Investcorp Technology Partners’ Technology Partners III Fund has acquired a significant minority stake in Thought Equity Motion, a provider of cloud-based video management and footage licensing services, based in Denver, Colorado. Investcorp Technology Partners invested a total of USD28 million, making it the largest single shareholder in the company today. Investcorp Technology Partners will work alongside Thought Equity Motion’s founders, existing management team and investors to drive growth in its US and international markets. The company’s T3 Platform supports storage, access, delivery, and monetization for major studios, sports rights holders, and other media companies worldwide. Its global footage licensing platform is the premier

General Atlantic LLC (GA) has completed an investment in logistics company Fourcee Infrastructure Equipments Private Ltd. General Atlantic will become a minority shareholder in the company and will join the board of directors. Fourcee Infrastructure Equipments Private Limited is in the business of providing bulk logistic solutions in specialized tank trailers and equipment in a cost efficient manner. It caters to the Indian metals, manufacturing and specialty chemicals industries. Fourcee provides an end-to-end full service of the logistics chain to the customers all the way from the manufacturer’s pick-up location to the drop-off point at the customer’s premises.    “We welcome

BaltCap has invested EUR0.5 million into Latvian business “Vendon”, a producer of monitoring systems and solutions for vending machines. Vendon is a draugiem.lv group company supplying international and local vending machines with Latvian-produced equipment and solutions with support of telemetry systems. These allows monitoring of capital and product flow in the machines as well as efficient receipt of information about damage or other technical problems.   “We’re proud to be one of the few in the world who have developed such solutions which are already highly appreciated and recognised by our current customers. All processes – programming and equipment production

Speciality European Pharma Limited (SEP), a London based pharmaceutical marketing firm, has secured a multi-million pound funding package from Clydesdale Bank that will allow it to expand its market position in 2012. The new banking package comprises a GBP2.5 million loan together with ancillary facilities for four years through to December 2015 and will be used by SEP to fund expansion plans and deliver a period of forecast growth.   Speciality European Pharma was founded in 2006, with the backing of leading UK venture capital firm Advent Venture Partners, to acquire, develop, register and commercialise specialist products for the expanding

Patron Capital has acquired Motor Fuels Group Limited (MFG) in a joint venture with a new management team backed by oil industry veteran, Alasdair Locke. MFG owns and operates 58 mostly freehold petrol filling stations and associated convenience retailing stores located throughout the United Kingdom; it is the fifth largest chain of independent petrol filling stations in the country.  Patron provided the majority of the equity for the transaction alongside Alasdair Locke and members of the management team. Debt finance was provided by Investec Growth & Acquisition Finance, part of Investec Bank plc. Financial terms of the transaction are not disclosed.  

Unipapel SA has completed the purchase of the Continental European business of Spicers Group initiated in the past year. The seller was FTSE 250 company DS Smith plc. The purchase price was approximately EUR222 million. A team of German lawyers from CMS Hasche Sigle led by partner Dr Jochen Schlotter advised the Spanish company Unipapel SA on the German aspects of this international transaction, spanning several areas of law, from the beginning. A large European team from seven offices within the CMS organization, led by CMS Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo carried out this complex deal which included the parallel

Golden Crescent Investments, a Citadel Capital opportunity-specific fund, has signed a share purchase agreement to sell 100% of its interest in National Petroleum Company Egypt Limited (NPC Egypt), a wholly owned portfolio company, to Sea Dragon Energy Inc (Sea Dragon) (TSX-V: SDX), a Calgary-based exploration and development company. Sea Dragon has agreed to pay cash and share consideration equal to USD147.5 million, consisting of USD60 million in cash and 350 million common shares of Sea Dragon to be issued to Golden Crescent at the closing of the transaction at a deemed price of USD0.25 per share, subject to any adjustments

Mid-market private equity firm Bowmark Capital has backed the GBP32 million management buy-out of CSL DualCom (CSL) – the UK’s largest provider of dual-signalling products and services for intruder alarms – from Octopus. CSL pioneered dual-signalling technology, whereby signals are transmitted over both a traditional fixed telephone line and a wireless network, in the late 1990s. This is now regarded as the standard format for alarm signalling and is specified by all leading insurance companies.   The company has grown rapidly over the past five years.  Today, CSL manages the signalling for over 125,000 intruder alarms located in commercial, retail and

Lithuania SME Fund managed by BaltCap has completed a growth capital investment in Labochema, a leading pan-Baltic laboratory supply provider. This is the third investment made by BaltCap’s Lithuania SME Fund.  Labochema (consisting of Labochema LT, Labochema Latvija and Labochema Eesti) is the leading provider of laboratory supplies and related services in the Baltics. Founded in 1991, the company is currently located in Vilnius, Riga and Tartu. Labochema provides customers with a wide range of products including chemicals, reagents, furniture, equipment, instrumentation and consumables from leading global scientific manufacturers. Labochema’s client portfolio consists of top educational, biotech, industrial, pharmaceutical, health