Deals
OpenFin has raised USD17 million in Series C funding from major banks and leading Fintech investors. The funding round was led by Wells Fargo with participation from Barclays and existing investors including Bain Capital Ventures, JP Morgan and Pivot Investment Partners.
The Series C round brings OpenFin’s total amount of venture funding to USD40 million. Proceeds from the financing will be used to make OpenFin OS ubiquitous on financial desktops and to fund further product innovation. This includes OpenFin’s new Cloud Services offering, which enables banks, asset managers, wealth managers and hedge funds to provide their own private app stores
KPS Capital Partners (KPS) is to acquire Howden from Colfax Corporation for an enterprise value of USD1.80 billion, comprising USD1.66 billion in cash consideration and USD0.14 billion in assumed liabilities and minority interest, subject to customary closing adjustments.
Howden is a leading global provider of mission critical air and gas handling products and services to the industrial, power, oil & gas, and mining industries. Based in Glasgow, Scotland, Howden has a 160 year heritage as a world-class application engineering and manufacturing company with a presence in 32 countries. Howden manufactures highly engineered fans, compressors, heat exchangers, steam turbines, and other
Panoramic Growth Equity has sold portfolio company Quill to French media group Webedia.
Quill’s production model combines a global network of over 2,400 freelance copywriters with an advanced technology platform, allowing it to create highly effective content in any language, at unparalleled speed and scale.
It has rapidly established itself as the leader in the ecommerce content production sector, with flagship global clients including Tommy Hilfiger, Louis Vuitton, eBay, Google and Amazon.
Since its launch in 2011, Quill has raised investment from Smedvig Capital, Panoramic Growth Equity, and an influential group of digital entrepreneurs who have previously backed
NPIF – Maven Equity Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven) and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund, has invested in Bolton-based e-learning company, Digital Training Solutions (DTS).
A total of GBP125,000 was invested from NPIF – Maven Equity Finance with a further GBP125,000 invested by the Angel investment division of The Growth Company, GC Angels. The funding will enable the business to continue to develop its software, support its marketing strategy and create up to 17 new jobs over the next two years.
DTS delivers innovative eLearning content development that combines realistic video scenarios with interactive gaming
Mid-market private equity firm LDC has invested significantly alongside senior managers in MSQ Partners, a UK marketing communication group, in a deal that values the business at around GBP37.5 million.
MSQ Partners says the investment will enable the group to accelerate the roll-out of its successful multi-disciplinary model and support the continued growth of its individual agencies.
The deal marks an exit for NVM Private Equity, which first backed the business in July 2014.
MSQ Partners is a multi-disciplinary group of digital, creative, branding and PR agencies that specialise in marketing communications for consumer and B2B brands and
Private equity investment firm Golden Gate Capital is to sell portfolio company ArrMaz to Arkema Group (Arkema) for approximately USD570 million.
Arkema is a global manufacturer of specialty chemicals and advanced materials used across a range of industries. ArrMaz’s management team, led by Chief Executive Officer Dave Keselica, will continue to lead ArrMaz after the transaction is completed.
ArrMaz is a trusted partner to the mining, crop nutrients, asphalt paving, and other growing industries worldwide, providing chemical process aids and additives formulated to improve their customers’ products and processes. For more than 50 years, ArrMaz has delivered customised chemical solutions,
ClearCourse Partnership (ClearCourse), a group of technology companies providing software, services and digital capabilities to the membership, events & bookings and sports & leisure sectors, has acquired instaGiv, a UK of mobile and digital fundraising solutions for UK-registered charities.
The deal represents an expansion of the fast-growing Partnership’s offering into fundraising and donations.
Established in 2010, instaGiv offers a range of mobile and digital fundraising solutions. With a core focus on SMS donations, instaGiv has developed a range of products and services for fundraising, donor engagement and recruitment, including SMS donation processing, interactive voicemail capabilities and competition hosting. It
A consortium comprising Andera Partners, via its fund WINCH Capital 4, and Omnes, via its fund Omnes Croissance 4, is taking a majority shareholding in the group SPHEREA, alongside management and its existing financial shareholders ACE Management, via Aerofund III, and IRDI-SORIDEC Gestion, via SCR fund IRD).
Since its spin-out from the Airbus group in 2014, SPHEREA has established itself as a specialist in technological test solutions for civil and military clients.
SPHEREA offers modular technology solutions for the entire lifecycle of electronic systems. A recognised market integrator, which has developed a wide range of products dedicated to electronic tests,
Capvis Equity V, a fund advised by the Swiss private equity firm Capvis AG, has acquired a majority stake in Swiss headquartered Xovis, a specialist in 3D sensors and software solutions for accurate counting and analysis of people flows.
Capvis has acquired Xovis from funds advised by financial investor Emeram Capital Partners.
The three founders and executive board members of Xovis, Christian Studer, David Studer and Markus Herrli will remain shareholders of the company.
“Together with Capvis, we will enhance Xovis’ technological leadership and continue on our growth path. Capvis’ international network will enable us to significantly expand growth markets
DIF Core Infrastructure Fund I (DIF) and SL Capital Infrastructure II SCSp (ASI) have acquired UNITANK from the family owners, with ASI and DIF each acquiring a 50 per cent stake.
The financial close follows on from the agreement signed on 27 February 2019 and upon receipt of the necessary merger clearance from the German competition authority.
UNITANK is a market leading independent and neutral infrastructure and services provider storing liquid oil products, headquartered in Hamburg, Germany. The company owns and operates five terminals in Germany and one terminal in Belgium, all in key strategic locations. The terminals handle
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