Deals
Global private equity firm HIG Capital (HIG) has closed the sale of Pet Food Holdings, the parent company of Pro-Pet LLC, to Cargill, Inc.
Formed in 1996 and headquartered in Kansas City, KS, Pro-Pet specialises in the manufacturing of premium and super-premium, private label dry dog and cat food for distribution domestically and around the world. The Company maintains relationships with several leading retailers that are interested in a high quality, secure source for private label pet food, most often sold under brand names owned by the retailers.
“During the course of our involvement, Pro-Pet has invested significant capital
East Kilbride-based SHE Software has secured a GBP3 million growth capital investment from NVM Private Equity (NVM) as it prepares to enter international markets with its health and safety software and create over 50 new jobs by the end of 2018.
SHE Software will use the funding to open up 15 highly skilled jobs in a new office in the US and has ambitious plans to double the size of its development and support teams at its Scotland HQ, where it currently employs 60 staff.
Led by CEO Matthew Elson, SHE Software is the creator of Assure, a software
Private equity firm Apposite Capital’s domiciliary care and complex provider, MC Care Holdings (owners of MiHomecare and Complete Care), has acquired certain strategic assets from Ark Home Healthcare Limited.
The acquisition will accelerate the growth of MC Care Holdings, expanding its complex home care services to adjacent geographies and further adding to its existing domiciliary care services. Financial details are not disclosed.
MC Care Holdings was created in March 2017 following the acquisition of the healthcare divisions from Mitie Group by Apposite Capital.
Narinder Singh, CEO of MC Care Holdings, said: “We are delighted to have acquired some
Copenhagen based Nordic media intelligence company, Infomedia, has acquired Norwegian Opoint Technology from M-brain.
The transfer includes Opoint’s leading global web-crawling technology for online media, the business of web-crawling services for +70 international media monitors and key personnel in Oslo and Chennai.
Over the last couple of years, Infomedia had begun a journey towards becoming a Nordic player. The company invested heavily in new technology, data science, insight products and services and new partnerships.
“We transformed Infomedia from a ‘traditional’ media monitor to becoming a full-scale media intelligence company with strong insights capabilities and leading solutions
COSIMO Ventures, an investment firm with offices in Boston and Dublin, has committed USD3 million for a seed investment in Oneiro Ltd, a new developer of technology innovations in blockchain and cryptocurrency.
The investment is one of the largest for a cryptocurrency company established in the United Kingdom. Oneiro will have part of its core technology development team based in Dublin, and is establishing its operating headquarters in Boston. This trans-Atlantic strategy reflects COSIMO Ventures’ unique expertise in supporting collaboration and new-company growth between the UK/Ireland and the United States. COSIMO is committed to partnering with promising early stage deep
A cross-jurisdictional Carey Olsen team has advised Butterfield on its acquisition of Deutsche Bank’s banking and custody business in Guernsey, Jersey and the Cayman Islands.
Butterfield is a provider of offshore banking and wealth management services in six international locations, including Guernsey and the Cayman Islands. The acquisition, which is subject to regulatory approval, would further expand Butterfield’s presence in the Channel Islands by providing a Jersey presence for the group.
Working alongside Sullivan & Cromwell LLP who were lead counsel, Carey Olsen advised on all aspects of the transaction including corporate, regulatory, employment and property matters.
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GPSTrackIt, a portfolio company of private investment firm Inverness Graham, has acquired Tracking Solutions Corporation & its subsidiaries (collectively, TSO Mobile).
GPSTrackIt is a leading provider of SaaS based asset-tracking and fleet management solutions across North America. The acquisition of TSO Mobile expands the Company’s reach into Latin and South America, provides an attractive fleet tracking capability in the municipal bus market and offers a high growth solution in Electronic Logging Devices.
“TSO Mobile’s diverse customer base across multiple end-markets is a great fit for GPSTrackIt,” says Michael Morrissey, Managing Principal of Inverness Graham. “Their brand, go-to-market strategy and non-US
Gresham House’s infrastructure & housing investment platform, the British Strategic Investment Fund, is acting as the sole outside investor in the financing of 30 megawatts (MW) of operational grid-scale energy storage assets.
The transaction is the first investment for the Fund which held a first close in 2017 with GBP150 million of commitments raised from institutional investors including Local Government Pension Schemes (“LGPS”).
The Fund has invested through a combination of senior cash paid loan notes and equity in a dedicated project company. The project involves 30MW of battery storage assets spread across three sites in Nottinghamshire, Bristol and
Greencoat Renewables an Irish renewable infrastructure company, is to acquire Lisdowney, a 9.2MW wind farm situated in County Kilkenny, for a total consideration of EUR22.5 million.
Lisdowney wind farm consists of four Enercon E82 turbines. The wind farm was commissioned in November 2016 and its revenues are contracted under the REFIT 2 scheme until 2031, guaranteeing a minimum floorprice for the electricity generated. Following the acquisition Enercon will continue to manage the wind farm’s O&M contract.
The acquisition will be subject to an adjustment mechanism that will assess actual energy production over an 18 month period and the acquisition
Private equity firm Horizon Capital has backed the initial public offering (IPO) of Purcari Wineries (Purcari) which is now trading on the Bucharest Stock Exchange under the ticker WINE.
The offering was well received, with retail investors oversubscribing more than four times over, despite heavy turbulence on global markets as the Dow recorded its two largest point-drops on record. As a result of this successful public launch, Horizon Capital, on behalf of its fund EEGF II, has sold a 40.9 per cent stake in Purcari, realising a 3.2 times gross cash-on-cash return on the sale of these shares. Horizon Capital remains an active
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