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Growth equity investor Summit Partners has acquired MercuryGate International, an independent provider of SaaS-based transportation management system (TMS) solutions.
Co-founded in 2000 by CEO Monica Wooden and President Steve Blough, MercuryGate began with a mission to solve the most complex, high-volume transportation management challenges at an affordable price. Since those early days, the company has grown immensely. Last year alone, the MercuryGate TMS managed more than USD70 billion of annual freight spend and supported over 300,000 daily logins from 80 countries.
At the forefront of logistics technology innovation for the past 18 years, MercuryGate today is one of the
Polaris and Falck have signed an agreement whereby Polaris will acquire 100 per cent of the shares in Falck Safety Services Holding A/S and take over all Safety Services activities in Falck.
Falck Safety Services is the world’s largest provider of specialist safety training for the offshore, maritime and renewables industries, operating from over 30 training centres in 21 countries. Each year, Falck Safety Services provides the most realistic and valuable training to thousands of employees from the energy and shipping industries.
The divestment of Falck Safety Services is in line with Falck’s overall strategy to focus on its
Affiliates of certain investment funds managed by affiliates of alternative investment manager Apollo Global Management are to acquire Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited.
The Apollo Funds will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Aspen for USD42.75 per share in cash, representing an equity value of approximately USD2.6 billion.
“We are tremendously excited for the Apollo Funds to acquire Aspen,” says Alex Humphreys, Partner at Apollo. “We believe that Aspen benefits from strong underwriting talent, specialised expertise and longstanding client relationships which makes them well positioned in the market. We look forward to working with Aspen to build on the
Purity Brewing Co, one of the UK’s largest independent breweries, has received a GBP7.5 million investment from BGF to support its organic growth strategy.
Founded in 2005 by Paul Halsey and Jim Minkin to brew “great beers with a conscience”, Purity makes high quality beers from its brewery in Great Alne, Warwickshire. The business was named as The Good Pub Guide’s Brewery of the Year in 2018 and produces a range of international award-winning beers including Pure Gold, Pure UBU, Mad Goose, Lawless Lager and Longhorn IPA.
With a commitment to brewing beer sustainably, Purity uses the latest heat-and-steam
Independent Growth Finance (IGF), a leading independent commercial finance provider, has announced strong year-on-year growth in the year to June 2018, with a 76 per cent increase in funds advanced to SMEs across the UK.
To support current and future business growth, during September IGF will relocate its Head Office to new premises in Redhill, Surrey. The move and significant increase in Funds In Use underline the continued expansion and success of IGF’s Asset Based Lending capabilities. IGF is backed by private equity firm Spring Ventures, who recently substantially increased their commitment in the Company, directly supporting this sustained growth.
IGF provides flexible funding solutions to UK SMEs, powering their freedom and helping them achieve their growth aspirations. With a deep understanding of business requirements, IGF offers proven, trusted expertise. IGF has an excellent reputation for delivery within transactions (MBIs / MBOs), refinancing requirements, restructuring activities and viable turnaround proposals. With progressive solutions recently provided to Penta Foods Ltd., EPI Group, and Thane Direct UK Ltd.
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Naked Brand Group Limited (Naked), a specialist in intimate apparel and swimwear has entered into a non-binding term sheet to receive a USD25 million strategic investment from Sapinda Holding (Sapinda), a European investment firm and owner of the Italian luxury-lingerie firm La Perla.
If the investment contemplated by the term sheet is completed, Naked says it will provide unique operating synergies, investment capital that would support strategic acquisitions, as well as direct-to-consumer and eCommerce initiatives globally.
“We are pleased to announce the term sheet for a proposed USD25 million strategic investment from Sapinda, owner of the globally recognised Italian
Spotinst has raised USD35 million in a Series-B funding round for its AI based workload management platform, which helps companies to manage and optimise their cloud computing spend across several cloud providers.
The funding round was led by Highland, with participation from existing investors Leaders Fund, Intel Capital, and Vertex Ventures. Spotinst has now raised approximately USD52 million since launch.
Founded by Amiram Shachar, Liran Polak and Aharon Twizer in 2015, Spotinst helps businesses to manage their compute infrastructure across different cloud providers, while also achieving savings of 80 per cent on average on regular cloud computing costs, by
Mid-market private equity investor LDC has backed the management buyout of global events company FC Business Intelligence (FCBI). The value of the transaction has not been disclosed.
FCBI delivers conference and exhibition events with a focus on providing thought leadership in a diverse range of sectors that are facing both challenges and opportunities from technological and strategic innovation including the energy, insurance, pharmaceuticals transportation and travel sectors. Its offering is designed to help senior business professionals stay at the forefront of change through insight sharing and networking with peers.
The investment will enable FCBI to target further organic growth
Pamlico Capital (Pamlico) has made a growth equity investment in Airwavz Solutions (Airwavz), a provider of in-building wireless infrastructure.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, Airwavz owns and operates wireless infrastructure inside commercial office and hospitality buildings in dense metropolitan areas. The Company’s solutions provide building tenants and guests with exceptional cellular service while also allowing wireless carriers to improve coverage and increase network capacity.
“Amidst the continued explosion in mobile data consumption, in-building wireless coverage and capacity challenges are increasing. The partnership with Pamlico will allow us to accelerate the execution
REYL & Co, a subsidiary of the REYL Group, has acted as sole financial advisor to Circle Media Group, a leading European printing and media group, on its recent acquisition of the leading European book printing group CPI from its shareholders in a cash transaction.
With this acquisition, Circle Media Group further strengthens its European printing business, ensuring that it offers a full range of both analogue and digital capabilities, and maintains its leading position in the ongoing consolidation of the European printing and media industry.
Following the acquisition of CPI, Circle Media Group will have combined pro-forma annual
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