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Private equity firm Z Capital Partners has acquired an equity stake of a non-strategic minority holder and increased its equity ownership of Real Mex Restaurants.
As a result of this transaction, Z Capital is now the largest shareholder of Real Mex.
Concurrent with this transaction, the company announced that James J Zenni, founder, president and chief executive officer of Z Capital, has been named chairman of the Real Mex board of directors.
"We are thrilled to become the largest shareholder of Real Mex," says Zenni. "Since Charly Robinson was appointed as CEO, Real Mex has improved operations and
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters are becoming increasingly important in the deal market, according to a poll of over 300 professionals conducted by PwC US.
The poll, conducted during PwC's recent webcast, Integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues in deals and valuing their impact, found that 68 per cent of participants who are planning a divestiture, acquisition, merger or IPO in the next 12 months plan to evaluate ESG considerations when planning their transactions.
Investors are increasingly taking environmental, social and governance factors into consideration when assessing the value of a company. According to the survey, 38
Elliptic Technologies has secured USD4m of additional funding from existing and new investors including BDC Venture Capital and Anges Quebec members.
Building on Elliptic's embedded security and content protection solutions, the company will deploy the new capital to support its growth strategy and fuel more extensive market opportunities through the development of its tVault technology and expansion of the sales and marketing teams and initiatives.
"We are delighted to have been early investors in Elliptic Technologies. Elliptic has built an impressive list of clients, and demonstrated consistent leadership and innovation in delivering security solutions which is why we believe
PasswordBox has raised USD6m in a series A funding round led by OMERS Ventures, along with Mark Britto, chief executive of BOKU, and Lee Linden, head of Facebook ecommerce.
PasswordBox, a secure password management solution, plans to use the funds to continue scaling and growing its team.
"Thirty eight per cent of Americans believe it would be easier to achieve world peace than to remember all of their online passwords," says Dan Robichaud, PasswordBox CEO. "PasswordBox offers a simple and highly secure password management solution. We've now reached over one million users, and continue to grow both as a
O’Melveny & Myers represented Adelis Equity Partners in the closing of Adelis Equity Partners Fund I, a EUR420m (USD564m) buyout fund focused on the Nordic lower middle market.
The London-based O’Melveny team was led by partner John Daghlian and counsel Angela Yung.
The team also included partner Daniel Quinn and trainee Dorota Maj. Partners Jan Birtwell and Luc Moritz, counsel Bryan Kelly, and associate Rachel Hawkins advised on tax issues.
Omnes Capital has supported the management team of Camérus group, a specialist in furniture rental for event planners or trade fair and congress organisers, in a management buy-out (MBO).
This new capital partnership with Christian Liagre (president), Christine Atzémis (co-CEO) and Christophe Vilain (co-CEO), will allow the company to further develop its client base and product offering.
Liagre says: “With Omnes Capital, Camérus will engage in a new development period to enhance its offer both in terms of innovative products and of customer services in order to confirm its leader position on this growing market of furniture rental for
Private equity firm Elements Capital Partners has acquired 40.84 per cent of NFD, the Slovenian mutual fund company.
Along with the NETA financial group, the two companies now control 82 per cent of NFD. Financial terms have not yet been released and the transaction is subject to regulatory approval.
Headquartered in Ljubljana, NFD is Slovenia's largest mutual fund group with over EUR80m in assets under management.
"NFD has a footprint in the Balkans that few other firms have, in addition to a seasoned management team," says Karl E White, one of the three founders of Elements Capital.
BlackFin, a private equity firm dedicated to financial services SMEs, has acquired the insurance comparison website HyperAssur.
BlackFin plans to group its financial aggregators in France – www.MisterAssur.com, www.DevisMutuelle.com, www.Mutuelle-Conseil.com, www.KelAssur.com, and www.Kredity.com – under the new brand Comparadise. Each aggregator will retain its own brand, website and positioning.
Hyperassur is a major player of the insurance online comparison market, thanks to its broad panel of insurers, mutual insurance companies and brokers. HyperAssur offers internet users a large range of insurance policies such ascar, motorbike, health, home and life.
The acquisition of Hyperassur allows Comparadise to strengthen its position
ECI Partners, the UK growth-focused mid-market private equity firm, has acquired a minority stake in Harvard Engineering, which designs and develops control products for the lighting industry.
The details of the transaction are not being disclosed.
The investment will allow Harvard to further build on its strategic growth plans, which includes increasing employee numbers from 300 to 500, enhancing the company’s range of products and building a new R&D and manufacturing facility.
The company’s product range includes LeafNut, the wireless control and monitoring system for street lighting, and the CoolLED range of switchable drivers for LED lighting. More
KKR is to acquire The Brickman Group for USD1.6bn from Leonard Green & Partners and other shareholders.
Founded in 1939, Brickman is a provider of landscape maintenance and snow removal services in the US. With nearly 10,000 employees nationwide, Brickman serves a diversified base of over 10,000 clients.
Andrew Kerin, chief executive officer of Brickman, says: “We are very pleased to partner with KKR, a leading investment firm with extensive experience in service businesses and an outstanding track record. With our partner, we are well positioned to accelerate our growth, further enhance the quality of services we provide to
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