Deals
Egeria, an Amsterdam based investment company, has acquired a majority interest in the Irish headquartered MAAS Aviation Group.
The company’s executive management team has retained a minority interest in the company. MAAS Aviation is one of the leading commercial aircraft painting companies in the world with operations in The Netherlands, Germany and the USA. Founding shareholder and Executive Chairman, Darragh Hall exits MAAS Aviation after almost 40 years with the company. The financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed.
MAAS Aviation has achieved significant growth over the last five years and has developed successful partnerships with OEM and
Palatine Private Equity has supported the management buyout of technology-driven testing, inspection and certification (TIC) business Lucion Services.
Founded in 2003, Lucion is a multidisciplinary risk management group focused on hazardous materials, with a market-leading presence in the asbestos compliance market. Headquartered in Gateshead but with offices across the UK, the group works in close partnership with its clients to help them achieve full compliance with UK occupational safety and environmental regulations.
Operating across a range of sectors including retail, housing and marine, Lucion uses its bespoke NexGen operating software to provide an added value service to a wide
Orrick has advised Michelin on its acquisition of the Masternaut Group from majority owners Summit Partners and Fleetcor Technologies for a transaction value equal to 8x 2018 EBITA before synergies. The transaction closed on 22 May, 2019.
Founded in 1996, Masternaut is one of Europe’s largest telematics providers, operating primarily in the UK and France. Masternaut provides solutions for fleet tracking and optimisation, driver behaviour improvement and digital transformation and manages over 220,000 mostly light-utility vehicles under contract.
The Orrick team was led by London M&A and private equity partner James Connor with French law support from Paris partner
Streamline Press, a leading commercial printer specialising in lithographic, digital and large format print services, has secured GBP250,000 funding from MEIF Maven East & South East Midlands Debt Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners.
This funding will support the implementation of Streamline Press’ profit improvement and growth strategy.
Streamline Press is a leading commercial printing company with a diverse range of services split across two sites in Leicester. The company produces lithographic, digital and large format print, with extensive in-house print finishing and mailing capabilities, enabling it to help its customers get the most from their print budgets. From short run
Private equity firm LDC is to sell fast-growing holiday park operator, Away Resorts, to Bregal Freshstream. LDC, part of Lloyds Banking Group, will retain a minority shareholding as part of the deal.
Founded 10 years ago by leisure entrepreneur Carl Castledine, Away Resorts now operates six leading resorts in prime UK destinations, including Tattershall Lakes in Lincolnshire and Whitecliff Bay on the Isle of Wight, hosting almost 200,000 holiday-makers each year.
LDC invested in Away Resorts in 2015 to support the management team’s expansion plans and the development of its existing sites. The business subsequently acquired Mersea Island Holiday
Private equity firm The Riverside Company has merged Montage, a solution to engage, interview and hire candidates, with Shaker International, a provider of predictive talent intelligence and assessment software solutions.
The combined company will help its client base, including hundreds of prominent global brands and 47 of the Fortune 100, transform talent acquisition by embedding predictive intelligence into automated hiring workflows that enable better candidate experiences and smarter hiring decisions.
The company will be led by Kurt Heikkinen from Montage as CEO, Brian Stern from Shaker International as President and a leadership team comprised of executives from both companies. All
Building on the acquisition of property finance firm Titlestone, Paragon’s development finance business has led the way for new lending within the specialist lender’s Commercial Lending division.
Paragon’s half year results announced show Commercial Lending has seen strong business growth as it focuses on helping British SMEs gain access to funding.
Across Commercial lending, which includes development finance, asset finance, motor finance and structured lending, lending increased by 69 per cent to GBP455 million and there was a three-fold increase in underlying profits to GBP20 million.
Within the division, development finance showed the strongest performance with new lending increasing four-fold
Private equity firm OpenGate Capital has acquired SMAC, a global manufacturer of waterproofing and building envelope solutions, from Colas Group. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
SMAC operates across two divisions: Travaux and Industrie. SMAC Travaux specialises in waterproofing solutions typically utilized on flat roofs structures and facades. SMAC Industrie manufactures bituminous membranes, skylights and resins. As one of the largest players in the segment, SMAC has a dedicated service and maintenance business, SMAC Assistance Service, and Essemes Services, focused on fire safety maintenance. SMAC is headquartered in Issy-les-Moulineaux and has operations across France, Morocco, and South
Frontier Capital (Frontier), a Charlotte-based growth equity firm focused exclusively on B2B software, has made a strategic growth investment in Phone2Action, a digital advocacy platform that connects citizens to lawmakers.
Phone2Action enables companies, non-profits, and associations to engage their customers, members, and stakeholders in grassroots advocacy, connecting them over social, email, text, and phone to lawmakers about the issues that matter to them. Its differentiated platform is optimally designed for the mobile and smartphone experience, prompting timely action to leverage mission-aligned messaging inspiring lawmakers to act.
Since 2013, more than 15 million people have used the platform to reach
An on-demand removals marketplace that allows both consumers and businesses to move items using its UK wide network of drivers has received backing from leading London-based VC fund, Fuel Ventures.
The fund, which recently raised GBP20 million in its third round, has invested GBP1.3 million as part of their GBP2.5 million raise, allowing the company to strengthen its operations and expand its team.
An on-demand removals marketplace aiming to bring on-demand technology to the removals and deliveries sector has secured investment from leading London-based VC fund, Fuel Ventures.
The investment fund, which recently raised GBP20 million in its third round,
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