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PSG, a specialist growth equity firm partnering with middle-market software and technology-enabled service companies to help them navigate transformational growth, has signed a definitive agreement to sell Pineapple Payments, a payments technology provider, to Fiserv, Inc (NASDAQ: FISV), a global specialist in payments and financial services technology solutions.
Pineapple will join the Global Business Solutions division of Fiserv as part of the Partner Solutions business unit. Founded in 2016, Pineapple Payments provides payment processing, proprietary technology, and omni-channel payment acceptance solutions for integrated software vendors (ISVs) and small and medium businesses (SMBs). After partnering with PSG in 2017, Pineapple
PineBridge Investments (PineBridge), a private, global asset manager focused on active, high-conviction investing, has appointed Kate Faraday as Global Head of Corporate Responsibility.
In this newly created role, Faraday will report directly to PineBridge’s CEO, Greg Ehret. Her primary responsibilities will be to work closely with PineBridge’s Corporate Responsibility Steering Committee, which oversees the firm’s subcommittees. Those subcommittees are dedicated to ESG Investment, Diversity & Inclusion, Stewardship and Company Responsibility. Ms. Faraday will play an active role in each of these functions, ensuring alignment, collaboration and sharing of best practices across PineBridge.
In this new role, Faraday will oversee
Kirkland & Ellis is advising TDR Capital LLP, a private equity firm, on the recommended offer for the entire issued, and to be issued, ordinary share capital of Arrow.
As part of the offer, shareholders of Arrow have the opportunity to elect to receive a share alternative in lieu of the cash offer. The acquisition will be implemented by way of a scheme of arrangement and values Arrow at approximately GBP563 million.
Arrow was founded in the United Kingdom in 2005, with the aim of identifying, acquiring and managing secured and unsecured loan and real estate portfolios from
Alex Di Santo, group head of private equity at Crestbridge outlines four considerations for venture capital managers looking to launch their first fund.
Funds managed by SK Capital Partners LP, a private investment firm focused on the specialty materials, chemicals and pharmaceuticals sectors, have completed the previously announced acquisition of the Blow-Fill-Seal (BFS) Sterile Contract Development and Manufacturing business from Catalent Pharma Solutions.
The business has been renamed Woodstock Sterile Solutions (Woodstock), reflecting its long-standing, rich heritage in the Woodstock, Illinois community.
Woodstock is a leading BFS sterile contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) that operates out of a single site in Woodstock, Illinois, focusing on complex clinical to commercial stage formulation and manufacturing. The Company supports a global, blue-chip customer base with
Collectia today announces that it has completed the acquisition of the Danish operations of Kredinor . Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
Kredinor A/S is the oldest provider of debt collection services in Denmark with over 150 years of experience, and is particularly strong within the utility and SME sectors with its sector leading subscription service.
Kredinor A/S is headquartered in Ballerup, Denmark and works on behalf of over 3,000 corporate clients and employs c44 FTEs.
Silverfleet Capital invested in Collectia, a tech-enabled credit management services provider, in early 2020 to support its continued international
Global investment bank GCA Altium has advised the shareholders of Retrogenix, an early-stage contract research organisation (CRO) providing specialised bioanalytical services, on its sale to US-headquartered Charles River Laboratories.
Founded in 2008, Derbyshire-based Retrogenix offers cell microarray services for target receptor identification, off-target profiling, and target deconvolution on a wide range of novel therapeutics including biologics, cell therapies and small molecules. It provides the only commercially available platform for off-target screening for pre-clinical safety assurance in CAR T and other cell therapies.
Leveraging one of the world’s largest protein libraries which it has developed over the last ten years,
Align Capital Partners (ACP) has completed the majority recapitalisation of Custom Veterinary Services (CVS), a custom formulator and contract manufacturer exclusively focused on the animal health industry.
The Company’s FDA-registered facility in Miami, Florida produces nutritional supplements, dermatological, and grooming products for companion animals.
Founded by Ruben Martinez in 2005, CVS serves customers ranging from well-established animal health organisations to prospering e-commerce-focused brands. Under Ruben’s leadership, the Company has partnered with over 100 clients to date; working with them to identify their product needs, develop formulations, establish packaging, and scale up to production.
“CVS’ commitment is to produce
Tokoro Capital, a next generation real estate investment manager set up by Sanjay Sethi and Max Bassadone, has secured a new long term letting to Banque Palatine, one of France’s oldest banks, for the whole of its newly refurbished 86 Rue De Courcelles Grade-A office building in the iconic 8th Arrondissement of Paris.
Tokoro acquired the property vacant in December 2020, confident that, despite the pandemic, there was still strong demand for well located, modern office space which meets occupiers’ focus on health and wellbeing.
Banque Palatine, which was founded in 1780 in Lyon and which offers retail and
Partners Group, a global private markets firm, has agreed to sell its joint lead ownership stake in GlobalLogic, a specialist in digital engineering services, to Japanese conglomerate Hitachi LTD (Hitachi), on behalf of clients.
The transaction values GlobalLogic at an enterprise value of USD9.5 billion.
In 2018, Partners Group acquired a joint lead ownership equity stake in GlobalLogic alongside equity partner Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) at an enterprise value of USD 2 billion. Partners Group and CPP Investments each hold an equity ownership interest of approximately 45 per cent in the business and will both be exiting
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