Deals
Anacapa Partners, a private equity firm focused on acquisitions in the lower middle market, has completed a growth investment in Israel-based Dooblo, a specialist in mobile survey software, data collection and analysis solutions.
Trail Mark Partners participated in the investment alongside Anacapa. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 2001, Dooblo provides innovative mobile survey software for the market research industry. Dooblo’s flagship product, SurveyToGo, is designed to reduce the cost of traditional paper-based surveys while significantly improving quality of the collected data. SurveyToGo is utilised by market research firms in more than 100 countries
Kaia Health, a digital therapeutics company, has close an USD8 million funding round, the second significant investment this year. The infusion of capital is led by Optum Ventures.
Kaia Health has developed a smartphone-based approach for managing a range of chronic conditions, with its leading product focused on musculoskeletal disorders (MSK) such as chronic back pain. The investment by Optum Ventures helps Kaia Health address the rising costs of treating MSK-related conditions, the difficulty patients have in accessing gold-standard treatment, and the need for innovative, scaleable and cost-effective technology solutions to confront this issue.
Kaia Health’s world-leading 2D motion
CAPZA, a private investment platform focusing on small and midcaps, is co-arranging, with BNP Paribas Principle Investments and AXA IM, the unitranche refinancing of La Maison Bleue.
Founded in 2004, La Maison Bleue manages a network of over 280 collective nurseries in France and 60 in Europe (Switzerland, Luxembourg and the United Kingdom). La Maison Bleue is supported by its investors TowerBrook and Bpifrance who have had majority shares since 2016.
CAPZA, BNP Paribas Principle Investments and AXA IM have co-arranged a refinancing deal of EUR150 million. The aim of this deal is to allow for greater development and flexibility
Sphera, a provider of integrated risk management software and information services with a focus on Environmental Health & Safety, Operational Risk and Product Stewardship, has acquired thinkstep, a Stuttgart, Germany-based software and information services company that specialises in Corporate Sustainability and Product Stewardship.
The deal, announced in July, was completed after German regulatory authorities approved the acquisition.
“thinkstep’s cloud-based and on-premise software, data and expertise in the Corporate Sustainability and Product Stewardship markets support our mission of creating a safer, more sustainable and productive world,” says Paul Marushka, Sphera’s president and CEO. “Sphera’s acquisition of thinkstep advances our Integrated
Process Systems Enterprise (PSE), a supplier of predictive Advanced Process Modelling (APM) software and services, is exiting the AlbionVC portfolio to join Siemens AG in Q4 this year, for an undisclosed amount.
PSE’s advanced process models are used within digital R&D, design and operations in the process industries to help make fast, safe and more efficient decisions through rapid and effective exploration of the decision space. The technology is widely used in the chemicals, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals and food industries to accelerate innovation, improve process design and operation, streamline R&D and manage technology risk.
Siemens and PSE have been collaborating
Prime Capital AG has again expanded its offering to invest in the aviation market. With a financing volume of more than USD 1 billion in more than 200 aircraft, the independent asset manager and financial services provider has become one of the leading German investment managers in the aviation financing market.
Building on this success, the company will now also facilitate equity investments in aircraft, together with its strategic partner 360 Aircraft Finance GmbH (360AF). The five-member 360AF possesses comprehensive commercial and technical expertise and can draw on many years of successful track record, as well as a broad network
Align Capital Partners (ACP) has completed the majority recapitalisation of vertical transportation services (VTS) provider Southwest Elevator Company (Southwest).
Third generation VTS operator, Tom Cavinder, will remain with the Company as CEO and lead its national buy-and-build growth strategy.
Headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, Southwest is an independent union provider of preventative maintenance, repair, and modernization services for elevators and escalators. The Company services properties throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth (“DFW”) metroplex across a variety of end-markets.
“Alongside our dedicated service team at Southwest, I’m excited for our next phase of growth with ACP,” says Cavinder. “I chose to partner with
Ropes & Gray has advised pan-European private equity firm Silverfleet Capital on its acquisition of a majority stake in European hose and subsystem designer and manufacturer BOA Purified Solutions & BOA Flexible Solutions (based in The Netherlands and France) – now known as BOA CoreDux.
The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
It is the third acquisition that Ropes & Gray has advised Silverfleet Capital on since December 2017.
The Ropes & Gray team was led by private equity partner Phil Sanderson and private equity associate Tarun Patel, both based in the firm’s London office. Dutch legal
klarx, a European online platform for construction machinery rental, has raised EUR12.5 million in a funding round led by B&C Innovation Investments GmbH (BCII), alongside existing investor Target Global.
The funding will facilitate further product development and the company’s expansion into new European markets.
Founded in 2015 by brothers, Matthias and Florian Handschuh, together with Vincent Koch, klarx is a digital platform that seeks to make the supply of construction equipment easier, faster and more cost efficient for its users. The company’s business model vertically integrates more than 4,000 rental partners, using a holistic approach that digitalises the entire value chain
Entrepreneurial Equity Partners (e2p), a Chicago-based private equity firm focused on the food and consumer packaged goods industries, has acquired Daniele International (Daniele) from the Dukcevich family, who will maintain a significant stake in the Company.
The investment is the second platform and third acquisition for e2p’s inaugural fund.
Founded in 1945, Daniele produces specialty Italian charcuterie and deli meats, including prosciutto, salame, and snack packs. The Company sells to hundreds of club, mass, and grocery customers under the Daniele and Del Duca brands and offers private label products for retailers. It is headquartered in Mapleville, Rhode Island
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