019, Le Col, the British brand renowned for delivering premium performance cycling apparel, has raised an additional GBP2.5 million from Puma Private Equity to further accelerate its growth plans in 2020.
Founded by ex-professional cyclist Yanto Barker in 2011, Le Col has its DNA in the pro peloton and has been kit partners to two men’s and two women’s professional cycling teams in the 2019 cycling season. The British company is based in London but manufactures its kit in its own factory in Treviso, Italy – an area renowned for expertise in high-performance
Providence Strategic Growth (PSG), the growth equity affiliate of Providence Equity Partners (Providence), has made a EUR32 million growth investment in Net Reviews, a developer of software as a service (SaaS) solutions providing customer review management for retailers.
The founding management team – led by Olivier Mouillet, Laurent Abisset and Tom Brami – will continue overseeing the company’s day-to-day operations.
Olivier Mouillet, Founder and CEO of Net Reviews, says: “In just a few years, Net Reviews has grown into a market-leading developer of software that provides a trustworthy and independent web solution, as well as critical data to retailers looking
CapitalRise, a property investment platform, has secured GBP1 million in backing from Revolt Ventures, the venture capital arm of real estate investment manager, Meyer Bergman.
This follows CapitalRise’s successful Seedrs crowdfunding raise earlier this year and brings the total funds raised to GBP3.3 million.
CapitalRise’s CEO and Co-Founder, Uma Rajah, says: “To receive backing from such eminent investors reflects sustained confidence in our proposition. Our track record delivering strong returns at an average 10 per cent per annum with zero losses and defaults since inception reflects our vigilance and strict due diligence when it comes to choosing investment opportunities.
The Riverside Company (Riverside), a global private equity firm focused on the smaller end of the middle market, has sold surgical device tracking and workflow software provider, Censis Technologies (Censis).
Headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee, Censis provides SaaS-based surgical instrument tracking and workflow solutions for sterile processing departments (SPDs) of hospitals and ambulatory surgical centres.
Censis helps ensure the accuracy and procedural compliance of SPDs, including the critical responsibility of assembling instrument trays for surgical procedures, sterilising instruments and managing and maintaining inventory from purchase to retirement.
Riverside Managing Partner, Loren Schlachet, says: “Our team had a clear value
Moody’s Analytics Knowledge Services has rebranded as Acuity Knowledge Partners (Acuity) following the completion of its management buyout from Moody’s Corporation, supported by the European mid-market private equity investor Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone).
Acuity, a leading provider of bespoke research, analytics and automation technology to the financial services sector, has also appointed Philip Gore-Randall as Non-Executive Chairman.
Under its new brand identity and with Equistone’s backing, Acuity will continue to provide market-leading customised knowledge services to a growing, blue-chip client base of over 300 financial services firms globally, in domains such as investment banking, investment research, private equity &
O’Melveny has advised Nolan Capital., the family office of Peter Nolan, on its acquisition of a majority stake in Ortega National Parks, a hospitality organisation serving national, state and county parks across the country.
Nolan Capital has ownership interests in retail, endeavours restaurant operations, manufacturing and real estate investments.
Ortega specialises in retail and hospitality industries managing commerce in several national, state and county parks across the United States through retail stores, concessions, restaurants and lodging. Ortega also works to uphold historical preservation at every site with environmental responsibility.
The O’Melveny deal team representing Nolan Capital was led by
North America continued to attract the major share of global venture capital (VC) funding during the third quarter (Q3) of 2019, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.
North America accounted for 48.5 per cent of the global VC investment volume and 52.4 per cent of the investment value in Q3 2019, followed by Asia-Pacific (APAC) with 29.7 per cent and 28.7 per cent of the global VC investment volume and value, respectively.
Despite none of the countries witnessing billion-dollar funding during Q3 2019 and the prevailing economic and geopolitical uncertainties in some of the countries, the global
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