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Citizens M&A Advisory has served as the exclusive financial advisor to FT Synthetics on its acquisition by GAF, a portfolio company of Standard Industries.
FT Synthetics is a fully integrated manufacturer of coated woven fabrics, with a dedicated focus on developing industry-leading new and unique underlayment products designed for the steep slope roofing industry. This includes North American-based operations with advanced equipment for non-woven manufacturing, adhesive application, weaving, coating, lamination and flexographic printing.
Gary Sandhar, co-owner and chief executive officer of FT Synthetics, says: “Kevin Mayer and the team at Citizens provided tremendous support and guidance throughout this transaction. Their
Northlane Capital Partners (NCP) has made an investment in insurance agency Choice Financial Group (Choice).
NCP invested in partnership with the Choice management team, led by Founder and President Richard Braun. In addition, Bob Hilb, an established insurance industry executive with more than 30 years of experience, joined the Choice executive team in conjunction with NCP’s investment.
Founded in 1998, Choice provides property and casualty insurance and employee benefits services to a range of commercial and individual customers. Choice is headquartered in Virginia Beach, VA, with 12 offices across the Mid-Atlantic region. Additional information is available at https://choiceins.com/.
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SWAN a s, an alternative telecommunications operator on the Slovak market, is changing its ownership structure. Slovak private equity fund, managed by Sandberg Capital, has agreed with DanubiaTel to divest its 50 per cent stake in their joint venture. The stake in SWAN will be taken over by SWAN’s sister company SWAN Mobile, a s, a member of the DanubiaTel group.
A landscaping business which maintains sites nationwide for leading supermarkets and utilities companies has secured a significant investment from Mercia’s private equity funds.
UK Landscapes, a family business which founded in 1997, now employs over 175 staff at its headquarters in Middlewich, Cheshire and regional depots throughout the UK including Leeds, Glasgow, Cardiff, Reading and Harlow. The company serves blue-chip customers such as Asda, John Lewis, Waitrose, Shell, and Santander. The funding will enable it to step up its organic growth and pursue a ‘buy and build’ strategy in the sector.
UK Landscapes was founded by Andrew Preston and
Browne Jacobson’s private equity team has advised independent private equity and infrastructure investment manager Foresight Group (Foresight) on its exit from e-commerce fulfilment specialist, Selazar Limited (Selazar), generating a 3.4x return for the Midland Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) managed by Foresight after less than two years.
The Browne Jacobson team was led by Midlands-based associate Matt Bolton, who also advised Foresight on MEIF’s initial and follow-on investments in Selazar in 2019 and 2020 (respectively), supported by Birmingham-based private equity partner, Gareth Davies.
The exit is the first for MEIF, which was launched by the UK Government-owned British Business Bank (BBB)
British Patient Capital has made a EUR25 million commitment to the Nauta Tech Invest V Fund, as Nauta Capital announces its final close at EUR190 million.
Investing from late seed and Series A, the fund has already invested in 11 companies in verticals including Fintech, Insurtech, Retailtech, and Open Source, among others.
Nauta Capital specialises in capital-efficient early-stage B2B software companies. The firm’s main areas of interest include SaaS solutions with strong network effects, vertically focused enterprise tech with the potential to transform large industries as well as those leveraging deeptech applications to solve challenges faced by large enterprises.
Aura Biosciences, a portfolio company of Spanish biotechnology venture capital firm Ysios Capital, has priced its initial public offering (IPO) and is trading on the Nasdaq Global Market (NASDAQ: AURA).
Global investment firm Carlyle has acquired a majority stake in CSS AG (CSS), a German business software provider with a focus on accounting, controlling and human resources (HR) software. Majority shareholder Michael Friemel will retain a large minority stake in CSS and will continue to lead the company as CEO.
Founded in 1984, CSS is headquartered in Künzell, Germany, and serves and supports its customers from eight additional regional offices. CSS is the only vendor with a fully integrated all-in-one business solution, named eGECKO, for accounting, controlling and HR modules which is specifically targeted at the needs of local and
BC Partners is to acquire a controlling stake in Pet City, pet retailer in Greece. Specific terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
The deal represents the first investment of BC Partners GR Investment LP (BCPGR), a special purpose fund which seeks to invest in and support high-growth small and medium-sized companies in Greece. This transaction and BCPGR is a testament to BC Partners’ unique deep regional network across Europe.
Pet City was founded in 1988 and has grown as a family-owned business to be the clear market leader in Greece serving around 3 million customers. The founding
Sir Paul Marshall has today announced a GBP50 million donation to the London School of Economics’ (LSE) Marshall Institute, which will kick-start a unique accelerator for social impact ventures, as part of his long-term ambition to create a philanthropic cooperative that brings together capital, expertise and passion for change in one place.
The Marshall Impact Accelerator will provide a brand new platform for the world’s most promising social ventures, scaling them to help us tackle global challenges in areas such as health, the environment, social inequality, public policy and developmental economics.
Bringing together LSE’s world-leading research expertise and the Marshall
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