Deals
An affiliate of middle market private equity firm Peak Rock Capital (Peak Rock) is to sell Lew’s Holdings Corporation (Lew’s) to BDT Capital Partners (BDT). The transaction is expected to close in several weeks.
Lew’s is a rapidly growing outdoor consumer products company with a portfolio of brands, including Lew’s, Strike King, and Hunters Specialties. The Company supplies branded fishing and hunting gear and accessories through the mass market, sporting goods, and specialty outdoor channels.
In partnership with Peak Rock, the Company has successfully executed a series of transformational growth and operational initiatives, including the acquisition and integration of
Central European private equity firm Innova Capital is to become a stakeholder in CS Group Polska, an online marketing services suppliers for the small and medium enterprises sector.
Innova Capital Funds are in the final stages of negotiations for a majority stake in CS Group Polska in what will be the fourth transaction by the new Innova/6 fund, which began investing in April 2018. The company’s current shareholders shall retain minority stakes and will continue supporting its further growth as management and supervisory board members.
CS Group Polska SA specialises in the provision of active online marketing services and web presence
Affiliates of British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) and Preservation Capital Partners (PCP) are to make a ‘significant investment’ in BMS.
The investment, which values BMS at GBP500 million, is subject to regulatory approvals and is expected to close in the third quarter.
The BMS management team, led by chief executive officer Nick Cook, will all remain in their current roles following completion, and management and staff of BMS will remain significant shareholders in the company.
Following the transaction’s completion, Pioneer Underwriters will be owned directly by the current shareholders of Minova Insurance, the holding company that had previously owned
YFM-backed Matillion, a provider of data transformation software for cloud data warehouses (CDWs) has raised USD35 million in a series C funding round.
The investment will allow Matillion to capitalise on its leading category position while continuing to deliver accelerated growth, and extend the capabilities of its flagship product line, Matillion ETL. Following the USD5m series A investment led by YFM this latest round led by Battery Ventures, brings Matillion’s total funding to-date to USD65 million. Series B investors, Sapphire Ventures and Scale Venture Partners also participated.
Continued strong demand for Matillion’s data transformation software, purpose-built for the cloud,
BlueBay’s Private Debt business is to become independent from BlueBay Asset Management.
The move comes following the continued growth of the Private Debt business, from a small part of the BlueBay global leveraged finance business to a EUR13 billion AUM largely stand-alone business within the company.
As two distinct businesses, BlueBay and the Private Debt business believe the move is the best way to serve our clients and support the future growth of both businesses. BlueBay is fully supportive of the Private Debt business, to ensure it is in the best possible position to succeed as a standalone business.
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Private equity investor Mid Europa Partners (Mid Europa) is to sell Knjaz Miloš, a producer of mineral water and non-alcoholic beverages in Serbia and the surrounding region, to a joint venture between Karlovarské Minerální Vody (KMV) and PepsiCo.
The transaction is subject to customary competition authority clearance and is expected to close in Q3 2019.
Mid Europa acquired Knjaz Miloš together with Imlek and Bambi, the leading regional dairy and confectionery players, respectively, forming the consumer group – Moji Brendovi, in 2015. Following the acquisition and the appointment of a new management team, Knjaz Miloš, already a leading producer of
Groovy UK Limited (Groovy), a wholesale and giftware business, has received a GBP250,000 loan facility from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF), managed by Maven Capital Partners.
The business is a developer, wholesaler and distributer of giftware products and will use the funding to accelerate the company’s growth plans and invest in its product portfolio and licensing agreements.
Groovy sources and designs hard-to-get giftware products and supply them to major high street and online retailers. With experience in both designing and manufacturing a mix of original products, Groovy’s clients include the likes of Argos and Harrods. The company’s in-house design
DMC, a B2B print and document service provider backed by Horizon Capital, has acquired United Carlton, a customer-centric reseller of managed print services.
DMC has long held a strong position in Southern England following the acquisition of Canotec, BCL and First Office. This latest acquisition provides the group with a much stronger presence in the North of the UK. United Carlton has spent 30 years developing strong relationships with clients from its three offices in Gateshead, York and Warrington. The combined business will employ 250 staff supporting 4,500 customers.
DMC CEO, Simon Davey, says: “We agreed a clear acquisition strategy with
High Road Capital Partners has completed the acquisition of John Henry Foster Minnesota, marking the tenth platform acquisition for High Road Capital Partners Fund II.
Founded in 1938, John Henry Foster Minnesota (JHFoster) is a leading value-added distributor of motion control parts and accessories, compressed air systems, collaborative robots, industrial robotics, and electrical automation products to manufacturers in the Upper Midwest. The company is headquartered in Eagan, Minnesota.
JHFoster partners with premium suppliers to provide a wide product offering to customers across a diverse array of end markets, including industrial, food and beverage, healthcare, and consumer goods. The company
Lawyers from Carey Olsen’s corporate team in Guernsey have advised AnaCap Financial Partners (AnaCap), a specialist European financial services private equity firm on its acquisition of a majority stake in SundhedsGruppen A/S (SundhedsGruppen), which consists of Dansk Sundhedssikring AS, an independent Danish private health insurance provider, and PrimaCare A/S a provider of healthcare networks.
SundhedsGruppen provides health insurance and claims management services to clients’ employees and has built a market-leading technological infrastructure that also white labels to other providers in adjunct insurance areas.
The business currently provides insurance cover for approximately 250,000 individuals in Denmark, through a client list comprising
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