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Livingbridge, a UK mid-market private equity investors, has made a GBP15 million investment in Nationwide Hire, an aggregator of equipment rental and hire services.
Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Fareham, Hampshire, Nationwide Hire manages a network of over 4,000 suppliers based in over 9,000 locations across the UK and Ireland with access to more than five million products. With over 70 staff and turnover exceeding GBP16 million Nationwide Hire provides major plant and machinery, equipment, tools and specialist services to companies operating across a wide range of sectors including construction, facilities management, retail, events, waste management and crisis support.
Värde Partners and Agam Capital are forming a joint venture pursue the acquisition, reinsurance and management of life and retirement businesses globally.
The joint venture combines the investment management expertise of Värde Partners with the proprietary insurance solutions platform developed by Agam, and will have the capability to price and manage complex insurance products with embedded market and actuarial risks, on a global basis. It will serve as a turnkey solution for financial modelling and enterprise risk management to provide comprehensive economic solutions to life insurance companies.
In connection with the launch of the JV, Värde Partners is seeking
One Equity Partners (OEP), a middle market private equity firm, has completed fundraising for One Equity Partners VII, LP (Fund VII) with USD1.75 billion in total capital commitments, bringing the firm’s total AUM to USD6.5 billion.
Fund VII attracted commitments from a range of premier global institutional LPs, including pensions funds, financial institutions, family offices, asset managers, fund of funds, insurance companies and foundations.
“We are grateful for the significant support we received from new and existing limited partners in the U.S. and globally as we raised Fund VII, our second institutional fund since we spun out of JP
Voyager Capital, a West Coast venture capital firm focused on first-round venture technology investments, thas raised USD100 million to fuel innovation in the underserved Cascadia market, which includes Washington, Oregon, and Western Canada.
The fund, Voyager’s fifth, will power first-round investments in B2B startups across cloud infrastructure, software as a service (SaaS), and vertical markets such as FinTech, MediaTech, and AgTech. The firm has already closed five new investments.
The new fund has investor representation from the US, Canada, and Europe, including global family offices, foundations, trusts, fund of funds, and individuals interested in participating in the fast-growing Cascadia
AVALT, a family office that makes direct private equity investments, has purchased Ned Stevens, a provider of residential gutter cleaning and essential exterior home services.
Ned Stevens was founded in 1965 and provides gutter cleaning, soft wash and other related, non-discretionary residential services in 15 states. The company has grown rapidly, fueled by its reputation for high quality service, expansion into new markets and the addition of complementary service offerings.
“We are delighted to partner with the Ned Stevens management team to help them continue building their business. Ned Stevens is a market leader that is truly differentiated within its
Anath Capital Group, the parent company of Garraway Capital LLP, has acquired London-based fixed income specialist, Stratton Street LLP.
Stratton Street is a fund management and advisory company, specialising in fixed income markets. The transaction will double Anath’s assets under management from around USD500 million to over USD1 billion.
Stratton Street’s CIO and Partner, Andy Seaman, says: We are very excited by the opportunities presented by this move. Anath invests using not only capital but also the collective management experience of their organisation. Not only will we will benefit from access to their distribution, operational, legal and compliance capabilities,
Par Equity, an owner-managed venture capital firm specialising in identifying and supporting rapid-growth businesses, has invested GBP800,000 in Kibosh Ltd, the designer of a leaking-pipe repair kit.
Ross Dickinson, a plumbing and heating engineer invented Kibosh in 2009. The kit allows professional plumbers and trades people to mend leaking pipes without having to turn off the water supply to water and central heating systems.
Par Equity’s investment in Kibosh will allow the firm to continue its plans to develop equipment to deal with leaks in pipes carrying oil, gas and other liquids. Kibosh also plans to accelerate its expansion
Thoma Bravo, a software-focused private equity investment firm, has acquired majority ownership in IDS, a provider of asset finance software solutions, from its current owner, SV Investment Partners.
Nicholas E Somers, Chairman of SV Investment Partners, says: “Having partnered with IDS since 2003 we are immensely proud of its achievements under our ownership and of the benefits enjoyed today by customers of the market-leading IDS solutions. We are delighted that IDS can now look forward to partnering with Thoma Bravo in the next stage of its development. With its exceptional enterprise software expertise, experience and resources, Thoma Bravo could not
Sverica Capital Management (Sverica), a growth-oriented lower middle market private equity firm, has held the first and final close of its fifth private equity fund, Sverica Capital Partners V (Fund V).
After three months in the market, Fund V exceeded its target, was oversubscribed and closed at its hard cap of USD450 million of total limited partner commitments. Sverica will use Fund V to continue its strategy of investing in companies that are, or have the potential to be, category leaders within their respective industries. Sverica will also remain focused on businesses within the technology, business services, healthcare and high-value
The latest CEPRES Private Equity Buyout analysis shows the IRR spread between top performing funds and the market median has significantly increased since the GFC.
The analysis, based on primary sourced cash flow data from over 7,000 funds on the CEPRES platform, shows that between Vintage Year 2009 and 2018, median net IRR for buyout funds hover around 15 per cent with a range of 12.9 per cent to 16.4 per cent, whereas top performers based on the upper quartile are at 22 per cent, with the spread widening in most years since the GFC.
Overall median Net IRRs returns show a
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