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The Stanhope Entrepreneurs Fund (SEF), a growth capital fund managed by Stanhope Capital, has completed its first investment, acting as the lead investor in a circa USD90 million equity raise into S4 Capital (S4), a digital advertising and marketing services company established by Sir Martin Sorrell earlier this year.
The capital was raised by S4 to fund the acquisition of MightyHive for a total consideration of USD150 million. MightyHive is the San Francisco-based market-leading programmatic solutions provider for forward-thinking marketers and agencies. This transaction follows S4’s acquisition of MediaMonks in July and furthers the company’s strategy of combining award winning
L2 Capital Partners (L2) and Lakewood Capital (Lakewood) have acquired Orion ICS (Orion Talent) and its wholly owned subsidiary Novotus (Orion Novotus), a human capital management platform offering a unique combination of military, skilled professional, and Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) solutions.
The Company is comprised of a core military hiring capability in Orion Talent and award-winning RPO services through Orion Novotus, thereby creating a unique end-to-end talent acquisition and recruitment process solution.
Founded in 1991, Orion Talent has found careers for over 43,000 veterans and operates from offices throughout the USA. In 2016, the company expanded its service offerings
JenCap Holdings has agreed to acquire privately held Special Risks Facilities, an MGA/contract binding authority and wholesale insurance brokerage firm based in Sterling Heights, Michigan with another office in Peoria, Arizona.
Special Risks was formed in 1971 and is led by Jack Klebba and Randy Kaszeta.
JenCap Holdings (JCH) was formed in March 2016 by The Carlyle Group and JCH management to consolidate specialty insurance distribution businesses, including managing general agents, program managers and transactional wholesale brokers. The acquisition of Special Risks (SRF) is the fifth transaction by JCH and places the company amongst the largest wholesale brokers in the US.
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Alternative investment firm Värde Partners has held the final close of the Värde Asia Credit Fund with approximately USD400 million of committed capital. The fund, which exceeded its USD250 million target and closed after six months, is the firm’s first Asia-dedicated vehicle.
The fund has the flexibility to invest across corporate credit, special situations lending, and stressed and distressed real estate investments throughout Asia Pacific.
Värde expects the opportunity set to be driven by structural and cyclical factors in the region, including bank retrenchment and less developed capital markets, as well as sectors with high leverage and slowed growth
ZEDRA, a global provider of trust, corporate and fund services, has acquired the JP Integra Group (JP Integra), a Cayman-based provider of fund, corporate and trustee services.
JP Integra, which currently has in excess of USD6 billion in assets under administration, has particular expertise in assisting international private, institutional and sovereign clients with all aspects of structuring and operating structures for joint ventures, wealth management, asset protection and collective investments.
The transaction, which is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to complete in the first half of 2019, substantially increases ZEDRA’s capabilities in providing the most appropriate structuring
Gary Barnett, founder and president of New York property company Extell Development Company, has acquired British kitchen furniture maker Smallbone of Devizes and its sister brands Mark Wilkinson Furniture and Brookmans.
The purchase, for an undisclosed sum, was agreed on Thursday 29 November and ends months of speculation around the future of the British brands.
Barnett says: “Having deeply admired the company for many years, I was so keen to take this great opportunity to acquire these unique brands. Over the past 10 years, I have had the pleasure of working with Smallbone of Devizes on many projects, such as
Alternative investment specialist Aquila Capital has launched a new green bond with a volume of EUR50 million and a duration of five years via the Norwegian hydropower operator Småkraft AS to finance the company’s further growth.
With over 100 hydropower plants across Norway and an annual energy production of 1 TWh, Småkraft AS is already the biggest independent operator of small-scale hydropower plants in Europe. The additional financing is being secured in the wider context of the company’s goal to double annual production to 2 TWh by 2022.
The Norwegian research institute CICERO (Center for International Climate and Environmental
Varagon Capital Partners (Varagon) is serving as administrative agent, lead arranger and bookrunner on a senior secured credit facility to support the acquisition of Q-Centrix by TPG Growth. Q-Centrix is the largest registry data management company in the US.
Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Chicago, IL, Q-Centrix aims to measurably improve the quality and safety of patient care in the US through the use of its market-leading technology platform, Q-Apps, that augments the clinical intelligence and efficiency of the industry’s largest and broadest team of nurse-educated, Quality Information Specialists. Processing in excess of 2 million quality data transactions annually,
Sole Source Capital (SSC), an operationally-focussed lower-middle market investment firm that targets controlling interests in manufacturing, distribution, and industrial service companies, has successfully closed its inaugural funds, SSC Partners I LP and SSC Partners I-A LP (collectively, the Fund), at its hard cap of USD160 million.
The oversubscribed Fund includes commitments from a diverse group of new and returning investors including institutional investors and family offices.
Founded in 2016 by David Fredston and an experienced group of private equity professionals, SSC focusses on private investments in founder-owned companies as well as corporate carve-outs and management buy-outs. Together the SSC
Sentryo, a specialist in industrial internet cybersecurity, has raised EUR10 million in Series A fundraising round.
The financing was raised in two stages with four new investors: Sopra Steria and BNP Paribas Développement in the first half of 2018 and Omnes and Alliance Entreprendre in November 2018. Investors from the first seed round: Breed Reply, ACE Management, and Kreaxi also participated in this series. To date, Sentryo has raised EUR13 million.
Sentryo helps organisations embrace the promises of Industry 4.0 innovations by keeping their industrial operations safe from cyber attacks. Sentryo’s ICS CyberVision award winning platform gives control engineers
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