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Private equity firm Thoma Bravo is to acquire Quorum Software (Quorum), a specialist in digital transformation for the oil and gas industry, from Silver Lake.
The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of this year, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Since its inception in 1998, Quorum has delivered purpose-built software, fuelling the digital transformation of the oil and gas industry and operates in markets across the United States and Canada. Quorum serves its customer base by providing integrated solutions for their core processing needs across
An affiliate of middle market private equity firm Peak Rock Capital (Peak Rock) is to acquire the TNT Crust business (TNT), a manufacturer and distributor of pizza crusts, from Tyson Foods, Inc.
Founded in 1981, TNT is a manufacturer and distributor of partially baked, self-rising, flat breads and other pizza crusts for the foodservice and retail channels. TNT has a diverse customer base, including blue chip national and regional restaurants, pizza manufacturers, and foodservice distributors. Headquartered in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and operating out of two BRC-certified manufacturing facilities, the Company has built an excellent reputation in the industry for its outstanding
Mekong Capital’s Mekong Enterprise Fund II (MEF II) has successfully sold 100 per cent of its final remaining investment, resulting in the fund achieving a net return multiple of 4.5x and net IRR of 22.5 per cent for its investors.
This has marked one of the most successful funds in Asian Private Equity.
Launched in 2006, MEF II is the second private equity fund managed by Mekong Capital. MEF II’s notable investments included Mobile World (Vietnam’s largest nationwide retailer of mobile devices and consumer electronics), Golden Gate (the leading restaurant chain operator in Vietnam), Vietnam Australia International School (a
ADM Capital has exited its Central Eastern European and Kazakhstan private equity business, collectively known as the CK Region, through a management buyout.
The disposal, which completed on the 1 August, will allow ADM Capital to focus its strategic resources on further growing its Asian fixed income business, leveraging its global Cibus Fund platform and expanding the work of the ADM Capital Foundation.
Founded in 2006, ADM Capital CK Region was established to manage the ADM Ceecat Recovery Fund, the ADM Kazakhstan Capital Restructuring Fund, Kazakhstan Growth Fund and the CCL Kazakhstan Silk Road Agriculture Growth Fund.
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One Equity Partners’ (OEP) portfolio company Simplura Health Group (Simplura), a provider of care services for elderly and disabled populations, has completed the acquisition of Helping Hand Home Health & Hospice Agency (Helping Hand).
Financial terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed.
Headquartered in Philadelphia, Helping Hand is an independent provider of non-medical home care services for seniors in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. The Company provides a wide range of services including personal care attendant services, home health services, hospice services and skilled nursing, among others.
“Helping Hand has an excellent reputation for delivering quality care
YFM Equity Partners has backed the MBO of DSP Database Managed Services (DSP), a provider of database and data platform managed services, and invested GBP4.5 million from its managed funds into Collaborative Project Management Services (CPMS), to support the continued growth of the business through ongoing new product and market development.
CPMS provides multidiscipline Project Management to the railway system across track, signalling, telecoms, civils, and overhead lines.
DSP and CPMS are the sixth and seventh investments from YFM’s Buyout Fund, since its final close in April 2017.
Golden Gate Ventures, a venture capital investor in Southeast Asia, is spinning out a dedicated fund for global blockchain investments. LuneX Ventures is a partnership between the firm and its former Head of Growth, Kenrick Drijkoningen, now Founding Partner of LuneX.
LuneX Ventures is a spin-out from the early-stage VC firm, Golden Gate Ventures. LuneX is a Venture Capital firm with a global mandate to invest exclusively in high-growth blockchain companies and cryptocurrency assets.
Drijkoningen says: “We view blockchain as a foundational technology, on a par with or possibly exceeding the Internet in disruptive potential. Right now valuations have
Global investment firm KKR is to acquire a 60 per cent stake in Ramky Enviro Engineers Limited (REEL), a provider of environmental services and solutions in India and overseas, for approximately USD530 million via a combination of primary and secondary investments.
The deal values REEL at an enterprise value of USD925 million.
REEL’s suite of comprehensive offerings includes the management, collection, transport and processing of hazardous, municipal, biomedical and e-waste, as well as the recycling of paper, plastic and chemicals. The Company also focuses on renewable energy generation – with a strong focus on waste-to-energy processes – and offers
Artios Pharma Limited (Artios), a DNA Damage Response (DDR) company developing innovative treatments for cancer, has completed a USD84 million (GBP65 million) Series B financing following high interest from investors.
The financing, which was significantly oversubscribed, was led by Andera Partners (formerly EdRIP) and LSP (Life Sciences Partners), with participation by additional new investors Pfizer Ventures and Novartis Venture Fund (NVF). Artios’ existing shareholders Arix Bioscience, SV Health Investors, M Ventures, IP Group plc and AbbVie Ventures also participated in the fundraise.
Commenting on today’s announcement, Raphael Wisniewski, Partner of Andera Partners, says: “We believe Artios’ DDR programmes have
Align Capital Partners’ (ACP) most recent platform investment, ISA Fire and Security (ISA), is to merge with Cleveland-based ABCO Fire Protection (ABCO).
ABCO is a regional provider of fire safety and security system inspection, maintenance, and repair services for thousands of commercial customers in a variety of end-markets. The company goes to market under the ABCO, Trico, and Superior Fire brands.
ABCO is majority owned and operated by Bob Titmas Jr whose father founded the company in the mid- seventies. Since its founding, the family business scaled significantly through add-on acquisitions and organic growth. Today, ABCO has nine offices
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