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Paxos, a regulated blockchain infrastructure platform, has closed a USD142 million Series C round of funding.
Declaration Partners, the investment firm backed by the family office of David M Rubenstein, led the round, which includes investments from Mithril Capital, PayPal Ventures, RIT Capital Partners plc, Ken Moelis, Alua Capital, Senator Investment Group and more. Previous Paxos investors also participated in the round, including RRE Ventures and Liberty City Ventures. To date, Paxos has raised more than USD240 million in funding.
Charles Cascarilla, CEO and Co-Founder of Paxos, says: “In the last year, global adoption of crypto and blockchain-based solutions by
Odyssey Investment Partners (Odyssey) is to acquire Protective Industrial Products Inc (PIP), a global supplier of personal protective equipment (PPE) and industrial safety products, from Audax Private Equity.
Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
PIP, founded in 1984, offers a broad suite of the most recognised PPE products and brands across numerous segments, including hand & arm protection, protective clothing, head protection, eye & hearing protection, and other safety protection. Headquartered in Latham, NY, PIP has a diversified channel presence across distributors, retailers, and e-commerce platforms; the largest and most knowledgeable sales force in the industry; and an
Nordea Asset Management has reached the EUR150 million target for its first secondary-investments focused fund, Nordea Private Equity Secondary Fund I, ahead of its final close on 12 January 2021.
Nordea Private Equity Secondary Fund I was launched in 2019 and complements Nordea’s Private Equity flagship fund, Nordea Specialised Investment Fund, SICAV-FIS – Global Private Equity Fund, an open-ended solution with over 50 institutional investors and private equity commitments of over EUR 1bn to top quartile funds since 2012.
In a low-yielding environment, investors are looking for opportunities within illiquid asset classes and secondary investments have been delivering strong
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP), a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, has sold its portfolio company Safety Products Holdings, LLC, the parent company of Pacific Handy Cutter (PHC), to Bertram Capital.
PHC is the leading supplier of specialised safety cutting tools and replacement blades to a diverse range of end markets. The Company is a recognised leader in the industrial safety market for standardising the method of opening packaging and providing products that are engineered to eliminate workplace injuries, reduce damaged merchandise and improve employee productivity. PHC was founded in 1950 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.
Matthew Frankel, Managing
European software investor Hg has made an investment in Geomatikk Group (Geomatikk), a tech-enabled services provider, managing critical ‘check-before-you-dig’ safety assessments to network owners, contractors and consulting engineers within Norway, Sweden and Finland.
Hg will support Geomatikk with its extensive experience in scaling tech champions across Europe. Hg will become the majority investor, with founders and management remaining as significant investors in the business. The full terms of the transaction are not disclosed and closing is subject to obtaining relevant regulatory approvals.
Founded in 2005, Geomatikk is a leading tech-enabled services provider managing critical “check-before-you-dig” requests in Norway, Sweden
Gryphon Investors (Gryphon), a middle-market private equity firm based in San Francisco, CA, has acquired Physical Rehabilitation Network (PRN) from Silver Oak Services Partners (Silver Oak).
Silver Oak will make an investment in the newly recapitalised company, and PRN’s management team will remain with the Company and retain an equity stake as well. This transaction marks Gryphon’s third investment in the physical therapy category after successful earlier investments in Accelerated Rehabilitation and CORA Physical Therapy. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Kevin Blank, Gryphon Operating Partner to Gryphon’s Healthcare Group, says: “Physical therapy is a USD36 billion industry
Gridiron Capital, an investment firm focused on partnering with founders, entrepreneurs, and management teams, has closed Gridiron Capital Fund IV and its affiliated Funds at its hard cap of USD1.35 billion.
With a broad base of distinguished investors including pension funds, insurance companies, family offices, endowments, and foundations, Gridiron IV was significantly oversubscribed and is the largest flagship fund in the firm’s history.
“With the closing of Gridiron IV, we are grateful to our investors for their partnership and support. Despite navigating a unique and challenging year, we are excited to celebrate the closing of our largest flagship fund to
Eurazeo Capital has completed its investment in Questel alongside IK Investment Partners, Raise Investissement and the management team. The transaction involved the purchase of 100 per cent of Questel’s capital.
Questel is a major intellectual property solutions provider that operates worldwide and employs 900 people in 30 countries, developing SaaS products and an automated brand services and patent filing platform. The company works with close to 6,000 clients, including a number of large multinationals, offering end-to-end collaborative patent and brand management solutions across the innovation and intellectual property cycle, from invention through to filing and renewal.
Questel’s enterprise value
Avista Capital Partners (Avista), a private equity firm focused exclusively on healthcare, is to acquire Solmetex, a provider of amalgam separators and other waste compliance products to the US and Canadian dental industries. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
For over 25 years, Solmetex has been an innovator in waste solutions, with a primary focus on ensuring dental practices remain compliant with the ever-changing regulatory landscape. The acquisition will enable Solmetex to continue its commitment to deliver best-in-class, environmentally responsible dental waste technologies and programs to its physician partners and the communities they serve, while fuelling investment in
Allianz Global Investors has held the second close of the European Private Credit II (EPC II), having raised EUR290 million of commitments in 2020.
AllianzGI’s second corporate private debt fund open to third party investors, EPC II attracted commitments from German, French, Austrian and Italian insurers and corporate pension funds alongside Allianz group entities.
EPC II provides investors the opportunity to access pan-European mid-market direct lending through a senior only debt strategy. It predominantly targets transactions in France and Germany, with diversification achieved through investments across Continental Europe. The strategy’s focus lies on privately negotiated and structured loans for
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