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An affiliate of Enterprise Products Partners has acquired Navitas Midstream Partners (Navotas) for USD3.25 billion in an all-cash deal.
Navitas is a portfolio company of funds managed by Warburg Pincus LLC, a leading global growth investor.
Founders R Bruce Northcutt, Bryan Neskora and Jim Wade previously built Copano Energy, LLC into a substantial enterprise at scale before its sale to Kinder Morgan.
Jefferies LLC served as financial advisor to Navitas in connection with the transaction, and Kirkland & Ellis served as legal advisor.
This transaction is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2022, subject to customary regulatory
Bregal Partners (Bregal) has made a new platform investment in Juniper Landscaping (Juniper), a provider of landscaping services to commercial clients throughout the state of Florida.
Headquartered in Fort Myers, FL, Juniper has been family-owned and operated since its founding in 2001. Under CEO Brandon Duke’s leadership, the Company has expanded its presence across Florida through a client-centric approach focused on both organic and acquisition growth. Juniper currently operates a network of 15 local branches serving more than 1,500 properties. Juniper’s clients include home-owners’ associations, commercial clients and municipalities throughout southern and central Florida. Through its new partnership with Bregal,
MMC Ventures, a UK Series A investor, has promoted three individuals to its senior leadership team, and added a partner, following a record year in 2021 – during which MMC’s portfolio companies raised more than USD1 billion in funding.
Two sport and exercise scientists who established an app to improve employee wellbeing and performance have raised GBP800,000 from the North East Venture Fund (NEVF), supported by the European Regional Development Fund and managed by Mercia, to fund the next stage of growth.
ECI Partners has completed the successful sale of Travel Chapter, a platform for high-quality self-catering holiday rentals, to the management team, supported by investment from ICG.
Spouting Rock Asset Management (Spouting Rock), a multi-boutique manager platform providing investment solutions and services, is to merge with Old Hill Partners Inc (Old Hill), an alternative asset manager focused on asset-based lending transactions with small- and medium-sized businesses.
A newly formed subsidiary of Spouting Rock, Spouting Rock Alternative Credit, LLC (SR Alternative Credit), will house the Old Hill asset-based lending business and serve as the investment advisor to Old Hill’s existing funds and other investment vehicles.
The new subsidiary will be operated by former Old Hill employees, Jeff Haas and Peter Faigl as president and chief investment officer, respectively.
Sound Point Capital Management (Sound Point) has closed on a senior secured term loan financing to a subsidiary of Perry Ellis International (Perry Ellis), an owner of several well-established retail brands.
Funding provided by Sound Point will be used to pay down the Company’s existing debt.
The Company has been in business for 54 years and was formerly a public company before a take-private transaction in 2018. Perry Ellis owns a diversified suite of brands which generate ample cash flow through licensing to third-party manufacturers.
Alternative asset manager Gresham House has invested GBP164 million in Borderlink Broadband Limited through its British Sustainable Infrastructure Fund (BSIF) strategy to improve digital inclusion in underserved communities in the UK.
Inflexion Private Equity Partners (Inflexion) supported 97 new investment opportunities for its portfolio in 2021, helping to drive value and accelerate sustainable growth in the UK and internationally.
Myzone, a global manufacturer of wearable fitness tracking technology, has secured a USD17.2 million investment from BGF, the UK’s most active growth capital investor, alongside tech entrepreneur Vin Murria OBE, who also joins as Non-Executive Chair.
Created in 2011 by fitness industry expert Dave Wright, Myzone has experienced impressive growth since inception and currently serves over 9,000 facilities in 84 different countries, boasting over two million shipped devices.
BGF invested more than GBP100 million in tech businesses in 2021 and announced seven successful exits in the sector this year. Of the over GBP500 million invested in tech businesses
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