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Aliter Capital (Aliter), the specialist UK support services investor has completed its investment in London-headquartered Temple Grange Partners, a consultancy firm with a leading financial crime (FCC) and compliance practice. This investment, in close partnership with Aliter’s existing portfolio companies Sponge and Bolt Learning, will support the creation of differentiated FCC-focused eLearning content designed specifically for the Financial Services market.
Eoin O’Shea, Founder and CEO of Temple Grange Partners, says: “We have been very impressed from the start with Aliter’s long-term investment strategy. In addition to helping to grow and expand our consultancy and advisory capabilities – including our leading compliance
Cloud Comms, Contact Centre and Cyber solutions firm, Babble, has acquired Corporate Management Telecom Ltd (CMT). The deal, which was funded by mid-market private equity investor LDC, is the third acquisition completed by the business this year as the management team continues to deliver its ambitious buy and build strategy.Established in 1998 and based in Braintree, CMT provides business telephony and cloud-based services including voice, system hardware, IT and mobile to 500 customers.
Since Babble partnered with LDC in 2017, the business has delivered a combination of impressive double-digit organic and acquisitive growth including the purchase of Arden Group, Direct
Foresight Group (Foresight), an independent infrastructure and private equity investment manager, has made the second investment by Foresight Energy Infrastructure Partners (FEIP), into two operational wind farms located in the Castile and León region of Spain.
Consolidated Healthcare Agencies Limited, a portfolio company of Lierston Capital I, has acquired Trinity Homecare Group Limited. Trinity Homecare is a CQC ‘Outstanding’ and award-winning home care provider with a mission to enrich quality of life by providing heartfelt home care and support through life’s journeys.
Based in Worcester Park, Trinity Homecare delivers in excess of 16,000 hours of home based care and support each week, enabling over 320 clients to remain living independently within the comfort of their own homes. Trinity Homecare’s services range from visiting care at home to round the clock live-in care.
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European software investor Hg’s Saturn team and its investors have agreed to a further majority investment in software company Visma, valued at USD12.2 billion in the world’s largest ever software buyout.
The Hg Saturn 2 Fund will purchase the stake from Montagu, a European private equity firm which has been an investor in the business since 2010, and other investors including Hg’s Genesis 7 Fund which will reduce its holding in Visma.
Warburg Pincus and TPG will invest in the company for the first time, acquiring minority stakes. Existing investor CPPIB will increase its stake, alongside other current co-investors in
Berlin-based deep tech company Apheris has raised EUR2.5 million to enable companies to analyse data without compromising privacy.
Cuatrecasas has advised Ventient Energy, the second-largest non-utility generator of onshore wind energy in Europe, on the acquisition of Iberwind and its subsidiaries, a leading player in the renewables energy sector in Portugal, with a portfolio comprising 31 wind farms with a total installed capacity of 726 MW.This deal bolsters Ventient Energy’s position as a leading player in Europe’s renewable energy market by adding these wind farms to the 103 units it already owns and operates across Europe with an installed capacity of 1.9 GW.
Iberwind, with more than 300 wind turbine generators, produces roughly 15 per cent of
Propeller Industries (Propeller), a provider of financial and accounting services for venture-stage companies, has secured an investment from affiliates of Newlight Partners (Newlight), a private investment firm. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 2008, Propeller’s core services include CFO-level financial guidance, comprehensive financial reporting and cost-effective accounting, as well as specialised services such as transaction advisory, trade promotions management, and human resources. Propeller’s teams bring deep, industry pattern-recognition and a cloud-based operating platform that equips founders with real-time reporting and analytics. Today, Propeller employs nearly 200 full-time people across six US and two international offices to
Private equity group Innova Capital is to sell its 100 per stake in Trimo, a leading European producer of high quality façade and building envelope solutions, to Kingspan Group.
The parties have not disclosed the terms of the transaction.
Completion remains subject to regulatory approvals and is expected to take place during the fourth quarter of 2020.
“Not only were we able to achieve a very good return, but we have successfully transformed the company from a local champion into a truly international player,” says Andrzej Bartos, Senior Partner, who led the transaction for Innova.
Hg, a global software investor, partner and supporter of the expansion of global tax software provider Sovos for more than four years, is to lead a further, majority investment in the company through the Hg Saturn 2 Fund.
TA Associates, a global private equity firm with more than four decades of software investing experience, will also join as a significant minority investor to support the next wave of Sovos’ growth. Following this new investment, Sovos is poised to continue its geographic expansion, deepen its partner ecosystem, and respond rapidly to emerging tax and regulatory changes around the world.
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