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Pamplona Capital Management (Pamplona) has acquired a majority stake in Infiana Group (Infiana) from Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG) and from Infiana’s management.
Completion is subject to approval by antitrust authorities and the sale is expected to be closed within the next three months.
Infiana (www.infiana.com) is a specialist in engineered polyolefin films serving critical functions in a diverse range of growth industries. Infiana serves an international customer base from two well-invested manufacturing locations in Forchheim, Germany, and Malvern, USA, with a focus on building and construction (B&C), pressure sensitive materials (PSM), personal care, healthcare and composites. Infiana has invested in
Mississippi Lime Company (Mississippi Lime), a global supplier of high-calcium lime products and a portfolio company of HBM Holdings (HBM), is to acquire the Calera, Alabama lime business of Covia, operating historically as Southern Lime.
The Calera business supplies high-calcium quicklime and hydrated lime products to customers in the Southeastern US, and across a range of end uses and applications. In operation for over 60 years, the facility has consistently evolved to meet customer needs and industry production best practices.
“We are thrilled to welcome the Calera operation to our business,” says William Ayers, CEO of Mississippi Lime. “This
International private equity firm, Cinven, is to make a significant investment in Jaggaer, a provider of procurement software for large and medium-sized enterprises. Alongside Cinven, Accel-KKR will maintain an interest in Jaggaer.
Headquartered in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, Jaggaer provides cloud-based Source-to-Pay eProcurement solutions for spend management, which enables a fluid supply chain for its customers, driven by powerful spend analytics, vendor sourcing, contract lifecycle management, savings tracking, and efficient accounts payable systems on a single platform. Jaggaer’s international office network spans the Americas, APAC and EMEA and serves more than 2,000 customers across a broad range of sectors.
Although the macroeconomic picture for Europe has been muted in the past 24 months, the continent’s alternatives industry is moving from strength to strength, according to Preqin’s second annual Alternatives in Europe report in published in partnership with Amundi.
2018 has seen record activity across most alternative asset classes, with Europe-based alternative asset fund managers holding EUR1.62 trillion in AUM as of the end of June 2018 – up almost EUR300 billion in just three years.
The opportunities present in Europe are apparent to investors globally – almost half of the institutions with a preference for the region are now
Octopus Energy Investments, a specialist clean energy investor and part of Octopus Group, has changed it name to Octopus Renewables with immediate effect.
The rebranding is intended to more accurately reflect the business’s core mission – to accelerate the transition to a future powered by renewable energy.
Since entering the renewables market in 2010, Octopus Renewables has grown to become the largest investor owner of solar power in Europe as well as a leading investor in onshore wind, managing over GBP3 billion of assets globally.
Recent international expansion has also seen significant new investments into Australia, Finland, France
Inflexion Private Equity has completed an investment in O’Neill Patient Solicitors (ONP), a UK-based B2B tech‐enabled provider of property and remortgage conveyancing services.
The investment is being made by Inflexion Buyout Fund V, Inflexion’s dedicated mid‐market fund. As part of this investment, Inflexion Private Equity has also acquired Grindeys a specialist conveyancing business.
Established in 1987, Stockport‐based ONP processes over 88,000 transactions per year for residential property purchases and remortgages. The firm markets its services through its strong relationships with panel managers, mortgage brokers and banks, whose referrals make up around 90% of ONP’s businesses. The firm utilises a sophisticated
Intermediate Capital Group has completed the acquisition of 100 per cent of Doc Generici, a company in the generic drugs sector, from the CVC fund.
The acquisition was financed, among other things, by a EUR470 million senior secured bond issue with variable interest rate and maturity 2026 by Diocle, a vehicle controlled by ICG.
The bonds, issued on 27 June 2019 in accordance with Rule 144A and Regulation S of the Securities Act, were listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and the Italian Stock Exchange (Extra MOT segment). In the context of this issue, Diocle S.p.A. and other companies
Buyers Edge Platform, a provider of procurement software, group purchasing, and data analytics to the food service industry, has secured a significant investment from Bregal Sagemount, a New York-based growth capital fund.
Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group and AB Private Credit Investors provided debt financing.
The transaction will enable the company to pursue accretive mergers and acquisitions, invest in strategic growth initiatives, and make further platform innovations. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Buyers Edge Platform represents a network of companies and 50,000 operator locations. The Company extends its software and data solutions, partnerships and contracts to
Soldo, the London-based fintech creating the next generation of payments and expense management solutions for businesses of all sizes, has closed a USD61 million Series B round led by Battery Ventures, a global technology-focused investment firm with extensive experience in cloud software, and Dawn Capital, a European venture capital fund dedicated to B2B software and fintech.
The funding round includes participation from Accel, the global VC firm – whose portfolio companies include Facebook and Slack – Connect Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank, bringing Soldo’s funding total to USD82 million.
Soldo’s Series B round is the largest to date for a
Macfarlanes has advised Muzinich & Co, a corporate credit management specialist, on the launch of its first European Long-Term Investment Fund (ELTIF), Muzinich Firstlight Middle Market ELTIF, which has held its first closing at more than EUR140 million.
This fund will seek to invest mostly in syndicated loans and private debt instruments, and may also invest in bonds and junior investment opportunities. As an ELTIF, it is available for investment by retail investors in the UK and Europe, allowing them access to long-term asset classes historically only available to professional investors. It is one of the first ELTIFs to be
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