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IK Investment Partners’ (IK) IK VIII Fund has entered into exclusive negotiations to sell Colisée Group (Colisée), a European care provider, to the EQT Infrastructure V Fund (EQT Infrastructure). Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Colisée is a leading provider of nursing homes and homecare services for the elderly. The Company operates nearly 270 care facilities across France, Belgium, Spain and Italy. Since partnering with IK in 2017, Colisée has significantly grown its footprint, expanding its presence in Spain and entering the Belgian market with the acquisition of Armonea in 2019. It is now the 4th largest
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP), a global private equity firm, has signed a definitive agreement in partnership with management to acquire BigHand from Bridgepoint Development Capital and minority co-investor LDC.
BigHand develops and delivers workflow software and tools that help law firms and other organisations optimise their workflows, productivity and profitability. The Company’s offerings include delegation workflow, document creation, business intelligence and matter pricing solutions that significantly enhance efficiency and profitability for over 3,500 organisations and 600,000 users worldwide. As a leader in its niche, BigHand has longstanding relations with a majority of the largest and best-known global law firms
Funds advised by SK Capital Partners (SK Capital), a private investment firm focused on the specialty materials, chemicals and pharmaceuticals sectors, has entered into a definitive agreement with Huntsman Corporation (HUN) to purchase approximately 42.5 million of its shares in Venator Materials PLC for a cash purchase price of approximately USD100 million.
The deal includes a 30-month option for the purchase of the remaining approximately 9.5 million shares at a strike price of USD2.15 per share. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and is expected to close near year-end.
Barry Siadat, Co-Founder of SK Capital Partners, says: “We
The latest CEPRES Private Capital Market Outlook shows how Q2 2020 M&A deal value in the US declined by 60 per cent quarter-on-quarter which also represents a 50 per cent decrease year-on-year. These developments in the US exit markets reflect the weak market and investor sentiment during Q2, most likely impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
Comparing to the last crisis, post-GFC private markets deal level median gross DPI (Distributions to Paid-in) recovered sharply to a 1.50x median DPI in 2009 compared to those deals with investment years between 2006 and 2008. This is followed by a softening of deal level
Restream, a multi-platform live streaming solution, has raised USD50 million in Series A financing led by Sapphire Ventures and Insight Partners. In addition, Restream is launching Restream Studio, a broadcasting production centre that makes live streaming across social platforms as easy as hosting a Zoom call. Restream will use the new capital to expand the company’s product offerings and continue to grow its global footprint, following 300 percent growth since January. Paul Levine, Managing Director at Sapphire Ventures, and Teddie Wardi, Managing Director at Insight Partners, will also join Restream’s board of directors.
Restream Studio enables businesses to broadcast live content
Unicorn VC deal value grew to EUR3.1 billion in H1 2020, and is on pace to surpass the EUR5.7 billion record set in 2019, according to PitchBook’s latest VC report, as companies like Deliveroo and N26 both closed substantial rounds in the first six months of the year.
UK private equity manager Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has invested GBP1.5 million in Gen inCode, a genetic testing business specialising in the risk assessment and prediction of cardiovascular disease.
Gen inCode raised in total GBP3.4 million, where Maven invested alongside another institutional investor and existing private shareholders.
Gen inCode has developed a range of patented DNA risk assessment products which utilise AI, bioinformatics and a globally recognised clinical evidence base to provide predictive analysis of a patient’s health risk. Proprietary algorithms are used to predict the probability of adverse events, resulting in a comprehensive risk evaluation that provides key insights
MidOcean Partners, a middle market private equity firm focused on the business services and consumer sectors, has acquired Music Reports, an independent provider of music rights data, administration, and management services, from ABRY Partners and the company’s co-founders, Ronald Gertz and Douglas Brainin. MidOcean’s investment will be used to accelerate Music Reports’ growth, both through organic product initiatives, as well as potential acquisitions. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Music Reports leverages its proprietary and continuously updated music and cue sheet databases, Songdex and Cuetrak, to deliver a full technology-enabled platform of advanced rights, payments, and royalty solutions
Private investment firm GI Partners has completed the previously announced acquisition of Clinical Ink, a global clinical trial technology company.Headquartered in Horsham, Pennsylvania, Clinical Ink offers data certainty from source to submission during clinical trials. The company’s Lumenis eSource clinical technology is a suite of solutions for capturing and integrating clinical trial electronic study data from sites, clinicians, and patients in real time. Through configurable direct data capture (DDC), electronic clinical outcome assessment (eCOA), electronic patient reported outcomes (ePRO), and eConsent modules, the company’s eSource Ecosystem has been deployed across 300 studies, in all Phases (I–IV).
In partnership with
kSARIA Corporation (kSARIA), a producer and supplier of mission-critical connectivity solutions for the aerospace and defence end markets and a portfolio company of Behrman Capital, has acquired Compulink Cable Assemblies (Compulink). Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.Headquartered in St Petersburg, Florida, Compulink is an AS9100-registered manufacturer of high-reliability cables and harnesses for commercial and military applications. Since 1984, Compulink has served original equipment manufacturers nationwide with excellence in design engineering, prototype fabrication, production, and testing. The Company’s product capabilities include an array of harness assemblies such as coax, RF, Mil-C-38999 and miniaturised connectors, as well as custom-moulded
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