Managers
Funds advised by KLAR Partners Limited (KLAR Partners) have completed the previously communicated acquisition of Sandbäckens, a provider of technical installation and servicing of sprinkler, heating and sanitation solutions for buildings.
The company is KLAR Partners’ first acquisition in Sweden.
“We are very pleased to have completed the acquisition of Sandbäckens. We look forward to working closely with the skilled employees and management to further develop the company’s strong culture and build the leading technical installation and property services company in the Nordic region,” says Fredrik Brynildsen, Partner at KLAR.
Sandbäckens’ operations specialise in technical installations and servicing in the
Kirkland & Ellis has advised L Catterton on an agreement together with its affiliates, as well as a group of investors including Financière Agache, the family holding company of Bernard Arnault, the CEO of LVMH, to acquire a majority stake in BIRKENSTOCK Group.
BIRKENSTOCK is a global lifestyle brand with a heritage in iconic footwear. With more than 4,300 employees worldwide, the sixth-generation family-run business is also one of the German footwear industry’s biggest employers.
The Kirkland team was led by transactional partners Ben Leyendecker, Joshua Kogan, Philip Goj, finance partners Neel V Sachdev, Jason Kanner, capital markets partner Matthew
ACDC Holdings (ACDC), the controlling shareholder of SUPERNAP Italia (SUPERNAP), has been acquired by affiliates of IPI Partners (IPI) from affiliates of Accelero Capital Holdings (Accelero Capital).
Inflexion has completed an investment in Pangaea Laboratories (Pangaea), a global beauty business and owner of the fast-growing Medik8 skincare brand.
The investment is being made by Inflexion Buyout Fund V, Inflexion’s dedicated mid‐market fund.
Founder-led since 1999, Pangaea is an innovative and fully vertically integrated firm with two facilities in Hertfordshire, where Medik8’s products are developed and manufactured in-house.
Medik8 is a premium skincare brand focused on science-based, skin-ageing products. With a strong heritage in the international professional channel and a growing online presence, Medik8 is committed to ethical manufacturing and sustainability. Medik8 is focused on enhancing its strong
Specialist business advisory firm FRP has acquired Spectrum Corporate Finance (Spectrum) in a GBP9.4 million deal.
Founded in 2010 by Simon Davies, Clive Hatchard and Ian Milne, Spectrum is the largest independent corporate finance and debt advisory firm in the South of England. It provides strategic support and advice for owner-managed businesses and their funders across the UK mid-market from its offices in Reading and London, with particular focus on the central South, South East and London markets.
In 2020, Spectrum’s corporate finance team advised on 25 completed transactions with a combined deal value of more than GBP900
CORE Industrial Partners (CORE), a Chicago-based private equity firm, today announced the successful final and only close of CORE Industrial Partners Fund II (Fund II) with total commitments of USD465 million.
Fund II was significantly oversubscribed with demand in excess of both the initial target of USD400 million and hard cap of USD450 million. CORE now manages approximately USD700 million of capital commitments.
CORE Industrial Partners Fund II will continue its sector focus in acquiring manufacturing, industrial technology, and industrial service businesses that it believes can benefit from CORE’s deep investment and operating experience coupled with a well-defined operating playbook.
Baseload Capital, a Swedish company specialised in funding the deployment of heat power worldwide, has closed a USD25 million funding round with Chevron Technology Ventures as a new strategic investor.
As an initial outcome of the alliance, Chevron Technical Center and Baseload Capital have already signed a letter of intent to investigate a potential pilot project in California.
“In August, we announced that we were looking for a new strategic investor to help us accelerate deployment in our key markets,” says Baseload Capital CEO Alexander Helling. “We couldn’t have asked for a better one. Chevron complements our group of owners,
ARX Equity Partners (ARX), a private equity firm with a 20-year track record supporting the growth and development of mid-sized companies in Central Europe, has is to acquire Instrumentation Technologies (I-Tech).
Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Completion of the acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions. As part of the deal, ARX has agreed to partner with the Company ́s existing management team, who will continue to lead its future growth and development.
Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Solkan, Slovenia, I-Tech is the global market leader in the development and assembly of high-specification instrumentation for data
By Alex Di Santo (pictured), group head of private equity at Crestbridge – Despite Covid, venture capital activity across the globe remained robust throughout 2020 and deal activity, thus far in 2021, suggests venture capital will continue to fly high this year.
Below we outline Covid winners, challenges and opportunities in ESG within the VC space and discuss what managers can do to thrive in this new financial environment.
The winners
• Healthcare and life sciences. Unsurprisingly, healthcare and life sciences have done particularly well. According to Rock Health, 2020 has seen more digital health funding than any other year
Mid-market private equity investor LDC, has backed the management buyout of data and network security specialist Phoenix Datacom.
The partnership with LDC will support the existing management team – led by Managing Director, John Carson – to expand Phoenix Datacom’s suite of hardware and software products and related services to help its enterprise customers further enhance their cyber-security. LDC’s backing will also help the team to explore complementary acquisitions.
Buckinghamshire-based Phoenix Datacom provides solutions and services to improve on-premise and cloud application performance and cyber-security for major UK organisations across a range of sectors. Established in 1984, it has a
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