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Private equity firm Arlington Capital Partners has successfully closed its latest fund, Arlington Capital Partners IV, with total capital commitments of USD700 million, the Fund’s hard cap, and in excess of its target of USD575 million.
The fundraise, which was significantly oversubscribed, successfully reached its final closing three months of its launch.
Fund IV received capital commitments from a globally diverse group of investors, including public pension funds, corporate pension funds, insurance companies, fund of funds, and foundations. The Fund will continue Arlington’s strategy of targeting high-growth government-related sectors including aerospace and defense, government services and technology, healthcare, and business
An affiliate of private equity firm HIG Capital has completed an investment in the owner of the Buonvento shopping centre in Italy. The shopping centre comprises approximately 20,000 square meters and tenants include leading international and national retailers.
The asset, located in Benevento, is the leading shopping centre in its catchment area.
The transaction represents HIG’s 29th real estate investment in Europe since the start of 2013. HIG continues to add to its sizeable portfolio of Real Estate assets in Europe, consisting of both equity as well as debt investments, with a particular focus on its target market of value-added small/midcap
NVM Private Equity (NVM) has exited from Arleigh International, a European supplier of static caravan accessories and spare parts to Nasdaq listed LKQ Corporation, a supplier of alternative and specialist parts to repair and accessorise cars and other vehicles.
The sale represents NVM’s fourth profitable exit from its portfolio in the past six months with a 4x money multiple and an Internal Rate of Return (IRR) of 24 per cent for NVM.
Nuneaton based Arleigh International has supplied spare parts and accessories to the UK caravan holiday home market since the late 1960’s. It expanded into the narrow boat supplies
City Pantry, the fast-growing office catering platform, has raised over GBP1.1 million to grow its London operation and expand to new cities.
City Pantry currently delivers more than 10,000 meals a week to offices in London, where its clients include Facebook, Buzzfeed and Deloitte. The service makes group ordering hassle free with meals to suit any event curated from London’s most exciting independent chefs, restaurants and street-food vendors.
Over the last 12 months, City Pantry has grown by 400 per cent and has recently opened larger offices in Shoreditch. This new round of funding will allow the company to target
Central Logic, a provider of transfer centre and on-call scheduling technology solutions for healthcare systems, closed a Series C growth equity financing in July led by Iron Gate Capita and Mercato Partners.
The Series C round was put in place to ensure the company meets the market demand for its suite of products. In addition to its market-leading Transfer Center and On Call Scheduling software, Central Logic released two new software modules this year in business intelligence and post-discharge patient communication.
“Central Logic has experienced remarkable growth over the past few years. Its software suite has broadened to address mission
The second quarter Asset Allocation Report from TIGER-21, a peer-to-peer learning network for high-net-worth wealth creators, has highlighted evidence of a shift toward private equity and real estate investment.
The report, which is indicative of the specific investments most attractive to TIGER 21's affluent member base, shows private equity and real estate investments now comprise almost half of members' portfolios. In the past three months, real estate investments inched up one percentage point to 26 per cent, while private equity remained flat at 23 per cent, but nonetheless represented its highest allocation level since 2007.
TIGER 21 Members' cash allocations
High Road Capital Partners portfolio company All Integrated Solutions (AIS) has completed the acquisition of Great Lakes Fasteners Corporation.
Based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Great Lakes Fasteners is a value-added distributor of fasteners and industrial components and provides vendor-managed inventory (VMI) programs to original equipment manufacturers.
“Great Lakes Fasteners’ focus on custom VMI programs and high-touch customer service are a compelling fit with AIS,” says Ben Schnakenberg, Partner, High Road Capital Partners. “This acquisition expands AIS’s reach into Michigan and the automotive and material handling industries, and solidifies AIS’s position as the leading independent distributor of industrial OEM components
Private equity firm Falfurrias Capital Partners has purchased a controlling stake in Green Distribution, a specialist in the manufacturing and distribution of heat transfers and screen printed custom apparel.
Founded in 2009, Green offers printing, distribution, and art content management services for more than 4,000 customers. Using its proprietary front-end web platform, Green facilitates easy customisation and rapid turnaround times for consumers of heat transfers and screen printed apparel.
“Green Distribution has flourished in today’s apparel market, which values customisation and quick turnaround times,” says Managing Partner Marc D Oken. “We are pleased to partner with its creative management team
CenterOak Partners, a Dallas-based private equity firm focused on making control-oriented investments in middle market companies, has held the final close of CenterOak Equity Fund I with total commitments at the Fund’s hard cap of USD420 million.
The significantly oversubscribed fund had an initial target of USD350 million. The Fund’s limited partners comprise an array of leading endowments, foundations and other institutional investors.
“We are very pleased to complete this fund raise,” says Fojtasek, Managing Partner of CenterOak. “We credit our fundraising success to our track record, focused investment strategy, and experienced and stable team. We will continue our proven
Beechbrook Capital, a European specialist direct lender, has held the first close on its third Private Debt Fund at over EUR100 million.
Commitments have been received from the European Investment Fund, British Business Bank Investments Ltd – the commercial arm of the British Business Bank – and a number of leading European institutional investors. A second close is expected towards the end of 2016, with a final close in 2017.
Beechbrook managing partner, Paul Shea, says: “We are delighted to receive so much support from both existing and new investors, who share our view that the European lower mid-market
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