Deals
Redgate Investments has made a substantial investment in Croatia-based monitoring and administration software company, SysKit.
Redgate Investments, a sister company to Redgate Software, the leading Microsoft SQL Server tools vendor, was created to make sizeable minority investments in founder-led businesses, without the onerous terms and conditions often required by private equity and venture capitalists.
Looking beyond the typical software investment locations like Silicon Valley in the US or Cambridge in the UK, it has chosen to invest in SysKit, which was founded in Zagreb just eight years ago. SysKit creates solutions for the SharePoint, Office 365 and Citrix environments
Genstar Capital portfolio company Apex Group (Apex) has acquired M M Warburg & Co’s Asset Management and Servicing business in Luxembourg (Warburg). Upon completion of the transaction, Apex, a Genstar portfolio company, will have nearly USD350 billion of AuA.
The transaction is the third for Apex in the space of six months following the acquisition of both Equinoxe Alternative Investment Services and Deutsche Bank’s Alternative Fund Services business in 2017. This latest move reaffirms Apex’s position as the fastest growing fund administrator in the world and brings it closer to achieving its goal of becoming one of the top five
Waterland Private Equity has added the coeo Inkasso Group to its portfolio. The service provider for receivables management with annual sales of around EUR50 million is active in telecommunications, e-commerce and retail, among other industries.
Dr Tom Haverkamp, the owner to date, will remain part of the company as co-owner and managing director, and he will also continue to be actively involved in shaping the company in the future.
coeo Inkasso, based in Dormagen, collects receivables from consumers and companies as a specialised service provider, thereby securing the liquidity of its customers. The range of services comprises fiduciary collection,
Talis Capital has co-led an additional funding round along with Credo Ventures into leading price management, optimisation and CPQ SaaS provider, Price f(x).
Price f(x) has now raised a total of USD8.3 million on the back of its most successful year, having doubled the number of customers it serves. Price f(x) has also successfully established a market presence in the US and Asia Pacific with new offices in Chicago, IL and Brisbane, Australia.
Managing Partner of Ventures at Talis Capital, Matus Maar, says “Price f(x) has been a stand-out performer in Talis’ portfolio and we think there is a huge
Corsair Capital, a private equity firm focused on the financial services industry, has acquired RGI, a provider of core software solutions to the insurance market.
This investment underscores Corsair Capital’s commitment to the attractive and growing insurance technology industry. RGI provides insurers with a comprehensive and modular offering which addresses core insurance processes including policy administration, claims, analytics, market management, reporting and sales and distribution. Serving Property & Casualty and Life insurance clients, PASS_Insurance, RGI’s flagship software suite, is a one-stop solution for insurance providers.
RGI has an international customer portfolio comprising more than 200 installations across more than
Clearwater International UK has advised construction services provider and independent trader of aggregates GRS Roadstone Group Limited (GRS), on raising finance to support its acquisition of S Walsh Holdings Limited (Walsh).
The funding has been provided by a three bank term loan syndicate, Lloyds Bank, RBS and HSBC, and a three lender receivables finance syndicate comprising Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance, HSBC Invoice Finance and RBSIF.
GRS is the UK’s largest independent supplier of natural and recycled aggregate. It offers a complementary waste removal and transport service, providing customers with a one-stop shop solution. This value-add service has led to
SolarWinds, a provider of IT management software, has completed the acquisition of Loggly, Inc, a provider of cloud-based log monitoring and log analytics software.
Loggly is an SaaS-based, unified log monitoring and log analytics product, that aggregates, structures, and summarises log data so users can analyse and visualise their data to answer key questions, spot trends, and deliver actionable reports. The acquisition complements the company’s existing portfolio of SaaS-based cloud monitoring solutions and SolarWinds plans to continue investing to innovate and enhance Loggly.
With the acquisition, SolarWinds also will deepen its cloud-software engineering and analytics expertise. Former Loggly executives Manoj
Monomoy Capital Partners (Monomoy), a private equity fund focused on deep value investing and business improvement in middle-market companies, has completed the sale of Katun Corporation (Katun) to a Taiwanese buyer, General Plastic Industrial Co (GPI), for an undisclosed amount.
Katun is one of the world’s leading providers of OEM-compatible imaging supplies, toner, photoreceptors, and parts for copiers, printers, and other equipment for the imaging industry. The company is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota and operates sales and distribution facilities throughout North America, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa.
“Over our ownership period, we helped transform this corporate
Arcapita has acquired a controlling interest in MC Sign Company (MC Sign), a provider of signage and lighting services in the United States, for a total transaction value in excess of USD100 million.
Atif A Abdulmalik, Arcapita’s Chief Executive Officer, says: “We are excited to complete a US private equity transaction and pleased to partner with the management team at MC Sign to help grow the Company’s suite of services and customer base. MC Sign is led by a very experienced team of professionals who have grown the business considerably over the past few years, and we believe the Company
Private equity funds managed by Blackstone (Blackstone) have completed the previously announced acquisition of Schenck Process (Schenck), a specialist in measuring and process technology equipment.
Blackstone and Schenck have also announced the appointment of Keith Cochrane as Chairman and Harry Kenyon-Slaney as Member of the Advisory Board of Schenck.
Cochrane brings extensive senior and board-level experience to the role. He is currently Interim Chief Executive of Carillion plc, prior to which he served as long-standing CEO of The Weir Group plc, a leading manufacturer of highly-engineered products and services for the minerals, oil and gas and power industries. He
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