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Private equity investment firm HIG Capital (HIG) has closed the sale of Enerwise Global Technologies (CPower) to LS Power. HIG formed CPower as an independent company in October 2014 through the spin-off of CPower from Comverge, a leading provider of energy management products and services to utilities, and simultaneous merger with the demand response business of Constellation. HIG originally invested in Comverge in May 2012 and completed the sale of Comverge to Itron in June 2017. Over the past several years and under the leadership of management, CPower has grown quickly, increased its market-leading scale, expanded its breadth of service
Lawrence Calcano, iCapital
iCapital Network has partnered with Rockefeller Capital Management (Rockefeller), an independent financial services firm offering global family office, asset management, and strategic advisory to ultra-net-worth families as well as institutional clients, to increase alternative investment options for the company’s investors. As a part of the agreement, iCapital developed a customised technology platform for Rockefeller that provides access to private equity, hedge funds, real estate and private credit strategies in a seamless end-to-end process that includes subscriptions, administration, document management and reporting. iCapital’s modular technology and service platform is purpose-built to provide a solution that is fully configurable, highly scalable, and
Fiera Capital Corporation is to acquire an 80 per cent interest in Palmer Capital Partners Limited (Palmer Capital), a UK-focused real estate investment manager, based in London, UK.  The acquisition will be made through Fiera Capital’s wholly owned subsidiary, Fiera Properties Limited (Fiera Properties), its dedicated real estate investment management company, which provides direct real estate investment opportunities to institutional investors, foundation and endowment clients, and high net worth individuals.   Palmer Capital, founded in 1992, has over GBP800 million in assets under management with an additional GBP215.5 million managed through the joint ventures of eight regional property companies in which
Inflexion Private Equity has completed a minority investment in UKFast, a UK cloud hosting provider. The investment is being made by Inflexion’s dedicated minority investment fund, Partnership Capital. The deal sees the firm valued at GBP405 million. Founded in 1998, by Lawrence Jones MBE and Gail Jones, Manchester-based UKFast has grown to become the UK’s largest privately-owned hosting provider. UKFast offers market-leading cloud and hosting platforms for businesses and government organisations to outsource critical IT infrastructure. UKFast recently ventured into public icloud providing integration and support for AWS and Azure through a new division, ClearCloud.   UKFast is known for
Omnes has carried out a primary off-market Management Buyout deal (MBO) investing in engineering and industrial innovation advisory firm ABMI. Omnes has invested EUR10.8 million through its third generation small-cap fund. With the support of its financial partners, notably MACSF and Momentum Invest, Omnes has become majority shareholder alongside company management, led by Vincent Coënt, CEO of ABMI (previously Deputy Chief Executive Officer.)   This deal is the first investment from the third generation small-cap fund, Omnes Expansion 3. On this occasion, Omnes announces the fund’s first close on EUR72 million (60 per cent of its target). Omnes Expansion 3
Perusa Partners Fund II (Perusa), an investment fund advised by independent Perusa, has sold Senator and its subsidiaries (Senator Group) to management. The parties have agreed to not disclose the purchase price or details of the transaction. Perusa acquired Senator Group from Merz Pharma in June 2016. The company is a manufacturer of promotional products, especially writing utensils, cups and mugs. Senator manufactures its plastic ballpoint pens at its own production site in Germany and sells through qualified distributors. Currently, the company employs nearly 300 employees at five locations worldwide. In the financial year 2017, Senator generated sales of nearly
Varagon Capital Partners (Varagon) is serving as administrative agent, lead arranger and bookrunner on a senior secured credit facility to support the acquisition of Pediatric Home Service (PHS) by InTandem Capital Partners. Founded in 1990 and headquartered in Roseville, MN, Pediatric Home Service is the largest provider of complex and comprehensive in-home care to medically fragile infants, children and adolescents in the upper Midwest.   “We are excited to support InTandem and the Pediatric Home Service management team,” says Steve Warden, Partner at Varagon. “This represents Varagon’s first financing investment with InTandem. We look forward to the continued success and
Arma Partners has acted as financial advisor to One.com, a portfolio company of Accel-KKR, on its sale to Cinven.
 
 Founded in Denmark in 2002, One.com is the largest independent web hosting solutions provider in Northern Europe, trusted by over 1 million customers as the platform on which they create and maintain an online presence.   Through a suite of web hosting, website-builder and website-enhancement tools, all built on a proprietary technology platform and unified under a single brand, the company offers easy-to-use solutions for small businesses and prosumers. 
 
Northill Capital (Northill) is to purchase a majority stake in leading outsourced CIO (OCIO) business, Strategic Investment Group (Strategic) by acquiring the equity interest previously held by FFL Partners for an undisclosed sum. This partnership enables Strategic to build on its 31 years of operating independence as a leading provider of OCIO solutions through the support of Northill’s permanent and patient capital base.   Strategic, founded in 1987 and based in Arlington, Virginia, is the largest independent investment manager dedicated to the OCIO sector, with discretionary AUM of over USD28 billion. Strategic has delivered compelling performance for clients across market
SureWerx, a portfolio company of The Riverside Company and leading supplier of professional tools, equipment, and safety products, has acquired the Jackson Safety and Wilson Safety brands from Kimberly-Clark Professional, a global supplier of workplace products and solutions.  The acquired brands represent leading Industrial Personal Protective Equipment and Industrial Welding Safety products that are distributed to a global base of customers across diversified end markets.          As part of the acquisition, SureWerx will be acquiring a broad suite of products that includes Welding Helmets, Welding Accessories, Welding Powered Air Purifying Respirators (PAPR), Welding Barriers, Industrial Respiratory, Face Protection, Head

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