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Dechert LLP has advised Ares Management Limited (Ares) on the refinancing of Daisy Group (Daisy) to support the founder of the business, Matthew Riley in an MBO from existing minority investor Toscafund.
The refinancing of Daisy is one of the largest European private credit transactions completed.
Daisy was founded in 2001 by executive chairman Matthew Riley and has since grown to be the leading independent provider of IT, communications and cloud services to UK businesses. Headquartered in Nelson, Lancashire it has circa 360,000 indirect and direct customers, circa 2,100 partners, circa 4,000 employees, and 30-plus locations nationwide.
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Italian corporate and financial law firm Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners has advised Ardian portfolio and Italian outsourcing company F2A FIS-Antex, on the acquisition of Archimede HR.
Based in Perugia, Archimede HR is a leading workforce management software developer for several industries, including healthcare, transports and retail. The acquisition allows F2A to expand its range of services with highly synergistic specialist competences.
It also strengthens F2A’s strategic position in Central Italy with a new office in Perugia, where all Archimede HR employees and a dedicated software R&D centre will be based. Archimede HR founder Aldo Pascucci will join F2A
Private equity firm Hidden Harbor Capital Partners (Hidden Harbor) has closed its debut buyout fund at over USD265 million, above its target, with contributions from a balanced mix of endowments, foundations, pensions, family offices and funds of funds.
“We are humbled by all of the support from our limited partners, and look forward to building great companies rooted in our core values of integrity, team, high-performance, passion and a commitment to constant improvement,” says John Caple, Managing Partner.
Hidden Harbor was formed in 2016 by industry veterans John Caple, David Block and Christopher Paldino, and places a distinct emphasis
Convelio, a specialist in the shipping of art, antiques and designer objects, has raised EUR1.85 million in funding just nine months after its creation.
Edouard Gouin and Clément Ouizille, the company’s founders, say: “This exceptional investment by Global Founders Capital (GFC), as well as several other business angels, gives Convelio an additional boost, enabling us to accelerate our development. Evolution of the platform, integration of new services, new perspectives are opening up to us and will allow us to maintain our strengths: immediacy, optimisation and performance. We are all the more proud to raise this kind of funding only nine
Activa Capital has acquired a majority stake in Explore, a specialist in the development of B2B business intelligence solutions, to support the company in its development projects.
With this primary transaction, Activa Capital becomes a shareholder of the company alongside its founding directors, Laurent Nicouleau and Philippe Raison.
The strategy of Explore and its subsidiaries is to broaden its unique data platform on its historical markets (real estate, construction, B2B services) and to win new markets through innovative distribution methods and value propositions: business intelligence, integration in management solutions (CRM, ERP), on-demand usage via the cloud, data production and
ARQIS has advised Sekisui Plastics Europe on the acquisition of a 75 perc ent share of Proseat and seven other Proseat companies, from Belgian Recticel NV/SA.
Proseat was established in 1999 as a joint venture between Recticel and Canadian partner Woodbridge Foam Corporation to serve Tier 1 and OEM car manufacturers with moulded seat pads and head and armrests in polyurethane. Proseat Group is composed of eight companies in six European countries (Germany, Czech Republic, France, Poland, Spain, and United Kingdom,) and is building on leading position as Europe’s largest independent automotive parts manufacturer (seat-use cushion material, trim parts such
Mid-market investment bank Carl Marks Securities has acted as the financial advisor to PowerTown Line Construction in its sale to Entregado Group Inc, a portfolio company of AEA Investors.
PowerTown is a growing, profitable entrepreneur driven company providing best-in-class outsourced services to the leading power and utility companies throughout the Southeast and along the Eastern Seaboard. Founded by CEO Steven Townsend in 2005, PowerTown specialises in a wide variety of distribution, transmission, telecommunication, and substation construction services. Headquartered in Seffner, Florida, PowerTown has three additional operations centres to serve customers.
“PowerTown’s strong performance and reputation in the industry for
Catalytic, a SaaS intelligent automation platform, has raised USD30 million in a Series B financing round led by Intel Capital, with participation from Redline Capital and existing investors NEA, Boldstart, and Hyde Park Angels.
The funds will be used to expand the company’s engineering, sales, and operations to meet increased customer demand.
“Leading enterprises are embracing our vision of customer-led, cloud-based process automation. Many customers have found that Catalytic nicely complements existing technology investments such as robotic process automation (RPA), especially with activities involving unstructured data or that require people in the loop,” says Sean Chou, CEO and
Edge Investments (Edge) has invested GBP3.5 million into Festicket, the world’s largest platform for music festival experiences, headquartered in London.
Edge’s investment follows a pivotal year for Festicket, which closed the year with an earlier series D funding round led by transatlantic venture capital firm Beringea.
Festicket partners with festivals to provide standard and VIP packages that combine accommodation, transfers and admission for festivals worldwide – creating a complete and hassle-free one-stop shop for festival-goers. It has four additional offices in the EU and US.
Founded by Zack Sabban (CEO) and Jonathan Younes (CPO), the management team has
Keensight Capital has acquired a minority stake in ASTI Mobile Robotics.
Part of ASTI Technologies Group, ASTI Mobile Robotics provides automated intralogistics solutions for large manufacturers that optimise productivity, streamlining production processes and cutting operational costs. The company notably specialises in the engineering of Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGVs).
The company serves blue-chip customers across a wide range of sectors including automotive, aerospace, food, e-commerce, pharmaceutical and cosmetics. The European AGV leader in terms of volume sold, ASTI benefits from one of the largest solutions portfolios and European installed base of automated vehicles.
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