Managers
BGF has provided GBP6 million funding to One Media iP Group, a digital media content provider that primarily exploits music intellectual property rights.
The AIM listed company, which is based in Pinewood Studios, will use the funding to support the acquisition of music catalogues as part of its buy and build growth strategy.
BGF’s funding follows the Board appointments earlier this year of Ivan Dunleavy, former CEO of Pinewood Studios and current non-executive chair of BGF-backed Milk Visual Effects, and Lord Michael Grade, formerly Chair of BBC, executive chair of ITV and CEO of Channel 4. The company employs
Private equity investment firm HIG Capital (HIG) has completed the sale of its portfolio company AMPAC Fine Chemicals (AFC) to SK Holdings Co Ltd.
Based in Rancho Cordova, California, AFC is a global supplier of high value-added active pharmaceutical ingredients and intermediates used in treating diseases such as cancer, CNS disorders and various viral infections. AFC is strategically located with four facilities within the United States and has over USD200 million of revenue. The Company provides services to a large number of blue chip pharmaceutical and biotech companies throughout the entire life cycle of their products.
HIG acquired AFC
UK-based privacy technology and data analytics company MyLife Digital has completed a new circa GBP6 million funding round led by BGF to support the international roll-out of its innovative platform.
MyLife Digital provides an enterprise Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution to help organisations manage the challenges around personal data, enabling them to build greater trust and engagement through data transparency with the individuals they serve. MyLife Digital, incorporating Wood for Trees and Insight Analysis, developed the Consentric SaaS platform as a world-leading personal data capability and launched to market in late 2017. Consentric adds value by reducing data misuse, enabling new service
UK private equity house Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has led the GBP20 million management buyout (MBO) of UAP Limited (UAP), a UK supplier and distributor of door and window hardware.
The transaction represents Maven’s second investment from its new buyout fund, having earlier this year led an investment in Scottish-based John McGavigan Limited.
The transaction, which includes an equity investment of GBP8.7 million from Maven and a significant reinvestment from the senior management team, will enable UAP to further accelerate growth with an expanded product range and entry into new markets. Founded in 1996 by David Jennings, UAP has
Foresight Group (Foresight) has invested GBP2.5 million to support the partial buy-out of Bolton-based community healthcare and wellbeing provider ABL Health Limited (ABL).
ABL is a provider of community healthcare and wellbeing services across the North of England. The Company was founded in 2009 by Denise Leslie and Dr Sheena Bedi, as a means of providing a range of innovative, evidence based, healthy lifestyle, behavioural change and wellbeing programmes including weight management, nutrition support and smoking cessation. The business has helped approximately 12,000 clients record weight loss in the North-West region, mainly in Manchester, St Helens, Wigan and Blackpool, and
Falcon Private Holdings, the private investment manager of the US-based family office of Jamshid Keynejad and Barry Siadat, has closed the acquisition of a controlling interest in Halcón Cerámicas (Halcón), a Spanish ceramic tile producer, from the existing family owners.
The Montalbo and Vicent families will retain ownership positions and their active engagement with the Company will continue.
Halcón designs, produces, and distributes a broad portfolio of ceramic tiles for floor and wall applications. Halcón, with global sales approaching EUR150 million, holds a market leading position in Spain and has been rapidly penetrating growing markets in the rest of
Noerr has advised Ipsen International Holding on the refinancing and recapitalisation of the Ipsen Group.
The new financing structure of this portfolio company of Quadriga Capital includes unitranche financing provided by Barings, including an acquisition credit line for future inorganic growth and international revolving super senior credit lines provided by ABN AMRO and HSBC.
Ipsen Group, which is headquartered in Kleve, Germany, is the world’s leading supplier of integrated heat treatment solutions for the hardening of metal parts. Since the investment by Quadriga Capital Funds, Ipsen has developed into a global player with production facilities in Germany, the USA,
ING Bank, in its role as Coordinator and Bookrunning Mandated Lead Arranger, together with NIBC (Mandated Lead Arranger), has successfully closed a EUR52 million Credit Facility for The Datacenter Group to support the acquisition of two datacenter assets from Rabo Bouwfonds Communication Infrastructure Fund.
The transaction is a transformative deal for the Amsterdam-based datacenter company, which will add two new locations to its asset portfolio, as well as additional capacity to grow. ING Bank is acting as Facility and Security Agent.
Siemon van den Berg, CEO and founder of The Datacenter Group, says: “This transaction would not have happened
Global investment firms Bregal Investments and KKR are to sell global schools group Cognita to Jacobs Holding of Switzerland.
Cognita operates over 70 schools across eight countries, educating more than 40,000 children. The organisation was established in 2004 by Bregal with the acquisition of a single school in the UK and expanded successfully into Europe, Asia and Latin America. Cognita continued to grow rapidly and in 2013 KKR invested to become a 50 per cent shareholder in the company, giving even greater support to Cognita’s growth across the globe and helping to build a world-class organisation.
Since then, through
Verdane Capital IX has closed a transaction with Skagerak Maturo containing Skagerak Venture Capital I’s and Skagerak Seed Capital II’s ownership in Zisson, a provider of cloud-based communication centre software, and Penetrace, a provider of software tools to marketing professionals.
The plan is to launch the companies internationally.
Both Zisson and Penetrace have developed and market software solutions and technology that help business-to-consumer companies in their transformation to a cloud-based world of customer care and targeting. Penetrace, through a real-time dashboard of KPIs to measure the effectiveness of offline and online marketing campaigns. Zisson, through a cloud-based contact centre
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