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Private equity firm Mansa Capital Management has completed an acquisition of Accreon, a Boston-based healthcare technology and services company that integrates and manages health information.
Mansa Capital invested USD5.5 million in Accreon along with the company’s new management team and original founders to finance the acquisition. The deal also facilitates the succession of Eric Demers to the position of President and CEO, Martin Ferguson, SVP of Delivery, and Michael Lavigne, SVP of Sales and Marketing. Joining the Accreon Board of Directors will be Jason Torres, Mansa Capital Partner and Chief Operating Officer, Dr William Winkenwerder Jr , and Tom Burlin,
The Permira Funds Partner with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board to acquire world's number one independent enterprise data integration provider.
Informatica Corporation, an independent provider of enterprise data integration software and services, is to be acquired by a company controlled by the Permira funds and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) for approximately USD5.3 billion.
Under the terms of the agreement, Informatica shareholders will receive $48.75 in cash for each share of Informatica common stock.
Informatica is acknowledged as a leader in several technology categories, including Cloud Integration, Data Integration for Big Data initiatives, and MDM Solutions. Informatica's three-pronged growth
Venture capital investor Beringea, manager of the ProVenVCTs, has led a GBP13 million funding round for D3O, the UK-based developer of smart materials.
Beringea will invest a total of GBP9 million from its UK and US offices, along with other current D3O shareholders, to support the further expansion of the D3O’s impact protection products and international market growth.
D3O has a unique patented technology used to make a soft, flexible and distinctive orange-coloured material with high shock absorbing properties that is used in impact protection products. D3O addresses a range of markets such as footwear, electronics, sport, work-wear and military
Ogier has advised on the establishment of Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income Fund Limited, a newly formed Guernsey fund focused on the economic infrastructure sector.
The fund expects to target investments in operational projects in the transport, transportation equipment, utilities, power, renewable energy, telecommunications infrastructure and infrastructure accommodation sectors. Guernsey firms advising were Ogier who undertook the legal work, KPMG Channel Islands Limited, who acted as reporting accountants and as independent auditors, and Praxis Fund Services as administrator and International Fund Management Limited, which forms part of The Praxis Group, as the investment manager.
The fund is listed on the Main
Nabriva Therapeutics has completed a USD120 million Series B financing led by new US based investors Vivo Capital and OrbiMed, and including participation from EcoR1 Capital, Boxer Capital of Tavistock Life Sciences and new investment from existing investor HBM.
Existing investors Phase4 Partners, Wellcome Trust, GLSV and Novartis Venture Fund also participated in the round. Representatives of Vivo Capital and OrbiMed will be joining the Nabriva Supervisory Board.
The initial tranche of USD50 million will enable Nabriva to progress its lead product, lefamulin, into clinical phase three studies in community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP) and to continue the development of
Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners has teamed up with ACE Group the third-largest mortgage broker in France. The Small Caps fund managed by Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners is investing in ACE alongside the founder/CEO and his senior executives.
Founded in 1995 by Joel Boumendil in Levallois-Perret, ACE is a major player in the mortgage brokerage arena in France. ACE finds and negotiates the most suitable mortgage terms for property buyers: interest rates, insurance, warranties, terms for early repayment and more. With nearly 10,000 loans brokered annually, ACE represents more than 5% of the French mortgage market, with a volume
Summit Partners today announced that it has acquired a majority stake in DentalPro, a network of dental clinics in Italy. Existing DentalPro shareholder, VAM Investments reinvested in the transaction, as did CEO and Founder Michel Cohen.
Founded in 2010, DentalPro owns and operates 30 full-service clinics across Italy, most of which are positioned in shopping malls. Each conveniently located clinic provides a full range of high-quality dental services, from general dentistry to more sophisticated implants, prosthesis and orthodontics. DentalPro partners with local dentists and provides them with comprehensive practice management support as well as training, which allows the practitioners to
Private equity investor Actis, has partially exited from its investment in Edita Food Industries (Edita), an independent snack food business in North Africa.
Subject to final completion, Actis has sold a 15 per cent stake as part of a heavily oversubscribed offer through the Egyptian (EGX) and London stock (LSE) exchanges, representing half of its total stake.
The institutional offering was 13.4x oversubscribed and the retail offering was 4.4x oversubscribed. Investors included a wide range of blue-chip institutional investors. The IPO price of EGP 18.5/share reflects a market capitalisation of EGP 6.7 billion (circa USD890 million) for the Company,
Private equity investment firm Pamplona Capital Management is to acquire European pet food producer Partner in Pet Food (PPF) for EUR315 million.
PPF is one of Europe’s largest producers of private label wet and dry pet food, supplying the continent’s top retailers across 37 countries.
Since Advent acquired the business in 2011, PPF has dynamically grown sales, predominantly through new products and innovation. The company has made significant investments in its industry-leading R&D and production capabilities in recent years, along with strategic acquisitions. This investment has enabled PPF to drive significant increases in sales, particularly through the launch of premium
JP Morgan Asset Management Global Real Assets (GRA) has launched Tactical Direct Investments (TDI), a dedicated cross-real assets group.
Under the leadership of Avik Mukhopadhyay, Head of Global Real Assets Tactical Direct Investments, the TDI team will help clients access new opportunities by leveraging the global investment capabilities of the USD82 billion in AUM GRA platform and GRA's long and successful track record of direct investing. GRA currently manages or advises more than USD17 billion of direct and co-investment transactions globally on behalf of clients.
"Institutional investors are increasingly seeking to complement their real asset fund holdings with direct investments.
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