Deals
Squircle Capital, a European alternative investment firm focused on private equity and real estate value-add investments, has acquired 77.5 per cent of Marina Barcelona 92 (MB92).
The deal includes the 65 per cent stake from the Turkish conglomerate Dogus and a 12.5 per cent stake from minority shareholders.
The transaction, which has been approved by the Barcelona Port Authority, is expected to close, subject to customary closing conditions, within the coming weeks.
MB92 is widely recognised as the a leading player within the refit industry, having consolidated its market position by expanding its operations and client base in
The Manchester office of Endless, a mid-market private equity investor, has completed the acquisition of UK independent omni-channel outdoor furniture retailer Moda Furnishings.
Headquartered in Manchester, Moda Furnishings was established in 2014 and has grown rapidly in sales and profitability in that time.
It provides a comprehensive range of premium rattan garden furniture through its website (www.modafurnishings.co.uk) and its two showrooms in Manchester and Caterham, Surrey.
The business offers a unique, modular range of designs with an exceptional reputation for customer service and quality of product. The business is operated by Jonathan Brierley and Vallan McCarthy who will
EQT Infrastructure portfolio company Kodiak Gas Services (Kodiak) is to acquire Pegasus Optimization Managers (Pegasus) from affiliates of Apollo Natural Resource Partners II, a fund managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management.
Kodiak’s acquisition of Pegasus solidifies it as an industry leader in service and quality. The combination of Kodiak and Pegasus brings together the two fastest growing contract compression businesses, with the combined youngest fleet in the industry, a focus on exceptional customer service, and technical performance leading to best-in-class mechanical availability and reliability.
Kodiak, acquired by EQT Infrastructure in February 2019, is the largest privately owned and
Sentinel Capital Partners, a private equity firm that invests in promising companies in the lower mid-market, has recapitalised New Era Technology, a technology solutions provider serving customers in the United States, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Australia.
Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
New Era provides a comprehensive suite of managed services and systems integration capabilities for a wide range of IT solutions, including collaboration, data networking, and security. Employing a customer-centric business model, New Era is a trusted technology advisor to more than 6,500 worldwide customers – often name-brand, blue-chip multinational businesses – that span
CVC Strategic Opportunities II is to acquire a 50 per cent stake in DFE Pharma (DFE), a global excipients manufacturer for the pharmaceutical industry.
DFE is currently a 50/50 joint venture between dairy companies FrieslandCampina and Fonterra. CVC Strategic Opportunities II will acquire Fonterra’s holding in the business.
Headquartered in Goch, Germany, DFE is a global leading excipient manufacturer. Excipients are the inactive substances that are blended with the active ingredients in medicine for purposes such as binding, bulking, disintegration or to aid in the processing of the active ingredient. With operations in Europe, India and New Zealand and
UK-based technology company Everledger has completed its USD20 million Series A funding led by Tencent Holdings Ltd, a Chinese internet-based services provider.
Graphene Ventures, Bloomberg Beta, Rakuten, Fidelity and Vickers Venture Partners have also participated.
Leanne Kemp, founder and CEO of Everledger, says: “Today’s announcement amplifies our commitment to global markets, whilst fuelling our industry momentum as we continue to build Everledger. Having this strong investor cohort join us at this stage in our development is both validation of the innovation we’ve displayed to date, and a statement of future intent. They will support us in bringing more visibility
Development Partners International (DPI), a pan-African focused private equity firm, has invested USD54 million in Channel VAS, a fintech provider of mobile financial and airtime credit services operating in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
Channel VAS provides Mobile Financial Services, Big Data Analytics and Airtime Credit Services to mobile operators and financial institutions in more than 30 countries, enabling access to micro and nano loans including cash, handsets, airtime and data. Since the business began in 2012, it has helped clients serve hundreds of millions of customers in the region.
The company has a track record of delivery
CI Capital portfolio company Maroon Group has acquired Cambrian Solutions, a distributor of specialty ingredients and chemicals based in Oakville, Ontario, Canada.
This marks Maroon Group’s tenth add-on acquisition and significantly extends the company’s North American footprint, providing Maroon with leading distribution capabilities across key end markets in Canada.
Established in 1995, Cambrian Solutions offers a broad portfolio of specialty ingredients and chemicals to customers in the natural and organic; food; household, industrial, and institutional (HI&I); health ingredients; personal care; and industrial markets. This acquisition broadens Maroon Group’s North American network of customers, suppliers, and facilities and reinforces Maroon’s
Capricorn Capital Partners HK Limited, the Hong Kong arm of the family-owned global direct private investment business Capricorn Capital Group, has made its first acquisition in Asia, taking a majority stake in Asia-Pacific Accounting & Secretarial Services Limited (A-Pass) in Hong Kong.
A-Pass was founded in 2006 by Andrew Burgin, a UK national born in Hong Kong, and since then the firm has grown into a well-respected provider of corporate formation, secretarial, accounting, taxation reporting, trade and payroll services. Capricorn Capital acquired 67 per cent and the firm has already made a number of key strategic hires to bolster the
Orbital Education has received a minority investment from BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor in growing businesses, to support the group’s global growth ambitions.
Headquartered in Manchester, Orbital Education operates premium international schools for local and expat families looking to educate their children within an English-speaking, high-quality school environment. The group was started by serial entrepreneur Kevin McNeany, best known as the founder of Nord Anglia Education, which he led to an IPO in 1997 and is now the world’s largest private education business.
Orbital Education schools specialise in the delivery of English national curriculum for children
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