Mid-market private equity firm Bowmark Capital has backed the GBP32 million management buy-out of CSL DualCom (CSL) – the UK’s largest provider of dual-signalling products and services for intruder alarms – from Octopus. CSL pioneered dual-signalling technology, whereby signals are transmitted over both a traditional fixed telephone line and a wireless network, in the late 1990s. This is now regarded as the standard format for alarm signalling and is specified by all leading insurance companies.   The company has grown rapidly over the past five years.  Today, CSL manages the signalling for over 125,000 intruder alarms located in commercial, retail and

Lithuania SME Fund managed by BaltCap has completed a growth capital investment in Labochema, a leading pan-Baltic laboratory supply provider. This is the third investment made by BaltCap’s Lithuania SME Fund.  Labochema (consisting of Labochema LT, Labochema Latvija and Labochema Eesti) is the leading provider of laboratory supplies and related services in the Baltics. Founded in 1991, the company is currently located in Vilnius, Riga and Tartu. Labochema provides customers with a wide range of products including chemicals, reagents, furniture, equipment, instrumentation and consumables from leading global scientific manufacturers. Labochema’s client portfolio consists of top educational, biotech, industrial, pharmaceutical, health

High Street Capital has sold its interest in Mac & Massey (Massey Fair) to Batory Foods, Inc. With branch locations across the continental US, Massey sources and distributes food ingredients for food manufacturers nationwide. Massey’s customers range from local niche, specialty food manufacturers to the Fortune 500. Massey’s management team will join Batory’s team in operating the combined businesses. "High Street Capital has been an excellent partner. Together we were able to leverage the strengths of both parties which ultimately enabled us to successfully optimize the business and its value," says Randy Cimorelli, CEO of Massey Fair. "They "get it"

Preqin’s quarterly deal flow data shows that there were 624 private equity-backed buyout deals in Q4 2011, valued at a total of USD56.7bn – an 8% decrease from Q3 2011. Q4 2011 saw 212 exits valued at USD41.2bn, representing a 27% fall from the USD56.3bn of exits in Q3 2011. However, ideal and exit flow are up 18% and 33% respectively as a whole in 2011 compared to 2010. The 624 deals valued at a total of USD56.7bn in Q4 2011 also represents a lower level of activity than in the same period last year, which saw 703 deals with

Albion Ventures has invested in Hilson Moran Holdings Limited to enable the staff of Hilson Moran Partnership Limited (Hilson Moran), an engineering and environmental consultancy, to carry out a GBP5 million MBO and gain independence from the UK subsidiary of Altran Technologies. Hilson Moran provides consultancy in building services, sustainability, facilities management and other services and is firmly established as a leading engineering consultancy to commercial office, data centre, retail, leisure, hotel and residential projects such as “The Gherkin”, Wembley Arena and the Olympic Village at Stratford. The company employs more than 200 staff based in London, Manchester, Farnborough, Abu

EIIB has completed an investment in Rasmala Holdings Limited, an investment bank operating in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and Egypt specialising in asset management, investment banking, brokerage and research. Rasmala was one of the first regional investment banks to be licensed by the Dubai Financial Services Authority with expertise and relationships in the region maintained through its regulated subsidiaries in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Oman. Rasmala serves a wide range of private and institutional clients including government institutions, corporations, family offices and high net worth individuals. Rasmala employs approximately 140 people in the region. Rasmala has

The Resolute Fund II, LP, an affiliate of The Jordan Company, has acquired Vantage Specialty Chemicals from HIG Capital. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.   Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, Vantage is a diversified specialty chemicals producer focused on naturally derived ingredients. The Company supplies more than 1,500 products to a diverse and growing global customer base within the personal care, consumer products, food and industrial end markets. Vantage’s leading market position is a result of its industry-leading formulation capabilities, efficient and flexible manufacturing facilities, technical support and customer service, broad product offering, global reach and seasoned

Award-winning medical technology spin-out company, Ai2 Limited has secured GBP1.75M in a joint investment from managers of the North West Fund for Biomedical, SPARK Impact and MTI Firms, managers of UMIP Premier Fund. The deal, which saw MTI invest GBP950k and SPARK Impact, invest GBP800k, allows the Manchester University spin-out to continue development of its cutting edge technology.   The GBP25m North West Fund for Biomedical is part of the GBP185m North West Fund –an evergreen fund provided by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), to supply debt and equity funding to growing small and