Deals
Mid-market private equity investor LDC has sold global business-to-business events specialist FC Business Intelligence (FCBI) to Thomson Reuters. The value of the transaction is undisclosed.
FCBI delivers high-end conferences and exhibitions globally to a diverse range of sectors including energy, insurance, pharmaceuticals, transportation, travel, strategy and technology. It helps senior business professionals stay at the forefront of change in their industry through insight sharing and networking with peers.
LDC partnered with FCBI in 2018 to support the management team’s plan to drive organic growth and expand into new markets. Since then the business has focused on improving its customer
Investment manager Downing has exited a series of hydroelectricity investments based in Scotland and managed by Gilkes Energy Limited.
Downing’s Energy and Infrastructure Investment team has worked closely with Gilkes Energy, a specialist hydroelectricity developer, since September 2013, to invest in a series of seven projects. The investment funded the development, construction and operation of the projects which total 8MWp of renewable energy generation in Scotland.
Downing has undertaken a successful programme of disposals to return capital to Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) investors in the projects, of which this divestment forms part. All six investments have been acquired by
AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets (AXA IM – Real Assets) has completed the acquisition, as part of a core strategy on behalf of a client, of the entire issued share capital of NorthStar Realty Europe Corp ), a NYSE listed real estate investment trust.
The acquisition was approved at a special meeting of NRE stockholders held on 25 September, 2019 and NRE will be delisted from the NYSE.
Further to AXA IM – Real Assets’ announcement of 4 July 2019, the final consideration for the Acquisition after the settlement of the previously disclosed forward exchange contracts to hedge
Managed services, hybrid cloud and data centre solutions provider, LIMA Networks and Data Centre UK have secured a GBP12 million investment from private equity house, Maven Capital Partners (Maven).
The transaction includes an equity raise from Maven Investor Partners, a syndicate of institutional, family office and high net worth investors, alongside debt funding provided by CYBG.
LIMA Group is a technology services and infrastructure solutions provider specialising in designing and implementing intelligent IT infrastructure solutions across a rang of sectors and industries, including SMEs to enterprise level and public sector organisations.
Maven’s investment in LIMA Group will allow
KB Associates (KBA) has secured a minority investment from ECI Partners to continue enhancing its service offering and grow its international presence.
KBA specialises in the provision of management company, governance and compliance services to investment funds and asset managers. Founded in 2003, Dublin-headquartered KBA also has offices in London, New York and Cayman Islands. KBA has 60 consultants, works with over 230 asset management firms including some of the world’s biggest managers, and supports investment funds with assets under management in excess of EUR225 billion.
KBA’s specialist professional services model has helped drive significant growth in recent years as asset
TEAM Services Group (TEAM), a portfolio company of Alpine Investors (Alpine), has partnered with AmeriBest Home Care (AmeriBest), a home care agency that provides home and community-based services in the greater Philadelphia region.
AmeriBest will continue to operate under its current brand name within TEAM Public Choices (TPC), a division of TEAM that serves clients through Medicaid and other state-sponsored disability programs. Omar Khanataev will remain as AmeriBest’s CEO.
Both AmeriBest and TPC are committed to providing high-quality patient and caregiver services to seniors and people with disabilities in the comfort of their own homes and focus on providing care that
The Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) Debt Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven), has provided EarthSense Systems Limited (EarthSense), air quality monitoring and modelling data firm, with a GBP100,000 loan.
The funding will enable the business to invest further in research and development while also creating new jobs in the East Midlands.
EarthSense monitors levels of air pollution using innovative hardware helping to create key data sets of use to a range of clients including local authorities, health services, pharma businesses and government.
The firm’s technology draws on satellite data and air sensors to analyse historic levels
The Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) Debt Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven), has provided EarthSense Systems Limited (EarthSense), air quality monitoring and modelling data firm, with a GBP100,000 loan.
The funding will enable the business to invest further in research and development while also creating new jobs in the East Midlands.
EarthSense monitors levels of air pollution using innovative hardware helping to create key data sets of use to a range of clients including local authorities, health services, pharma businesses and government.
The firm’s technology draws on satellite data and air sensors to analyse historic levels
Mmid-market private equity investor LDC has supported the secondary buyout of precision engineering specialist ELE Advanced Technologies (ELE) from Albion Capital and Maven Capital Partners.
Headquartered in Colne, Lancashire, ELE is a leading manufacturer of specialist components for aerospace, industrial gas turbines, and commercial diesel sectors, with its clients including Rolls-Royce, Safran, Siemens, GE Avio, GE Power and MAN Diesel & Turbo.
ELE’s precision engineering capabilities enable it to produce complex parts for turbine blades, vanes and compressor blades, and it also supplies turbo charger components to the automotive sector from its manufacturing plant in Trencin, Slovakia.
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Private equity firm Horizon Capital’s USD370 million EEGF II fund has sold the remaining 22.7 per cent stake held in Purcari Wineries (Purcari) after successfully listing the company on the Bucharest Stock Exchange last year.
EEGF II has realised a 3.3 times blended gross cash-on-cash return on the exit of its holdings in Purcari.
Purcari Wineries Plc (Purcari, Crama Ceptura, Bostavan and Bardar brands) is one of the largest wine and brandy groups in the CEE region. The Group manages over 1,392 hectares of vineyards and operates four production platforms in Romania and Moldova. Purcari is the leader in
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