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Beechbrook Capital has held the first close of its inaugural UK SME Credit Fund, with commitments of more than GBP100m. The fund will support UK small and medium-sized businesses with a turnover of between GBP10 million and GBP100 million and EBITDA of more than GBP1 million.
Among the institutional investors that have made commitments to the new fund are British Business Bank Investments Limited, the commercial arm of the British Business Bank, and the European Investment Fund. With additional investments to the fund already pledged, Beechbrook expects to hold a second close in the second quarter of 2016 with a
Monomoy Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on deep value investing and operational improvement in the lower middle market, has acquired Construction Resources, and Builder Specialties. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
The combination of the two businesses under the Construction Resources name creates a new specialty building products distributor for home builders in the Southeast. The company fabricates, distributes and installs countertops, appliances, hearth products, garage doors, glass and mirror products, flooring products, lighting products and cabinets. Construction Resources is now positioned as the largest ‘one-stop shop’ for specialty building products in the Southeastern US. The
US mid-market private equity firm Highlander Partners has soid ZREW Transformatory, its portfolio company in Central Europe, to R&S International Holding, a private equity owned Swiss producer of electrical products and systems for the power distribution and electrical infrastructure market.
ZREW complements the portfolio of the Swiss Rauscher & Stoecklin and the Czech SERW, both subsidiaries of R&S International Holding. All together they will form part of a leading European industry group.
ZREW, a Highlander Partners investment since 2012, is a nationally recognised manufacturer of medium-power transformers with a more than 50 year track-record in Poland. Over the course of
Emperra has completed a Series B financing round of USD3.1 million, with Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH (RBVC), a corporate venture capital company of the Bosch Group, joining the existing investors Peppermint VenturePartners and Investitionsbank des Landes Brandenburg.
The funds will be used for further product development and to accelerate international growth, predominantly in the United States and Europe.
With its flagship product ESYSTA, Emperra has debuted the first ever fully integrated digital diabetes management system. In it, key innovations such as smart insulin pens (usable with all major insulin brands), wireless blood glucose meters, and CE-certified software work together
21 Concordia, the Warsaw-based, Polish branch of 21 Partners, has acquired a majority stake in Wójcik Fashion, a leading Polish high-end childrenswear company.
Founded by Ilona Wójcik in 1987, Wójcik manufactures and sells its products under three brands: Wójcik – a prime, well-known Polish brand comprised of casual clothing for boys and girls; Ceremony: – an exclusive collection offering outfits for special occasions; and Lady Diamond – designed for teenage girls and characterised by style and elegance for everyday use.
In addition to a retail network of seven proprietary and 30 franchise stores in Poland, Wójcik distributes wholesale in
Almirall, a pharmaceutical company based in Barcelona, has exercised a call option to acquire 100 per cent of the share capital of ThermiGen, a privately held medical aesthetics technology company and a developer and manufacturer of thermistor-regulated energy systems for plastic surgery and aesthetics dermatology applications.
In September 2015, Almirall acquired a minority stake in ThermiGen for USD USD5 million representing 7.7 per cent of the share capital of the company and paid USD2.5 million in exchange of a call option right to acquire up to 100 per cent of the company for an Enterprise Value of C. USD80m. In
Patron Capital and Electra Partners have agreed the GBP325 million acquisition of Grainger Retirement Solutions, the home reversion equity release business of Grainger plc.
Completion of the transaction, in which each of Patron and Electra will invest GBP45 million, is subject to regulatory approvals. Board representation will be equal between Patron Capital and Electra Partners. Patron Capital will be the operating partner.
Retirement Solutions is an originator, consolidator and servicer of home reversion equity release plans. The business has around 20 staff and its current portfolio comprises over 3,500 properties.
Keith Breslauer, Managing Director of Patron Capital, says: “As property
MCI.EuroVentures fund has signed an agreement for the purchase of 100 per cent of the shares in Mobiltek, the owner of Dotpay, a Polish electronic payment specialist.
The latest investment of the MCI.EuroVentures fund is in line with the strategy to strengthen the fund’s exposure to services in the financial technologies sector (FinTech), one of the fastest growing new technology sectors.
Dotpay is one of the leaders of the Polish market of electronic payments. The company has a share of over a dozen per cent in ‘Pay-by-link’, one of the most popular payment forms in Polish e-commerce, making up over
GE Capital, Corporate Finance has served lead arranger on a USD180 million senior secured credit facility for Arbor Investments, a Chicago-based food and beverage private investment firm, to acquire a majority equity stake in DPI Specialty Foods.
GE Capital Markets served as sole lead arranger and bookrunner on the transaction.
Ontario, California-based DPI Specialty Foods sells gourmet, ethnic, organic and better-for-you foods to national, regional and independent retailers, with eight distribution centres across the US.
“GE Capital and Arbor Investments have a long-standing relationship that has provided many opportunities for food and beverage companies,” says Paul Baisley, managing director for
The Riverside Company has acquired Euromed, a provider of standardised herbal extracts and natural active substances for the pharmaceutical, dietary supplement and cosmetic industries.
Euromed is a corporate carve-out from Meda, a Swedish pharmaceutical company. Based in Barcelona, Euromed processes more than 4,000 tons of raw materials every year to produce approximately 600 tons of high-quality extract to meet the needs of more than 350 customers in 35 countries worldwide.
“Euromed is one of the world’s leading suppliers of pharmaceutical and dietary supplements and meets the high standards to merit full certification by the US Food and Drug Administration and
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