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Industrial Opportunity Partners (IOP), an operations-focused private equity firm, has completed the sale of portfolio company El Dorado Packaging (El Dorado) to ProAmpac Holdings (ProAmpac), a global flexible packaging company that serves consumer packaged goods customers across a diverse set of end markets.
The divestiture represents IOP’s sixth investment realisation from its USD275 million second fund, Industrial Opportunity Partners II. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
El Dorado was formed in September 2014 through the acquisitions and merger of the Multiwall Packaging Division of Greif, Inc and El Dorado Paper Bag Manufacturing Company. The Company is
Private investment firm GI Partners is to sell Consilio, a specialist in eDiscovery, document review, risk management, and legal consulting services, to investment funds managed by Stone Point Capital (Stone Point).
GI Partners simultaneously acquired Consilio and Advanced Discovery in 2018, combining the businesses to form a global leader in eDiscovery. Following a successful integration of the two companies, GI Partners and management acquired DiscoverReady later that year. The combinations brought together three highly regarded management teams with complementary capabilities into one global eDiscovery leader with a full suite of end-to-end solutions capable of supporting the largest and most
TV and video advertising specialist Extreme Reach (ER) is to acquire Adstream, a global provider of digital asset management, creative logistics and analytics solutions.
Through the acquisition, Extreme Reach will provide brand marketers and all their global partners with a seamless, all-in-one brand activation platform that removes complexity from the entire lifecycle of creative asset management, mitigating risk, restoring control and increasing agility, visibility and multi-team productivity.
From concept to campaign launch to reuse and storage of assets, marketers in all regions of the world will work cohesively in a centralised platform. The combined offering will provide global creative asset
Digital Alpha Advisors (Digital Alpha), a digital infrastructure investment firm, has held the closing of Digital Alpha Fund II over its initial hard cap with over USD1 billion in commitments.
The Fund was oversubscribed and continues the same successful strategy of investing in digital infrastructure assets, companies and revenue share arrangements as Digital Alpha Fund I, formed in 2017. Digital Alpha will also continue the successful strategic partnership it has had with Cisco since the firm’s founding, which includes preferred access to Cisco’s deal flow, engineering and sales resources, as well as access to Cisco’s broader ecosystem of channel partners
Compusoft Group, a leading global visual CPQ provider, has acquired First Degree Systems (FDS), a UK provider of software solutions for the window and door industry.
The acquisition is aligned with Compusoft’s aim to become the most recommended visual CPQ solution-provider in the world, by providing innovative software that makes complex processes simple. This further expansion into the window and door industry market will widen that offering, as well as expand their market coverage.
“The acquisition of FDS by Compusoft will usher us into a whole new era, complementing what has been built up over the last 30
Luminate Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on enterprise software, has completed a strategic growth investment in Axonify, a specialist in frontline employee training software.
Luminate’s investment will enable Axonify to expand its leadership position in the frontline training and communications market by accelerating new product innovations and other key growth initiatives. Axonify will continue to be led by CEO and Co-Founder Carol Leaman.
Axonify’s market-leading training and communication SaaS platform is purpose-built to serve frontline employees. Axonify delivers personalized, bite-sized bursts of learning directly into the flow of work, for just a few minutes a day, promoting employee
Kirkland & Ellis has emerged as the top legal adviser for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) by both value and volume in technology, media & telecom (TMT) sector for Q1 2021, having advised on 86 deals worth USD55.6 billion.
A total of 3,009 M&A deals were announced in the sector during Q1 2021, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. According to GlobalData’s report, ‘Global and Technology, Media & Telecom M&A Report Legal Adviser League Tables Q1 2021’, deal value for the sector increased by 88 per cent from USD175 billion in Q1 2020 to USD329 billion in Q1
Cybersecurity fundraising activity is on track for another record year, according to ICON Corporate Finance’s April 2021 cybersecurity sector report, which reveals that sector valuations have hit historic highs over the past 12 months.
In Q1 2021 USD3.7 billion was invested by VCs globally, an increase of +35 per cent. That looks set to shatter 2020’s record USD8.3 billion (+22 per cent).
The resilience of the market was demonstrated as more than USD22 billion in M&A deal value was transacted,ÂÂÂ despite the challenges of a global pandemic
Public cybersecurity stocks have traded at all-time highs, seeing the sector more than
An affiliate of HIG Capital (HIG), a global alternative investment firm with USD44 billion of equity capital under management, has completed a recapitalisation of Windows USA (Windows USA).
HIG is partnering with Michael Allbritton, Robert Tankersley, Ryan Guthrie, Eric Oliver and the current management team to provide additional resources to accelerate the Company’s successful growth trajectory. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Headquartered in Royal, Arkansas, Windows USA is a vertically integrated home services business providing replacement vinyl windows to homeowners in the Southern US. Windows USA is one of the largest direct-to-consumer (DTC) providers of replacement windows in
Astorg has completed its acquisition of Corsearch, from Audax Private Equity (Audax). Corsearch’s suite of end-to end brand risk and performance solutions include trademark research, online brand protection, and anti-piracy.
Building on Corsearch’s innovative tools for trademark clearance and brand and content protection, the new owners will invest in the continued development of the business and its services. Corsearch’s management team, led by CEO Tobi Hartmann, will continue to lead the organisation, building on an impressive track record of organic growth and strategic acquisitions.
The acquisition of Corsearch marks the second intellectual property (IP) deal announced by Astorg, which previously
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