Monomoy Capital Partners and Kingsmoor have teamed up to acquire the denim manufacturing operations of Plains Cotton Cooperative Association (PCCA) through American Textile Holdings (AmTex), a newly-created acquisition vehicle. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.   AmTex is a designer and manufacturer of both denim fabric and denim apparel products. The company converts raw cotton into denim fabric at the ACG textile mill located in Littlefield, Texas and converts denim fabric into finished jeans at the Denimatrix cut, sew and laundry operation located in Guatemala City, Guatemala. AmTex employs over 2,400 associates at its two facilities and runs

Big Data Partnership has completed a GBP1.25 million round of series A investment from Beringea, an international growth capital firm that manages the ProVen Venture Capital Trusts. Big Data Partnership provides vendor-agnostic big data consulting, training and support for diverse industries including web, financial services, telecoms, utilities, defence and media.  Its client list includes several leading Fortune 500 companies.   Trevor Hope, chief investment officer of Beringea, says: “’Big Data’ is a widely used term; although most organisations appreciate its potential promise they still face adoption and deployment challenges. Demand for big data skills continues to outstrip supply and Big

Syntaxis Capital has provided financing in support of the founders’ buyout and strategic development of Expert Petroleum, through its second mezzanine fund. Expert Petroleum, primarily based in Romania, is an oil and gas services business that partners with some of the largest owners and operators in the oil and gas industries through long term contracts in order to increase production on their marginal and mature fields.   Coupled with the founders’ buyout, funds provided by Syntaxis will support the development of the company’s production-enhancement activities across Romania and internationally.   Aleksander Majewski, the Syntaxis director responsible for the investment, says:

Arma Partners acted as exclusive financial adviser to private equity firm Francisco Partners on the sale of Masternaut Group Holdings to a new joint venture between Summit Partners and FleetCor Technologies. Masternaut is Europe’s largest provider of telematics solutions to commercial fleets. Founded in 1996 and with headquarters in the UK, Masternaut provides a SaaS-based Mobile Resource Management (MRM) application suite which improves its customers’ operational efficiencies.   The company employs over 600 telematics specialists and has over 10,000 customers with over 300,000 assets, vehicles and people connected to Masternaut’s SaaS solutions.   FleetCor, a provider of fuel cards and

Growth equity investor Summit Partners has teamed up with FleetCor Technologies to acquire Masternaut Group, Europe’s largest provider of telematics solutions to commercial fleets, from Francisco Partners. Masternaut’s management team, led by chief executive Martin Hiscox, will continue to operate the business and remain shareholders in the company.   Founded in 1996 and with headquarters in the UK, Masternaut provides a SaaS-based Mobile Resource Management (MRM) application suite for businesses of all sizes to help them achieve greater operational efficiencies through a lowering of vehicle fuel consumption, effective tracking of assets, productivity increases in workforce, reduced vehicle wear and tear,

Argonne Capital Group has completed its acquisition of On The Border Mexican Grill & Cantina from private equity firm Golden Gate Capital.  Argonne Capital partnered with an affiliate of Fortress Investment Group on the transaction.    On The Border was founded in 1982 and is the largest full-service Tex-Mex restaurant brand in the US.  On The Border operates 121 units across the US and also franchises 36 units across the US, Puerto Rico, Saudi Arabia and South Korea.    "We are excited to have closed this transaction in such a swift manner and are eager to begin our partnership with