Deals
Ceiba Energy, a Houston-based power company with a focus in Latin American markets, has completed the acquisition of 100 per cent of Breitener Energética from Petrobras and other minority partners.
Ceiba Energy is backed by Denham Capital, a global sustainable infrastructure, energy and resources focused investment firm.
Breitener Energética is a holding company that owns Breitener Jaraqui and Breitener Tambaqui (Breitener Group). Breitener Group owns and manages Tambaqui and Jaraqui, two operating gas-fired power plants located in Manaus, AM, Brazil. Tambaqui and Jaraqui have installed capacity of 155.8 MW and 156.7 MW, respectively. Both plants are fully contracted through
Cairngorm Capital Partners portfolio company, National Timber Group (NTG), an independent, added-value timber processing and distribution group, has acquired Orchard Timber Products Limited (Orchard Timber).
Established in 2004, Orchard Timber is a specialist distributor of timber, sheet materials, kitchens, doors, solid wood flooring, and decking, supplying a range of local housebuilders, contractors, and RMI-focused joiners. Orchard Timber is the national distribution partner for Kährs Flooring and Kährs’ largest stockist in the UK, carrying over 20,000 sq m of solid wood flooring at any given time. Headquartered in Forfar, Scotland, the company has a second depot in Livingston and a sales
Harris Williams, a global investment bank in M&A advisory services, has advised Owen Equipment Company (Owen), a portfolio company of CenterGate Capital (CenterGate), on its sale to Wynnchurch Capital, Ltd (Wynnchurch).
Owen is an equipment platform providing critical infrastructure solutions to municipal, utility and commercial customers throughout the Western United States. The transaction was led by Luke Semple, Neha Shah, Trevor Casey and Phil Hart of the Harris Williams Energy, Power & Infrastructure (EPI) Group.
“With its comprehensive portfolio of highly specialised equipment, Owen is a vital partner with its customers to help safely and reliably operate, maintain and repair
Sabrosura Foods, LLC (Sabrosura Foods), a marketer and distributor of branded Hispanic food products, has acquired Pancho’s Mexican Foods, Inc (Pancho’s), the manufacturer of America’s favorite queso dip since 1956.
Pancho’s will join the Sabrosura Foods family of well-known brands, which include: El Viajero, La Morenita, Reynaldo’s and Bio Salud!. Sabrosura Foods is a natural partner for Pancho’s to continue its rapid expansion nationwide across the mass, club and grocery channels. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Founded in 1956, Pancho’s gained its popularity as a local Memphis favorite before evolving as a leading brand in the refrigerated
Centre Partners, a middle market private equity firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles, has acquired KNS International (KNS), a data-driven designer and drop shipper of branded footwear to blue-chip e-commerce retailer platforms and online marketplaces.
The KNS management team, led by Founder & Chief Executive Officer Jeremy Pope, has invested alongside Centre Partners and will continue to lead the business. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Founded in 2001 in Salt Lake City, KNS designs and distributes its proprietary brands, including Journee Collection, Thomas & Vine, Vance Co and Territory, across a broad array
Bowmark Capital, a mid-market private equity firm, has completed an investment in Kubrick Group, a provider of next-generation technology consulting.
Founded in 2016 by Tim Smeaton and Simon Walker, Kubrick addresses the acute global technology skills shortage, enabling companies to implement digital and data transformation. The business is at the forefront of creating a high quality, diverse workforce, and has trained and deployed close to 1,000 graduates into data, AI and cloud engineering roles at approximately 100 blue chip clients.
Since 2018, revenues and profits have increased by more than 50 per cent per annum, reflecting Kubrick’s unique capabilities in
Mixpanel, a product analytics solution powering nearly 6,000 of the world’s most innovative digital companies, has secured a USD200 million Series C growth investment from Bain Capital Tech Opportunities. The funding was raised at a USD1.05 billion valuation.
To date, USD277 million has been invested in Mixpanel, including its previous USD65 million Series B investment led by Andreessen Horowitz in 2014.
The investment will be used to accelerate product development and expand Mixpanel’s reach to new digital-first businesses, which already include customers like Discord, Monday.com, Noom, and Xero. Mixpanel plans to scale its team in North America, EMEA,
AnaCap Financial Partners (AnaCap) portfolio company MRH Trowe (MRHT) has closed on a new financing facility in support of its organic and acquisition-driven growth strategy.
MRHT is one of the ten largest German industrial brokers, offering extensive expertise in most insurance lines for both industrial and commercial customers, as well as affluent private customers.
Having been identified by AnaCap as the ideal platform to achieve scale in its market, MRHT has accelerated its buy and build execution in 2021, signing or closing 11 bolt-on acquisitions since December last year. In line with its strategic roadmap, the Group remains well positioned
Growth capital investor VGC Partners has sold its stake in Iconic Images in a GBP20 million sale to New York-based Authentic Brands Group (ABG), a brand development, marketing and entertainment company.
Headquartered in London, Iconic Images owns and manages some of the world’s most famous photography archives. Its collections feature millions of images spanning the history of fashion, rock and roll, film, politics, royalty and pop culture. It brings long standing active relationships within key markets around the world including New York City, Paris, Los Angeles, Dubai and Tokyo.
ABG was set up by Jamie Salter in 2010 to
Glasgow-based space company Craft Prospect has received a GBP870,000 grant award through the UK Space Agency National Space Innovation Programme for its ROKS Mission, coupled with a first investment of GBP300,000 from the University of Strathclyde, a leading university in quantum technologies.
The funding supports the company’s Smart Secure Space vision to provide quantum and onboard AI products and services for next generation space systems. It follows on from successful investment of over GBP1 million from Capital for Colleagues, a fund that advises and invests in employee-owned businesses and Scottish Enterprise earlier in the year.
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