Allocations
Graycliff Partners has acquired Gerard Daniel Worldwide, a manufacturer and distributor of wire mesh and other wire products used in a variety of applications and end markets, marking its initial investment from its fourth private equity fund.Since its founding in 1952, Gerard Daniel has grown from a domestic reseller of wire mesh into a full-service manufacturer and distributor of more than 5,000 wire mesh and related products to over 3,000 customers worldwide. The company’s products are used for filtration, sound suppression, heat dispersion and electro-chemical applications, and sold into end markets such as automotive, aerospace, energy, pharmaceutical, electronics, food and
Crescent Capital Group’s European Specialty Lending strategy has provided unitranche financing to support the acquisition of Spy Alarms by Phoenix Equity Partners. Crescent has also provided an acquisition facility to support Spy Alarms’ ongoing buy-and-build strategy. Terms of the financing were not disclosed.
Spy Alarms is a provider of electronic security and fire alarm services to both domestic and commercial customers. The company supplies, maintains and monitors security and fire alarm systems across London and South East of England, and currently has approximately 30,000 customers. Spy Alarms offers a full suite of security products that include intruder alarms, CCTV, fire safety
UK private equity fund Elaghmore has acquired UK signage specialist, Blaze Signs Holdings Ltd (Blaze). Based in Broadstairs, Kent, and with a substantial manufacturing and service centre in Birmingham, Blaze designs, manufactures, installs and maintains high-quality signage for well-known brands, including Lloyds Bank, Vision Express, Tescos and Sainsburys. During the pandemic, Blaze has also been providing social distancing and signage solutions for its customers.
The acquisition includes Blaze’s trading subsidiaries Blaze Signs Ltd and Cygnia Maintenance Ltd. Cygnia is the UK’s largest, and leading provider of sign maintenance, sign repairs and image protection services.
In total, Blaze employs 250
British Business Investments Ltd, a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has made its fourth commitment through its GBP500 million Managed Funds Programme.The cornerstone commitment of up to EUR75 million is being made to manager Isomer Capital’s second fund, Isomer Capital II, which will be targeted at early stage venture capital managers across Europe, that invest primarily into early stage tech companies. Isomer II will also pursue a co-investment strategy, investing alongside its fund managers, with additional capital made available for the most promising, high-growth companies from the underlying portfolio.
By taking a cornerstone position, capital from British Business
The pandemic has made investors ask a different set of questions, and shown how a ‘hybrid-approach’ will increase efficiency in the new normal, according to Sebastian Junoy, speaking on the operational due diligence panel at the PEWlive event today (2 September).
BGF invested GBP15 million into Yorkshire Wildlife Park (YWP) just before lockdown. Despite the well-documented challenges facing the business and wider sector, BGF has supported the Park and enabled the expansion development to continue.
Based on visitor reviews, YWP was recently ranked within the top 10 per cent of visitor attractions globally by the Travellers’ Choice Awards.
Set up in 2008 by founder directors Steve Minion, John Minion, Cheryl Williams and Neville Williams, Yorkshire Wildlife Park is located in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. YWP is a dynamic, interactive centre for animal conservation and welfare, home to more than 450 animals
CenterOak Partners’ (CenterOak) portfolio company Service Champions has acquired ASI Hastings (ASI), a provider of residential HVAC and plumbing services in San Diego, California.
Climeworks has completed a CHF100 million funding round, in what the company says is the largest ever investment into direct air capture.
The funding will be used to further scale and optimise Climeworks’ direct air capture technology and make it accessible to even more stakeholders; individuals, businesses and organisations alike.
Climeworks is one of the global leaders in carbon dioxide removal. Its patented direct air capture technology removes carbon dioxide directly from the air. It uses clean, renewable energy, thereby providing a truly pure carbon dioxide removal solution.
Current customers include established businesses and organisations worldwide,
Inflexion has made a minority investment in Auxadi, a Spanish tech-enabled, corporate services business. Auxadi provides a range of outsourced services including accounting, tax, payroll and related administration. The investment is being made by Inflexion’s dedicated minority investment fund, Partnership Capital II, and is Inflexion’s first investment in Spain following other successful investments in Europe.
Auxadi is the largest independent provider of corporate services operating in the Iberian Peninsula and Latin American markets. Headquartered in Madrid with a further 16 international subsidiaries, Auxadi has 500 customers across 50 countries, including leading real estate and private equity funds as well as major
Limerston Capital Partners I has acquired Forensis Group Limited and Forensic Axis Limited, (trading respectively as Forensic Access and Axiom International, specialists in forensic science services and international institutional reform and capacity building. Operating from state-of-the art facilities in Wantage (Oxfordshire), Forensic Access was established by Professor Angela Gallop in 1986 to provide high quality advice and guidance, and cutting edge science across all sectors of criminal and private sector justice. Forensic Access has since evolved to provide a comprehensive range of forensic science services both in the UK and internationally, with particular expertise in firearms and ballistics, fingerprints, forensic
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