Allocations
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP), a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, has sold its portfolio company HomeVestors of America (HomeVestors) to funds managed by Bayview Asset Management (Bayview), a global investment management firm focused specifically on investments in finance, mortgage and consumer credit.
HomeVestors generates proprietary real estate investment opportunities through advertising campaigns that utilise the “We Buy Ugly Houses” national brand. HomeVestors was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
The sale of HomeVestors is LLCP’s seventh successful exit in the last year, following West Academic, Best Lawyers, Caring Brands, FlexXray, Trinity Consultants and Nothing Bundt
Marcone, a distributor of home appliance, HVAC, and plumbing repair parts and equipment across North America and current portfolio company of Genstar Capital, has acquired Munch’s Supply (Munch’s), a distributor of HVAC equipment, parts and supplies, from Ridgemont Equity Partners.
Combined with its recent acquisition of plumbing distributor Professional Plumbing Group (PPG), the deal dramatically expands Marcone’s service offering. Ridgemont and the Munch’s management team will retain a meaningful minority stake in the combined entity.
Mercer Global Advisors (Mercer Advisors), a full-service wealth management firm and national Registered Investment Adviser (RIA) backed by Genstar Capital, has acquired Cordasco Financial Network (CFN), wealth management firm headquartered in Naples, Florida.
CFN serves over 400 clients with assets under management (AUM) of approximately USD510 million. CFN was founded by Steve Cordasco, CEO, in 2011. CFN offers comprehensive financial planning and portfolio management to high-net-worth individuals, families, and corporate clientele. CFN’s team will be joining Mercer Advisors.
With a staff of retirement specialists, CPAs, insurance consultants and more, CFN’s team combines expertise in a variety of fields to
Diligent, a specialist provider of SaaS solutions across governance, risk, compliance and ESG, has acquired Insightia, a SaaS provider of expert insights and intelligent analytics for listed companies, with a focus on shareholder activism, proxy voting and corporate governance.
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Formed from the 2020 merger of Activist Insight and Proxy Insight, Insightia offers a single source of global public company information to a range of global investment banks, law firms, proxy solicitors, and other corporate advisors. Representative clients include PJT CamberView, Glass Lewis, Morrow Sodali, FTI Consulting, and Georgeson.
District Capital Partners
Chicago-based private equity firm CORE Industrial Partners (CORE), has formed a new platform with ithets acquisition of RE3DTECH, a provider of additive manufacturing services with a focus on high-volume production parts.
RE3DTECH offers a comprehensive suite of in-house manufacturing services, including 3D printing, finishing, quality and assembly. The Company specialises in 3D printing utilising multi-jet fusion technologies and direct metal laser sintering to manufacture production-grade parts across both polymer and metal materials.
Worldwise, a portfolio company of middle-market private equity investment fund A&M Capital Partners (AMCP), has acquired Furhaven Pet Products, (FurHaven), a pet industry eCommerce specialist.
After the close of the transaction, FurHaven will operate under the Worldwise platform, which was acquired by AMCP in September 2021.
Headquartered in Bellingham, WA, FurHaven is a leading North American eCommerce platform for pet accessories, including bedding, home and travel supplies, apparel and more. FurHaven is also an innovator in branded product development, providing creative supply chain solutions to both eCommerce-centric businesses and omni-channel brick and mortar retailers.
Worldwise, headquartered in Novato,
Tikehau Capital, a global alternative asset management group, has acted as sole-arranger of a unitranche facility to support IK Partners’ acquisition of DA Languages (DAL), a UK-based language services provider, from Foresight Group.
The financing, extended via Tikehau Capital’s Direct Lending strategy, includes an acquisition facility to fund M&A-led growth and an ESG ratchet mechanism, which should enable DAL to reduce its borrowing costs, subject to its performance in certain ESG criteria.
Through the provision of this facility, Tikehau Capital is partnering with DAL’s management team and IK Partners to support the company’s organic and inorganic growth strategy which
Sellsy, a French provider of all-in-one CRM and FMS (financial management system) software solutions for SMEs, has secured EUR55 million in funding from PSG, a growth equity firm partnering with middle-market software and technology-enabled services companies.
Sellsy offers a fully-fledged CRM solution, including lead management, quotation and pipeline, marketing automation and contact management, coupled with key FMS functionalities including invoicing, payment reconciliation and liquidity management.
Sellsy was founded in 2009 in La Rochelle by Co-CEO Alain Mevellec and Chairman Frederic Coulais, who later welcomed Co-CEO Victor Douek as he joined the company in 2016. Following the transaction, Sellsy will continue
Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) investment manager Deepbridge Capital has now deployed over GBP100 million of capital via the Deepbridge Technology Growth EIS fund.
The fund was launched in 2013 as one of the first growth-focused technology EIS funds, providing private investors with access to a portfolio of early-stage investee companies across various intellectual-property-rich sectors, including energy and resource innovation, hardware technologies and IT-based developments.
With over 30 per cent of the fund having been raised within the past two years, capital has been provided UK-wide to 38 companies to date, with investee companies based across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland
Vala Capital, an entrepreneur-led venture capital firm, has appointed Lian Michelson, a successful entrepreneur and experienced angel investor, as investment director for its EIS portfolios.
The appointment comes as Vala launches a new tranche for its Sustainable Growth EIS portfolio – targeting small companies focused on sustainable solutions.
Michelson has more than a decade of experience of early stage investing, supporting founding teams with business development, strategy and fundraising. In 2012, she founded Then and Now, an online marketplace that represents over 500 worldwide clothing brands. Michelson started her career as a fixed income trader for Morgan Stanley and
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