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HIG WhiteHorse, a credit affiliate of global investment firm HIG Capital, has supported Gotha Cosmetics’ acquisition by Capvis Equity IV, a fund advised by Capvis Equity Partners, by providing funding to support a EUR65 million unitranche facility arranged by Credit Suisse.
Gotha Cosmetics is a developer and manufacturer of private label cosmetics mainly focusing on lips, eyes and face products. Based in Italy, Gotha Cosmetics was founded in 2005 and has become a key partner for both independent beauty brands and multi-national customers evolving towards more outsourcing-based production models.
Capvis will further develop Gotha Cosmetics and help it grow
Falfurrias Capital Partners, a Charlotte-based private equity firm focused on investing in growth-oriented, middle-market businesses, has purchased a majority interest in Marquis Software Solutions.
Founded in 1987 by Les Kassing and based in Plano, Texas, Marquis provides data analytics software and services that help financial institutions – primarily mid-tier banks and credit unions – identify marketing opportunities and meet and monitor compliance requirements. The company has been managed since Kassing’s retirement by sons Jay, John, Jud and Jeff.
Falfurrias Capital Partners, founded by former Bank of America CEO Hugh McColl and Marc D Oken, who served as CFO of
Mid-market private equity investor LDC has backed the management buyout of PAW Holdings to support the company’s growth strategy.
Founded by Alan Walker in 2001, PAW designs, manufactures and installs pre-engineered light gauge building systems.
Headquartered in Skipton, North Yorkshire, the business is on track to achieve revenues of GBP23 million this financial year.
The business employs more than 80 people across its sites which include locations in Skipton, Brighouse, Evesham and Glasgow.
Following LDC’s investment, the management team plans to further invest in its manufacturing capabilities and service offering.
The MBO was led by CEO
Debt is becoming a more significant part of the unlisted infrastructure fund industry following strong fundraising activity in recent years, according to Preqin.
2012 marked the highest level of aggregate capital raised, as 21 funds secured USD12 billion in investor commitments, but the 14 funds closed in 2015 approached that level, raising a combined USD11.6 billion.
Additionally, there are currently a record 43 infrastructure debt funds in market, seeking a combined USD25 billion in investor commitments. Of these, 21 have already held an interim close and secured USD15 billion of their targets, further indicating the growing investor appetite for
Private investment firm Inverness Graham has sold Global ID Group, a food safety and testing company that addresses the challenges and opportunities facing the food industry.
Headquartered in Fairfield, Iowa, with additional facilities in Europe and South America, Global ID provides a suite of food testing, supply chain compliance software and services, and food certification solutions.
Inverness Graham acquired Global ID in November 2013 after a search in the food safety and testing market with industry expert David Acheson, the former chief medical officer at the FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
Inverness Graham continues
Private equity investor Advent International has entered into exclusive negotiations with Safran to acquire Safran Identity & Security (Safran I&S), a specialist in identity and security solutions.
Advent has made a firm and irrevocable offer of EUR2.425 billion for Safran I&S. Bpifrance will invest alongside Advent International.
Safran I&S develops technologies for the public and private sectors globally, including identity management, secure transactions and public security solutions. The company’s technologies are used for a wide range of markets and applications, including production and personalisation of secure ID documents and systems, and biometry-based identification systems. Safran I&S employs 7,800 people
Middle market private equity firm Pamlico Capital has sold T2 Systems to tech-focused private equity firm Thoma Bravo.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Headquartered in Indianapolis, T2 Systems is a provider of parking management technology, including SaaS-based software, services, and hardware to universities, municipalities, and private operators.
Pamlico acquired T2 Systems in September 2011 in partnership with management. Over the last five years, Pamlico helped to build out the management team, adding key members like Adam Blake (president and COO), and complete two strategic acquisitions that broadened the company’s product portfolio and expanded its addressable
Allied Minds and GE Ventures have formed an alliance to jointly identify and commercialise next-generation technologies.
Under the terms of the agreement, Allied Minds and GE Ventures agree to invest in new and existing technologies sourced from both Allied Minds and GE’s innovation pipelines.
The alliance expands Allied Minds’ network of research and development partners to include GE’s early stage technologies in healthcare, transportation, energy, and big data.
Allied Minds receives an exclusive right of first refusal to license certain technologies, chosen by GE, which are of strategic interest to the companies.
GE will also have the
Octopus Labs has selected five businesses to join its new Fintech accelerator, which kicks off in October.
Over 80 applications were received to join the accelerator programme – with a shortlist invited to live pitch last week.
The panel of judges – which included ex-head of Google UK Dan Cobley, CEO of Dunelm John Browett and joint COO of St James’s Place Iain Rob Rayner – were looking for product-ready start-ups developing solutions specifically geared for financial advisers and their clients.
The successful teams will take part in a 12-week programme, which will see them given workspace in
Mayfair Equity Partners has held the final close on its maiden fund, Mayfair Equity Partners Fund I, at GBP400 million, exceeding its target of GBP350 million.
The fund also has access to significant co-investment capital.
In an oversubscribed fundraise, the fund attracted commitments from a broad and diverse cross section of large and sophisticated investors from the UK, Europe, the Middle East and North America, including leading pension funds, asset managers, fund-of-funds, sovereign wealth funds, family offices and other institutional investors.
Mayfair’s managing partner Daniel Sasaki says: “We are privileged to have received such strong interest for our
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