Allocations
BGF invested GBP93 million of growth capital into companies based in London and the South East in 2019. Sixteen new businesses were added to the portfolio, and several existing portfolio companies received follow on funding to support further business growth. This brings BGF total in the South East region to GBP586m invested in 115 businesses to date, across early-stage, growth and quoted companies.New investments this year include PredictImmune, a fast-growth developer of pioneering prognostic tools for immune-mediated diseases, direct to consumer menswear brand Spoke and Bf1systems, the market-leading provider of electronic and electrical solutions for the motorsport and automotive industries.
NovaQuest Capital Management (NovaQuest), a healthcare and life sciences focused private investment firm, has closed an investment in InformedDNA, a provider of genetics services. NovaQuest partnered with TripleTree Capital Partners (TTCP) and Frist Cressy Ventures (FCV) to make a meaningful growth capital investment into the company. InformedDNA will use the capital to continue scaling its technology-enabled, genetics expert services, as well as to expand its staff of genetic counsellors. Terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed. InformedDNA will continue to be led by the current management team under the direction of Chief Executive Officer, David Nixon.
“We are
Manulife Investment Management (Manulife) has closed approximately USUSD1.5 billion in commitments to Manulife Private Equity Partners (MPEP). MPEP is the first fund-of-funds product raised by Manulife Investment Management’s Private Markets group as part of its ongoing effort to provide specialszed asset management solutions for global investors.
The Fund was seeded with an existing portfolio of funds and co-investment interests in North American buyout and growth funds invested with more than 25 leading private equity managers. MPEP also includes capacity for new fund investments as well as co-investments to be managed by Manulife Investment Management’s Private Markets Group. MPEP’s fund investment program is
FRP, a specialist business advisory firm, has advised Easy Cleaning Solutions Ltd on a refinancing deal with Close Brothers.Headquartered in Norfolk, Easy Cleaning Solutions manufactures private label and own brand cleaning solutions. It’s in-house design and chemist team has extensive experience of chemical manufacturing to effectively develop and scale processes, helping to bring new products to the market place quickly.
Following a competitive process, which was managed by the debt advisory team at FRP, Close Brothers provided a highly attractive financing structure that ensured flexibility and created additional working capital headroom to finance planned growth.
Nick Grainger, partner in the
Riverside Insights (Riverside), a portfolio company of Alpine Investors (Alpine), has acquired ImPACT Applications, a provider of research-backed concussion assessments.ImPACT Applications will continue to operate under its current brand name and its products and services will continue to be offered to the thousands of healthcare providers, schools and organisations that it currently serves today. Mike Wahlster will remain as the leader of the business.
“With the acquisition of ImPACT, Alpine continues its strategy of catalyzing growth by supporting the partnership of complementary businesses within the education and healthcare industries,” says Daniel Cohen, Principal at Alpine Investors.
Both Riverside and
UK relocations and storage businesses, Doree Bonner Holdings Limited, has secured a GBP multi-million debt finance package from Connection Capital, the specialist private client investment business. The package will enable Doree Bonner to refinance its existing senior secured debt facilities, and provide working and growth capital as it pursues a value-enhancing acquisition strategy, with several targets already identified.
Connection Capital says that the deal highlights that SMEs are increasingly considering private capital as a suitable provider for their loan financing needs, and that demand from private investors and family offices for direct debt investments, which provide regular income, continue to grow.
Twin Brook Capital Partners (Twin Brook), the middle market direct lending subsidiary of Angelo Gordon, has committed over USD3.3 billion to private equity sponsors in support of healthcare transactions, including over USD1.3 billion last year alone. In 2019, Twin Brook completed 24 healthcare transactions across 14 subsectors, bringing the Firm’s total number of healthcare transactions closed to more than 80 since inception.
Twin Brook served as lead agent on all the healthcare transactions it supported in 2019, which included 14 new platform financings and 10 add-on financings.
“We achieved increased momentum in 2019, putting over USD1.3 billion to work
Dun & Bradstreet, a provider of business decisioning data and analytics, has acquired Orb Intelligence, a prominent digital business identity and firmographic data provider. “The acquisition of Orb Intelligence cements our strategy to link the digital and physical worlds in the largest global repository of B2B data, and to provide enriched firmographic data to customer profiles to help our clients more effectively execute campaigns to improve customer interactions and revenue returns,” says Michael Bird, President, Sales & Marketing Solutions, Dun & Bradstreet. “Clients can rely on Dun & Bradstreet as the one-stop-shop for all of their data-driven, decision-making and customer engagement
Graycliff Partners has sold 901D Holdings (901D) to Curtiss-Wright Corporation for USD132 million. 901D is a leading designer and manufacturer of mission-critical integrated electronic systems, subsystems and ruggedised shipboard enclosure solutions supporting every major US Navy shipbuilding program.
Since being acquired in 2016, Graycliff has worked to carve out 901D as a fully independent company from its prior ownership within a conglomerate of related businesses. Through a combination of internal promotions and external recruitment, Graycliff worked with the company to build a world class management team. During Graycliff’s ownership, 901D substantially expanded its production capacity and added increasingly complex systems
Sidley Austin has appointed Parthiv Rishi as a partner in its global M&A and Private Equity practice. Rishi was previously a partner at Linklaters LLP, where he led the firm’s financial sponsor and private equity practice in Southeast Asia.Rishi has extensive experience advising major corporates and large financial institutions on all forms of corporate transactions, including M&A, joint ventures and corporate restructurings. In particular, he focuses his practice on advising private equity funds and financial sponsors, as well as their portfolio companies. Additionally, he is experienced in advising on renewables and infrastructure M&A. Rishi has an active cross-border client base
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