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Private equity investment in European companies hit a 10-year high in 2017 at EUR71.7 billion, a 29 per cent year-on-year increase, according to new data released today by Invest Europe.
Almost 7,000 companies received investment, of which 87 per cent were small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
Invest Europe’s 2017 European Private Equity Activity report is the industry’s most comprehensive and authoritative source of activity data. It reveals that private equity fundraising reached EUR91.9 billion in 2017, surpassing the previous year by 12 per cent for the highest amount since 2008. European private equity managers put their investment capital to
US power and energy infrastructure manager LS Power Equity Advisors has held the final close of LS Power Equity Partners IV (Fund IV) at USD2.25 billion, exceeding its initial target of USD2 billion.
Evercore Private Funds Group acted as the global placement agent for the fundraise with Magenta Capital Services supporting the effort in the Middle East and Asia. Kirkland & Ellis, LLP served as legal advisor.
Fund IV launched in late September 2017 and held its first close in December 2017 on USD1.5 billion. Fund IV attracted commitments from a globally diverse group of returning and new investors
High Road Capital Partners has sold its portfolio company All Integrated Solutions (AIS) to MSC Industrial Supply Co, marking the sixth exit for the firm’s debut fund, High Road Capital Partners Fund I.
The transaction closed on 30 April, 2018. Purchase price was approximately USD86 million.
Wisconsin-based AIS is a leading independent distributor of industrial OEM fasteners, Class C components and MRO products in the Upper Midwest. High Road acquired AIS, formerly known as Accurate Components and Fasteners, in 2012. Under High Road’s ownership, AIS’s revenue tripled and the company made three acquisitions: All Tool Sales, in 2013; Williams
Gresham House is to acquire the entire issued share capital of FIM Services Limited (FIM), an alternative investment fund manager specialising in UK real assets, specifically sustainable forestry and renewable energy investments, by its wholly-owned subsidiary, Gresham House Holdings Limited (GHH), for a total consideration of up to GBP25.0 million on a cash-free, debt-free basis – subject to certain adjustments.
The acquisition combines two leading firms in UK commercial forestry management and renewables, adding both assets under management (AUM) and in-house investment expertise to Gresham House Forestry and Gresham House New Energy. Upon completion, Gresham House’s AUM will be over
EXL, an operations management and analytics company, is to acquire SCIOInspireHoldings, a West Hartford Connecticut-based healthcare analytics solution and services company (doing business as SCIO Health Analytics).
Rohit Kapoor, EXL Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, says: “The acquisition will strengthen EXL’s capability in the high growth cost optimisation and care optimisation markets. SCIO’s analytical tools and expertise in healthcare claims payment and care optimisation expands EXL’s market-leading advanced analytics and healthcare capabilities. Combining the talented team at SCIO to our team of 2,000+ clinicians and 3,000+ data scientists worldwide significantly increases our ability to scale to meet the needs
KPS Capital Partners (KPS) has created a new company, Autokiniton Global Group (AGG), to pursue investments in the global automotive supply industry. George Thanopoulos, a widely respected industry executive, will serve as AGG’s Chief Executive Officer.
KPS also announced today that AGG is to acquire L&W. Following completion of the transaction, Thanopoulos will become L&W’s Executive Chairman, while Scott Jones will continue to serve as President and lead the company’s management team.
L&W is a leading “Tier 1” supplier in the automotive industry, specialising in hot and cold metal stampings and welded assemblies. The Company is a leader in metal-formed components
Kuber Ventures, a fund investment platform offering simplified access to EIS/SEIS portfolios and funds has added three new high growth funds to its platform.
The addition of the growth funds follows last year’s budget announcement which doubled the investment limit. It also saw the rules tightened to prevent investment in low-risk companies, rather than the innovative, high growth companies the scheme was designed for.
Kuber and several of the platform’s leading fund managers recognise that between now and July is an ideal time for advisers to act. This is because there are a higher percentage of quality propositions
Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva, has acquired a 49 per cent interest in a portfolio of UK onshore wind farms from Fred. Olsen Renewables Limited in one of the largest single acquisitions made by its infrastructure platform to date.
The portfolio includes two operational assets: Crystal Rig III Limited (six turbines, 13.8MW) and Brockloch Rig Windfarm Limited (30 turbines, 61.5MW). Both are located in Scotland.
Fred. Olsen Renewables will continue to provide asset management services to the projects, undertaking the day-to-day operational responsibility for the wind farms.
The acquisitions were made on behalf of
Graphene technology development company Paragraf, a recent spin out from the University of Cambridge, has closed a GBP2.9 million seed round to support the development of its first major products.
The round is led by Cambridge Enterprise, the commercialisation arm of the University of Cambridge, with the participation of Parkwalk Advisors, Amadeus Capital Partners, IQ Capital Partners and angel investors.
Paragraf focuses on the production of ‘two-dimensional’ materials, primarily graphene, and the development of electronic devices based on these materials. Harnessing the extremely high conductivity, superb strength, very low weight and ultimate flexibility of graphene, Paragraf’s technology is the
Investment firm Greenbriar Equity Group (Greenbriar) has sold Ryan Herco Flow Solutions (Ryan Herco) to SunSource Holdings (SunSource), a distributor of hydraulic and fluid control power products in the United States and Canada.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Based in Burbank, California, Ryan Herco is a nationwide distributor of high-purity and corrosion-resistant fluid conveyance, measurement and control products used in mission-critical systems across a wide range of industrial applications. Ryan Herco distributes a broad portfolio of filtration products, pressure piping systems, tubing and tube fittings, as well as pumps, valves and process instrumentation. Ryan Herco distributes
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