Deals
Virtualstock, a digital supply chain specialist, has closed a USD6 million investment round with Notion Capital, a European B2B SaaS Venture Capital (VC) firm, to support its next phase of growth.
Virtualstock’s goal is to transform global B2B supply chains and marketplaces through its unique ability to seamlessly and rapidly connect systems together. The business’ core platform (The Edge) is already used by leading retailers including Tesco, John Lewis, Sainsbury’s, Argos and Dixons Carphone to support their digital and omni-channel strategies. The company’s platform brings increased transparency and simplicity to a company’s supply chain meaning customers can take advantage of
RSM has advised on the sale of Boweld Truck Bodies to German based manufacturer Meiller.
Based in Holywell, Flintshire, Boweld specialises in the design and manufacture of steel tipping bodies and auxiliary equipment – supporting a range of clients in the commercial motor industry in the UK.
The RSM team, led by corporate finance partner James Wild with support from Nick Wyatt and James Jarvis, acted for the shareholders of Boweld on the transaction. Hill Dickinson’s corporate partner Ian Riggs with assistance from Sean Lightfoot acted as legal advisors to the shareholders.
James Wild, corporate finance partner at
Catapult’s portfolio business, BWB Consulting, one of the UK’s leading design engineering consultancies, has become part of the global transport engineering giant CAF Group.
The transaction, which will see BWB embark on significant expansion in the UK and abroad, has delivered an excellent return for the Catapult Growth Fund with an initial cash return in excess of 2.5x. Catapult Growth Fund also retains a significant portion of its shareholding in the business.
A multi award-winning business, delivering advice and solutions to clients in the property, development and construction industries, BWB employs more than 300 people across seven offices in
The German mid-cap LBO market generated another round of strong growth in the first half of 2017. The latest MidCapMonitor prepared by the investment bank GCA Altium that regularly analyses leveraged buyout finance transactions with a credit volume of between EUR20 million and EUR500 million recorded 41 transactions in the first six months of 2017. This represents a rise of 46 per cent compared with the same period last year.
The proportion of new finance transactions, that is, acquisition financing, did slip from 56 per cent of transactions for the entire year of 2016 to 47 per cent for the
Private equity house Key Capital Partners (KCP) has acquired a minority stake in London-based independent performance media agency, MC&C. This is KCP’s third investment from its latest fund.
The capital will be used to grow the firm, enabling key hires, further investment in operational technology, financing potential acquisitions, and acceleration of international growth. The investment triggers the formation of a new MC&C Group comprising MC&C London, MC&C Muse and the newly-formed MC&C International.
KCP partner Mike Fell joins a new group executive board alongside founder Mike Colling, executive chairman of MC&C London Steve Booth, UK managing director Mark Jackson and
Funds managed by Alpina Partners (Alpina) have invested in New Solutions (New Solutions) a provider of software solutions for the digitalisation of business processes on the shop floor.
The founder Christian Ehrenschwendtner will stay on board as a managing director and shareholder.
Since its foundation in 1999, New Solutions has developed into one of the leading providers of software solutions for the digitalization of production-related processes involving employees, production equipment as well as external partners. With the digital shift book “Finito”, the company offers a modular, web-based solution. In addition, New Solutions provides “CheckWare”, a solution for electronic checklists.
International law firm Ropes & Gray has advised TPG Capital and its portfolio company, Beaver-Visitec International, a leading global developer, manufacturer, and marketer of specialised surgical devices for the ophthalmic marketplace, on the acquisition of Vitreq, a Dutch ophthalmic technology company.
Headquartered in Netherlands, Vitreq develops and manufactures high-quality, innovative products for the ophthalmic industry. With a special focus on vitreoretinal surgery, Vitreq’s team of in-house R&D, engineering, and manufacturing professionals collaborate with renowned surgeons to create a portfolio of state-of-the-art minimally-invasive instruments designed to match the demands of today’s surgical environment.
The Ropes & Gray team was led
Growth capital investor Beringea has exited its investment in APM Healthcare through the sale of business to national pharmacy chain, Day Lewis Pharmacy.
Day Lewis will take over APM Healthcare’s 18 UK pharmacies, which it runs in Joint Venture Partnerships with GP Practices across the country.
Trading under the name Community Pharmacies, APM Healthcare was founded in 2009. Beringea initially invested in the company in 2011, when APM was on the verge of expanding its network from just one pharmacy having secured a number of deals with local doctors. The expertise of Andrew Murray – who previously founded and
Inverness Graham has acquired SwipeClock, a provider of cloud-based integrated workforce management software solutions that include automated time and attendance and advanced scheduling.
The Company’s products, which include TimeWorksPlus, TimeSimplicity, and TimeWorksTouch Intelligent Clock, are sold through over 850 partners to more than 26,000 businesses.
“We are excited to partner with the talented team at SwipeClock,” says Trey Sykes, Managing Principal of Inverness Graham. “The Company is well positioned with a purpose built, channel ready product and go-to-market strategy focused exclusively on its channel partners, which have traditionally been comprised of independent payroll providers, professional employer organisations, banks,
Investcorp has agreed the sale of Esmalglass to global private equity firm Lone Star Fund X for an enterprise value of EUR605 million.
Established in 1978 in Villareal, Spain, Esmalglass is a producer of ceramic colours and glazes with total sales of circa EUR400m in 2016. Esmalglass supplies a wide range of products used in the manufacturing and decoration of ceramic tiles to circa 1,200 customers through its 21 sales offices worldwide supported by manufacturing and mixing plants in Spain, Brazil, Vietnam, Portugal, Italy, Russia, China, Indonesia, India and Mexico, as well as by large design and technical assistance teams
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