Deals
Ancala Partners has acquired a majority interest in Noventa Energy Partners, a global renewable energy company which provides a full suite of services to decarbonise the heating and cooling of buildings, for an undisclosed amount.
BC Partners is to acquire a majority stake in Metropolitan College and AKMI IEK, a provider of post-secondary education in Greece, in partnership with founders Konstantinos and Kalliopi Rodopoulos, who remain shareholders and will continue to support the business.
Limerston Capital has acquired Concept Life Sciences, a leading integrated drug discovery, development and manufacturing organisation, in a carve-out from Spectris plc, through its new fund Limerston Capital Partners II, LP.
The acquisition is Limerston’s fourth platform deal in the life sciences space. The firm targets UK businesses with EBITDA of between £5 million and £15 million.
Concept Life Sciences is an established contract research organisation (CRO), primarily serving the global research and development market, with clients in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology space ranging from blue chip to virtual biotech.
Its team of around 300 accomplished scientists and over
DW Healthcare Partners, a healthcare-focused private equity firm, has closed the DW Healthcare Partners Small Cap, a fund focused on lower middle market healthcare investments, with $210 million in total capital commitments.
The Riverside Company, a global private investor focused on the smaller end of the middle market, is to acquire Dastex Reinraumzubehör GmbH & Co, an independently owned cleanroom garment & consumables distributor in Europe, and Vita Verita, a leading player in the Swedish market, as a first add-on to the platform.
Rising interest rates, high inflation and concerns over a global recession, saw global mergers & acquisitions dealmaking fall to its lowest level in more than ten years in the first quarter of the year, according to a report by Reuters, citing data from Dealogic.
Vista Equity Partners has completed its acquisition of Duck Creek Technologies a provider of property and casualty and general insurance software solutions, for $19.00 per share, in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $2.6 billion.
Apollo Global Management is considering a bid of up to $2.78 billion to acquire Arconic, a manufacturer of lightweight metal sheeting products for the aerospace, automotive, transport, packaging, and construction sectors, according to a report by Bloomberg.
HIG Capital has acquired Synecore Limited and Meesons Futures Limited, which will now be combined with HIG’s existing portfolio companies, CPS and Classic Lifts, to form the Andwis Group, a new property focused technical services provider.
Perwyn, a European private equity investor, has made a “substantial” investment in Datatonic, a cloud data and artificial intelligence consultancy, whose global enterprise clients include BT, Vodafone, Sky, Delivery Hero, Mulberry, and Lush.
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