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Monomoy Capital Partners (Monomoy), a New York private equity fund focused on constructive investing and business improvement in the middle market, has successfully completed the acquisition of West Marine, at a price of USD12.97 per share or a total of approximately USD337 million.
The transaction was originally announced on June 29, 2017, and West Marine’s stockholders approved the acquisition on 12 September, 2017.
West Marine is the largest specialty retailer of boating supplies and accessories in the United States, with 249 stores located in 37 states and Puerto Rico. The company carries more than 175,000 aftermarket products, ranging from
Yukon Partners, a provider of mezzanine capital for middle market private equity transactions, has made an investment in Practice Insight.
Practice Insight, headquartered in Houston, Texas, provides revenue cycle management and electronic data interchange solutions that help healthcare providers manage the reimbursement cycle. The Company’s suite of products enables healthcare practitioners to digitise, automate, and manage every stage of the revenue cycle workflow, reducing bad debt, shortening the collection cycle, and minimising the administrative support required to manage the reimbursement process. Practice Insight serves over 56,000 physicians across 150+ specialties nationwide through a network of reseller relationships.
“The Practice
VisionsConnected and Viju have been acquired by Avedon Capital Partners and are being merged to create a global visual collaboration company specializing in designing, installing, servicing and supporting physical and virtual meeting room environments for global customers with strategic need for videoconferencing, collaboration and audiovisual solutions.
The combined company today already serves corporate and public customers in over 120 countries. It will have its official headquarter in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and will continue to serve their customers from multiple locations throughout EMEA, USA &APAC. A new brand, that reflects the evolution of these two reputable businesses into an integrated global
New Heritage Capital’s (Heritage) portfolio company Continental Services (Continental) has acquired Satellite Vending Company (Satellite), a provider of vending, micro-market and office coffee services in the Detroit market.
Satellite represents the first add-on acquisition for Continental, further strengthening its position as Michigan’s largest food services company.
Continental provides a wide range of custom dining, refreshment, and event services for more than 700 small and medium-sized businesses, blue-chip corporations, colleges, universities, business and industrial sites, and hospitals and medical centres. The Company’s custom-tailored services range from on-site corporate cafés, grab-and-go markets and traditional vending, to off-premise catering and event services.
Omnes Capital has acquired a minority stake in the ANI group through a EUR11.7 million investment from its Omnes Croissance 4 mid cap fund.
The transaction enables the transmission of ANI from its founder, Claude Patin, to his step-daughter Nathalie Bianchini and her husband, Patrick Bianchini, ANI’s current chief executive.
Based in Béziers (Occitanie region in France) and created in 1993, the ANI group is a fasteners distributor dedicated to the aerospace industry. Its main customers are aircraft manufacturers (eg Airbus, Dassault) and their main suppliers (eg Zodiac, Safran). The group, which employs 25 staff, generated annual revenue of
The number of alternative fund managers marketing into Europe through Jersey’s national private placement regimes (NPPRs) continued to rise during the first half of 2017 whilst there has been a strong uptake in the latest addition to Jersey’s regulatory regime, according to mid-year figures from Jersey’s regulator the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC).
As at 30 June 2017, 131 alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs) had been authorised in Jersey to market into Europe through NPPRs under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD), up 14 per cent compared to the same time last year.
In addition, the total number
AsusTek Computer, better known as ASUS, one of the world’s largest producers of desktops, laptops, mobile phones and consumer electronics, is partnering with Silicon Valley-based Fenox Venture Capital to launch a USUSD50 million venture fund.
This partnership with Fenox Venture Capital will serve as a gateway for ASUS to access top technology startups through Fenox VC’s global network. In turn, ASUS will collaborate with these startups and provide the startups with access to the greater Asian and global markets.
“Finding the right global partner was a key step in our search for cutting-edge technologies that will enhance the experience
BDA Partners, a leader in cross-border investment banking focused on Asia, has formed a strategic partnership with Development Bank of Japan (DBJ). As part of the agreement, DBJ has made a growth capital investment into BDA, resulting in DBJ owning 5 per cent of BDA’s enlarged equity.
The two firms will jointly pursue M&A advisory and capital raising mandates connecting Japan with the rest of Asia, Europe and the US. Through this partnership, BDA will enhance its ability to serve clients in selling companies to Japanese buyers. DBJ’s clients will also gain access to top quality acquisition targets worldwide, with
Investoo Group has acquired the social trading comparison site SocialTradingGuru.com for an undisclosed fee.
Launched in 2012, SocialTradingGuru.com is one of the biggest social trading comparison sites and works a number of partners including eToro, Ayondo and Tradeo. The deal includes all existing revenue share accounts.
Investoo Group CEO Adam Grunwerg, says: “Social and copy trading represents an excellent market for us to expand our products and services into. It is also a strong platform to build our own SEO and revenue share business. We plan to capitalise on the acquisition of SocialTradingGuru.com by launching in a number of
Companies backed by LeapFrog Investments, the ‘profit with purpose’ investment group, have reached 111 million people, marking an impact investing milestone.
The figures surpass the targets set a decade ago when Dr Andrew Kuper, LeapFrog’s founder and CEO, pledged on stage with President Bill Clinton to impact the lives of 25 million low-income people by 2020 and achieve top-tier results through Profit with Purpose investing.
Dr Kuper also pledged then to raise USD100 million to invest in purpose-driven businesses. Today, LeapFrog manages over USD1 billion, making it the largest equity impact investor for emerging markets. The capital has so
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