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Funds managed by Blackstone Capital Partners have signed a definitive agreement with EQT VII fund (EQT Private Equity) and KHF to acquire a majority stake in VFS Global.
EQT Private Equity will remain indirectly invested in the Company with a minority position alongside Blackstone. Blackstone, as majority shareholder, and KHF, as minority shareholder, will be co-investors in the Company following the closing of the transaction.
VFS Global is the global market leader in visa outsourcing services, headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland and Dubai, UAE. Founded by its current CEO, Zubin Karkaria in 2001, the Company pioneered the professionalisation of the visa
Nexteam Group, which is backed by Tikehau Capital and ACE Capital Partners, and Ventana Group are to merge to create an industrial player serving the aeronautics, space and defence sectors.
The new group created, specialising in the aeronautics, space and defence sectors, will be built on its industrial centres of excellence and the commercial and geographical complementarities of the merged entities.
The planned merger is based on the commitment of the management teams of both groups. Convinced of the recovery of the sector and the positive dynamics brought about by this merger, the shareholder-managers are increasing their level of investment
Riskonnect, a specialist in integrated risk management (IRM) solutions, has acquired ICIX, a California-based value chain governance company that empowers businesses to manage, monitor, and verify ESG performance.
The acquisition accelerates Riskonnect’s global growth by expanding its IRM product suite to better serve the increasing risk and compliance demands of the fast-growing ESG market.
“Organisations are actively incorporating ESG into their overall risk and compliance strategy to build resilience and meet heightened expectations for how they make a positive environmental and social impact. We’re committed to helping organisations along that journey,” says Jim Wetekamp, Riskonnect’s CEO. “The addition of
Independent Iberian asset manager GED Capital has participated with its fund Conexo Ventures in the USD8 million Series A investment round of Troop, a startup that helps with the organisation of in-person meetings for all users.
In addition to GED Capital, other investors participating in the round included Madrona Venture Group (USA), Epic Ventures (USA), All Iron (ES), Plug and Play (USA), Travel Tech 1 – Top Seed Labs (ES) and Founders Factory (UK). The round has also been supported by some of the travel industry’s leading players, including Trivago founder Rolf Schromgens, former Egencia CEO Rob Greyber, former Uber
Ara Partners (Ara), a private equity firm that specialises in industrial decarbonisation investments, has acquired Fluitron. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Based in Ivyland, Pennsylvania, Fluitron is a specialist in manufacturing industrial gas compression and dispensing equipment, including diaphragm compressors, pressure vessels, and other specialised products. Founded in 1976, Fluitron maintains operations in Ivyland, and sells to customers throughout the world, with its largest presences in the United States, Canada, India, China, Japan, and South Korea. Fluitron’s President, Anthony Chiccarine, and Vice President, Robert Chiccarine, will continue to lead Fluitron under Ara’s ownership.
Fluitron is well
BB Capital Investments-backed KidsKonnect has acquired Dutch childcare software company ROSA, its fifth bolt-on acquisition in 2021.
ROSA specialises in software for the administration of childcare and childminder. The transaction was preceded by KidsKonnect’s acquisitions of the Dutch childcare software specialists Social Schools, PortaBase and Doenkids and the Belgian Deona.
Investment company BB Capital took a majority interest in Konnect in 2019 from its participation in Flexkids, after which a merger between the two IT specialists resulted in KidsKonnect. In the Netherlands and Belgium, more than ten companies together now serve more than one million children in the age
ChargePoint Holdings, an electric vehicle (EV) charging network operating in North America and Europe, has closed its previously announced acquisition of European electric mobility platform has·to·be.
“Today we announce our accelerating leadership position in the European EV charging market with the closing of our acquisition of has·to·be, which combined with our acquisition of ViriCiti and our existing broad portfolio of charging infrastructure solutions position ChargePoint well in commercial and fleet segments. With these acquisitions, we grew our talent pool across and have state-of-the- art research and development centers across Europe,” says Pasquale Romano, CEO of ChargePoint. “These key milestones further
Ropes & Gray has advised TPG Capital, the private equity platform of alternative asset firm TPG, in its acquisition of a majority stake in Nintex from Thoma Bravo.
The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of 2021. Terms of the transaction, which was announced on 5 October, have not been disclosed.
TPG is a global alternative asset firm with more than USD108 billion of assets under management. Nintex, based in Bellevue, Washington, is the market leader in end-to-end process management and workflow automation provider. Thoma Bravo, a leading software investment firm, plans to make a new equity
UK law firm TLT has advised Detectortesters (No Climb Products Ltd), a specialist in the design and manufacture of fire detector testing equipment and a three-times winner of the Queen’s Award for enterprise, on its high-value buyout by Inflexion Private Equity Partners.
Independent, alternative asset investment management company, Pollen Street Capital (Pollen Street), has launched its second annual ESG Report.
The report highlights the progress of Pollen Street Capital against its ESG priorities and impact agenda over the last year as well as providing more detail on its approach to sustainability and future goals.
“There can be no denying the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on all our lives over the past year. Amongst the many changes seen as a result of the emergence of Covid-19 is a sharpened appetite for sustainability at local, national, and global levels,” says Lindsey McMurray,
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