Deals
Reed Smith has advised private equity fund ASC Investment on the 100 per cent acquisition of Canon Business Services Deutschland and Canon Deutschland University Services GmbH from Canon Deutschland.
ASC Investment is a financial investor with offices in Luxembourg and Munich, which specialises in the acquisition of medium-sized companies.
Canon Business Services Deutschland and Canon Deutschland University Services employ over 300 people at nearly 40 locations. The business focus is on professional document management and archiving services, document outsourcing services and document logistics solutions.
The new companies will continue to operate under the names CBS GmbH/CBS Universität GmbH.
Aptean, a provider of industry-specific enterprise software solutions, has secured a joint investment from TA Associates (TA) and Vista Equity Partners (Vista).
Together with Aptean’s executive management team, TA and Vista plan to accelerate Aptean’s growth as the company aims to continue providing best-in-class manufacturing ERP, supply chain and compliance solutions to its customers globally.
TA and Vista will be equal partners, each investing new equity to acquire Aptean from the separate Vista fund that initially invested in the company in 2012. Moving forward, the partnership between TA and Vista will provide Aptean with the benefits of two experienced
There will have to be a stronger, sharper and more sustained correction in global equity markets to put the brakes on further capital allocations in to private markets this year. That was the overall consensus on a fundraising panel at the recent International Private Equity Markets (IPEM) event in Cannes.
One could conceivably argue that the brakes have already been applied. Last year, the total amount raised fell 25 per cent from USD566 billion in 2017 to USD426 billion according to Preqin. But equally, one can’t expect record fund raising volumes year after year. 2018’s figure was still
Two niche property law firms, Equilaw and Thomas Legal, have secured a multi-million pound investment from BGF.
Set up in 2007, Equilaw is the UK’s only dedicated equity release legal adviser, working with homeowners and financial advisers to provide independent legal advice on the process of releasing home equity for a range of purposes including retirement planning, house improvements and care provision.
Over the last few years, Equilaw has built a team of over 70 members of staff based in its Gloucester offices and has completed tens of thousands of cases since its inception. Equilaw has also developed a highly-automated
Botify, a specialist in organic search marketing, has closed USD20 million in Series B funding and is opening its second US headquarters in Seattle, Washington.
Botify’s Series B financing was led by Idinvest Partners, with participation from Ventech, bringing the company’s total funding to USD27 million. The investment will be used to fuel product innovation, customer adoption and success, and global expansion.
“With today’s financing and the tremendous support of our investors, we will further cement Botify as the go-to partner for enterprise search professionals,” says Adrien Menard, CEO and Co-Founder of Botify. “Since we founded Botify in 2012
Nivaura, a regulated FinTech company focussed on automating the issuance and administration processes for financial instruments, has closed a strategic funding round, raising GBP20 million in seed and seed extension capital from a number of prominent partners.
Founded three years ago, Nivaura’s focus is on the deployment of digital investment banking platforms for banks, exchanges and other financial institutions, to connect and automate fragmented and manual processes involved in the issuance and administration of instruments such as any form of debt, equity and structured products. For certain transaction types, this can reduce time to market by as much as 60-80
ORIX Mezzanine & Private Equity (OMPE), a business unit of ORIX Corporation USA, has exited its equity investment in Perennials and Sutherland. OMPE partnered with Acacia Partners on the investment in December of 2015.
“We are very pleased with the outcome of our investment,” says Jeff Sangalis, head of OMPE. “Perennials and Sutherland, along with Acacia Partners, worked incredibly hard to increase the value of the brand, invest for growth and solidify its position as a leader within its market. We are thankful for their effort and dedication to making this a great equity investment.”
Perennials and Sutherland is
Shawbrook Bank has provided private equity firm Rubicon Partners with a funding line to complete the purchase of leading specialist manufacturer Cortland Fibron BX Ltd.
Founded in 1987, Fibron is the leading global supplier of sub-sea umbilicals to the offshore oil & gas, remotely operated vehicles, geophysical, diving, defence and oceanographic markets. From its headquarters in Hertfordshire, UK, the Company designs, engineers and manufacturers umbilicals for safety- and process-critical applications around the world. It was acquired by Actuant in 2008.
Rubicon Partners is a hands-on investment partnership focused on acquiring complex industrial businesses across Europe and North America. Over
Edison Partners, a growth equity investment firm, has led a USD62 million financing in New York-based YieldStreet, a digital wealth management platform.
YieldStreet will use the funds to introduce new investment offerings, expand investor access, and increase retail investor education and engagement.
While fintech innovation continues to upend traditional banking and investing, wealth creation and investment diversification through multi-asset investments and yields available to institutional investors remain elusive to both accredited and non-accredited investors alike. YieldStreet eliminates this inequity by enabling investors to participate in investments across a broad range of asset classes such as real estate, legal finance,
Ridgemont Equity Partners, a middle market private equity investor, has closed an investment in Backstage, a global platform that enables productions, brands, marketing agencies, and businesses to discover and work with creative talent.
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
“Ridgemont is focussed on identifying data, information, and marketing services investments with strong growth prospects across many industries,” says Jack Purcell, Partner at Ridgemont. “We are impressed with Backstage’s outstanding leadership team, unparalleled subscriber growth, user engagement, platform traffic, and the vibrant level of activity on each side of its marketplace as content creators of all types
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