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Private equity firm One Equity Partners’ (OEP) portfolio company, Simplura Health Group, has completed the acquisition of Keystone In-Home Care. Financial terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed.
Headquartered in Lancaster, Pennysylvania, Keystone is an independent provider of customised, in-residence care services for seniors and the disabled who reside in Pennsylvania’s Lebanon, Lancaster, York, Cumberland, Adams and Dauphin counties. The Company provides a wide range of services including companion living, housekeeping, meal preparation and transportation.
“Keystone is well-known for its world class care services in the communities of Central Pennsylvania,” says David Middleton, President and CEO of
I Squared Capital, an independent global infrastructure investment manager, is to acquire a 100 per cent interest in TIP Trailer Services, a leading pan- European and Canadian trailer leasing and services company, from HNA Group (International) Company Limited.
Headquartered in Amsterdam and operating in 17 countries, TIP is one of the leading companies in its field in markets across Europe including Germany, the UK, Italy, France, Spain and the Benelux countries, as well as in Canada. It has a fleet of over 66,000 trailers and 86 trailer service centres serving approximately 7,700 customers, including numerous global logistics operators and retailers.
Gide is acting as lead counsel to Zhejiang Semir Garment Co (Semir Garment) on its acquisition of children’s fashion company Kidiliz Group, whose brands include Catimini, Absorba, Z, Paul Smith Junior, and Kenzo Kids, for EUR110 million.
The two groups, with about EUR2 billion in combined sales, announced they signed a put option agreement on 3 May and are set to enter an equity transfer agreement following customary consultation procedures under French law. Upon completion of the transaction, Semir Garment will acquire the entire Kidiliz Group with the support of its management to form the world’s second-largest pure player in
Quilam has made a multi-million-pound investment into 1plus1 Loans limited, a technology-led niche consumer finance platform. The business was originally a finance broker, however they commenced lending about five years ago and are now poised for significant growth.
Founded and run by an entrepreneurial father and son team, 1plus1 provides guarantor loans to UK consumers. 1plus1 focusses on the affordability and the appropriateness of the loan, working hard to make sure their service, reliability and pay-out times are as quick and efficient as possible.
The investment made by Quilam Capital will help facilitate the next stage of growth for
MatchPlace has launched a peer-to-peer Invoice Financing service for companies, called MatchPlace IF.
The new service is designed to help SMEs more efficiently manage their working capital by selling their outstanding invoices to investors.
The invoice financing facility allows companies to submit their invoices through the MatchPlace IF platform for verification and receive from MatchPlace IF’s registered investors a sum of up to 85 per cent of the invoice face value.
It provides access to capital for business development or new projects at a typically lower cost of funds than traditional lenders.
MatchPlace IF also offers investment opportunities for
Atalaya Capital Management, an alternative asset manager focused on opportunistic credit and special situations investments, has closed its fourth Asset Income Fund (AIF IV) at its USD900 million hard-cap, exceeding its USD750 million target.
AIF IV’s investors are primarily public and corporate pension plans, foundations, and endowments.
In the first six months of the investment period, AIF IV has already closed on 12 investments and called more than 20 per cent of its capital commitments. Atalaya attributes the relatively high velocity of capital deployment to the Firm’s deep pipeline of existing counterparty relationships and long-standing industry experience, as well
BorderX Lab, a technology enabled, cross-border e-commerce company founded in 2014 by three former Google computer scientists, has raised USD20 million in a Series B financing round led by Kleiner Perkins.
The company’s platform allows consumers around the world to discover and purchase authentic consumer goods and lifestyle products from leading Western brands.
Additional investors in the Series B round include Hillhouse Capital Group, CBC (China Broadband Capital), Welight Capital and iFly Venture Capital. The financing will be used to further drive international expansion, create new platform features to improve the customer experience and continue the hiring of world
Good Returns Group has secured USD1 million of funding from Inverdale Capital Management, an asset management firm focused on alternative investments.
The capital will enable Good Returns to serve the needs of its larger clients and strategically grow its impact programs.
This backing from one of Dallas’ leading asset managers highlights the significant potential of Good Returns’ approach to funding the growth of “impact organizations,” organizations that address social challenges using financially and operationally sustainable models. It also demonstrates a higher level of engagement from North Texas individual and institutional investors in the impact investment movement.
“Good Returns’ vision
Linden Capital Partners (Linden), a Chicago-based healthcare private equity firm, has closed its fourth private equity fund, Linden Capital Partners IV (Fund IV), with USD1.5 billion of limited partner commitments.
Similar to Linden’s prior funds, Fund IV was oversubscribed, exceeding its target of USD1.25 billion and hitting its hard cap. “We truly appreciate the support from our investors, which include endowments, global financial institutions, and pension funds,” says Linden President and Managing Partner, Tony Davis. “Linden will continue to execute its consistent strategy in Fund IV. This strategy consists of implementing its proprietary value creation programs, emphasising human capital, and
PAI Partners (PAI) and funds affiliated with Baring Private Equity Asia (BPEA) are to jointly acquire World Freight Company International (WFCI), a specialist in the General Sales and Service Agent (GSSA) market, from existing shareholders Greenbriar Equity Group and Pierre Brunet, Chairman of WFCI. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
WFCI exclusively markets and manages cargo freight capacity for more than 200 airline customers on more than 16,000 routes serving every major air cargo market globally, in particular the critical Asia-Europe corridor, to take advantage of growing e-commerce markets. WFCI manages more than EUR
1.3 billion (USD1.5
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