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Water Street Healthcare Partners has partnered with one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies to develop a set of generic products.
The collaboration is a new model of outsourcing that is designed to provide pharmaceutical companies with greater flexibility and support to maximise their investment in drug development.
Water Street has created a standalone company that will fund and lead the development and approval processes of multiple generic product families over the next several years on behalf of its pharmaceutical client. As each product receives regulatory approval, the client will purchase that product at a previously agreed upon
Private equity firm LDC has invested in a GBP20m transaction to support the future growth of The Training Room (TTR), a UK provider of vocational training and accreditation for gym instructors and personal trainers.
LDC has invested alongside founder and chief executive Jonathan Davies, who will retain a significant shareholding.
Established in 2006 and headquartered in Poole, Dorset, TTR operates fitness industry recognised training programmes from 16 training academies that are strategically located in key cities across the UK. The business has more than 100 employees and trained nearly 3,000 people over the last year.
TTR provides
Aviva Investors has acquired an 8.6MW portfolio of residential solar photovoltaic (PV) systems installed on over 3,000 properties across the UK from Zouk’s first infrastructure fund, Zouk Solar Opportunities Ltd (ZSOL).
The ZSOL portfolio was developed and financed by Zouk over 2011-2013. The investment model enables homeowners and social housing residents to benefit from free use of the electricity generated by the solar PV systems. The systems were installed at no cost to the residents and can reduce household power bills substantially, which helps to relieve many from fuel poverty. The electricity generated by the portfolio over its lifetime
Furniture brand Swoon Editions has raised GBP1.2m in investment from Index Ventures, Octopus Investments and angel investors.
Swoon Editions was founded in March 2012 and has traded until now as Decoholic. During this period it has built a loyal following of thousands of customers. This is the company’s first external investment.
Brian Harrison, chief executive and co-founder, says: "We believe people should be able to own beautiful furniture without paying six times what it costs to make. We figured if we could identify pieces that people really covet, and only make those, there was an opportunity to deliver great designs to consumers at market
The joint private equity fund Mir Capital set up by Gazprombank and Intesa Sanpaolo has acquired a non-controlling stake in Lima Corporate Group from IMI Investimenti.
Mir Capital will join Ardian (formerly known as AXA Private Equity), the company’s main shareholder, and IMI Investimenti.
Lima Corporate designs, produces and distributes orthopaedic devices. The company is headquartered in Villanova di San Daniele (Udine -Italy) and ranks among the top ten in its field globally. It operates in 25 countries and has a diversified customer base with a strong sales network. Today, Lima’s global business lines include over 9,000 product
Terry Hunter, chief executive of Tryzens, and his senior management team have completed the acquisition of the digital solutions provider from its parent company Jaywing with backing from Scottish Equity Partners (SEP).
UK-based Tryzens, which also has offices in Bulgaria and India, is one of Europe’s leading providers of digital retail solutions. The company provides technology around digital design, development, delivery, integration and strategy. Tryzens helps businesses increase sales, enhance customer experience, ensure site performance and stay ahead of competitors.
The company has over 200 staff and blue-chip clients including Dunelm Mill, JD Sports Fashion Group, Tesco, Austin
A consortium of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Titan International and One Equity Partners have completed the acquisition of Russian agricultural and industrial tyre manufacturer OJSC Voltyre-Prom from Cordiant.
Under Cordiant’s management OJSC Voltyre-Prom has developed its production base, updating production processes through the introduction of new technology and establishing quality control procedures. This has underpinned the expansion of the company’s product portfolio and streamlined business operations.
Titan International plans further modernization at Voltyre-Prom to allow further growth in the production of tires for international and domestic modern agricultural machinery. This will reduce Russia’s reliance on imports
MongoDB has secured USD150m in financing led by a financial services company and certain funds and accounts advised by T Rowe Price Associates, with additional new investors Altimeter Capital and salesforce.com.
The round includes participation from existing investors Intel Capital, NEA, Red Hat and Sequoia Capital.
With more than USD231m in total investment since the company’s inception in 2007, MongoDB is now the best-funded Big Data technology. MongoDB’s financing marks the largest single funding round for any database vendor, NoSQL or otherwise.
The company will use these funds to further invest in the core MongoDB project as
Jarden Corporation has completed its acquisition of Yankee Candle Investments from a fund managed by Madison Dearborn Partners for approximately USD1.75bn in cash.
Pro forma for the transaction, Jarden would have had net sales and adjusted EBITDA of approximately USD7.7bn and USD1.0bn, respectively, for the 12 months ended 30 June 2013.
Jarden also closed today on its incremental USD750m senior secured term loan B-1 facility, which matures in 2020.
Jarden funded the transaction with the proceeds from its recently completed common stock offering, proceeds from the aforementioned term loan, and cash on hand.
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Private equity firm Catterton Partners has completed the sale of Mid-Atlantic Convenience Stores (MACS), a convenience store operator in Maryland and Virginia, to an affiliate of Sunoco.
Sunoco, which has a long history in the retail business with a network of almost 5,000 sites, will operate the MACS business. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Since investing in MACS in 2010, Catterton has helped it to become a leading development platform in the convenience store space. Over this period, MACS has been able to drive significant operational retail improvements at its convenience stores, including unifying store brands,
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