Deals
Nippon Koei Co Limited, via its 100 per cent owned subsidiary Nippon Koei Energy Europe BV, and Aquila Capital, a sustainable investment management and asset development company, headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, hvea 25MW/100MWh grid-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) located in Ruien, Belgium.
Nippon Koei Co Limited, lead developer of the project, and Aquila Capital have reached an agreement to jointly finance the procurement, final development and operation of the BESS, which is one of the first projects of this type in Europe that meets all the relevant ESG standards and has a strong focus on sustainable construction and operation.
Trading Technologies International, (TT), a global provider of high-performance professional trading software, infrastructure and data solutions, is to be acquired by 7RIDGE, a specialised growth equity firm invested in transformative technologies.
7RIDGE will fuel Trading Technologies’ organic growth and enable the firm to make targeted strategic acquisitions in the future. Cboe Global Markets, Inc (Cboe: CBOE) and Singapore Exchange (SGX), who are among the limited partners of the fund managed by 7RIDGE, have voiced their support of the transaction. Terms of the transaction, expected to close before year-end subject to regulatory approvals, have not been disclosed.
7RIDGE’s acquisition of
iCON Infrastructure Partners V1 (iCON V), a fund advised by iCON Infrastructure (iCON), has completed the acquisition of a controlling interest in three German fibre-related businesses, ropa, NGN Telecom, and Wisotel (together the SFN Group). The sale was carried out by companies led by LABcom Investment.
The SFN Group is an independent vertically integrated fiber and cable telecoms business based in Germany. The business primarily serves the retail market with a current focus in the regions of Baden Wuerttemberg and Lower Saxony. The group’s networks serve approximately 16,000 customers.
The investment in the SFN Group is iCON’s first investment in
BayPine is to acquire Pinnacle Dermatology Management (Pinnacle), a female-founded dermatology management services organisation in the United States.
Pinnacle’s management team, led by Chief Executive Officer Chad A Eckes, Chief Medical Officer and President Dr Jose Rios, and its founder, Dr Paula Lapinski, are partnering with BayPine in the transaction and will continue in their current roles. Chicago Pacific Founders (CPF), the Company’s current financial sponsor, will roll a portion of its ownership in Pinnacle post-closing. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Pinnacle provides comprehensive management services to 87 clinical locations across 11 states. Its affiliated clinical practices
CIBC Innovation Banking, Ten Coves Capital, and Mosaik Partners have provided new credit facilities and equity financing to San Diego-based Point Predictive Inc (Point Predictive), a data and analytics company that helps lenders automate loan decisions, mitigate loan losses and reduce underwriting friction.
Leveraging un-matched industry data consortiums and the power of AI and machine learning models, Point Predictive helps lenders better separate truthful loan applications from those containing fraud and misrepresentation to accelerate the underwriting process − a significant industry demand.
Point Predictive’s solutions help automotive, mortgage, and other consumer lenders reduce manual document verification and consumer friction
RoadSafe Traffic Systems (RoadSafe), a US provider of traffic control and pavement marking services, has acquired Barricade Services & Sales (BSSI), a supplier of traffic control products and services in the Salt Lake City market.
The acquisition of BSSI further establishes RoadSafe’s position in the Mountain West region and expansion into the Utah market, one of the fastest-growing markets for traffic management in the US. The transaction follows RoadSafe’s recent growth in the Pacific Northwest and West Coast, including the acquisition earlier this year of Innovative Marking Systems, and is RoadSafe’s first acquisition since entering into a partnership with private
The Riverside Company has invested in Done Service Group (Done), which provides residential plumbing services, HVAC installation and repair services and excavation and sewer line services in the Denver metropolitan area.
This is an add-on investment to Riverside’s platform, Radiant Plumbing and Air Conditioning, a provider of maintenance plumbing, sewer and HVAC services.
Done offers a wide array of plumbing and heating and cooling services that are mission-critical to homeowners across the Denver Metro area. Done completed more than 15,000 jobs over the last twelve months with the majority of sales generated from repeat customers, including those who participate in
Peterson Partners, together with Trilogy Search Partners, Maven Equity, and other investors, has invested in Ennoble Care, a primary, palliative, and hospice care provider with operations across the Eastern US.
Healthcare entrepreneur Kush Das will join Ennoble Care as Chairman & CEO, and Ennoble Care founders Daniel and Avi Stokar will remain involved in key executive roles. Peterson’s investment will fund the expansion of Ennoble providers into new markets and increase its penetration in existing markets to meet the growing demand for palliative and home-based care, with a focus on value-based and patient-first care.
“Ennoble Care provides high-quality patient care
Filipino social entertainment platform Kumu has raised a Series C led by General Atlantic, a global growth equity firm with more than 40 years of experience scaling disruptive businesses internationally. Existing investors Openspace and SIG also participated.
This transaction marks the largest equity financing to date for a Filipino startup not founded as a subsidiary or spinoff of an established conglomerate and brings total funding to date for the company to USD100 million. It also marks General Atlantic’s first investment in the Philippines.
“Kumu is rapidly emerging as a leading digital content community and social platform in the Philippines,
Macfarlanes has advised private equity firm August Equity on its co-investment alongside fellow private equity firm CVC Capital Partners for a minority stake in Medivet, a provider of veterinary services.
Medivet, which has been part-owned by private equity firm Inflexion since 2016, holds branches across the UK, Germany and Spain with over 450 centres in the UK and approximately 50 sites in Europe in partnership with local founders.
The Macfarlanes team was led by corporate and M&A partner Simon Perry, alongside senior solicitor Felicity Powell and solicitor Emma Bailey. Tax expertise was provided by senior counsel Sarah Shucksmith and
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