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US private equity firm Horizon Capital’s latest USD200 million fund, Emerging Europe Growth Fund III (EEGF III), has acquired a minority stake in the Ajax Systems, a producer of smart security systems in Ukraine for USD10 million.
EEGF III’s investment was made through the purchase of a portion of the shares held by SMRK, an early-stage financial investor in Ajax Systems, and a portion of the shares held by Company management.
Founded in 2011, Ajax Systems is one of Europe’s leading professional security systems manufacturers. Today, the Company’s products are sold in over 75 countries world-wide. Ajax Systems enjoys
Centre Partners, a leading middle market private equity firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles, has acquired a majority interest in New England Fitness and affiliates, now doing business as One World Fitness PFF, an owner and operator of fitness clubs under the Planet Fitness banner.
The Company’s founder, Bill Fidler, and other key members of management invested alongside Centre. Financial terms were not disclosed.
New England Fitness was founded in 2006 to operate fitness clubs as a franchisee of Planet Fitness and has expanded its operations to include 18 fitness clubs primarily in the Philadelphia metropolitan
Aquicore, a commercial real estate software company with an all-in-one operations platform, has acquired Entic, a best-in-class prescriptive analytics solution that generates targeted recommendations to drive peak utilities and facilities performance for commercial assets.
With the acquisition, Aquicore begins to consolidate the fragmented proptech market, cementing its position as the frontrunner in commercial real estate operations and performance optimisation.
“I couldn’t be more excited about the merging of these two teams. Together, we will propel the proptech industry forward, giving the commercial real estate industry a powerful solution unlike any it’s ever seen. When experts look back at the
Private equity firms are continuing to invest in the UK, despite the uncertainty created by the Brexit process, according to a new report from eFront, a financial software and solutions provider dedicated to Alternative Investments.
eFront’s research showed that capital commitments have continued strongly since the Brexit vote in mid-2016, with deployment becoming more stable from 2016 onwards, compared with the trend seen over the previous three years. The average quarterly growth of capital deployment from Q1 2016 to Q4 2018 stood at 0.98 per cent, compared with 0.68 per cent from Q1 2013 to Q4 2015.
This pace
LBO France has acquired a majority stake in the Infodis Group, a French specialist in facilities management and systems & network engineering.
The investment has been made alongside Vighen Papazian, Infodis’ chairman and founder; Jacques Gourseaud and Florent Burlet, its deputy CEOs; and Walid Abi Chahla, head of its Visualdis unit; as well as other managers who will hold equity stakes.
Founded in 1985 and based in Roissy, near Paris, theInfodis Group currently employs around 500 people. In recent years, it has achieved steady organic growth while undertaking targeted acquisitions. Its successful integration of several companies, including ITCOM in
Mid-market investor Ergon has held the final closing of Ergon Capital Partners IV, SCSP (ECP IV) with capital commitments in excess of EUR580 million.
Based on strong demand from investors, ECP IV significantly exceeded its target of EUR500 million. ECP IV, Ergon’s first institutional fundraise, attracted both existing and new investors to the platform, with investors from the Benelux, France, Germany and Switzerland well represented in the Fund. The investor base includes blue-chip financial institutions, asset managers, funds of funds, family offices and foundations among others, alongside Sienna Capital, the fully-owned subsidiary of Groupe Bruxelles Lambert, who remained as cornerstone
Aquiline Capital Partners-backed ClearCourse Partnership (ClearCourse), a group of technology companies providing membership software and services, has acquired Circdata, a provider of event technology.
The deal is ClearCourse’s fifth acquisition since its foundation in October 2018 and represents an expansion of the fast-growing Partnership’s offering into the events, exhibitions and conference space.
Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Newbury, Circdata was originally a data management company and has since developed into a leading event technology business, providing software solutions to many of the world’s largest exhibition and conference organisers. Its proprietary software platform, Fusion, offers a suite of services
Nexxus has fully divested from Harmon Hall Holding, a portfolio company from Nexxus Capital Private Equity Fund III.
Harmon Hall is an English language teaching institution in Mexico with more than 51 years of experience and 105 schools in operation, making it the largest school network nationwide. Of all Harmon Hall schools, 76 are owned and 29 are franchised.
The Company has been acquired by Talisis, a subsidiary from Grupo Topaz, a strategic investor with experience in the educational sector. 414 Capital and Ibis Capital advised the Company and its shareholders on the transaction.
O’Melveny has represented Wi-Fi technology specialist Quantenna Communications on its acquisition by ON Semiconductor Corporation (ON) in an all-cash transaction.


Founded in 2006, San Jose-based Quantenna is the global leader of high performance Wi-Fi solutions. The acquisition consideration represents an equity value of approximately USD1.07 billion and enterprise value of approximately USD936 million. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2019.


The O’Melveny team, which was led by partners Warren Lazarow and Andor Terner and counsel Noah Kornblith, included associates John Chong, Bhavreet Gill, Jessica Iwasaki, Carolyn White, Elaine Sun and AJ Talt. Also advising
Vortex Energy, a European renewable energy platform managed by the private equity arm of EFG Hermes, has completed the sale of a 49 per cent stake in its Pan-European operational wind power portfolio managed and co-owned by EDPR, to institutional investors advised by JP Morgan Asset Management.
The portfolio includes 56 operational wind farms with gross capacity of 998 MW spread across Spain, France, Portugal and Belgium. Vortex Energy was launched four years ago and has grown to become a prominent renewable energy-focused investment manager in Europe and the UK with an 822 MW solar and wind portfolio and combined
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