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Bridges Ventures’ portfolio company Alina Homecare has acquired a homecare provider in the Midlands.
This is the second deal completed by Alina and follows the acquisition of a homecare provider in Hertfordshire in May this year.
Alina is continuing to invest in ‘greenfield’ branches and, in addition to the first branch that it opened on the South Coast in March, it is now opening a further two greenfield branches in the region.
Bridges announced its backing of Alina in May 2014 as the latest investment of the Bridges Sustainable Growth Fund III.
Alina aims to improve standards
Clairvest Group has held a final closing for Clairvest Equity Partners V and its parallel partnerships (CEP V).
Marketing of CEP V commenced in February 2014 with a fund target size of USD500 million.
CEP V closed at USD600 million, the fund's hard cap, and was materially oversubscribed.
Clairvest's commitment to the fund is USD180 million alongside USD420 million from third party investors.
"We are delighted to have a renewed commitment by many of our existing fund investors as well as to welcome several new investors to CEP V. We are pleased that the market was receptive
Thoma Bravo has completed its acquisition of Sparta Systems, a provider of enterprise quality management solutions, from current investors Summit Partners and Altaris Capital Partners.
Financial details have not been disclosed.
“Sparta is an established leader in the enterprise quality management solutions space, and we look forward to working with the company’s management team to identify and pursue future growth opportunities,” says Scott Crabill, a managing partner at Thoma Bravo. “We expect to help management further accelerate Sparta’s growth and expand the company’s geographical and sector reach.”
“We are excited to partner with Thoma Bravo, which has a
Mid-market private equity firm LDC has exchanged contracts to sell its stake in pharmaceutical manufacturer Penn Pharmaceuticals in a GBP127million transaction with Packaging Coordinators.
LDC took a significant stake in Penn in April 2007, investing GBP33million in the business. The exit will deliver nearly a 3x return on its original investment.
Established in 1979 and headquartered in Tredegar in South Wales, Penn provides a selection of contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) services to its customer base that comprises some of the world’s leading pharmaceutical and biotech companies. Its reach spans Europe, Japan and the US, and it provides
AnaCap Financial Partners, together with HIG and Deutsche Bank, has completed the acquisition of a EUR495m portfolio of non-performing and sub-performing loans from Volksbank Romania.
Under terms of the agreement, funds advised by AnaCap will jointly acquire the entire portfolio with HIG and Deutsche Bank.
The portfolio of 3,566 loans in total is backed by a mix of primarily residential, commercial real estate and development land. APS Romania will be appointed as master servicer.
The transaction is the largest of its kind in Romania to date and came about as a result of the ongoing pressure on financial
Private equity firm Vista Equity Partners has acquired AGDATA, a provider of strategic data and analytical solutions to the world’s largest agricultural, crop protection and animal health manufacturers.
AGDATA was previously a portfolio company of SFW Capital Partners.
Founded in 1985 and headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, AGDATA’s core product, Integrated Data Solutions (IDS), allows input manufacturers and trait providers to analyse complex sales data, analyse sales trends, as well as to develop and maintain marketing and seed rebate programmes.
The Company also offers AgCelerate Industry Standard Platforms, a suite of SaaS-based solutions that allow growers to self-verify
Private equity investor Actis has substantially exited from Alexander Forbes Group by selling a nine per cent stake in an oversubscribed offer through the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE).
Actis still holds a four per cent stake in the South African financial services company.
Mercer Africa, a subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies, has agreed to acquire 34 per cent of Alexander Forbes as part of the exit deal, an investment that would give Mercer an opportunity to broaden its exposure in sub-Saharan African markets.
Mercer is initially acquiring a 14.9 per cent stake, at the time of the
Equiteq has advised ACE International Consultants on its sale to AECOM Technology Corporation.
The deal was completed on 10 July 2014.
Equiteq is a consulting sector merger and acquisition specialist, providing both growth advisory and M&A transaction services to the global consulting and IT services industry.
ACE is an international development consulting business delivering economic and project management consultancy to governments in emerging economies, primarily financed by development-aid funds such as EuropeAid and the UK’s Department for International Development.
Antonio Bonet, founder and CEO of ACE, says: “We first met Equiteq several years ago when they brought
DMH International (DMHI) has completed its merger with Virtual Physicians Network.
The current chief executive of Virtual Physicians Network, George England, will assume the same role for DMHI.
England led the development and national launch of Virtual Physicians Network's new mobile app designed for surgeons, hospitals and medical vendors. He has over 26 years of experience as a healthcare entrepreneur and executive.
"I am thrilled to complete this merger between DMHI and Virtual Physicians Network," says England. "The management teams of both companies have worked extremely hard this year to finalise this exciting partnership. We are now poised to
European financial services private equity firm AnaCap has completed the acquisition of Brightside Group, a UK insurance broker.
Under the terms of the agreement, funds advised by AnaCap will acquire 100 per cent of the company.
Established in 2001 and listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM), Brightside is an insurance broking business which distributes personal and commercial insurance products across the UK, through both online and offline channels. It is solely an intermediary and therefore does not take any underwriting risk, offering insurance products for cars, vans, bikes, taxis, couriers and SMEs. In order to support the growth
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