Managers
Yukon Partners (Yukon), a provider of mezzanine capital for middle market private equity transactions, has partnered with Northern Pacific Group (NPG) in its investment in United Language Group (ULG).
United Language Group, headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, provides translation, localisation and other language-related business services to customers across a diverse array of end markets, including life sciences, manufacturing, legal/financial, IT, and hospitality. ULG was formed in 2015 by industry veterans Jeff Brink, Hans Fenstermacher, Greg Brink and later joined by CFO Karrie Willis, along with private equity backing from NPG, as a platform to assemble a family of complementary companies, with
Perusa Partners Fund 2, has sold Swedish SEM Group to Procuritas Capital Investors V LP. Perusa Partners acquired SEM in 2012 and over the last three years has seen the company increase its revenues by 30 per cent to circa EUR35 million while doubling its profits to circa EUR8 million.
Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
SEM was founded in 1915 and is nowadays one of the world’s leading producers of electronic ignition and control systems for combustion engines, including heavy- and medium-duty vehicle engines, natural gas engines and small engines for handheld equipment. SEM serves its blue
Centaur Ventures, the mining and natural resources investment arm of investment holding company Centaur Holdings Ltd, has signed a USD100 million revolving credit facility with a UAE based private family office.
The funds will be used to expand the mining and natural resources projects of Centaur Mining predominantly in South Africa. Centaur’s Mining arm, which is based in South Africa, have received reserve bank approval for ZAR1.5 billion for the funds to be deployed in South Africa.
The deal, which was agreed at a 4 per cent coupon, will see Centaur’s Asset Management arm serve as the advisor to
State Street Corporation’s GX Private Equity Index, a benchmark for comparative analysis of private equity performance, which includes a comprehensive data set dating back to 1980saw an overall return of 1.11 per cent in the last quarter of 2015.
“Private equity funds posted a modest recovery in the fourth quarter after a brief drop in the previous quarter,” says Will Kinlaw, senior managing director and global head of State Street Associates, part of State Street Global Exchange. “Overall we have seen relatively steady performance in private equity investments for the past few years. The biggest driver in the fourth quarter
Digital financial services investment and advisory firm Anthemis Group, and Exponential Ventures, the newly formed disruptive innovation and venture capital arm of MMI Holdings, have launched a global investment partnership that will invest in early stage financial wellness companies. MMI has provided the initial EUR30 million commitment while leaving room for other likeminded firms to join the initiative.
The investment partnership will operate on the principle that by supporting companies that improve the financial wellness of individuals and SMEs, investors can achieve ‘profit with purpose’ and help to create a prosperous and inclusive global growth economy. To that end, the
IGF Asset Based Lending (ABL) has facilitated the management buy-out (MBO) for Testing Solutions Group (TSG), with a GBP1.5million deal. The three-year facility, will be used for the acquisition and to provide ongoing working capital.
Established in 2002, TSG is a specialist software testing company that was formed to help ensure successful business outcomes for clients’ IT systems. The company provides assurance and testing solutions, certified and practical training and recruitment services, predominantly in financial services and law.
IGF ABL created a bespoke and short-timetable option for TSG, resulting in a GBP1.5million deal that included Accounts Receivable and a
Bregal Freshstream has acquired Radley, the well-known British handbag and accessories brand. Cavendish Corporate Finance advised Radley on the deal.
Founded in 1998, Radley is now the leading British handbag and accessories brand in the rapidly growing affordable luxury market with a multi-channel business and established distribution network covering the UK, Europe and Asia. Since 2007, the business has been majority owned by Exponent Private Equity.
Following the deal, veteran retailer Don McCarthy will join the business as Chairman. McCarthy is an entrepreneur with over 40 years investing, operating and controlling many high street names. He has previously held
AnaCap Financial Partners (AnaCap) has reached a final close on its third Credit Opportunities fund, raising a total of EUR595 million. AnaCap Credit Opportunities III was oversubscribed at its newly increased hard cap, following extremely strong interest from existing and new investors, and is approximately 30 per cent larger than its predecessor vehicle.
Combined with the firm’s latest private equity fund, AnaCap Financial Partners III, L.P., AnaCap has now closed funds totalling nearly EUR1.5 billion in 2016.
The Fund will target performing, semi-performing or non-performing credit assets comprising primarily consumer, SME and mortgage debt across Europe, including loans, leases, securities
Noerr has advised the Chemnitz-based start-up Staffbase in a Series A round of financing. The investors Capnamic Ventures and KIZOO Technology are providing the company with over EUR2 million in total.
The new lead investor Capnamic Ventures will also drive expansion into the US.
Staffbase, which has been on the market for two years, is now Europe’s leading provider of employee and intranet apps for smartphones. Among its clients are Heineken, Siemens, Viessmann and T-Systems MMS. Staffbase provides companies with a platform for producing their own employee apps in a straightforward way. In addition, news, documents, calendars or shift schedules
Mid-market private equity firm LDC has completed the exit of Synexus, a global research site group which provides patient recruitment and treatment services in support of drug research for clinical trials, in a deal that values the business at GBP178 million.
Synexus has been acquired by Jaguar Holding Company Luxembourg SARL and the transaction generates a 2.3x money multiple for LDC.
Headquartered in Manchester, UK, Synexus is one of the only global patient enrolment and investigator site management organisations (SMO). It enrols and manages patients for large, complex clinical trials on behalf of a number of leading international pharmaceutical,
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