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Golden Gate Capital has completed its acquisition of Pacific Sunwear of California and all of its subsidiaries (PacSun).
PacSun has restructured and reduced its long-term debt and annual occupancy costs, as well as improved its capital structure.
Golden Gate Capital has converted more than 65 per cent of its term loan debt into the equity of the reorganised company and has provided a minimum of USD20 million in additional capital to the reorganised company to support PacSun’s long-term growth objectives.
Wells Fargo has also provided a five-year USD100 million revolving line of credit, subject to certain conditions.
BayWa re has sold the Saint-Congard wind farm in Brittany, north-west of Nantes, to the FPCI Capenergie 3 fund managed by Omnes Capital.
This is the first time that BayWa re has sold a French wind farm to a French investor.
The wind farm consists of four turbines manufactured by Senvion with an output of 8.2 MW. It has been operated by BayWa re since coming online in 2014.
As the Munich-based full service provider is already familiar with the plant, it will continue to provide technical and commercial operations management.
In total, BayWa re has brought four wind farms to completion in
LDC has supported international trust and corporate services provider Equiom in its acquisition of Links Group, a provider of commercial facilitation and advisory services in the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.
Links Group was the first company of its kind to introduce the corporate partner structure for local partner services, endorsed by the Government of Dubai through a strategic alliance with the Foreign Investment Office of the Dubai Economic Department.
The partnership will expand the geographic reach of both companies and broaden their respective service offerings.
The acquisition will create a business with combined revenues of more than
Swander Pace Capital, a private equity firm specialising in investments in consumer products companies in North America and the UK, has closed SPC Partners VI at USD510 million.
The fund exceeded its initial target of USD400 million with commitments almost exclusively from existing investors.
Swander Pace’s prior fund, SPC Partners V, closed in 2013 with commitments of USD350 million.
Swander Pace will invest Fund VI using its consistent strategy developed over 20 years of consumer products investing. Fund VI will continue the firm’s focus on middle-market consumer products companies where the firm can implement its playbook of strategic
Ogury, a specialist in factual mobile data, has raised USD15 million in a Series B funding round led by Idinvest Partners.
Ogury will use the funds to accelerate international expansion, with a New York office opening later this month, and to invest in technology, R&D and recruitment.
Existing investors Ventech, CoVent Partners and ACG also participated in the funding round, bringing Ogury’s total financing to date to more than USD20 million.
Founded in 2014, and with offices in London, Paris, Milan, Rome and Madrid, Ogury is one of the fastest growing mobile data companies in Europe, reaching over
Ipes, a provider of outsourced services to private equity firms in Europe, is providing administration services to OpCapita in the closing of its second fund, OpCapita Consumer Opportunities Fund II.
The fund closed at its hard cap of EUR350 million and attracted strong support from a global investor base.
Ipes will provide services to the fund from its London office.
Founded in 2006, OpCapita specialises in the retail, consumer and leisure industries. The firm invests in underperforming businesses that require expert help and support to make them stronger through better operational management.
Over the past 10 years,
Capitala Group has held an anchor closing on Capitala Private Credit Fund V, a non-SBIC fund, which includes commitments by a global asset manager and an investment grade insurance company.
Fund V's anchor closing, combined with capital available from existing investment vehicles, gives Capitala Group over USD300 million in dry powder.
Fund V's investable capital target is USD500 million.
Capitala’s focus continues to be on US middle market companies with USD2 million to USD50 million in EBITDA, which offer its investor base an opportunity to earn current returns through senior and subordinated debt investments, along with selective equity co-investments.
Capitala has offices in
Boulder Investment Group Reprise (BIGR) has closed a new investment fund, BIGR Ventures, with capital commitments of over USD55 million.
The fund has been founded by industry veterans Carole Buyers, Duane Primozich and Bill Weiland and builds off of the success of their former fund, Boulder Brands Investment Group (BBIG), which included investments in Suja Juice (partnered with Coca Cola) and EPIC Bar (acquired by General Mills).
The fund will make investments in early-stage natural and organic product companies.
The three partners initially established BBIG as an in-house venture fund for Boulder Brands in early 2013, where Buyers
Technology investment firm Asenqua Ventures has closed its fourth investment fund, raising USD125 million which will be reinvested in capital efficient companies with a minimum revenue of USD10 million in niche technology sectors.
Fund IV will target investments in semiconductors, display technology, software, medical technology, wireless communications, and internet infrastructure, cloud computing, ecommerce and networking.
The managing directors of Asenqua, Steve Ross and Jason Yi, are using the USD125 million in funding to aggressively invest in new opportunities.
“We are at a stage where we believe we can take more companies to the next level of growth,” says
Liberty Media has agreed to acquire Formula One, the global motorsports business, from a consortium of sellers led by private equity firm CVC Capital Partners in a USD8 billion deal.
Liberty Media owns interests in a broad range of media, communications and entertainment businesses.
These interests are attributed to three tracking stock groups: the Liberty SiriusXM Group, the Liberty Braves Group, and the Liberty Media Group.
The consideration comprises cash and newly issued shares in the Liberty Media Group tracking stock (LMCK) and a debt instrument exchangeable into shares of LMCK. The transaction price represents an enterprise value for
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