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Norwest Equity Partners (NEP) has completed the sale of Gopher Resource (Gopher) to Energy Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on investing in North America’s energy infrastructure.
The transaction, initially announced on 30 January, 2018, officially closed on 6 March 2018. Financial terms have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1946 in Eagan, MN, Gopher Resource is a leader in its industry, using advanced technology processes to recycle spent automotive, industrial, and stationary batteries in a safe and sustainable manner. Gopher turns batteries into quality materials that manufacturers can use for new batteries and other products, keeping potentially hazardous
Private equity firm Gridiron Capital (Gridiron Capital) has sold Engage2Excel (E2E), a provider of employee recognition, sales incentives, talent acquisition and consumer loyalty solutions and services.
Headquartered in Statesville, North Carolina, 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.
Gridiron Capital originally invested in E2E in 2010 and built on E2E’s employee engagement product portfolio. Under Gridiron Capital’s stewardship, E2E completed transformative add-on acquisitions, augmented its management team and sales force, introduced
New research released by CEPRES shows how the growth in so-called ‘dry powder’ is driving up EBITDA pricing multiples for US and European Buyouts. ‘Dry powder’ is a measure of how much capital remains committed by investors, but un-deployed in the market.
Following multiple years of increased fundraising, especially in the US, the amount of capital available to invest in buyouts and venture capital is at unprecedented levels.
The research was based on CEPRES award winning PE.Analyzer analytical platform. Now in its 4th generation it encompasses analysis of USD16 trillion of PE-backed companies across 4,199 private capital funds. The analysis
The Greater Manchester Combined Authority has launched a new loan fund to promote the production and distribution of energy derived from renewable resources in the region.
The GBP15 million Greater Manchester Low Carbon Fund has been allocated from the 2014-2020 European Regional Development Fund and has a lifespan of 15 years.
Managed by GVA, the fund is aimed at property developers and infrastructure providers to encourage the use of renewable energy in development schemes. It will be used to fund projects that would not attract traditionally commercial finance due to the relatively new technology involved, or projects that would
Astorg has completed the acquisition of Cathay Capital’s and OrbiMed’s respective stakes in Echosens, a specialised diagnosis company focused on non-invasive products and associated services dedicated to the assessment of chronic liver diseases, which affect more than 700 million people worldwide.
Astorg becomes a shareholder in the Company alongside Chinese Pharmaceutical company Inner Mongolia FuRui, which remains the reference shareholder.
Founded in 2001 by Laurent Sandrin and headquartered in Paris, Echosens has revolutionised routine clinical practice in hepatology by enabling the diagnosis of hepatic injuries due to chronic liver diseases via the quantification of liver fibrosis through a non-invasive,
e-days Absence Management, a provider of employee leave tracking and absentee management software, has secured a seven-figure funding line from Yorkshire Bank to invest in the future growth of the business.
The latest round of bank funding follows a seven-figure investment from Palatine Impact in November 2017. The private equity firm backed the business from its GBP100 million fund, which targets investments up to GBP10 million in businesses with a positive social and/or environmental impact alongside industry-standard returns.
The Nottingham-based company offers its customers employee absence management tools designed to improve operational efficiencies and reduce absenteeism. The tool manages,
ecobee has closed on a USD61 million (CAD80 million) Series C funding round led by Energy Impact Partners, followed by eight institutional investors including Thomvest, Relay Ventures, and the Amazon Alexa Fund.
This funding will allow ecobee to build upon its suite of smart home technologies connected by whole-home-voice control, sensor technology and artificial intelligence. It brings ecobee’s total funding to approximately USD146 million to date.
“Our goal is to build a home that learns and anticipates your needs, making your home an intelligent space that simplifies your life rather than complicates it,” says Stuart Lombard, President and CEO of
Eisvogel Group AG (Eisvogel), a specialist industrials investor based in Zurich, has acquired a majority stake in Prisma Group (Prisma), an Italian designer and manufacturer of industrial automation solutions.
The deal value has not been disclosed.
This is the third investment that Eisvogel has made since the firm was formed in May 2015 and is typical of its focused approach to backing future industrial champions that are at the forefront of Industry 4.0. It backed a third-generation family-owned precision engineering business, Haas Prazisionstechnik, which is based in Germany in May 2016; and a UK based manufacturer of Computer Numerical Control
Ardian-backed Italmatch Chemicals, a specialist in the production and marketing of performance additives for water & process treatment, oil & gas, industrial lubricants and plastics, has acquired the Chinese Jiayou Chemical from Ecolab Inc.
The deal includes the acquisition of the entire antiscalant business and assets relating to phosphonate production and sales carried out by Jiayou Chemical Co (formerly part of Jianghai), located in the Changzhou area (China).
This transaction allows Italmatch Chemicals to strengthen its presence in the Asia Pacific Region with a new plant specialized in production of phosphonates antiscalant. The new site complements the other dedicated plants
Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) is investing a hybrid package of GBP500,000 in cash and media investment, in exchange for a subscription of ordinary shares as part of energy tech specialist Labrador’s current funding round.
Labrador uses smart technology to disrupt the energy switching market, providing residential customers with a frictionless and free service that automatically ensures that they’re always on a cheap energy tariff forever.
After almost 20 years of market deregulation and despite the presence of more than 70 energy suppliers, fewer than 1 in 5 households shop around for their energy and customers are losing out on combined savings of GBP5 billion as a result.
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