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Shore Capital Partners (Shore Capital), a private equity firm focused on microcap investments within the healthcare and food and beverage industries, has secured a recapitalisation of Main Street Gourmet (MSG), a wholesale bakery based in Akron, OH.
MSG is a custom wholesale bakery providing frozen baked goods to retail in-store bakery and specialty foodservice customers nationally.
Shore Capital is partnering with Co-Founders, Steve Marks and Harvey Nelson and the previous majority shareholders, Clover Capital Partners to recapitalise MSG. Shore plans to invest in the business development, sales and marketing and production and infrastructure to further enhance operations and explore opportunities
Riverside, a global private equity firm focused on the smaller end of the middle market, has invested in Blue Moon Estate Sales (Blue Moon), an estate sales franchise in the US.
Blue Moon provides estate sale and other services to assist seniors in downsizing or transitioning to a senior living facility. Based in Raleigh, North Carolina, Blue Moon will complement existing Riverside platform Best Life Brand’s (BLB) home care and assisted living placement services by adding services to assist seniors in the transition from living at home to a senior facility.
Riverside Partner Brian Sauer says of the deal:
Omnes has sold Eyssautier Group, a specialist insurance broker for risk, and marine and transport insurance, to Verlingue, a Quimper-based independent insurance broker.
All current shareholders and Eyssautier Group management are selling their shares to Verlingue. Mathieu Berrurier, manager for over three years, will continue to run the business.
Founded in 1935, and under the leadership of the Eyssautier family for three generations, Eyssautier Group carries out 70 per cent of its business internationally and enjoys direct access to the world’s leading insurance market (Broker at Lloyd’s since 2005). The Eyssautier Group (EUR9 million turnover in 2019) has 50
Bestport Private Equity (Bestport), has completed the MBO of medical equipment auctioneer Hilditch Group Limited (Hilditch). Headquartered in Wiltshire, Hilditch is a specialist in the management, auction and recycling of medical equipment.
The deal is the first for Bestport’s latest Fund II. The deal was introduced to Bestport by Ashley Levinson of WestCountry Capital (WCC”) and this is the first co-investment for WCC. Ashley has joined the board of Hilditch as Chairman and Ole Bettum from Bestport will join the board as the Investor Director.
Hilditch was founded in 1990 by Mike and Nicky Hilditch who, over the past
By Paul Bryant – GPs and LPs are increasingly turning to the private equity secondary market, adding a new layer of sophistication…
Continued primary market growth in global private equity has led to greater demand for the liquidity provided by the secondary market. Global deal value exploded over the last decade from USD13 billion in 2009 to a projected 2019 value of between USD80 billion and USD90 billion, according to Coller Capital, a leading secondary investor.
Greenhill, a specialist adviser, reports that deal value in the first half of 2019 was 56 per cent up year-on-year, and exceeded the full-year
Cartica Management, a majority women-owned active investor focused on improvements in corporate governance, environmental, and social factors in the emerging markets, has appointed Kate Ahern as Managing Director of ESG and Sustainability.
Ahern will lead Cartica’s ESG practice, overseeing the firm’s processes to identify potential value-adding engagement issues in its portfolio companies through the integration of ESG analysis into each step of the investment process. She will report to Emily Alejos, Cartica’s Chief Investment Officer.
Ahern has more than 15 years of experience, with a proven track record of success in the areas of ESG management, social impact diligence,
U-C Coatings, a portfolio company of High Road Capital Partners, has completed the acquisition of the assets of the stains and industrial coatings business of Eco Chemical, marking the company’s second acquisition under High Road’s ownership.
Founded in 1991, Seattle, Washington-based Eco Chemical is a leading manufacturer of water-based stains and coatings used on pressure treated wood and in the manufacturing of wood products such as fencing, decks, and exteriors.
“The acquisition of Eco Chemical deepens U-C Coatings’ position in the softwood market, adds the pressure treating channel, and broadens U-C Coatings’ product offerings by introducing stains and coatings
Funds advised by EMH Partners have purchased a significant minority shareholding in Liganova Group, a specialist in transforming retail spaces into experience channels.
Liganova Group’s founder Vincent Bodo Andrin and Dr. Marc Schumacher,Managing Partner of Liganova and responsible for the operational client business, will retain a majority ownership in the business and continue to manage Liganova Group.
Liganova Group supports many of the world’s most renowned brands in innovating and executing their retail marketing activities, thereby creating memorable experiences for their customers. “By intensifying digital interactions between brands and customers, we will witness an increase in the importance of
AppLearn, a specialist in Digital Adoption Solutions, has secured a significant investment led by California-based K1 Investment Management (K1), a leading investment firm focusing on high-growth enterprise software companies.
K1’s investment provides AppLearn with significant experience and resources to rapidly expand its global presence and further develop its innovative product suite known as its ADOPT platform.
ADOPT is an AI-powered Digital Adoption Solution that helps world-leading organisations to optimise their investments in digital transformation. By assisting users with complex business processes, infrequently performed tasks and change management activities, the software enables companies to maximise return on their digital investment,
Anacapa Partners, a private equity firm focused on acquisitions in the lower middle market, has completed a growth investment in Israel-based Dooblo, a specialist in mobile survey software, data collection and analysis solutions.
Trail Mark Partners participated in the investment alongside Anacapa. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 2001, Dooblo provides innovative mobile survey software for the market research industry. Dooblo’s flagship product, SurveyToGo, is designed to reduce the cost of traditional paper-based surveys while significantly improving quality of the collected data. SurveyToGo is utilised by market research firms in more than 100 countries
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