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Private equity firm MidOcean Partners has acquired Florida Food Products (FFP), a manufacturer of natural and clean label ingredients, from Kainos Capital. MidOcean’s investment will be used to drive FFP’s continued growth and expansion.
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1954 and headquartered in Eustis, Florida, FFP is a leading manufacturer of healthy, natural, clean label ingredients and is the market leader in the clean label cure market. Clean label cures are used for a wide variety of end market uses including packaged meat, foodservice, private label and branded CPG meats as well as
Atlantic-Pacific Capital has held the final closing of Dalmore Capital 3 (DCF 3) at its hardcap with GBP950 million of capital commitments. DCF 3 received support from a diverse group of new and existing investors across the UK, Germany and Asia.
The offering attracted a wide range of institutional investors, including public and corporate pension funds, insurance groups and investment management groups.
Dalmore Capital Limited (Dalmore Capital) is an independent fund management company that seeks to provide institutional investors with access to low volatility infrastructure assets, particularly in the UK. As such, the Fund’s core investment strategy chiefly
Seasalt, the Cornish lifestyle and clothing brand, has secured a GBP16 million investment in the company to support future growth and development in the business. The investment will see BGF invest GBP11.5 million, with Santander Corporate & Commercial providing an additional GBP4.5 million in funding.
In the last three years, Seasalt’s turnover has grown from GBP28 million to GBP51 million. The company now employs 869 people and is one of the largest private employers in Cornwall. In March, Seasalt opened its 50th store in the UK, bucking the recent prevailing trend on the British high street.
With this new
Ancor Capital Partners, a Dallas-based private equity firm, has acquired STATinMED Research, a medical technology company in the health economics and outcomes research (HEOR) industry.
The transaction, which was finalised on 7 September, represents Ancor’s largest acquisition to date. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
As one of the world’s leading HEOR companies, STATinMED is transforming the way health care uses real world data to accelerate research and generate evidence that provides enhanced decision-making capabilities for the market. Using their customised research methodologies and a diverse set of data sources, STATinMED draws on millions of data points
Beekeeper, a communication and operations platform for frontline workers, has raised an additional USD13 million as a part of its Series A extension round.
Atomico and Keen Venture Partners led the round with a diverse group of strategic investors including Samsung NEXT, Edenred Capital Partners (ECP), and Swiss Post who have joined Beekeeper’s mission to connect the nearly two billion non-desk workers who have been forgotten when it comes to digitalisation within companies. All existing key investors, including FYRFLY Venture Partners and investiere.ch, also participated in the round.
Aligning employees without email addresses or corporate devices with the entire
Capvis, a mid-market investor in Europe, has held the final closing of Capvis Equity V LP (Capvis V) with capital commitments of just under EUR1.2 billion, comfortably in excess of both its target of EUR1.0 billion and the EUR0.7 billion size of Capvis Equity IV LP.
Capvis V attracted capital from both existing investors and major new investors from around the globe, extending Capvis’ relationships in North America, the Middle East and Asia. Investors in Europe, in particular the DACH region, remain well represented and the investor base includes renowned public and corporate pension funds, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds,
Prudential Capital Energy Partners has completed fundraising for its first energy mezzanine fund, Prudential Capital Energy Partners Fund I, closing at USD343 million.
Prudential Capital Energy Partners (PCEP) is the middle-market energy mezzanine fund business sponsored by Prudential Capital Group, the USD81.4 billion private capital arm of PGIM, the USD1 trillion global investment management businesses of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU).
Fund I will follow an investment strategy consistent with its predecessor legacy investment programs, making investments ranging from USD10 to USD50 million to fund primarily mezzanine debt investments in the middle-market North American upstream oil and gas, conventional
Westhook Capital (Westhook), a Los Angeles-based private equity firm focused exclusively on the lower middle market, has held the final closing of its inaugural fund, Westhook Capital Partners, with USD140 million in commitments.
Westhook is led and founded by industry veteran Michael Hooks, who was previously the co-founder of Black Canyon Capital, a Los Angeles-based private capital firm which completed more than USD1.0 billion of investments across various industries.
Westhook focuses on buy-outs of US based lower middle market companies within the consumer, industrial, business services and healthcare services sectors that can benefit from the firms’ hands-on, operationally-focused and
Ibis Capital, profiled in AlphaQ, a specialist education technology alternative investment manager, is to launch the world’s first education technology special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC.
The new company will be called EdTechX Holdings and will list on Nasdaq, according to a regulatory filing.
ExTechX Holdings intends to build a next generation education platform through the targeted acquisition, consolidation and development of established education, training and education technology businesses that are early adopters of technology and led by proven management teams.
IBIS Capital and Azimut Enterprises, a European independent asset management company with over USD61 billion of assets
Cleveland-based Predictive Service (Predictive) has merged with Align Capital-backed Lewellyn Technology (Lewellyn). ACP acquired a majority stake in Lewellyn last November.
This new combination creates a predictive maintenance, safety, and repair services platform designed to reduce operating costs, improve equipment utilisation, and ensure safety for customers worldwide.
At the centre of Predictive’s enterprise asset management solution is the company’s proprietary ViewPoint software that provides data collection, analysis, and decision-making functionality for customers’ maintenance and repair needs. It allows plant managers to not only prevent equipment failure, but also manage energy and cost savings initiatives in real time. Predictive CEO
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