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Blue River Partners (Blue River), a US provider of outsourced solutions to alternative asset managers including fund administration for private equity funds, is to be acquired by IQ-EQ.
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LDC, the private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group, is to open a new office in Newcastle city centre, further extending the firm’s footprint across the UK.
Palatine Private Equity has completed its exit from Vernacare Limited, the North-West based healthcare products specialist to HIG Capital. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.Established in 1964, Vernacare is a leading international healthcare products manufacturer, with infection-prevention as its core focus. It has pioneered single-use toileting systems globally, offering patients hygienic and dignified care and provides healthcare institutions with efficient, cost effective and environmentally sound toileting and bathing solutions. The company continually innovates and develops its product range in the areas of Hygiene Solutions and Surgical Solutions. With sales in excess of £60m in 64 countries, the business
a2e Industries has secured a GBP25 million term loan facility for its fast growing aerospace grouping, Aero Services.Global group (AS.G), with a new funding package provided by Magnetar Capital (Magnetar).In addition, Close Brothers Asset Finance has provided finance facilities of GBP6 million, bringing the total committed funding to GBP31 million.
AS.G was founded in 2015 with the aim of developing a highly specialised and innovative aerospace group with a unique offering. It started operations with the acquisition of Phoenix Ltd in December 2015 and, in just four years, has evolved into a group with seven operating businesses. Today, it
As London-based VC firm Atomico closed Atomico V on USD820 million today (18/02/20), Atomico’s head of IR tells PEW the firm has “increased its focus over the years to really double down its efforts in Europe.”
Grove Ventures, an early-stage deep tech-focused Tel Aviv-based VC firm, has held a final close of Grove Ventures II with total commitments of USD120 million.
Consulting M&A has sold Critical Resource Strategy & Analysis (Critical Resource) – a specialist sustainability advisory company providing expertise in assessing stakeholder, political and ESG (environmental, social and governance) risks for the mining and energy industry – to ERM, the world’s leading sustainability consultancy.Founded in 2006 by Daniel Litvin, Critical Resource provides strategic advice to mining and energy firms and their investors on ‘license-to-operate’ issues, often working for C-suite executives and boards. The team specialises in socio-political, stakeholder and sustainability risk assessments of energy and mining assets.
Litvin says: “We are delighted to be joining forces with ERM. Sustainability
HG Ventures, the corporate venture arm of the Heritage Group, has made a USD1.35 million seed round investment in Wildnote, an environmental compliance management solution. HG Ventures invested alongside Entrada Ventures, a Santa Barbara-based venture capital fund. Wildnote is a graduate of the inaugural 2019 cohort of The Heritage Group Accelerator Powered by Techstars, a thirteen-week program for mentoring and developing early-stage companies in “legacy industries” such as advanced materials, infrastructure, and environmental services.
Wildnote operates a software-as-a-service platform that allows users to document compliance with environmental regulations through surveys, photos, and location tracking to generate agency-ready consolidated reports. Wildnote brings
Valsoft Corporation (Valsoft), a Montreal-based company that specialises in the acquisition and development of vertical market software companies, has acquired Young & Partners/Navitrans International (Navitrans), a technology leader offering a complete and integrated suite of logistics, transportation, warehousing and freight forwarding software solutions.Navitrans has provided a premium suite of integrated logistics and transportation software to customers of all sizes for more than 20 years – one that will continue to move forward with an intuitive and customer-centric approach behind their products. As a business full of specialists and knowledgeable professionals, Navitrans understands the critical requirements for each of their customers’ operations.
Emerging markets private equity fund manager Da Vinci Capital has launched Da Vinci Emerging Technologies-Fund III, its third successive fund.
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