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Global investment firm The Carlyle Group’s (NASDAQ: CG) Global Credit platform has agreed to provide a debt financing package of EUR400 million for Infront Group (Infront), a sports marketing company based in Switzerland.
Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Zug, Infront is one of the world’s largest sports marketing companies, offering a broad range of services including Media Rights, Sponsorship Rights, Media Production and Digital Solutions. Infront intends to use the funds to refinance its existing debt and to support its expansion plans.
Soenke Ziebell, Vice President Finance & Chief Financial Officer of Infront, says: “With its industry expertise
Cairngorm Capital Partners’ (Cairngorm Capital) portfolio company, Grant & Stone, has acquired Devondale Electrical Distributors (Devondale).
This acquisition expands Grant & Stone’s specialist electrical division, complementing the recent acquisitions of builders’ and plumbers’ merchants in the South West of England.
Established in 1981, Devondale is the largest independent electrical wholesaler in the South West. Operating from nine branches across Somerset and Devon, it provides an extensive range of electrical and ancillary products to electricians, electrical contractors and facilities managers. Known for its technical expertise and outstanding service, Devondale is headquartered in Marsh Barton, Exeter and achieved revenues of £10m in
Private investment firm Aquiline Capital Partners (Aquiline) has invested in Wealth at Work Group, a UK-based specialist provider of workplace financial education, guidance and regulated financial advice for individuals.
Wealth at Work, which employs approximately 250 people, works with over 450 private and public sector employers including Marks & Spencer, BT, Experian and the NHS, delivering financial wellbeing programmes and retirement services.
Since its 2015 management buyout backed by Equistone Partners Europe Limited (“Equistone”), Wealth at Work has continued to achieve rapid growth to meet the significant demand for its services, which are now offered to over a million
Procuritas Capital Investors VI (Procuritas) portfolio company DSI Freezing Solutions A/S (DSI), the Denmark-based market leader in plate freezing technology, has acquired Cryogenic Equipment and Services NV (CES) and signed a contract to acquire Dantech Freezing Systems A/S (Dantech).
These acquisitions transform DSI into a new global player with the industry’s widest product range within industrial freezing, cooling, and heat treatment of food.
DSI has expanded its portfolio with the acquisition of the Belgian company CES, an expert in cryogenic freezing, as well as Dantech, which is among the world leaders in mechanical freezing technology, especially spiral and tunnel
Oakley Capital’s Oakley Capital IV (Fund IV) is to invest in ICP Education Holding Limited (ICP Education), an independent group of UK nurseries.
Fund IV will invest alongside the management team, which is led by Executive Chairman Stephen Booty, CEO Dominic Harrison, and CFO Clare Wilson.
ICP Education is one of the largest nursery operators in the UK, serving nearly 6,000 children at 44 nurseries across England, predominantly in London and the South East. The Group is one of the highest quality large nursery operators in England, with a third of nurseries rated Ofsted Outstanding and 98 per cent
Heritas Capital (Heritas) has held the first close of its third private equity fund, Heritas Growth Fund III (Fund III), at USD60 million.
The first close follows Heritas Capital’s announcement early this year of its plan to launch a USD150 million Fund III as a Pan-Asia Impact Fund focusing on high impact sectors within Healthcare, Education and Technology for building back better post-Covid-19. Fund III seeks to back 10-15 emerging Asian champions with innovative and impactful solutions aligned with selected UN SDG Goals. Ticket sizes for each Fund III investment may range from USD5 million to USD20 million, targeting high
Eurazeo is to sell its stake in integrated payments leader, Planet. As part of the transaction Eurazeo will reinvest and co-control the Company with Advent International (Advent).
Under this agreement, Planet is valued at EUR1.8 billion. With this operation, Eurazeo and its affiliates show a total valuation of 2.5x their original investment and approximately 19 per cent IRR.
Planet is a world-class integrated payments business delivering innovative products and digital services across Retail, Hospitality, Food and Beverage, Parking and Financial sectors. The Company provides integrated digital payment services on a unique single platform that offers acquiring, processing, digital wallets,
Nexif Energy, an Australian and South East Asian power company, backed by Denham Capital has formed a 50:50 partnership with RATCH Group for construction and operation of its Nexif Energy Ben Tre wind power generation project (NEBT) in Vietnam.
This is the second project Nexif Energy is undertaking with RATCH Group after forging a successful partnership last year on the Rayong Co-Generation project in Thailand.
The 80 MW near-shore wind power generation project is located in Thanh Hai commune, Thanh Phu district of Ben Tre Province, about 160 km southeast of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
The entire electricity generation
Clir Renewables (Clir), a company dedicated to maximising project returns from renewable energy assets, has closed its CAD27 million Series B funding round, which was co-led by Longbow Capital Inc and ArcTern Ventures, and included Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments), BDC Capital, Active Impact Investments and Tokio Marine HCC.
Since the business was founded in 2017, Clir has provided critical technology to support owners of renewable energy assets in 11 countries via its AI-driven monitoring and optimisation platform. Clir’s existing customer base collectively own more than 10 per cent of the global installed wind and solar capacity.
CAPZA – an independent management company and leading player in private investments in European SMEs – has acquired a minority stake in WSHOP, a publisher of a Digital Unified Commerce Solution (e-commerce platform with omnichannel capabilities).
Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Paris, WSHOP provides retailers with a wide set of tools and functionalities to monitor their e-commerce sales and their digital transition.
With its unique hybrid model WSHOP enables its clients to focus on their core business by relying on a comprehensive, performing and continuously enriched software for their digital commerce needs as well as on a dedicated team
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