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San Francisco Equity Partners (SFEP), a private equity firm focused on expansion-stage companies in the consumer industry, has acquired a majority stake in organic spices and seasonings company Red Monkey Foods.
SFEP will partner with founder and CEO Jeff Brinkhoff and his team to capitalise on the strong momentum in the business.
Red Monkey Foods is a provider of premium organic spices, seasonings and other natural dry food products. Operating out of a facility in Springfield, Missouri, the company manages gourmet store brand programmes for many of the nation’s largest food, mass and specialty retailers. The company has a
Inflexion has supported two bolt-on acquisitions through its investee businesses Reed & Mackay and CableCom.
Reed & Mackay has expanded its US presence acquiring the Chicago based Gray’s Travel Management. Reed & Mackay is a corporate travel management company delivering a personalised service through cutting edge technology.
The acquisition enables Reed & Mackay’s clients to benefit from an enhanced service offering through extended global reach, enhanced buying power and deeper local market knowledge.
Mark Williams, partner, Inflexion, says: “We are delighted to complete our first acquisition for Reed & Mackay within six months of our investment. This builds
BayWa r.e. has sold the St Fraigne wind farm, 140 kilometres north of Bordeaux, to FPCI Capenergie 3 fund managed by Omnes Capital.
This follows the sale of the 8 MW St Congard wind farm to Omnes Capital in August 2016.
The wind farm with a total output of 12 MW consists of 6 Enercon wind turbines of type E82 with a hub height of 108 metres. In 2013, the wind turbines were equipped with "trailing edge serrations". The comb-like rotor blade add-ons provide a significant reduction in sound emissions.
Since its commissioning in 2011, BayWa r.e. has
Adveq, an asset manager focused on investing in private equity globally, has reached USD 7 billion assets under management as of 11 January 2017.
Adveq enjoyed a successful 2016 driven by strong investment performance and increased investor demand for the firm’s specialised primary, secondary and direct/co-investment offerings.
2016 saw the closing of five funds and the successful completion of 20 direct/co-investment deals globally.
Sven Lidén, managing director and CEO, says: “Adveq has achieved this milestone by being consistent, focusing on fundamental and responsible value creation. We carefully listen to and learn from our investors, understanding their needs and
DPD in Russia and SPSR Express, two of the biggest companies in the Russian express and courier market, are to merge.
Upon closing of the transaction, which is subject to approval by the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service, the merged company will become the largest express operator in the country.
GeoPost will become the majority owner of the post-merger business, Elbrus Capital will have a significant minority stake with the balance owned by the management team.
Nikolay Voinov will become the CEO of the merged company. Vladimir Solodkin will chair the company’s board of directors and its strategic committee.
Crown Capital Partners, a provider of growth capital to mid-market companies, has completed a USD50 million closing for Crown Capital Fund IV, bringing the current total capital committed to the fund to USD175 million.
To date, USD110 million has been invested by the fund in six transactions.
"This upsizing deepens our relationships with our institutional limited partners and is a clear testament to the quality of our growing portfolio," says Chris Johnson, Crown's president and CEO. "We continue to deliver on our key milestones. We have completed three transactions since November 2016, adding USD60 million of new investments into
European financial services private equity firm AnaCap Financial Partners is to acquire a controlling stake in Heidelpay, a German online payment service provider (PSP).
As part of the transaction, the co-founders and existing management will retain a minority stake in the business.
Founded in 2003, Heidelpay is a full-service PSP that facilitates payment acceptance on behalf of online merchants. The platform is 100 per cent proprietary, serving more than 14,500 primarily online businesses across the DACH and Benelux regions, and processes transactions across more than 200 payment methods, covering online, mobile and point-of-sale channels.
Heidelpay operates in a
Houston-based private equity firm Rock Hill Capital Group has held the final closing of Rock Hill Capital III, with USD150.6 million in capital commitments.
Rock Hill Capital III commitments exceed its previous funds, Rock Hill Capital II, a 2013 vintage fund with USD87.7 million in commitments and Rock Hill Capital I, a 2008 vintage fund with USD48.8 million in commitments.
Rock Hill Capital III will continue to pursue a similar investment strategy, focusing on buyouts and recapitalisations of industrial products and service companies.
Since inception, Rock Hill has invested in 15 operating companies. These investments include businesses operating
DataBank, a Digital Bridge portfolio company, is to acquire C7 Data Centers, a data centre service provider in the Salt Lake City market.
C7 currently operates three, highly interconnected data centres in the region, including the primary carrier hotel in downtown Salt Lake City, and has a large established customer base of enterprise, carriers, content providers and cloud services providers.
The acquisition complements DataBank’s existing portfolio in Minneapolis, MN, Kansas City, KS, and Dallas, TX.
The market in Salt Lake City has experienced significant growth as a data centre destination for west coast enterprises due to its network
InTandem Capital Partners, a healthcare services focused private equity firm, has acquired South Florida-based Cano Health and Comfort Health, both of which will operate under the Cano Health brand.
InTandem Capital’s goal is to create a regional consolidator in primary care committed to clinical excellence and efficient operation that caters to all demographics.
Cano Health is a rapidly growing operator of “Primary Care Plus” healthcare centres focused on improving the lives of individuals, families and communities. In addition to primary medical care, Cano Health has specialty programmes in the fields of venous medicine, arthritis, allergy and weight loss. Cano Health
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