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3i Group (3i) has sold Mémora, an Iberian funeral services company, to Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (Ontario Teachers’) in a deal worth GBP117 million. This compares to a valuation of GBP86 million at 31 March 2017.
Mémora was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Barcelona. It is a leading funeral services player in the Iberian market, with a total of 115 parlours, 24 crematoriums, 13 cemeteries and 91 retail outlets in the Iberian Peninsula. It has a leading position in Barcelona as well as in other regional markets in Spain and Portugal, and a strong foothold across its remaining
Private equity fund manager YFM Equity Partners (YFM) has invested GBP3 million in Friska Limited (Friska), a Bristol based chain of food-to-go restaurants offering ‘feel good food’ throughout the day.
The funding will be used to support the roll out of the brand into new cities across the UK.
This investment was made by the British Smaller Companies Venture Capital Trusts alongside ongoing support from Santander.
Friska was founded in 2009 by Griff Holland and Ed Brown, trading from a single site in central Bristol and based on a founding principle of delivering ‘feel good food’ made from
Align Capital Partners (ACP) has completed a growth investment in Pleatco, a family-owned specialist in the pool and spa filtration industry.
Pleatco designs and manufactures the most advanced, scientifically engineered filtration products for pools and spas. Pleatco provides over 700 unique, aftermarket filtration products for pool and spa retailers, distributors, online retailers, and original equipment manufacturers. The Company services customers throughout the United States, Canada and Europe from its facilities in New York, California, and Mexico.
“Pleatco has and will continue to thrive under the leadership of CEO Howard Smith and a strong management team due to its focus
Virtualstock, a digital supply chain specialist, has closed a USD6 million investment round with Notion Capital, a European B2B SaaS Venture Capital (VC) firm, to support its next phase of growth.
Virtualstock’s goal is to transform global B2B supply chains and marketplaces through its unique ability to seamlessly and rapidly connect systems together. The business’ core platform (The Edge) is already used by leading retailers including Tesco, John Lewis, Sainsbury’s, Argos and Dixons Carphone to support their digital and omni-channel strategies. The company’s platform brings increased transparency and simplicity to a company’s supply chain meaning customers can take advantage of
RSM has advised on the sale of Boweld Truck Bodies to German based manufacturer Meiller.
Based in Holywell, Flintshire, Boweld specialises in the design and manufacture of steel tipping bodies and auxiliary equipment – supporting a range of clients in the commercial motor industry in the UK.
The RSM team, led by corporate finance partner James Wild with support from Nick Wyatt and James Jarvis, acted for the shareholders of Boweld on the transaction. Hill Dickinson’s corporate partner Ian Riggs with assistance from Sean Lightfoot acted as legal advisors to the shareholders.
James Wild, corporate finance partner at
Crown Capital Partners, a provider of growth capital to mid-market companies, has completed a USD50 million closing for Crown Capital Fund IV, bringing the current total capital committed to the Fund to USD225 million.
To date, USD190 million has been invested by the Fund in nine transactions, and, net of repayments, USD167 million is currently invested.
“This upsizing further underscores the quality of our growing portfolio and the strong demand from our institutional limited partners,” says Chris Johnson (pictured), Crown’s President & CEO. “We continue to deliver on our key milestones. We have completed four transactions to date in
Catapult’s portfolio business, BWB Consulting, one of the UK’s leading design engineering consultancies, has become part of the global transport engineering giant CAF Group.
The transaction, which will see BWB embark on significant expansion in the UK and abroad, has delivered an excellent return for the Catapult Growth Fund with an initial cash return in excess of 2.5x. Catapult Growth Fund also retains a significant portion of its shareholding in the business.
A multi award-winning business, delivering advice and solutions to clients in the property, development and construction industries, BWB employs more than 300 people across seven offices in
The German mid-cap LBO market generated another round of strong growth in the first half of 2017. The latest MidCapMonitor prepared by the investment bank GCA Altium that regularly analyses leveraged buyout finance transactions with a credit volume of between EUR20 million and EUR500 million recorded 41 transactions in the first six months of 2017. This represents a rise of 46 per cent compared with the same period last year.
The proportion of new finance transactions, that is, acquisition financing, did slip from 56 per cent of transactions for the entire year of 2016 to 47 per cent for the
Private equity firm Boyne Capital Partners has closed its BCM Fund I with USD126 million of total capital commitments, surpassing the original target of USD100 million.
The Fund includes select limited partners representing insurance companies, fund of funds, family offices and individuals. The Fund targets investments in the lower middle market sector, specifically companies with revenues of less than USD100 million and with EBITDA of USD2 million to USD10 million.
Boyne Managing Partner, Derek McDowell, says: “We are pleased with the successful and rapid fund raise, having completed the process in less than a year. We are grateful to
Private equity house Key Capital Partners (KCP) has acquired a minority stake in London-based independent performance media agency, MC&C. This is KCP’s third investment from its latest fund.
The capital will be used to grow the firm, enabling key hires, further investment in operational technology, financing potential acquisitions, and acceleration of international growth. The investment triggers the formation of a new MC&C Group comprising MC&C London, MC&C Muse and the newly-formed MC&C International.
KCP partner Mike Fell joins a new group executive board alongside founder Mike Colling, executive chairman of MC&C London Steve Booth, UK managing director Mark Jackson and
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