Managers
Tikehau Capital, a global alternative asset management group, has acted as sole-arranger of a unitranche facility to support IK Partners’ acquisition of DA Languages (DAL), a UK-based language services provider, from Foresight Group.
The financing, extended via Tikehau Capital’s Direct Lending strategy, includes an acquisition facility to fund M&A-led growth and an ESG ratchet mechanism, which should enable DAL to reduce its borrowing costs, subject to its performance in certain ESG criteria.
Through the provision of this facility, Tikehau Capital is partnering with DAL’s management team and IK Partners to support the company’s organic and inorganic growth strategy which
Sellsy, a French provider of all-in-one CRM and FMS (financial management system) software solutions for SMEs, has secured EUR55 million in funding from PSG, a growth equity firm partnering with middle-market software and technology-enabled services companies.
Sellsy offers a fully-fledged CRM solution, including lead management, quotation and pipeline, marketing automation and contact management, coupled with key FMS functionalities including invoicing, payment reconciliation and liquidity management.
Sellsy was founded in 2009 in La Rochelle by Co-CEO Alain Mevellec and Chairman Frederic Coulais, who later welcomed Co-CEO Victor Douek as he joined the company in 2016. Following the transaction, Sellsy will continue
Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) investment manager Deepbridge Capital has now deployed over GBP100 million of capital via the Deepbridge Technology Growth EIS fund.
The fund was launched in 2013 as one of the first growth-focused technology EIS funds, providing private investors with access to a portfolio of early-stage investee companies across various intellectual-property-rich sectors, including energy and resource innovation, hardware technologies and IT-based developments.
With over 30 per cent of the fund having been raised within the past two years, capital has been provided UK-wide to 38 companies to date, with investee companies based across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland
Vala Capital, an entrepreneur-led venture capital firm, has appointed Lian Michelson, a successful entrepreneur and experienced angel investor, as investment director for its EIS portfolios.
The appointment comes as Vala launches a new tranche for its Sustainable Growth EIS portfolio – targeting small companies focused on sustainable solutions.
Michelson has more than a decade of experience of early stage investing, supporting founding teams with business development, strategy and fundraising. In 2012, she founded Then and Now, an online marketplace that represents over 500 worldwide clothing brands. Michelson started her career as a fixed income trader for Morgan Stanley and
LDC, the private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group, is increasing its support of the UK’s mid-market through a new commitment to invest in at least 100 medium-sized businesses over the next five years.
Arlington Capital Partners (Arlington), a Washington, DC-based private equity firm, has acquired Millstone Medical Outsourcing (Millstone).
Selling shareholders included Schooner Capital, a Boston-based investment firm.
Headquartered in Fall River, MA, Millstone is a comprehensive solutions provider of quality-critical services to the medical device and pharmaceutical industries, managing post-manufacturing services and supply chain and logistics services.
Cain Brothers, a division of KeyBanc Capital Markets, served as financial advisor and DLA Piper served as legal advisor to Arlington on this transaction. William Blair & Company served as exclusive financial advisor and Locke Lord served as legal advisor to Millstone on this transaction.
Redstor, a data management and SaaS protection company, has secured a growth investment from Bregal Milestone, a European technology growth capital firm.
With more than 40,000 customers worldwide, Redstor will use the financing to fuel its international expansion into the United States and accelerate its AI-enabled platform and overall growth.
Previous Redstor investor Beech Tree Private Equity realised its investment in full as part of the transaction.
Results served as corporate finance advisor to Redstor with Osborne Clarke serving as legal advisor for the transaction. Bregal Milestone were advised by Goodwin (legal), Deloitte (financial and tax) and Endava Private Equity
The seventh fund in PGIM Real Estate’s European flagship high yield debt fund series, PGIM Real Estate Capital VII (PRECap VII), has closed on EUR1.82 billion (GBP1.53bn/USD2.07bn), the largest European real estate debt fund closed in 2021.
PGIM Real Estate is the real estate investment and financing business of PGIM, the USD1.5 trillion global investment management business of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU).
PGIM Real Estate’s European debt platform provides alternative financing, including senior debt, whole loans and mezzanine with co-invest equity. The platform has completed over EUR10 billion across over 180 senior and high yield debt investments in UK
Softline, a global IT and digital transformation provider, is to acquire Academy IT, a provider of corporate training and learning management solution.
Academy IT, which creates, develops, and deploys bespoke corporate training solutions, will join Softline’s existing technology education and training business, including a learning centre where more than 300,000 information technology specialists have trained over the past 18 years.
London-listed Softline is also targeting expansion in the global education technology (EdTech) market, an industry which is forecast to grow to USD404 billion by 2025.
High Street Capital (HSC) portfolio company Tramec has completed the acquisition of Penz Products (Penz), a designer and manufacturer primarily of vent doors, fenders, and trailer landing gear components for heavy-duty trailer OEM and aftermarket customers.
Penz’s operations will be integrated into the Tramec Sloan division, presenting numerous opportunities to enhance Tramec Sloan’s suite of solutions to its customer base and broaden its manufacturing capabilities, particularly in metal forming, robotic welding, thermoforming, vacuum forming, and urethane foaming.
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