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Omnes, through its Omnes Mezzanis 3 fund, has completed its 8th sponsorless deal through its reinvestment in Biosyl, following its previous sponsorless deal with the company in 2019.Biosyl is a leading industrial player in France in manufacturing wood pellets. Omnes, already a shareholder in the group, has reinvested alongside the company founder. Minority investors 123 IM, SOFIMAC as well as the forestry cooperative Unisylva complete the funding round.
Debt was provided by BPI and a banking consortium led by BNP Paribas, comprising La Banque Postale, HSBC, Banque Populaire Bourgogne and Banque Populaire Auvergne.
Founded in 2010, Biosyl transforms
Tarrytown Expocare (Tarrytown), a portfolio company of Sheridan Capital Partners, has completed acquisitions of Long’s Drugs, located in Thomson, Georgia, Long’s Closed-Door Pharmacy, located in Columbia, South Carolina, and Adler’s Pharmacy LTC, located in Cherry Hill, NJ. These acquisitions are the latest completed by Tarrytown as the Company continues expanding into new states in order to provide quality care to the Intellectually and Developmentally Disabled populations. The Company now serves individuals in 13 states.
“We are thrilled to announce our acquisitions of leading providers that expand our ability to serve individuals across the U.S. These pharmacies are representative of the cultures
Ultimus Fund Solutions (Ultimus), an independent provider of full-service fund administration, accounting, and investor solutions, has helped a new client, Primark Capital, bring a new fund product to market. As an interval fund that focuses on private equity, the new Primark Private Equity Investments Fund is one of the first funds that gives non-accredited retail investors access to private equity market investment opportunities. Primark Capital’s leadership is a combination of the former CEO of a USD12 billion RIA and two co-founders of Red Rocks Capital, a USD1.9 billion private equity fund.
Ultimus aligned with a multi-organisational team of industry professionals to
LearnUpon, a leading cloud-based Learning Management System (LMS), has secured USD56 million minority investment from global growth equity firm Summit Partners. This funding represents LearnUpon’s first major capital raise and will be used to fuel hiring, support continued execution of the company’s product roadmap and meet accelerating customer demand.
LearnUpon was founded in 2012 on the belief that a learning management system should be intuitive for users, quick and seamless to set up, and delivered with industry-leading customer support. Combining powerful functionality with unparalleled ease of use for both learners and administrators, LearnUpon helps enterprises democratise learning by dramatically increasing
CRUX, a British-Israeli startup that has developed the world’s first Knowledge Quantification platform, has announced a GBP1 million seed investment round led by WENVEST Capital, the B2B SaaS venture capital firm, and includes A-Round Capital and Founders Factory. With an overwhelming volume of information on both publisher and corporate platforms, CRUX’s groundbreaking deep tech supports digital media companies, financial services firms and management consultancies in helping users become more informed and more engaged. CRUX creates unique knowledge journeys around any topic, by measuring users’ knowledge build-up in real time, and directing users to the most valuable content for them.
CRUX uses
The Private Equity Team has advised long-standing client GTT Communications, a specialist in the provision of cloud networking services, on the sale of its infrastructure business to I Squared Capital for USD2.15 billion. The acquisition is expected to close, subject to satisfying all required regulatory approvals and contingencies included in the agreement, during the first half of 2021.
The infrastructure division of GTT Communications consists of the business and activities of providing Pan-European, North American, sub-sea and trans-Atlantic fiber network and data center infrastructure services to customers.
I Squared Capital is an independent global infrastructure investment management firm focusing on energy,
BHI, a full-service commercial bank, says its Specialty and Sponsor Finance Group continued to maintain a high level of activity for new and existing clients during the peak of the global pandemic.
Kris Ring, debt finance equity partner at Goodwin Procter in Santa Monica, on the relationship between PE firms and direct lenders during the pandemic, the ways this downturn has been different to previous downturns, how the upcoming election will impact business in the US, and what a potentially contested election result could mean for market volatility.
Aurelius Equity Opportunities SE & Co has agreed to acquire GKN Wheels & Structures from GKN. The transaction is expected to complete in November and is conditional on receiving anti-trust approval.GKN Wheels & Structures is a manufacturer of off-road wheels and an engineering solutions provider. The company employs c900 people worldwide with four manufacturing facilities in the UK, USA and Denmark in addition to test centres in Italy and the USA. In 2019, GKN Wheels & Structures generated global sales of over GBP170 million, demonstrating the company’s eminent position as a market leading supplier to the global agricultural, construction, automotive,
Vast Broadband (Vast), a provider of gigabit-speed broadband, video, and phone in South Dakota and Minnesota, is to be acquired by GI Partners, a US-based investor in data infrastructure businesses, in partnership with industry veteran Rich Fish. GI Partners will support the company and its employees to continue providing world-class service to communities throughout the region.
“Vast is committed to providing its customers with access to the most reliable, high-speed broadband connectivity available,” says Fish, incoming CEO of Vast Broadband. “As a native of the Great Plains, I am thrilled to partner with the local employees at Vast to bring
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