Deals
Palatine Private Equity and Beechbrook Capital have backed the management of Selection Services, an IT managed service provider, in the acquisition of Aggregated Telecom, which trades as 8el.
This is the first of what is set to be several acquisitions this year. The acquisition will significantly increase Selection’s service capabilities, adding networking, connectivity, voice and hosted telephony.
The combination of Bromley-based Selection Services and 8el creates a business with nearly 400 employees and revenues of GBP37m. It represents a major step towards the business offering a full suite of IT services to its target SME and mid-market audience.
Kidd & Company (KCO), a private investment firm focused on the middle market, has teamed up with Centerfield Capital Partners to acquire Imaginetics, a manufacturer of precision metal components and assemblies for the aerospace industry.
Located in Auburn, Washington, Imaginetics has begun to benefit from substantial growing demand in the airframe and aerostructures supply chain, as original equipment manufacturers struggle to secure capacity to allow them to meet aircraft delivery forecasts.
The company’s current customer base includes Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Boeing Defense Services, Hexcel Corporation, Spirit Aerosystems, and Zodiac Aerospace, among others.
"We are impressed by the breadth of the
Larsen MacColl Partners (LMP), a private equity fund based in Radnor, Pennsylvania, has sold a majority stake in its portfolio company, S&S Worldwide, to Sansei Yusoki (SY).
LMP made its original investment in S&S in 2009 and supported S&S’s subsequent growth with additional financial resources and strategic guidance as S&S rapidly expanded its customer base and product offering in Europe and Asia.
Sansei Yusoki is an Osaka Stock Exchange-listed company operating globally across the elevation equipment, stage equipment and amusement ride sectors. SY says its acquisition of S&S will broaden its customer base and product offering and position its amusement
The North West Fund for Digital & Creative, managed by AXM Venture Capital, has made an equity investment of GBP150,000 into Liverpool-based Med ePad, alongside a personal investment from new management.
A sister fund, The North West Fund for Biomedical managed by Spark Impact, had previously backed the company, and AXM and Spark will-co-manage the investment.
The North West Fund for Digital & Creative is part of The North West Fund and is financed by the European Regional Development Fund and the European Investment Bank.
The investment will fund the company’s ongoing trials of the Med ePad system with customers
Gresham Private Equity has exited 7city Learning through the sale of the business to Fitch Group.
Fitch is combining 7city with its Fitch Training unit to form Fitch 7city Learning.
Headquartered in London with operations in New York, Singapore and Dubai, 7city is a global training provider primarily servicing the financial services industry. The company provides training and learning solutions to over 800 blue chip clients, including the global top 10 investment banks and nine of the global top 10 fund managers.
Gresham has supported the company’s management and facilitated growth through the roll-out of an international expansion
Bacchus Capital Management, a San Francisco-based private equity firm providing capital in the wine industry, has provided growth capital to Maritime Wine Trading Collective, a boutique wine import, production, and distribution company based in San Francisco.
Concurrent with the Bacchus investment, Maritime is adding Nine North Brands to its portfolio. Nine North is a Stag’s Leap District-based collection of handcrafted Napa and North Coast red wines.
"The Bacchus growth capital provides Maritime with the platform to build infrastructure and to continue to grow our portfolio brands’ distribution and volume in the US," says Chris Nickolopoulos, Maritime chief executive, who co-founded
KarpReilly, a consumer-focused lower middle market private equity firm, has held the final closing of KarpReilly Capital Partners II (KRCP II) with total capital commitments of approximately USD210m.
In conjunction with the closing of this second fund, KarpReilly also closed KarpReilly Co-Investment Fund II, with approximately USD150m of additional capital.
The co-investment fund provides KarpReilly access to additional equity capital to pursue larger investments, when appropriate, and is funded by KarpReilly’s limited partners.
KarpReilly’s new fund will pursue the same strategy as its first fund, raised in 2008 – investing in consumer growth companies at the lower end of the
BBVA has formed BBVA Ventures, which will invest USD100m in start-ups looking to transform the financial services industry.
Through this effort, BBVA will work with entrepreneurs and venture capital investors to broaden the bank’s understanding of emerging trends, helping advance innovative initiatives in banking and finance.
Based in Silicon Valley, BBVA Ventures is already establishing ties with start-up firms, incubators and venture capital funds in order to identify possible opportunities and offer insight into the financial industry’s most innovative initiatives.
Jay Reinemann (pictured), a veteran corporate venture capitalist and executive director of BBVA Ventures, says building an experienced team is
Semetric, the global data analytics firm behind Musicmetric, has secured significant new financing from two key backers.
The GBP3m (USD4.7m) investment comes from Imperial Innovations Group, the AIM-listed technology investment firm, and existing investor Pentech Ventures, a venture capital fund specialising in software investments.
It follows previous investments totalling GBP1.7m (USD2.7m.
The new investment will support Semetric’s global plans to expand over the coming year while further developing its entertainment analytics products. The current global market for media analytics totals around USD3bn annually.
Musicmetric is the a digital music analytics platform, working with record labels, managers, radio stations and music
Ribbit Capital, a new Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm led by serial entrepreneur Meyer “Micky” Malka, has raised USD100m in venture funding that will be aimed at driving innovation around the world in lending, payments, insurance, accounting, tax preparation and personal financial management.
Ribbit targets disruptive, early-stage companies that leverage technology to reimagine and reinvent what financial services can be for people and businesses.
“Banks have proven to be difficult environments for innovation to flourish, resulting in an antiquated financial services industry that remains relatively untouched by the technology-driven evolution transforming other markets ranging from social media sharing to professional
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