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NVM Private Equity has exited from Coventry-based telecommunications and security systems integration provider Optilan following a secondary management buy-out by Blue Water Energy, delivering a 3.1x return on funds invested.
NVM first supported Optilan in the GBP18 million management buy-out in 2008.
Since then, under NVM’s ownership, Optilan has developed its technical capability and international footprint – opening operations in the Middle East, Azerbaijan, India and Turkey. It serves the energy, transport, infrastructure and industrial sectors.
Despite challenging market conditions for the energy sector and political volatility in some of Optilan’s overseas markets, the business has grown
ITI Technologies, operating under the brand Finvale, has closed a USD500,000 investment deal from a consortium of venture capital funds specialising in fintech.
Softline Seed Fund – a joint venture between Softline Group and Russian Venture Company’s seed fund – led the investment round, purchasing a minority stake for RUB15 million.
Da Vinci Capital, an emerging markets private equity fund manager, also co-invested in the deal from its co-investment fund.
Launched in 2016, Finvale develops fintech marketplace for trading financial products as well as risk management and other solutions for traders. The Finvale platform facilitates the distribution of
HIG WhiteHorse, a credit affiliate of global investment firm HIG Capital, has arranged a GBP27 million unitranche loan for Primesight, an out-of-home advertising company in the UK which is majority owned by GMT Communication Partners.
Primesight is headquartered in London, UK and has around 140 employees. The company operates a national network of some 20,000 advertising panels, selling the advertising space via advertising agencies and to companies directly.
HIG WhiteHorse has provided a flexible financing structure which replaces the company’s existing debt facility and provides additional capital to support growth and investment.
Jerry Wilson, principal at HIG WhiteHorse,
Exxelia, a manufacturer of high-performance complex passive components and subsystems focusing on highly demanding end-markets such as civil aeronautics, space and defence, has refinanced and simplified its debt structure.
The former structure, which comprised both senior debt as well as a mezzanine debt financing, was enforced in March 2014 before the acquisition by IK Investment Partners, has been replaced at the same leverage by the issuance of a new senior tranche of EUR160 million.
The debt has been arranged by a club of European blue chip banks and financial institutions: CM-CIC, HSBC and Société Générale acted as Global Coordinators.
Funds advised by Bain Capital Private Equity and Cinven Partners intend to launch a voluntary public takeover offer for all outstanding shares of STADA Arzneimittel.
STADA is an independent pharmaceutical company listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The company offers a portfolio of high-quality, low-cost generic products including selected biosimilars. STADA has also built an attractive portfolio of well-established branded products, including the cold medicine Grippostad and the Ladival range of sun protection products.
Bain and Cinven offer the shareholders of STADA a cash consideration of EUR 65.28 per share plus the 2016 dividend in the amount of
The Klöckner Pentaplast Group (KP), a specialist in rigid plastic film and packaging solutions, has signed a binding agreement to acquire LINPAC Senior Holdings and its direct and indirect subsidiaries (LINPAC), a film producer and converter for food packaging in Europe.
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
The transaction will create a global leader in the rigid and flexible film market, with combined annual revenues exceeding USD2 billion.
Wayne M Hewett, CEO of KP, says: “This is a highly complementary acquisition that will help KP expand our technological capabilities and presence into the food industry and
Benhamou Global Ventures (BGV), an early-stage venture capital firm, has completed two more exits from BGV II, which first invested in 2014.
Zentri, a BGV II seed investment, was acquired by Silicon Labs.
Grid Dynamics, another early BGV II investment was acquired by Teamsun through its Hong Kong subsidiary Automated Systems.
"These two exits showcase our fund's investment strategy when investing in early stage enterprise IT," says Anik Bose, general partner at Benhamou Global Ventures. "BGV's cross border innovation combined with the partnership's deep company building experience and ecosystem relationships continue to deliver favourable outcomes for each portfolio
Accel-KKR, a technology-focused private equity firm, has sold its portfolio company Abila to Community Brands.
Accel-KKR acquired Abila in 2013 when the business, which provides software and services to associations, non-profit organisations and governmental entities, was spun-off from UK-based The Sage Group.
Following its initial investment in 2013, Accel-KKR rebranded the company, augmented the management team, and invested to build the infrastructure to position the company for significant organic growth and strategic consolidation.
During the past four years, Abila grew its revenues threefold, integrated three acquisitions to expand its product offerings in the non-profit and association sector, and
Foresight has invested GBP2.15 million from Foresight VCT into Fresh Relevance Limited (FRL), a marketing technology platform for eCommerce businesses.
Fresh Relevance is a SaaS email marketing and web personalisation platform providing online retailers with personalised customer experiences and real-time marketing tools across desktop and mobile.
Key features of the platform include triggered emails, web personalisation and real-time behavioural marketing, all of which aim to replicate the personalised experience familiar across market leading eCommerce businesses.
Based in Southampton, Fresh Relevance was founded by Mike Austin, Pete Austin and Eddy Swindell, ex-employees of former Foresight private equity portfolio company
HarbourVest Partners, a global private markets asset manager, has held the final closes of its first mezzanine-focused co-investment fund at USD375 million and its third real assets fund at USD366 million.
“Specialised programmes such as our mezzanine and real assets funds demonstrate our continued emphasis on offering solutions that help our clients invest in niche strategies and markets that are difficult to access,” says John Toomey, managing director, HarbourVest.
“HarbourVest’s growth in real assets and expansion into private credit further broadens the reach of our solutions and our ability to meet and anticipate client needs. We are particularly proud
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