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Private equity firm Thoma Bravo has completed fundraising for Thoma Bravo Discover Fund II. The fund closed at its hard cap with a total of USD2.4 billion in commitments, and, like its predecessor, Thoma Bravo Discover Fund, will focus on middle market software investments.
The oversubscribed fund received strong support from a diverse range of Thoma Bravo’s existing institutional investors, including sovereign wealth funds, public pension funds, multinational corporations, insurance companies, fund-of-funds, endowments, foundations and family offices.
Discover II will be deployed utilising Thoma Bravo’s buy-and-build investment strategy, and will target investments in application, infrastructure and security software and
Italmatch Chemicals is to acquire Afton Chemical’s metalworking fluid business (formerly Polartech).
The deal includes the acquisition of the entire business and assets relating to metalworking fluid carried out in Bedford Park (Illinois, USA) and Manchester (UK, Europe) sites, the know-how, technology and business in India and China, with production carried out from Hyderabad plant and in China.
Sergio Iorio, CEO of Italmatch Chemicals Group, says: “This acquisition represents for Italmatch Chemicals a significant step forward in the strategy of expanding its market position in the industrial lubricants market. The agreement strategically follows the recent acquisition of Elco Corporation
KPS Capital Partners (KPS) has signed a definitive agreement, through an affiliate, to sell Electrical Components International (ECI) to an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
ECI is the world’s leading manufacturer of wire harnesses, control boxes and value-added assembly services for consumer appliance and specialty-industrial applications. ECI manufactures products for a variety of electronic and electromechanical applications for customers worldwide in a diverse range of end-markets, including home appliances, agriculture and construction, heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), specialty transportation, automotive, commercial appliance and commercial electronics. ECI currently operates 35 manufacturing
Omnes has made a partial exit from the French telecoms construction group Circet, through a sale to Advent International.
Omnes initially invested in Circet in February 2017 and continues to support the number one French firm specialising in the construction and maintenance of telecommunications infrastructure.
Omnes generated an IRR of 103 per cent in the deal, which marked the second successful exit for Omnes Croissance 4 fund this year. In February 2017, the Capcom exit generated a multiple of 2.6 times and an IRR of 95 per cent.
Circet was founded in 1993 and reported revenues in excess
The Montreux Healthcare Fund’s Operating Company (Fund), Active Assistance (Active), has secured a GBP95 million debt package from BlackRock, one of the largest institutions in the financial sector.
The transaction augments Active’s ability to finance its pipeline acquisitions for the foreseeable future, which it will seek to purchase with a mixture of equity and debt.
The terms of the Senior Facility Agreement, which will allow the replacement of an existing bridging facility, are preferential to those secured on the Fund’s previous asset pool during its last cycle in which it achieved more than a 110 per cent return over
International private equity firm, Cinven, is to acquire Partner in Pet Food (PPF), a European pet food manufacturer, from Pamplona Capital Management for an undisclosed amount.
Headquartered in Hungary, PPF has nine manufacturing operations across Europe. PPF supplies pet food to more than 250 customers in Europe, including traditional retailers, discounters, speciality pet retailers and online specialists. Its product range covers the main categories of dog and cat food including wet and dry food including single serve products. Established in 1999, the company employs more than 1,400 people and produces more than 450,000 tons of pet food per annum, distributed
BGF has exited its minority investment in Brownhills Glass, an independent UK’s glass merchant and processor.
BGF invested GBP2.9 million in the Walsall-headquartered company in 2015 to support the acquisition of Durham-based Peterlee Glass, helping extend its presence into the North East. The funding has also supported investment in a new manufacturing site for Peterlee, expanding its capacity. Brownhills will now continue its growth strategy with new investment from Duke Royalty, a provider of alternative capital solutions.
Brownhills Investments serves trade customers, architects, interior designers, construction professionals and private home owners throughout the UK. Its products and services range
Crocus Technology, a supplier of disruptive Tunnel Magneto-Resistance (TMR) sensors, has secured USD35 million in funding through a combination of debt and equity from internal investors and external sources.
The funding will enable Crocus Technology to accelerate its revenue growth by expanding its operations and go-to-market resources and by investing in the continuous development of innovative products to serve the demand of existing and emerging markets.
Crocus’ proprietary MLU(TM) technology enables its TMR sensor products to have high magnetic sensitivity with minimal variation over a wide temperature range, coupled with ultra-low power consumption, which makes them ideal sensing solutions
PGGM Private Real Estate, an investment division of the second largest Dutch pension fund service provider, has established a joint venture with Redevco, one of Europe’s leading retail real estate investment managers.
The EUR550 million Urban Retail Ventures will invest in the most desirable and favourable shopping and leisure complexes in Europe, using a research-driven methodology to select those cities that are thriving as quality retail locations.
“Our PGGM private real estate fund investment strategy has EUR11.5 billion in AUM, which we invest globally and we continue to expand that portfolio,” says Mathieu Elshout, Senior Director Private Real Estate, PGGM.
Geospatial Insight, a specialist in visual intelligence derived from geospatial big-data, has secured a GBP3.5 million growth equity investment from Foresight Williams Technology EIS Fund and VenturesOne Investments.
The financing will be used to expand Geospatial Insight’s machine learning capabilities as well as fast-tracking additional product streams and visual intelligence customer solutions.
The capital injection follows a Series A investment by VenturesOne, growth equity investors, completed in July 2017 and seed funding by Midven, the Birmingham based venture capital company, through the Exceed Partnership Fund in December 2014.
Using a combination of machine learning, big data analytics and
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