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Hg is to acquire a majority interest in Transporeon Group (Transporeon), a global cloud-based business network for industrial logistics, from existing investor TPG Capital (TPG), the private equity platform of global alternative asset firm TPG.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Headquartered in Ulm, Germany, Transporeon links manufacturers, retailers, and wholesalers with logistics service providers via the largest network of its kind. The group digitalises the entire logistics supply chain, providing software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions that connect a global network of over 1,000 shippers and trading companies, almost 90,000 carriers, and over 100,000 users in over 100 countries.
Private equity firm IK Investment Partners (IK) is to acquire Groupe NetCo (NetCo), a specialist in preventive and curative maintenance of belt and roller conveyors.
NetCo will be the fifth acquisition for IK’s Small Cap II Fund, which targets growing businesses within the Benelux, DACH, France, and the Nordics. Financial terms of the transaction are not disclosed.
Founded in 1902 in France, NetCo has grown to become a European specialist in conveyor systems across key industries including quarries, food and heavy goods.
Through its three business units; NetCo Services, NetCo Distribution, NetCo Systems, NetCo holds a leading position
Fiera Infrastructure, an affiliate of Fiera Capital Corporation, has entered into a long-term partnership with EllisDon Capital, an affiliate of EllisDon Inc, a Canadian Public-Private Partnership (PPP) developer, constructor, and facilities service provider.
The newly formed Partnership will acquire EllisDon’s interest in its existing portfolio of PPP projects and have the right of first offer over EllisDon’s future PPP projects for a pre-agreed period. Fiera Infrastructure’s investment in the projects will be added to its global infrastructure fund.
“Partnering with EllisDon, one of North America’s most successful and experienced construction capital groups, enables Fiera Infrastructure to further access the
The Citco Group of Companies (Citco), a provider of asset servicing solutions to the global alternative investment industry, has passed the USD1 trillion mark for assets under management.
Citco says the milestone was reached purely through organic growth, an industry first amongst alternative asset service providers.
The growing drive to streamline operations is leading managers to outsource more functions, including: front office risk reporting, middle office treasury and collateral management, back office financial statements, and tax and regulatory reporting. Simultaneously, growing diversification across asset classes, moves into hybrid strategies and the launch of a wide range of investment vehicles
American credit specialist CIFC has launched a UCITS fund as it builds its presence in Europe. The CIFC Global Floating Rate Credit Fund opens up access to the firm’s structured credit expertise for the first time in a UCITS format.
The fund will invest in some of the more liquid tranches of collateralised loan obligation (CLO) bonds, investing at least half of its funds in BBB-rated bonds.
The fund, which has launched with commitments of over GBP50 million, is managed by structured credit veteran Jay Huang and is targeting a return of 7-8 per cent pa.
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ContentSquare, a fully-automated SaaS digital experience insights platform, has raised over GBP45 million (USD60 million) in a Series C funding round led by Eurazeo.
This new capital will help ContentSquare increase research and development, focussed on AI and predictive analytics, and also to continue to expand its business across EMEA and America. All the previous investors in the company, including Highland Europe, also participated in the round.
“Now more than ever, enterprises understand that improving the digital customer experience is a matter of great importance,” says Jonathan Cherki, Founder and CEO of ContentSquare. “With this new funding we are
ADM Capital’s food-focussed Cibus Fund has closed at more than USD320 million, following its designation as the first Guernsey Green Fund.
Subscriptions for the Guernsey fund, launched in 2017, stood at USD208 million at the end of September 2018. By the time it closed a month later, after registering as a Guernsey Green Fund in mid-October, it stood at USD322 million.
“Clearly there were a number of contributing factors, but I do think an important factor in bringing in those later funds, getting investors who were thinking about it to actually commit, was the Guernsey Green Fund designation,” says
Cairngorm Capital Partners has supported MJ Wilson Group’s acquisition of Support Instrumentation Limited (SIL). MJ Wilson says the deal will accelerate its strategic ambitions for growth and strengthen its position within the process and instrumentation market.
Established in 1992, SIL is a process instrumentation company, with expertise in bespoke instrumentation implementation. Headquartered in Edenbridge, Kent, SIL provides a comprehensive single-source instrumentation solution from design, product selection and project management, to automation and process control. It operates across a number of sectors, including chemicals, food and beverage, power generation and aggregates. An authorised Siemens technology partner, the company is highly regarded
Investment manager Downing has sold Osprey Green Power Limited, the fifth exit by its funds from a series of seven hydro investments based in Scotland and managed by Gilkes Energy Limited.
Downing has worked closely with Gilkes Energy, a specialist hydro developer, since September 2013, investing some GBP20 million of EIS equity across seven projects. These seven projects are now fully operational, all having been built on time and to budget.
Downing has exited five of these projects to GHI Holdings Limited – a company which owns and operates a portfolio of operational hydro projects. Gilkes Energy will continue
Private equity firm Key Capital Partners (KCP) enjoyed a successful end to 2018 following the exit of three portfolio companies in the last quarter of the year, generating a combined return of three times the initial investment, and with a total value of over GBP50 million.
In October, the firm sold its interest in glass processor MI Glass, based in Smethwick in the West Midlands, to the management team in a multi-million pound deal backed by Clydesdale Bank. The following month saw Oldbury school meals business Alliance in Partnership acquired by French catering company Sodexo. In December, Siamo Group, an
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