Managers
Polaris Partners has held the first and final close for Polaris Growth Fund I, with USD175 million to continue the firm’s successful track record of investing in profitable technology companies, including software, Internet and technology-enabled services companies.
Polaris Partners closes first-ever Growth fund with USD175 million to continue track-record of helping grow profitable software and technology-enabled services businesses.
The Polaris Growth Fund is led by Managing Partner Bryce Youngren and Partner Dan Lombard. The team has collectively led 15 Polaris growth investments, which have been made from Polaris’ diversified funds. The Polaris Growth team consists of six dedicated professionals
BGF and NVM Private Equity (NVM) have exited their investments in Wear Inns, a community pub estate based in the North East. Wear Inns, which currently has a portfolio of 25 pubs across the North East and Yorkshire, has been acquired by Aprirose, a specialist UK real estate investor.
Wear Inns was founded in 2006 by John Weir and John Sands, with backing from NVM, who created a well-known and much-loved group of pubs run with an absolute focus on community, quality food and drink, customers and staff. Founded on a wealth of experience in the hospitality sector, the group
Plantforce, a provider of heavy equipment rentals in South West England, has received a GBP4.7m growth capital investment from BGF to further scale its operations.
The company, whose clients include Kier, Costain, Balfour Beatty and BAM construction groups, will use the funding to support its growth plans in expansion, acquisition and geographical locations
Founded in 1999, Plantforce operates from four depots in Bristol, Exeter, Bridgwater and Birmingham. It has one of the most modern and diverse ranges of excavator equipment in England – comprising over 750 machines and 250 attachments. The business is highly accredited and focuses on providing
Duet Private Equity Limited (DPEL), an investor in emerging- and frontier markets, has acquired a majority stake in AJEAST Nigeria Limited, the Sub-Saharan Africa subsidiary of AJE Group, one of the largest global multinational beverage companies.
DPEL’s total investment in the transaction is in excess of USD50 million, a significant share of which is allocated as growth capital.
AJE Group formally launched the Company in October 2015 with a brand new, state of the art factory near Lagos, Nigeria. With brands such as BIG Cola, BIG Orange and BIG Lemon, it has gained significant market share in the carbonated
Consolis Group, a European supplier of precast concrete solutions, is to acquire TMB Group, a producer of concrete elements in the Baltic countries and Finland.
TMB Group brings more than 50 years of industry expertise and specific capabilities in both residential and non-residential buildings. Founded in 1961, TMB Group employs around 500 people and its annual revenue exceeded EUR120 million in 2017.
Nicolas Yatzimirsky, Chief Executive Officer of Consolis, says: “By acquiring TMB Group, we’ve demonstrated our ambition to further strengthen our presence in our key European markets. They bring valuable industrial know-how and our respective teams will mutually benefit from further best practices sharing.”
“TMB and its subsidiaries in Finland, Estonia and Latvia have built long-term relationships
YFM Equity Partners (YFM), a specialist private equity fund manager, has 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.
YFM’s investment is the seventh from its GBP46 million buyout fund.
CPMS provides multidiscipline Project Management to the railway system across track, signalling, telecoms, civils, and overhead lines. CPMS has built a very strong reputation for excellence and is one of only seven companies to be awarded top marks under Network Rail’s Performance Supplier feedback process. CPMS has grown quickly due
The Paris office of the international firm Simmons & Simmons has assisted the British asset manager, Polar Capital, in the context of the launch of its operations in Paris.
Whilst some aspects of the divorce between the EU and the UK are unfinalised, Simmons & Simmons LLP has advised Polar Capital on the establishment of the most suitable regulated structure post-Brexit for its set up in the capital.
The multi-disciplined team of the firm advised the asset manager throughout the authorisation process as an AIFM (from the initial meeting with the AMF to completing the AMF authorisation conditions) including
NVM Private Equity (NVM) has invested GBP3 million of growth capital into indoor climbing business The Climbing Hangar (TCH).
Indoor climbing is a growing sport that blends socialising with health and fitness and TCH aims to provide access to its superior facilities at an affordable cost, catering to a growing community of highly engaged climbing enthusiasts and novices alike. Since its successful launch in Liverpool in 2011, TCH has expanded to two further sites in London and Plymouth. The investment from NVM will allow the company to continue the roll-out, leading the market in providing an alternative leisure experience.
NorthEdge Capital has made the first investment from its recently closed NorthEdge Capital SME Fund I, backing award-winning cloud services specialist iPortalis with a multi-million pound growth capital investment to support its global expansion.
As organisations increasingly move to the cloud, iPortalis helps international businesses aggregate their diverse solutions so that all technology purchasing, deployment and license & asset management functions can be handled by IT teams via a single pane of glass.
At the heart of the iPortalis service is the iPortalis Control Portal (iCP). This cloud software portal enables IT teams to purchase, deploy and manage over
Golub Capital has sold a passive, non-voting minority stake in its management companies to Dyal Capital Partners (Dyal), a division of Neuberger Berman.
Terms of the investment have not been disclosed.
Golub Capital plans to use Dyal’s investment as permanent capital to expand the Firm’s capabilities to deliver distinctive, compelling and reliable financing solutions to its private equity sponsors and attractive, consistent returns for investors in its funds. All proceeds from the transaction will remain invested in the Firm. There will be no change in Golub Capital’s strategy, management team, investment team, investment process or day-to-day operations as a
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