Deals
Leading mid-market private equity firm LDC has exited its investment in ID card printer and software business Magicard to listed international manufacturer Brady Corporation (BRC).
LDC invested in Magicard in May 2016 to support the business’ organic and international growth strategy. During LDC’s partnership with Magicard, the business invested heavily in new product development, releasing six innovative new products in the last two years alone. It has also further developed its printing software capabilities with patent protected IP.
With LDC’s support, the business, which was founded in 1992, expanded internationally, shipping tens of thousands of printers from its UK
Biotechnology company AlgaeCytes Limited is to build its first commercial plant in Dessau, Saxon-Anhalt, Germany. The plant will be owned and operated by the Company’s German subsidiary, AlgaeCytes Germany GmbH.
The production facility will be a state-of-the-art site housing AlgaCytes’s unique algae-based technology to produce natural, vegetarian, traceable high potency algal EPA, beta-carotene and agricultural crop biostimulant from sustainable sources to serve the nutraceutical, pharmaceutical and food verticals.
Total Investment on this project is expected to exceed EUR50 million, of which more than EUR11 million is secured through Gemeinschaftsaufgabe, GRW. GRW is a major program issued by the Federal
By 2022, the level of global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity involving technology providers will surpass previous highs recorded in 2018, according to Gartner, Inc.
Acquisitions of tech providers were briefly impacted in 2020 by the onset of the pandemic, but M&A activity quickly rebounded into 2021 as the economy began to recover.
“Market conditions for deal making will continue to improve as volatility stemming from Covid-19 subsides,” says Max Azaham, senior research director at Gartner. “Tech CEOs pursuing acquisitions should anticipate increased competition for targets and take steps to gain advantages over other acquirers to earn seller acceptance.”
OMERS Private Equity is to acquire a 25 per cent stake in International Schools Partnership (ISP) from Partners Group. OMERS Private Equity invests on behalf of OMERS, a defined benefit pension plan for municipal employees in the Province of Ontario, Canada. The transaction values ISP at an enterprise value of EUR1.9 billion.
Investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Capital Partners (MSCP), a middle-market focused private equity team at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, have completed an investment in Nivel Parts & Manufacturing (Nivel), sold by funds managed by Kelso & Company. MSCP is partnering with the current management team led by Brent Moore, who will remain as CEO.
Headquartered in Jacksonville, FL, Nivel is the leading manufacturer and supplier of branded aftermarket parts for personal transportation vehicles, utility terrain vehicles and heavy-duty equipment. The Company offers over 100,000 SKUs in accessories and maintenance parts across the full vehicle lifecycle to a diversified customer
Middle-market private equity firm HKW’s portfolio company, Traductions Serge Bélair Inc (TRSB), has acquired Anglocom. The financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1993, Anglocom is based in Quebec City and is a full-service translation company. The in-house teams of French and English translators specialise in high-profile corporate communications for industries like advertising, government, ministries, financial institutions, universities, museums, retailers, and more.
“We are proud to welcome Anglocom to the TRSB family,” says Mary Kazamias, CEO, TRSB. “Anglocom’s talent and professionalism align well with TRSB and strengthens our service offering. We are excited by how the
Faculty, a British artificial intelligence (AI) company, has raised GBP30 million in growth funding from the Apax Digital Fund (ADF). It is the largest investment Faculty has accepted to date, and brings total investment to nearly GBP40 million.
The funding will be used to drive the expansion of Faculty’s pioneering “AI as a Service” model. From helping companies optimise marketing spend and more accurately forecasting demand for consumer goods, to predicting pressures on the healthcare system during a pandemic, Faculty’s “AI as a Service” model can be applied to a broad range of problems for both public and private sector
Global private equity firm Advent International (Advent) is in exclusive negotiations with ICG for the sale of its stake in Circet, a European telecoms infrastructure services company.
As part of the potential deal, Circet’s founding team and managers will further increase their stakes in their company.
Circet provides its customers with turnkey solutions and tailored services across both fixed and mobile telecoms networks. Circet’s customers include major telecom operators and equipment manufacturers, local authorities, as well as public and private organisations operating their own infrastructure networks. Circet’s long-term growth potential is supported by the ever increasing consumption of data across
Global investment group Corinth Group has made a USD100 million investment in Morepen Group, Delhi (India), a 36-year-old, listed Indian pharmaceutical company with two USFDA approved facilities. At an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) held yesterday through video conferencing, the shareholders approved the direct investment of USD32.50 million in Morepen’s equity.
Following yesterday’s approval, Corinth would be allotted 58.50 million equity shares in Morepen Laboratories Limited on preferential basis, equating to a 9.31 per cent equity stake in the Company on a fully expanded capital base. USD32.5 million of the total investment will go to the parent company while the remaining
Procuritas Capital Investors VI (Procuritas) has sold Danish sofa brand SOFACOMPANY to the Danish Lars Larsen Group.
Founded in 2012, SOFACOMPANY was bought by Procuritas from the founders Cathrine and Christian Rudolph in 2017.
Utilising its decades of value creation experience, Procuritas has worked closely with management to transform and grow the company resulting in revenue more than doubling to DKK545 million (EUR73 million)during its period of ownership.
Initiatives have focused on building a scalable direct-to-consumer business, developing state of the art e-commerce capabilities and fuelling growth with higher and more efficient marketing spend. Procuritas has also supported
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