Deals
FPE Capital (FPE), a software and services focused lower mid-market growth investor, has invested in 60 Decibels, a social impact measurement company, that talks directly to customers, employees or beneficiaries about social issues in more than 50 countries on behalf of impact focused investors and enterprises.
This marks the eleventh investment from FPE Fund II. 60 Decibels is the fifth investment FPE has made in the last 13 months in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
FPE’s investment will make it the largest shareholder in the business. As part of the transaction, Henry Sallitt and Llewellyn John will join
Tempo Software, a specialist in team time management and productivity-enhancing solutions, has acquired ALM Works, developer of the Structure for the Jira software suite tfor project and programme manager.
ALM Works helps over 5000 organisations worldwide visualise, track and manage progress across large-scale, complex projects. Tempo and ALM Works together will provide the first suite of purpose-built program management apps to meet project, program and portfolio management needs for over 70 million users within the Atlassian Ecosystem.
Combined with the recent acquisition of Roadmunk, the addition of ALM Works strengthens Tempo’s strategic portfolio management offering. As a modern and
Following an initial investment in 2019, Diligend, an institutional-grade due diligence platform vendor, has secured a third round of capital to realise its growth ambitions in 2022.
The funding will support development of Diligend’s core platform, designed for institutional investors and consultants which is continually evolving to meet client requirements. Recent new features include the SEC Form ADV module, which allows investor and consultant clients to review and monitor Form ADV data, getting notifications when changes occur. The ESG and Diversity disclosure module released this year allows clients to request specific data sets quickly and easily, pulling results into tailored,
International law firm Clifford Chance has advised longstanding client Partners Group, a leading global private markets firm, on the acquisition of atNorth.
atNorth is a data centre platform providing renewable-only, power efficient, and cost-optimised data centre hosting services to clients. Partners Group will work to transform atNorth into a major pan-Nordic provider of sustainable and efficient data centre solutions.
This deal follows several significant, recent digital infrastructure projects on which Clifford Chance has advised, as the sector continues to see increased interest from a broad range of financial investors.
HIG Capital (HIG) has sold its portfolio company Digital Room, (Digital Room) to an affiliate of Sycamore Partners.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Headquartered in Sherman Oaks, CA, Digital Room is a leading e-commerce provider of customised marketing products to small and medium sized businesses. The Company reaches its diversified customer base through a series of its own websites and fulfils the products through an extensive network of facilities across North America.
HIG acquired Digital Room in December 2017 in partnership with the Company’s senior management. Through a combination of significant organic growth as well as highly
CVC Capital Partners (CVC), through CVC Capital Partners VIII, is to acquire a co-controlling holding in FutureLife, a pan-European IVF provider, alongside the company’s current investor Hartenberg Holding (Hartenberg).
Headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic, FutureLife is a leading Pan-European provider of IVF and related genetics services, with presence across eight European markets including Czech Republic, Ireland, Netherlands, Finland, Romania and Estonia. FutureLife has 42 well-invested clinics and performs in excess of 39,000 IVF cycles annually, IVF add-on and laboratory services, as well as a series of biological and surgical treatments.
Private equity firm Atlantic Street Capital (ASC) has made its largest platform investment in Fund IV, by taking a stake in ACIS, a commercial facility services providers based in Texas.
Founded in 2002, ACIS is a trusted outsourced partner for its customers, providing preventative maintenance, on-call services, and scheduled repairs on essential mechanical controls including building automation, HVAC, and plumbing systems. The company’s customer-centric operating model and strong employee culture drive superior levels of service for its commercial and industrial customers.
Citizens M&A Advisory acted as financial advisor and Faegre Drinker acted as legal advisor to ACIS and
Align Capital Partners (ACP) has made a growth capital investment in We Are Rosie (WRR), a flexible talent marketplace for the advertising and marketing world.
WRR founder and CEO Stephanie Nadi Olson has retained a significant stake in the Company and will continue to lead WRR through its next phase of growth.
In its first four years since inception, WRR has grown its network of freelancers (known as Rosies) to more than 10,000 and added 40 employees. The Company tripled its revenue in the past year and now works with more than 25 Fortune 500 brands and all six
Private equity fund PAI Partners (PAI), through the PAI Mid-Market Fund (PAI MMF) – its fund dedicated to mid-market opportunities – is to acquire a majority stake in Uvesco, a food retailer in the North of Spain with a significant presence in Madrid.
PAI MMF is acquiring the stake from the company’s current shareholders, who will continue to hold a relevant interest in the business, with a view to supporting its growth plans and acquisition strategy. The company’s headquarters will remain in Guipúzcoa.
The transaction is the fifth investment announced by PAI MMF following the acquisitions of Amplitude Surgical,
San Francisco Equityity Partners (SFEP), a private equity firm focused on expansion-stage companies in the consumer sector, has acquired a majority stake in Rustic Bakery, a pioneer and market leader in organic and specialty foods, and one of the highest-velocity specialty cracker brands in the market. Terms have not been disclosed.
Founded in 2005 by Carol LeValley and her husband Josh Harris, Rustic Bakery is a leading specialty foods company that manufactures and markets a growing portfolio of artisanal products, including crackers, crisps, cookies and biscuits. The company manufactures its organic, non-GMO products with locally sourced ingredients at its Petaluma,
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