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Maranon Capital has acted as Joint Lead Arranger for a senior credit facility to support Comvest Partners’ acquisition of Engage2Excel (E2E).
E2E, headquartered in Statesville, North Carolina, is a leading provider of employee recognition, sales incentives, talent acquisition and consumer loyalty solutions and services. E2E’s solutions focus on attracting, retaining, and engaging both employees and customers to increase productivity and profitability.
E2E maintains relationships across a diversified client base ranging from Fortune 100 companies to small and medium-sized businesses.
Private equity investor PAI Partners (PAI) is to acquire M Group Services, a service provider to the regulated infrastructure markets in the UK and Ireland, from First Reserve, a private equity firm exclusively focused on energy.
Jim Arnold, Chief Executive of M Group Services, says: “Over the past two years, First Reserve’s strategic investment in our group has enabled the successful delivery of our business strategy. This has resulted in continued profitable growth. We have broadened the markets in which we operate, we have diversified our service offering and we have created a strong foundation for future continued success across
Funds advised by private equity advisory firm Apax Partners have agreed to sell their ownership stake in GlobalLogic Inc to Partners Group, a private markets investment manager, which is acting on behalf of its clients in the acquisition.
The transaction values GlobalLogic, a leader in digital product engineering services, at over two billion dollars. Following the acquisition, Partners Group becomes an equal shareholder with existing investor Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB).
With over USD500 million in revenue, and a 20 per cent-plus organic growth rate, GlobalLogic has more than doubled in revenue and EBITDA since the Apax Funds
Venture capital firm Hambro Perks, run by Rupert Hambro and former investment banker Dominic Perks, has opened its doors to retail investors for the first time.
The firm is now launching an EIS fund, administered by Mainspring, which will allow retail investors to make tax-efficient investments alongside the Hambro Perks business.
With the new EIS fund, the firm aims to avoid the pitfalls which others have fallen into. While some funds have been known to invest in unsound businesses, simply so they can charge fees, or bleed businesses dry to generate a return, Hambo Perks will be putting its
Direct Healthcare Group (DHG), a private equity-backed manufacturer of pressure care solutions, has completed the acquisition of Qbitus Products.
Qbitus was founded more than thirty years ago and supplies bespoke, pressure relieving cushions to the NHS and Wheelchair Services.
Based in Caerphilly, DHG specialises in the development of clinically effective solutions for the delivery of harm-free patient care. The Group expects to grow turnover to GBP24m in the current year and has increased headcount from 62 to 180 since NorthEdge Capital supported an MBO in April 2016.
This latest bolt-on represents DHG’s fourth acquisition in 24 months. In
TPG Growth has partnered with management to acquire HALO Branded Solutions, a leading marketing services platform that distributes promotional products and provides employee recognition services.
TPG Growth acquired the company from Audax Private Equity. Financial terms of the transaction, which is expected to close in the second quarter, subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approval, have not been disclosed.
“At HALO, we strive to provide our clients with innovative, customised solutions that showcase their brand and values,” says Marc Simon, CEO of HALO. “TPG Growth is a hands-on partner that understands our business and supports our vision. We
IK Investment Partners’ (IK) IK Small Cap I Fund, alongside founders Maxime Aiach, Philippe Coléon and José Dinis, has acquired Domia Group (Domia), owner of French private tutoring market specialist Acadomia and French home cleaning provider Shiva, from Metric Capital Partners.
Acadomia is the leading player in the primary, secondary, higher-education and test-prep tutoring markets (at-home, centres and online). Since 1989, Acadomia and its employees have continuously innovated to offer quality learning experiences to more than 1 million families across different geographies, backgrounds, subjects and learning needs. Acadomia now operates a network of 100 agencies and 20,000 tutors dedicated to
The Gemini Companies (Gemini) has experienced double digit growth of new private equity (PE) fund clients to date for 2018.
“The growth potential for PE funds has no ceiling. In a competitive marketplace, the ability to adapt to investor demands is key. We strive to deliver to our clients cost-effective, data-driven insights, with a level of transparency that serves as an operational differentiator for us,” says Dominique Severino from Orthogon Partners, one of Gemini’s recently launched PE funds. “Gemini has partnered with us to provide the information, efficiently and securely, which is critical to our investors.”
When surveyed, Gemini’s
A consortium of Finnish institutions, including LocalTapiola, Varma and Ilmarinen, together with Mehiläinen management and in partnership with lead investor CVC Capital Partners’ (CVC) Fund VII, has agreed to acquire Mehiläinen, a private healthcare and social care provider in Finland.
The change in Mehiläinen ownership does not impact the company’s employees, customers or business partners. Mehiläinen’s management team will remain unchanged as owners in the company.
Founded in 1909, Mehiläinen has a long and proud history of providing high quality and customer-centric healthcare and social care services to the Finnish population. Today, the company provides a full range of
BaltCap, together with majority shareholder Dasha Group AS, has sold the majority of the shares in Runway BPO to global BPO and customer experience company Webhelp.
Runway BPO is multilingual nearshore BPO firm servicing Scandinavian and international customers.
“During BaltCap’s ownership Runway has grown from being a nearshoring BPO service provider in the Baltics to being a pan-European player, having a number of call centres in the Baltics, Ukraine and Spain,” says Sandijs Abolins-Abols, member of the Supervisory Board of Runway and Partner of BaltCap. “During the 7-year period the company has tripled in size and continues to grow
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