Deals
Audax Private Equity (Audax) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Aspen Surgical (Aspen) a business unit comprised of certain surgical consumable products, from Hillrom.
The business is a leading manufacturer of branded and private label single-use surgical products including scalpels, blades, wound care, fluid control, and other patient safety surgical products, founded in 1999 and headquartered in Caledonia, MI. The Company operates two facilities with approximately 500 employees in Caledonia, MI and Las Piedras, Puerto Rico.
Young Lee, Managing Director, Audax Group, says: “We have acquired a set of products and brands that we believe are best in
TrustArc, a provider of privacy management solutions, has received a USD70 million Series D growth investment led by private equity firm, Bregal Sagemount.
Existing investors Accel Partners, Baseline Ventures, DAG Ventures, Icon Ventures and Industry Ventures will continue to retain significant stakes in the business.
“We are very excited to bring on Sagemount as a strategic and financial partner. Given their prior success investing in market-leading, high-growth technology companies, we believe they are the right partner for the next phase of our growth,” says Chris Babel, CEO of TrustArc. “We have been building on our two decades of privacy leadership
Specialist industrial investor Rubicon Partners has acquired Park Sheet Metal, a Coventry-based manufacturer of complex sheet metal components from from its owner, Stephen Payne.
Founded by the Payne family in 1947, PSM has established a market leading position as a supplier of prototype tooling and assemblies and low volume production of body-in-white components for the niche automotive sector. Its clients include prestige and performance automotive OEMs including Aston Martin, Bentley and McLaren. PSM is well placed to grow in line with global demand for high-luxury cars and the proliferation of new electric vehicles.
Rubicon Partners was advised by the
In this week’s newsletter, Elizabeth Pfeuti reports on the continued growth in co-investment activity. As Pfeuti reports, Harbourvest Partners has increased its annual co-investment commitments from USD200 million a decade ago to USD2-3 billion today. The article looks at the various upsides to this ever increasingly popular allocation method, which has led to a three-fold increase in deal value since 2013.
PE fundraising remains buoyant, broadly speaking, with Prospect Hill Growth Partners confirming it has closed its second fund with USD380 million; an USD80 million oversubscription. Overall, Europe’s alternatives industry has grown to EUR1.62 trillion according to new research by
An affiliate of One Rock Capital Partners (One Rock) is to acquire the Engineered Components & Systems (EC&S) segment (excluding Cortland US) from Actuant Corporation (Actuant). The transaction is expected to close during the fourth quarter of 2019.
Headquartered in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, Engineered Components & Systems is a global company serving the agriculture, specialty and commercial vehicle, construction and other industrial end-markets with motion, actuation and control solutions. EC&S primarily serves on and off-highway OEMs with highly engineered system-critical motion, actuation and control solutions under brands that include CrossControl, Maximatecc, Elliott Manufacturing, Gits Manufacturing, Power-Packer and Weasler Engineering. The
Genstar Capital, a private equity firm focused on investments in targeted segments of the financial services, healthcare, industrial technology and software industries, has completed the previously announced acquisition of Advarra, a provider of compliance solutions that are critical to the drug development process, from Linden Capital Partners.
Advarra is a leading provider of institutional review board (IRB), institutional biosafety committee (IBC) and research quality and compliance services, which are mandated by regulatory agencies for all trial protocols, patient forms, site initiations and trial modifications.
The Company serves leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device and contract research organisations (CROs), as well as academic
Private investment firm Clearlake Capital Group and existing investor TA Associates are to make a strategic growth investment inDigiCert, a provider of TLS/SSL, PKI and IoT security solutions for identity and encryption.
As a part of the transaction, Clearlake and TA will become equal partners in DigiCert. The company will continue to be led by CEO John Merrill and the current management team, who are investing alongside Clearlake and TA in the transaction. Terms of the transaction are not being disclosed.
DigiCert provides certificate management platforms and industry-best customer support in multiple languages through a diverse staff, with offices located
CVC Capital Partners (CVC), the majority shareholder in appliance care specialist Domestic & General (D&G) is to sell a 30 per cent stake in the business to Luxinva, an entity ultimately wholly-owned by the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA).
CVC will continue as D&G’s majority shareholder via CVC Capital Partners Fund VII. The acquisition is expected to close by the end of 2019, subject to customary regulatory clearances.
D&G’s appliance care plans protect individuals and families against the unexpected costs of appliance repairs and replacements. With a presence in 11 countries across Europe and Australia, D&G protects approximately 23
Fashion software company Unmade has closed a new funding round of GBP4.75 million led by Octopus Ventures, with additional funds coming from MMC Ventures, Felix Capital and existing investors.
The financing will be used to fund Unmade’s continued global expansion and development of its technology, as well as improvements in serving existing customers. Unmade plans to grow its team both in Europe and the US.
Unmade has seen considerable growth this year with new customers and the expansion of its London based team. Since the last investment round, Unmade’s technology has developed to offer print customisation alongside its knitwear solution
Growth equity firm Frontier Capital (Frontier) has made a significant equity investment in Chicago-based GovQA, a leading provider of government enterprise workflow software.
The investment from Frontier is intended to support GovQA’s rollout of its Exchange Workflow Platform to government agencies across the country.
For the last seven years, John Dilenschneider, CEO, has grown GovQA’s Exchange Workflow Platform to handle high-volume workflow processes for almost 700 of the largest cities, counties, and state agencies. Governments use its secure SaaS-based platform to process a variety of work streams for open records, interagency, subpoena, correspondence, and other complex workflow and case
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