Deals
American Pacific Group (APG), a San Francisco-based private equity firm, together with Joe Falsetti of Dana Holdings, has formed Yukon Wellness Holdings (Yukon Wellness), a company that will serve as a platform to acquire and grow consumer wellness brands. Simultaneously, Yukon Wellness acquired Eu Natural, a fast-growing provider of vitamin and mineral nutritional supplement products.
Yukon Wellness is at the intersection of several key trends in the industry, including increased consumer focus on wellness & self-directed care, shift in channel share from traditional retail to ecommerce channels, and the emergence of at-scale ecommerce sellers in search of growth support. Yukon
Car Wash Owners Network (CWON), a portfolio company of Baltimore-based Access Holdings, has closed its investment in Okie Express Auto Wash, a car wash operator in the Oklahoma City market. Financial terms were have been disclosed.Founded in 2008, Okie owns and operates 11 premier express car wash locations known across Oklahoma City. Okie washes more than one million cars annually and supports multiple local charities.
CWON is partnering with Okie CEO Mike North and COO Steve Holcomb to support the company’s next stage of accelerated growth.
Kevin McAllister, Managing Partner and Founder of Access Holdings, says: “We are
STAR Capital Partnership (STAR), has acquired Rail Operations (UK) Limited (ROUK), a provider of rolling stock movement and storage services to the UK rail industry through its subsidiaries Rail Operations Group Limited (ROG) and Rail Operations (Rolling Stock Management) Limited (Traxion). In addition, ROUK has established a new subsidiary, Orion, to provide high speed logistics and express freight services, focused on accelerating modal shift from air/road to rail by offering a fast, cost effective and environmentally-friendly solution. STAR will acquire a majority stake in the Group, alongside existing management. Neil Bennett, a highly-experienced rail industry professional, will be appointed Executive Chairman
Quantile Technologies (Quantile), a provider of portfolio optimisation services for the global financial services market, has secured a USD51 million (GBP38 million) minority investment from Spectrum Equity, a growth equity firm focused on internet-enabled software and information services companies. The investment will accelerate the next phase of Quantile’s growth as it develops new services and expands into new markets to better serve its clients. Spectrum is the first institutional investor to back Quantile’s experienced founding team.
At the core of Quantile’s platform is a powerful optimisation engine providing advanced compression and risk rebalancing services to banks, hedge funds and other financial
Weezy, a UK-based on-demand supermarket that delivers groceries in 15 minutes on average, has raised USD20 million in Series A funding to expand its grocery delivery service across London and the UK.
The investment round was led by New York-based VC Left Lane Capital, with participation from UK-based DN Capital, as well as existing investors Heartcore Capital and angel investors including Chris Muhr, founder of Groupon.
Left Lane Capital managing partner Harley Miller will join Weezy’s board following the deal. The capital will be used to expand the company’s London-based team by 50 employees over the next four months.
“This
Albion Capital has completed the sale of its stake in full fibre broadband operator G.Network to the Universities Superannuation Scheme Limited (USS) and Cube Infrastructure Managers (Cube), generating a 3.8x return for its venture capital trust (VCT) investors.G.Network installs state-of-the-art full contiguous fibre broadband infrastructure in London. Albion invested in the company in May 2017 when it had installed fibre into three street units in the capital. With Albion’s funds G.Network expanded to install in more than a hundred streets; in 2018 the business raised further funds from European infrastructure investor Cube and has now grown to offer full fibre
Souther Coach, a portfolio company of operations-focused private equity firm Industrial Opportunity Partners (IOP), has acquired Southern Coach. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Idinvest Partners has provided a flexible unitranche package to refinance existing indebtedness and support Kinetics Group in its ambitious development plans.Kinetics Group is a global service provider and manufacturer of integrated services and critical process equipment for high purity processes in advanced technology industries (www.kinetics.net)
Owned by Quadriga Capital Funds, the Group’s solutions portfolio ranges from engineering and installation (plan, design, build), to critical process equipment and technical facility management services (operating and maintenance), serving over 300 customers predominantly in the semiconductor and biopharma sectors and employing approximately 1700 people in 22 offices in North America, Europe, the Middle
Mid-market private equity firm NorthEdge has invested in Helios Medical Communications (Helios), a full-service, independent, global healthcare communications and strategic consultancy, to support its UK and international expansion plans.The Cheshire-headquartered agency works with global pharmaceutical clients to deliver high-quality, high-impact bespoke solutions across a range of services including medical writing, advisory boards, training and symposia.
Helios, which ranked 17th on the 2020 Sunday Times FastTrack 100, has achieved growth through a commitment to excellence in delivery, facilitated by investment in people and a focus on team culture.
NorthEdge’s investment will support Helios’ future growth plans. In addition to
Astorg has signed a definitive agreement with the founders and IK Investment Partners (IK) to invest in Third Bridge (Third Bridge). The founders will remain majority owners with Astorg taking a minority position.
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