Deals
Backstop Solutions, a cloud-based productivity suite provider to the institutional investment industry, has completed a USD20 million round of financing.
Existing and new investors participating in the round include Roger Kafker, a 30-year veteran investor in the asset management space, Tao Huang, former COO of Morningstar, David Bradley, President of Huizenga Capital Management, and Vistara Capital Partners. Financial Technology Partners (FT Partners) served as exclusive strategic and financial advisor to Backstop Solutions on this transaction.
This round of financing builds on an outstanding year for Backstop, which saw a rapidly growing roster of clients, key executive appointments, and
Noerr has advised funds managed by Bregal Unternehmerkapital on its acquisition of trendtours Touristik as part of a succession arrangement. The shares were sold by the company’s founder and by the Managing Director and other shareholders.
trendtours is one of the leading tour operators in Germany and offers a broad portfolio of individual packaged tours. Together with the employees of trendtours, Bregal intends to continue ongoing initiatives while also focussing on new growth paths. Bregal Unternehmerkapital is part of the private equity business of a family-owned business that has been built up over generations.
The transaction has already been
Naxicap Partners, an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers, has acquired a majority stake in Let’s Go Fitness following the exit of Afinum.
Working in partnership with the company’s existing management, led by Jean-Pierre Sacco, François Victor and Steve Porchet, Naxicap Partners will launch a new phase of growth for the company.
Let’s Go Fitness is the largest operator of fitness centres in French-speaking Switzerland, focussing on the upper middle-class pricing segment. It has been controlled by Afinum since 2014. The group currently operates 52 fitness centres, mostly in the Lake Geneva region. Since its foundation in 2002, the group has
Ipsos has acquired Synthesio in a deal worth over USD50 million in cash. Founded in 2006, Synthesio is a Social Media Intelligence specialist with presence in New York, Paris, London, Singapore, and Brussels, backed by its historical shareholders: Entrepreneur Venture, Idinvest Partners and Bpifrance.
Synthesio employs 130 personnel worldwide including a large team of engineers and data scientists. It provides clients with listening solutions and audience insights to measure the impact of social and mainstream media conversations.
Beyond product innovation, Synthesio plans to grow its international presence and services beyond its existing five offices. Synthesio will be a standalone business unit at Ipsos, maintaining
Inflexion Private Equity has invested in PMC Treasury (PMC), an independent provider of treasury and risk management solutions.
The transaction sees Inflexion take a substantial minority stake in the business, with management re-investing as part of the deal. The investment is being made by Inflexion Enterprise Fund IV, Inflexion’s dedicated lower mid-market fund.
Founded in 1989, PMC provides operational treasury and risk management solutions globally to corporate clients, private equity and infrastructure funds and their portfolio companies from its main offices in London, New York and Singapore. The business employs 30 people and additionally draws on 45 independent consultants
The Credit Junction, a data-driven, asset-based lender for small and mid-sized businesses, has secured a USD23 million growth equity investment from Century Equity Partners (Century).
Century focuses on making investments in lower middle market companies that have demonstrated value propositions to the financial services industry. This investment provides The Credit Junction with growth capital to expand its ability to provide financing solutions to Supply Chain America, as well as commercialise its proprietary data and risk analytics platform.
This marks the second meaningful financing announcement for The Credit Junction in recent months, as the company secured a USD150 million credit
EOS Investment Management (EOS IM), an independent London-based AIFM, has acquired Neronobile, a family-founded coffee company that has enjoyed sustained growth in Europe.
The transaction sees EOS IM’s Private Equity Fund acquire 67 per cent of the company Neronobile whilst the existing shareholders maintain 33 per cent, thus maximising business continuity.
The deal is the third Italian SME acquisition by EOS IM in less than a year and the fourth since the launch of the private equity fund in 2016 with the acquisition of Poplast, a company specialising in packaging with ecological credentials, which has already grown 40
Guinness Asset Management has led a GBP1.7m investment for a minority stake in Pasta Evangelists, which is disrupting the UK’s GBP3.8 billion pasta sector, delivering fresh, authentically Italian artisan pasta direct to consumers’ homes across the UK.
Founded in October 2016 by Genoa native Alessandro Savelli and co-founders James McArthur and Chris Rennoldson, Pasta Evangelists is on a mission to become the authority in fresh pasta in the UK. The company believes premium pasta and authentic Italian pasta sauces are two categories that have seen the least innovation in the food industry in the past decade.
The GBP1.7 million
Sheridan Capital Partners (Sheridan) has made an investment in Empower Physical Therapy (Empower PT), a physical therapy practice management company.
Empower PT is the by-product of a dedicated group of physical therapy founder-owners unifying behind a shared vision – empowering health and wellbeing through exceptional, unmatched care. Empower PT is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, and currently operates outpatient physical therapy clinics across the Southwest US.
“Empower PT brings together a team of high-quality, passionate, and community-oriented therapists all focused on strengthening lives through helping others,” says Steve DiPaola, Chief Executive Officer of Empower Physical Therapy. “We are fortunate to partner
WH Smith is to acquire InMotion, a North American airport-based retailer of digital travel accessories, for USD198 million (GBP155 million).
Established in 1998, InMotion operates a concession portfolio of 114 stores across 43 airports in the United States, with a presence in nine of the top ten, and 22 of the top 25 busiest US airports.
InMotion sells a range of digital accessories includes premium headphones and earbuds, travel accessories, mobile power, portable speakers and action cameras. In the calendar year to date, the company has delivered like-for-like sales growth of 13 per cent, following like-for-like growth of 12
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