Allocations
An affiliate of One Rock Capital Partners (One Rock) is to acquire the Engineered Components & Systems (EC&S) segment (excluding Cortland US) from Actuant Corporation (Actuant). The transaction is expected to close during the fourth quarter of 2019.
Headquartered in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, Engineered Components & Systems is a global company serving the agriculture, specialty and commercial vehicle, construction and other industrial end-markets with motion, actuation and control solutions. EC&S primarily serves on and off-highway OEMs with highly engineered system-critical motion, actuation and control solutions under brands that include CrossControl, Maximatecc, Elliott Manufacturing, Gits Manufacturing, Power-Packer and Weasler Engineering. The
Genstar Capital, a private equity firm focused on investments in targeted segments of the financial services, healthcare, industrial technology and software industries, has completed the previously announced acquisition of Advarra, a provider of compliance solutions that are critical to the drug development process, from Linden Capital Partners.
Advarra is a leading provider of institutional review board (IRB), institutional biosafety committee (IBC) and research quality and compliance services, which are mandated by regulatory agencies for all trial protocols, patient forms, site initiations and trial modifications.
The Company serves leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device and contract research organisations (CROs), as well as academic
Private investment firm Clearlake Capital Group and existing investor TA Associates are to make a strategic growth investment inDigiCert, a provider of TLS/SSL, PKI and IoT security solutions for identity and encryption.
As a part of the transaction, Clearlake and TA will become equal partners in DigiCert. The company will continue to be led by CEO John Merrill and the current management team, who are investing alongside Clearlake and TA in the transaction. Terms of the transaction are not being disclosed.
DigiCert provides certificate management platforms and industry-best customer support in multiple languages through a diverse staff, with offices located
CVC Capital Partners (CVC), the majority shareholder in appliance care specialist Domestic & General (D&G) is to sell a 30 per cent stake in the business to Luxinva, an entity ultimately wholly-owned by the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA).
CVC will continue as D&G’s majority shareholder via CVC Capital Partners Fund VII. The acquisition is expected to close by the end of 2019, subject to customary regulatory clearances.
D&G’s appliance care plans protect individuals and families against the unexpected costs of appliance repairs and replacements. With a presence in 11 countries across Europe and Australia, D&G protects approximately 23
Fashion software company Unmade has closed a new funding round of GBP4.75 million led by Octopus Ventures, with additional funds coming from MMC Ventures, Felix Capital and existing investors.
The financing will be used to fund Unmade’s continued global expansion and development of its technology, as well as improvements in serving existing customers. Unmade plans to grow its team both in Europe and the US.
Unmade has seen considerable growth this year with new customers and the expansion of its London based team. Since the last investment round, Unmade’s technology has developed to offer print customisation alongside its knitwear solution
Prospect Hill Growth Partners (Prospect Hill) has closed Prospect Hill Growth Fund II with total commitments of USD380 million exceeding the USD300 million target and the prior Prospect Hill fund.
Investors committed to Prospect Hill’s new fund include public and corporate pension funds, insurance companies, financial institutions and family offices, and are represented across major global investor markets with 54 per cent from the US, 31 per cent from Canada, and 15 per cent from Europe.
PHG II expects to make control equity investments of between USD25 million and USD100 million in North-American consumer and healthcare growth companies. Prospect Hill
Growth equity firm Frontier Capital (Frontier) has made a significant equity investment in Chicago-based GovQA, a leading provider of government enterprise workflow software.
The investment from Frontier is intended to support GovQA’s rollout of its Exchange Workflow Platform to government agencies across the country.
For the last seven years, John Dilenschneider, CEO, has grown GovQA’s Exchange Workflow Platform to handle high-volume workflow processes for almost 700 of the largest cities, counties, and state agencies. Governments use its secure SaaS-based platform to process a variety of work streams for open records, interagency, subpoena, correspondence, and other complex workflow and case
Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has funded manufacturer and supplier of homelifts, Stiltz Limited (Stiltz), with a GBP1 million loan facility from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF).
The debt package will allow the business to execute its growth plan; upgrade its internal system and IT infrastructure, invest in stock to meet growing customer demand in the UK and overseas for its products, whilst creating 16 new jobs in the region.
Based in Kingswinford, Stiltz manufactures and supplies a range of domestic lifts for individuals who struggle with mobility and require assistance to move up and down stairs, or who are
LGB Corporate Finance (LGB), which provides M&A advisory and capital raising services to companies, entrepreneurs and financial sponsors, has raised GBP7 million for Rheon Labs in an over-subscribed Series A equity capital raise.
Rheon Labs is a London-based international advanced materials technology business focusing on energy control and impact resistance. The RHEON technology combines highly strain-rate sensitive polymers with a range of functional geometries, generative design techniques, manufacturing process know-how and garment integration expertise. Originally developed to deliver impact protection for the body and head in extreme sports, the technology is equally applicable across a wide range of sectors. It can
Alantra Private Debt has completed a new transaction from its latest fund with a long-term financing for Foodbox, a Spanish restaurant franchising platform with well known-brands such as Taberna del Volapié, Papizza, Santagloria, L´Obrador and MásQMenos.
This financing will help Foodbox to execute its growth plan by doubling its size. The company’s objective is to open between 30 and 40 new establishments per year.
An undisclosed Spanish bank has also participated in the transaction.
The Spain-based private equity firm Nazca Private Equity acquired Taberna del Volapié and Santagloria in 2015. A few months later, it acquired Papizza and MásQMenos in
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