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DocuSign has raised an additional USD85m with the vast majority from large institutional public funds and the balance from existing investors.
DocuSign will use the funds to fuel continued growth as the global standard for Digital Transaction Management (DTM).
The company will further innovate the DocuSign DTM platform, drive deeper vertical solutions, invest in the company’s strategic partnerships, and continue its international expansion.
DTM is a new category of cloud services which digitally manages document-based transactions. DTM removes friction inherent in processes that involve people, documents, and data to create faster, easier, more convenient and secure transactions.
Nordic Capital Fund V is to sell Danish-based Kompan, a manufacturer of outdoor playgrounds and playground equipment, to a group of Danish investors.
Under Nordic Capital’s ownership, Kompan has been transformed from a dispersed European player into a global company and has completed 14 add-on acquisitions. Revenue has almost doubled reaching DKK1.3bn in 2013 while operating profits have more than tripled.
The new owners are Kompan CEO Connie Astrup-Larsen (10 per cent), supply chain director Jesper Egelykke Jensen (5 per cent), PFA pension fund (28 per cent) and private investor Christian Dyvig (57 per cent). Shares will also be
Norwest Equity Partners (NEP) has acquired Apothecary Products, a manufacturer and distributor of consumer healthcare products and pharmacy supplies.
NEP purchased the company from Terry Noble, pharmacist, founder and CEO of Apothecary.
The transaction closed on 28 February. Financial terms have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1975, Apothecary is a privately-held company with hundreds of patents and thousands of SKUs selling pharmaceutical and consumer healthcare products to independent and chain pharmacies, food and mass retailers, and distributors and wholesalers worldwide.
Noble, says: “I am very proud of the strong business our team has built and am excited
The private equity (PE) market is primed to expand and prosper in 2014 beyond, according to the Global Private Equity Report 2014 by Bain & Company.
Investment activity and deal volume will likely pick-up in 2014, though absent an unexpected revival in large public-to-private transactions it is doubtful that total buyout deal value will increase.
The report further finds fundraising success in 2013 has swelled the stock of investable PE capital, i.e. ‘dry powder,’ to more than USD1trn (about USD400bn for buyouts alone), helping to ignite intense competition and keep asset prices high.
This competition will be further
European sector-focused private equity investor HgCapital has made a significant investment in Ullink, a provider of connectivity and trading solutions to the financial community.
The partnership with HgCapital will see Ullink further growing its business and pursuing extensive expansion plans.
Founded in 2001 by the current CEO Laurent Useldinger, Ullink has grown quickly to become one of the fastest growing companies in its sector. HgCapital’s investment will help Ullink to accelerate its organic growth across the business.
HgCapital is investing alongside Useldinger and the current management team who will continue to lead the business on to its next
Private equity firm Resilience Capital Partners has acquired Thermal Product Solutions (TPS), a subsidiary of SPX Corporation.
TPS designs and manufactures standard and custom environmental test chambers, industrial ovens and industrial furnaces.
Product brands include Tenney, Blue M, Gruenberg, Lindberg, and MPH. The company's facilities are in White Deer, Pennsylvania, Riverside, Michigan, and Malaysia.
"We are pleased to have been selected by SPX for this divestiture. This is Resilience's tenth corporate carve out often working with a very large corporation on an extremely complex corporate divestiture. Resilience and SPX closed this transaction in 44 business days. These are
Karnov Group, the Scandinavian information and business intelligence provider backed by GMT Communication Partners, has secured a DKK510m refinancing.
Karnov provides legal, tax and accounting information to businesses in Demark and Sweden and was acquired by GMT, the European TMT-focused private equity group, in 2011 from Thomson Reuters.
Since the acquisition, Karnov has pursued an ambitious strategy that has transformed the business from a 20th century publisher into a modern information technology company. In addition to bringing in a new chairman, CEO and management team, the company has pursued a customer-centric approach, focusing on the integration of premium information
Transom Capital Group has sold Uncle Milton Industries to KCB Management.
The sale represents Transom Capital's second successful exit within the last 12 months.
Founded in 1946, Uncle Milton creates, develops and markets science and nature-based toys for children of all ages.
Uncle Milton's flagship Ant Farm ant habitat was first introduced in 1956. Since then, Uncle Milton has broadened its portfolio of proprietary and licensed product lines including the In My Room, Star Wars Science, and National Geographic brands.
Uncle Milton distributes its toys through a wide range of retail channels including mass merchant, specialty toy,
The Carlyle Group is to acquire a 100 per cent stake each in Tyco Fire & Security Services Korea and its subsidiaries (ADT Caps, Capstec and ADT Security) from Tyco in a USD1.93bn deal.
The transaction is the largest private equity buyout deal in US dollar value in Korea since 2008. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions including required regulatory approval and is expected to close in the second quarter of 2014.
ADT Korea is a provider of advanced security solutions in Korea, serving approximately 475,000 small-and-medium-sized businesses, commercial and residential customers. The business provides central monitoring
KKR, together with management, has acquired majority ownership of Sedgwick Claims Management Services for USD2.4bn from previous investors Hellman & Friedman and Stone Point Capital.
Additionally, Stone Point Capital has joined the investment as a minority equity partner.
"With the strategic resources of KKR now in our corner, the future of Sedgwick has never looked brighter," says David A. North, president and CEO of Sedgwick. "Further, that our longtime partner Stone Point Capital has chosen to invest in Sedgwick for the third time demonstrates their confidence in our business model and industry-leading best practices. My colleagues and I look
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