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Consumer-focused private equity firm L Catterton is to make a strategic investment in Goiko Grill, one of Spain’s most successful casual dining concepts.
Founded in Madrid in 2013, Goiko Grill is the fastest growing full-service restaurant chain in the Spanish gourmet burger casual dining space. The Company currently operates 44 locations in Spain, delivering daily on its customer promise of “the best burgers and the best service, efficiency and good vibes” to an increasing numbers of patrons. Goiko Grill benefits from an unmatched brand awareness and visibility in the Spanish restaurant market thanks to its high exposure on social media,
Sovereign Capital Partners has realised its investment in Linnaeus Group, one of the UK’s leading veterinary services providers, in a sale to Mars Petcare’s Veterinary Health Group, a part of Mars, Incorporated.
The exit, Sovereign’s largest ever sale, will generate Sovereign’s strongest ever gross return, although no financial terms are able to be disclosed. This is the seventh exit from Sovereign’s third fund – SCLP III.
Sovereign backed the original veterinary platform, Willows Veterinary Centre and Referral Service, one of the leading specialist veterinary centres for small animals in the UK, in September 2014. At the time of the
UK-based Aestimo Technologies Limited has launched the Aestimo Technologies Luxembourg Fund SA SICAV-RAIF.
MJ Hudson acted as legal counsel to Aestimo on the launch of the fund, which aims to harness quantitative techniques to extract profits from conditional inefficiencies in the European main equity markets through short-term directional positions.
Co-founder, co-CEO and COO of Aestimo Technologies Limited, Olivier Varon, says: “MJ Hudson was mandated after a thorough selection process, inspired by the methodological approaches for which we are known. We wanted a firm that has a true comprehension of start-up constraints and that was able to provide legal advice
Sentinel Capital Partners, a private equity firm that invests in promising companies at the lower end of the midmarket, has acquired GSM Outdoors, a provider branded accessories for the hunting, sport shooting, and outdoor enthusiast markets.
Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
Headquartered in Grand Prairie, Texas, GSM has a broad portfolio of innovative hunting and sport shooting products sold under highly recognised brand names. GSM’s industry leading brands include Stealth Cam (technologically advanced game scouting cameras); Walker’s (hearing protection and enhancement devices); Cyclops (specialty outdoor lighting); Western Rivers (game calls); American Hunter (game feeders); HME (hunting
SIS Ventures is launching its first GBP5 million fund to back Scotland’s high impact enterprises.
Benefiting from both Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) relief and Social Investment Tax Relief (SITR), Impact First will offer investors a portfolio of between six and twelve high-growth potential, high-impact enterprises which aim to tackle a clearly identifiable social problem with a scalable and disruptive business solution.
The first close seeks to raise GBP2 million from UK-based private investors, with the capital targeted for deployment over 12-18 months. Investments will target EIS (equity) or SITR (debt) qualifying companies.
Entrepreneurs with an ambition to make
Northrop Grumman Corporation has closed its acquisition of Orbital ATK, a specialist in aerospace and defence technologies. Orbital ATK is now Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, a new, fourth business sector.
Northrop Grumman’s board of directors has elected Blake Larson as corporate vice president and president of Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, reporting to Kathy Warden, Northrop Grumman’s president and chief operating officer. Larson previously served as the chief operating officer of Orbital ATK.
“We welcome Orbital ATK’s talented employees,” says Wes Bush, chairman and chief executive officer, Northrop Grumman. “We are delighted to have them join the Northrop Grumman team,
Fondo Agroalimentare Italiano (FAI) has held its first closing with commitments of nearly EUR40 million. The Fund is expected to reach its EUR50 million target and maintains its EUR70 million hard cap.
Sponsored by Unigrains, the Fund’s subscribers include French, Italian and Swiss institutional investors and family offices as well as several Italian entrepreneurs.
FAI invests in minority stakes either in growth capital transactions or in buyout transactions as a sector specialist, in the capital of Italian agri-food SMEs with sales generally between EUR10 million and EUR150 million. These investments go towards financing the development of companies via external
Private equity firm Silverfleet Capital has agreed to sell Ipes, a provider of outsourced service,s including fund administration, to the European private equity sector, to Apex Group Ltd.
The transaction, which is expected to generate a 3.8-times money multiple and 30 per cent IRR for Silverfleet once completion, adds USD165 billion in assets under administration to Apex’s portfolio.
Ipes was founded in 1998 and pioneered a specialist approach to fund administration within the European Private Equity market. Ipes’ team of 265 people located in five European offices works with 195 clients and provides administration and depositary oversight to 390
NextGen Growth Partners (NGP), a Chicago-based private equity firm that taps top entrepreneurs to acquire and grow businesses, has held the final close of its inaugural fund, above its original USD50 million target.
“We are thrilled with the ultimate investor group in this fund,” says Brian O’Connor, NGP Founder and Managing Partner. “It establishes a network of strategic investors and advisors that will be instrumental in the success of our strategy.”
NGP’s business model is to identify and mentor top talent within Chicago’s world-class entrepreneurial community – particularly business school alumni from the University of Chicago Booth School of
Kerry Logistics Network Limited has acquired a majority stake in Milan-based logistics company Saga Italia, as part of its ongoing global expansion strategy.
The acquisition will also add three new countries to Kerry Logistics’ network – the Republic of the Congo, Uganda, and Egypt, as well as new offices in Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Russia, and the US.
Founded in 1985, Saga Italia provides end-to-end solutions tailored to its customers’ project requirements. More than 150 logistics professionals manage projects for multinational corporations across the globe, particularly for customers in the oil and gas industry. Saga Italia’s comprehensive range
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