Deals
Dentons has advised mail and logistics company Deutsche Post DHL Group on the sale of Williams Lea Tag, a UK-headquartered provider of marketing and communications solutions, to global private equity investor Advent International (Advent).
Headquartered in London, Williams Lea Tag has a presence in 195 cities across 40 countries and currently employs over 10,000 people, providing marketing and communications supply chain services to some of the largest and most recognised brands across the world. Williams Lea Tag will benefit from Advent’s expertise in building outstanding global businesses, enabling it to explore further development opportunities. Following the sale, Deutsche Post DHL
CCMP Capital Advisors (CCMP) is to acquire a controlling interest in Eating Recovery Center (ECR), a provider of specialised treatment for individuals with eating disorders, from Lee Equity Partners and other investors.
ERC’s Founding Partner and Chief Executive Officer, Dr Ken Weiner, the management team and the clinical team will remain in place and are committed to expanding the business. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Eating Recovery Center was founded by a team of leading experts whose goal was to fuse evidence-based findings and innovation to create a centre of excellence for the treatment of eating
Legal & General Capital (LGC), the principal investment arm of Legal & General Group, has completed its seventh venture capital platform deal with its investment in Oxford Sciences Innovation (OSI), a commercialisation platform, dedicated to breakthrough science and technology.
Formed out of Oxford University, OSI has successfully raised GBP580 million from leading global investors to help fund the next generation of world-class technology businesses. It is the preferred partner of the University for the funding and development of companies formed from its Mathematical, Physical, Life Sciences and Medical Sciences divisions.
With the UK’s SME equity funding gap estimated at
UK private equity investor LDC has backed the management buyout of Pelsis, a European manufacturer of branded pest control products, in a multi-million-pound deal that will enable Pelsis to accelerate its global growth strategy.
Pelsis manufactures, supplies and distributes a wide range of pest control products to both the professional and domestic markets. Customers include independent pest controllers, retailers, and global facilities management providers.
Headquartered in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, the business was founded in 1984 as a fly killer brand. Today, the business operates across 11 locations in Europe, Asia and North America, supplies customers in more than 80
Artificial intelligence company Appier has secured Series C investment of USD33 million from SoftBank Group Corp, LINE Corporation, NAVER Corporation, Singapore-based EDBI and Hong Kong-based AMTD Group.
This fundraising round brings the total amount of investment in the company so far to over USD82 million.
Appier believes AI can help enterprises deal with today’s rapidly changing business environment, helping them process enormous amounts of data to identify patterns and make intelligent decisions. The additional funds will enable Appier to expand its portfolio of AI solutions and build more functionality for enterprises who want to take advantage of recent advances
Private equity firm May River Capital has completed its acquisition of BJM Pumps. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
BJM Pumps represents the first acquisition that will form a new Industrial Pump Platform build out by May River. Brad Sterner, a member of May River’s Executive Resource Group, will serve as Executive Chairman of the Pump Platform as well as interim CEO of BJM Pumps. This is the second May River investment platform involving Sterner, whose prior career included leadership roles with Emerson, Danaher, IDEX, Rexnord and Colfax.
BJM Pumps provides submersible pumps for demanding applications in
Palatine Private Equity has invested in Trade Skills 4U, a market leader in electrical training courses in the UK.
This marks the first deal from Palatine’s Impact Fund, an investment vehicle targeting profitable growth companies that can deliver a private equity return, and a positive social or environmental impact.
Established in 2005, the Gatwick and Warrington based business provides a range of electrical courses for individuals who have little or no electrical knowledge who want to become electricians, whilst also providing further training to those already in the profession or associated trades.
Trade Skills 4U focusses on the
Sapience Analytics has secured a majority investment from Credit Suisse Asset Management’s NEXT Investors. The NEXT investment will be primarily used to accelerate Sapience Analytics’ expansion into the US market.
Founded in 2009 with the vision to transform people, processes and productivity, Sapience Analytics is a market leader in People Analytics and provides a unique enterprise workforce analytics and efficiency solution. Sapience delivers unprecedented visibility into work patterns and behaviour in an organisation, which is being used by leaders of over 70 major customers to make better informed decisions and improve operating efficiencies across their enterprises. The Sapience platform focuses
Vulog has raised USD20 million in Series B funding with the participation of Frog Capital (UK), Inven Capital (Czech Republic), as well as historic investors Bpifrance (France) and ETF Partners (UK).
These funds will be used to strengthen the company’s leadership in the mobility space, both to grow its sales and marketing teams and further the development of its technology.
Vulog offers a comprehensive and customisable SaaS solution that enables mobility operators — such as car rental companies, car manufacturers or any other corporation, whether a startup or global group — to launch and operate shared mobility services, including
BDC Capital, the investment arm of BDC, has completed a USD10 million minority equity investment in Rx Drug Mart (RxDM), alongside Persistence Capital Partners (PCP) and RxDM’s other existing shareholders.
The investment was made in support of RxDM’s growth strategy and in part enables the company to continue to look at acquisition opportunities.
“We are excited to support RxDM’s platform as they execute on their growth strategy to expand across the country,” says Claude Miron, Vice President, Growth Equity with BDC Capital. “The investment showcases BDC’s commitment to help Canadian businesses with high-growth potential scale to the next level.”
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