Deals
United Group, a provider of telecommunications services and media in Southeast Europe, has reached an agreement with Crystal Almond Holdings Limited to acquire Greek telecoms operator Wind Hellas, one of the country’s three mobile operators.
Wind has a total of 4.2 million users and offers mobile, fixed, internet, and television services. It generates revenues in excess of EUR500 million annually.
The transaction will enable United Group to combine Wind with its existing Greek pay-TV provider Nova to create a strong converged operator that will be the number two player in both broadband internet and television services.
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Wedgewood Communications, a US-based full-service biopharma commercial communications and advertising agency, has joined imc group with the backing of pan-European investor Waterland Private Equity.
Wedgewood Communications represents a convergence of science, technology and creativity and employs 60 people in Holmdel, New Jersey. This strategic partnership builds upon a strong historical working relationship between the two companies and will encourage further successful agency collaborations across the imc group. Wedgewood joins imc group alongside existing imc group agencies: imc agency, Porterhouse Medical, Indigo Medical Compliance and Pulsar, giving the group a global headcount of 285 people.
Wedgewood Communications will significantly enhance the
Norwest Equity Partners (NEP), a middle market investment firm founded in 1961, has completed the sale of its portfolio company, Focal Point Data Risk, a data risk management services company, to CDW Corporation (CDW), a multi-brand provider of information technology solutions. The transaction closed on 30 July, 2021.
Serving mid-to-large enterprises and governments in the US and internationally, Focal Point offers solutions that help companies secure their business so they can grow and innovate without risk. Solutions offered include professional and managed services across identity & access management, cybersecurity & data privacy, cyber defense, cyber skills development, and other risk
Exponent has reached an agreement to sell Dennis, an international media group and publisher of The Week in the US and the UK, to Future plc (Future), a global platform for specialist media, for a purchase price of GBP300 million.
Partners Group has agreed, on behalf of its clients, to acquire Atria Convergence Technologies (ACT), one of India’s largest providers of high-speed fibre-optic broadband, from Argan (Mauritius) Limited and TA Associates.
Partners Group, which has been a joint investor in ACT since 2016, will acquire a controlling stake in a transaction that values the Company at an enterprise value of nearly USD1.2 billion.
Headquartered in Bangalore with over 7,000 employees, ACT is a leading multi-service operator offering a package of internet, TV, data, and other broadband services. The Company serves around 2 million wired broadband subscribers across 19 cities in
Accession Capital Partners (ACP) has made an investment in proptech business Inplus/Cenatorium Group, a Polish provider of property and geospatial analytics.
Inplus/Cenatorium supplies data-based solutions through its state-of-the-art digital database that combines the most comprehensive real estate transactional data and the geospatial data across Poland. The company’s software combines its experience and knowledge of the dynamics of spatial economy phenomena with advanced data processing technologies, enabling clients to use automated valuation models for real estate as well as to support large-scale infrastructure projects in design, planning and permitting. The Group caters to a high-profile client base that includes top-rated
Global investment manager AllianceBernstein (AB) has established a strategic partnership with LSV Advisors (LSV), a special situations secondaries firm focused on liquidity solutions for hedge fund, private equity, and other alternative investment funds.
The new partnership will enhance investment offerings for the firm’s private wealth business, Bernstein Private Wealth Management. The goal of the partnership is to provide clients access to LSV’s investment strategy to enhance their diversification in alternative investments. As a part of the broader strategic partnership, AB will become the exclusive private wealth partner for LSV.
Founded in 2005, LSV is a pioneer in providing liquidity solutions
Warburg Pincus has made a strategic investment in A-LIGN, a high-growth provider of cybersecurity and compliance solutions and top issuer of SOC 2 reports worldwide, alongside existing investor FTV Capital.
This investment will be used to drive product innovation in the company’s A-SCEND SaaS platform, grow the company’s portfolio of service offerings, expand A-LIGN’s global footprint and execute on an aggressive hiring strategy. As demand for cybersecurity assessments continues to soar, A-LIGN is committed to providing the services and technology needed to meet today’s unique regulatory and cybersecurity requirements. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Headquartered in Tampa, Florida,
SGT Capital has acquires Utimaco, a growing global market specialist in cyber security solutions, co-headquartered in Aachen and Campbell, California, with more than 470 employees and expected three-digit million revenues.
The acquisition is subject to different regulatory approvals. Its closing is expected for Q4 2021. The seller is EQT Private Equity, who will continue to participate in the value performance as a minority owner. The parties have agreed not to disclose the transaction value. Debt will be provided by Bain Capital Credit.
The 100 per cent subsidiary of SGT German Private Equity in Frankfurt (SGF), SGT Capital Pte Ltd (SGTPTE),
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