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Ufenau Capital Partners (Ufenau) has sold its majority shareholding in NRW Building Technology Holding (NRW) to funds advised by Bregal Unternehmerkapital (Bregal).
NRW, headquartered in Nordrhine-Westphalia and active at further six locations in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, is one of the leading independent technical building solutions providers with high quality planning, installation, design and engineering capabilities.
Since partnering with Ufenau, NRW has grown the business considerably; sales increased from EUR 55m to EUR 115m in 2016. For 2017, sales are forecasted to achieve EUR 155m. This corresponds to a growth of 180% since Ufenau’s entry in 2014. In the
Investment Metrics, a provider of performance measurement, investment analytics, risk attribution, market intelligence and reporting software to the investment management industry, has secured a significant equity investment from Resurgens Technology Partners and HarbourVest Partners.
The new partnership will enable Investment Metrics to make continued investments in its existing solutions and to support its growth and market expansion globally.
Investment Metrics provides a full suite of performance analytics and reporting solutions to institutional consultants, plan sponsors, asset managers and private wealth advisors. Built by institutional investment consultants, the company’s products and services are utilised by industry leaders across asset allocators
Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners advised funds managed by Quadrivio SGR and Tenax Capital in the underwriting of two non-convertible bonds listed on Vienna Stock Exchange’s Third Market, issued by Bravoeco Due in the acquisition of Gruppo Corpo Vigili Giurati by the Berni Gamberini family.
Established in 1925, Corpo Vigili Giurati is a private security group active in Central Italy with approximately 850 employees. In 2016, the company recorded Euro 55 million revenues and a strong growth in profitability.
The bond issuance fits in the company’s broader acquisition and business reorganisation following the equity investment from Gruppo di Sviluppo
Financial Close has been reached on the GBP1 billion financing of new Bombardier trains for the new South Western franchise operators FirstGroup and MTR.
The transaction was led by sponsor Rock Rail and partners SL Capital (part of Standard Life Investments) and GLIL Infrastructure LLP, who all provided the equity investment.
It is the latest success for the Rock Rail Consortium coming off the back of success in two previous major rolling stock deals last year. This latest deal represents the largest single UK rolling stock deal for which all senior debt is provided by institutional investors. The debt
HC Technologies, a Chicago-based principal trading firm with offices in New York City and London, has launched a private equity arm, HC Private Investments (HCPI).
HCPI will make investments in lower-middle market manufacturing companies ranging in size from USD10 to USD100 million in enterprise value focused on consumer and industrial markets. Typical equity investments will range in size between USD5 million and USD25 million.
Led by veteran middle market investors, John P Kelly and Matthew J Moran, HCPI was founded as an alternative to the traditional private equity model given its highly patient and flexible capital base and long-term investment
CVC Capital Partners Fund VI has agreed to acquire Etraveli, the global flight-centric online travel agency (OTA), from ProSiebenSat.1. The agreement is subject to approval by the relevant authorities.
Etraveli, which is based in Uppsala, Sweden, is a global e-commerce platform for flight tickets (eg Gotogate, Supersaver/Supersavertravel, Seat24, Flygresor), combining a leading position in the Nordics with a fast-growing international business. The Company today fulfils over EUR2 billion in transactions annually across almost 50 countries, by delivering attractively priced flight content through its proprietary technology platform.
Lorne Somerville, Partner and Head of TMT at CVC, says: “The online travel
Permira Debt Managers (PDM), the debt management and advisory arm of Permira, has reached a final close on its third direct lending fund, Permira Credit Solutions III, with commitments of circa EUR1.7 billion. Including leverage the Fund will have investable capital of circa EUR2.1 billion.
PCS3 is taking advantage of the rapidly growing and highly attractive opportunity for direct lending in Europe. A structural shift in European credit markets, catalysed by the financial crisis of 2008, continues to drive a retrenchment of traditional sources of debt capital. This has created a significant funding gap that has driven strong demand for
Now Healthcare Group (NHG) has received a minority investment from health cash plan provider Medicash of GBP4 million.
Founded in 2015 by Lee Dentith, NHG provides digital healthcare services through its brands Dr Now, Now GP and Now Pharmacy. This exciting new partnership with Medicash will enable the business to further develop its artificial intelligence and machine learning offering through its mobile app products and its online pharmacy, enabling the faster development of auto diagnoses and medicine adherence solutions.
The company intends to further develop its hugely successful private medical insurance offering and also its soon-to-be launched new NHS
Falcon Group has secured USD100M in funding from KKR’s credit platform (KKR Credit).
With nine offices worldwide, Falcon continues to see widespread and growing demand from corporates looking for innovative funding solutions. The company now operates in over 30 countries and across 15 industries having deployed over USD8 billion in the last three years. The inaugural deal – in line with the company’s three-year strategic plan – will serve to both diversify the company’s funding sources and provide additional capacity to scale up its financing capacity rapidly in coming years.
“This investment from KKR Credit – one of the
BMO Global Asset Management EMEA Private Equity (BMO PE) has completed the first close of Castle Mount with EUR60m in commitments from a range of institutional, wholesale and high net worth individual clients from Germany, the UK and Canada.
Castle Mount LP is a multi-manager co-investment fund, investing in European lower mid-market buyouts with a focus on prime managers. It represents the first opportunity for investors to gain direct exposure to BMO PE’s co-investment activity. The Fund has a number of live deals under consideration for deployment of assets. The investment portfolio will consist of 15 to 25 co-investments in
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