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Inverness Graham Investments, a private investment firm targeting tech-enabled manufacturing, service and software companies, has added Teknipure to it announced today that its proprietary cleaning consumables platform, KICTeam.Based in Mesa, Arizona, Teknipure is a specialist in the design, manufacture and marketing of specialty cleaning products targeting regulated and contamination-controlled fabrication environments such as cleanroom processing facilities.
“We are very excited to have completed the acquisition of Teknipure,” says Trey Sykes, Managing Principal at Inverness Graham. “By investing in Teknipure, we significantly expanded our platform’s addressable markets into other high growth, high cost of failure vertical markets such as pharmaceutical, biopharma,
Victory Capital Holdings has acquired, through a wholly owned subsidiary, a 15 per cent interest in Alderwood Partners (Alderwood). Financial terms have not been disclosed.Alderwood’s operating entity, Alderwood Capital, is a London-based investment advisory firm focused on taking minority stakes in specialist boutique asset management businesses. Founded in 2020 by Jonathan Little, Alderwood is planning – subject to regulatory approval – to raise a single fund to deploy its strategy. Victory Capital will have board representation at the general partner level and intends to participate as an investor in the fund.
“This investment in a proven M&A capability provides
QuantiTech, a portfolio company of Sagewind Capital (Sagewind), has acquired Dynamic Concepts (DCI), a provider of high-end engineering and software services for human spaceflight. Financial terms of the transaction have not been announced.
Headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, DCI primarily supports NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Johnson Space Center and Glenn Research Center; the Department of Defense; and commercial space companies. DCI specializes in classical and structural dynamics, digital and hardware-in-the-loop simulation, custom software applications, and control systems design and analysis in support of human spaceflight. The management team and employees of DCI will continue with the business as a part
FFL Partners (FFL), a private equity firm focused on growth investments in middle market companies, has formed a new orthopaedic health services organisation, US Orthopedic Partners (USOP). The Thurston Group, a Chicago-based private equity firm with a focus on investing in healthcare companies, also invested in USOP. Financial terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed.
USOP is a full-service, integrated orthopedic care platform that provides the full continuum of musculoskeletal treatment to patients in the Southeastern US Supported by MSMOC’s diversified orthopaedic sub-specialties, ultramodern ambulatory surgery centre, fellowship training programs and comprehensive suite of ancillary services – advanced imaging,
AccelerComm – The Southampton University spinout supercharging 5G, satellite and other wireless communications with IP which increases spectrum efficiency and reduces latency – has raised GBP5.8 million in Series A funding in a round led by IQ Capital alongside existing investors Bloc Ventures and the IP Group. The funding will be used to expand the current team, drive US and global expansion, and develop the technology further as demand for the company’s cutting-edge digital signal processing IP grows among mobile operators, telecoms equipment vendors, satellite operators and connected device manufacturers.
Low latency and high spectrum efficiency are crucial in protecting cellular
US private equity groups spent an average USD353,000 on external legal counsel per acquisition when prosecuting deals in 2019, according to research released by Apperio, a London-based specialist legal spend management platform. In the UK, the figure was slightly lower at USD253,000.
Regional lender Mercia continues its support of UK SMEs with the announcement of an additional commitment to its debt funds. Over the next five years, Mercia will provide up to GBP40million to support the growth of regional SMEs across the UK.Mercia SME Loans will be providing a much-needed source of finance to ambitious, regional businesses that are seeking debt finance as they move beyond the cash flow constrains caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mercia’s investment team can lend between GBP100,000 to GBP1million to fund working capital, acquisitions, capital investment and management team restructures/buyouts, an area of specialism for Mercia. The
Eurazeo has launched O+, an ESG initiative which the company says will promote the drive towards low carbon and a more inclusive economy, in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
O+ has two main pillars: achieving zero net carbon by 2040 at the latest and playing a role in bridging the widening social gaps.
The aim is to accelerate the transition to a low carbon economy and committing to zero net carbon across the group by 2040, in alignment with the UN’s Science Based Targets initiative.
“As CEO of an investment firm supporting more than 430 companies, I see the benefits
An affiliate of private investment firm Sun Capital Partners (Sun Capital), has made an investment in Mancini’s Sleepworld (Mancini’s” or “the Company”), a mattress retailer serving the Northern California market. Terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded by the Mancini family in 1969, Mancini’s Sleepworld sells leading brand mattresses and other sleep products such as adjustable bed frames. Randy Mancini, a second-generation owner, has built the successful business to [approximately][Seems odd to appear not to know the precise number of locations] 33 locations throughout the Bay area.
“Mancini’s is in Sun Capital’s sweet spot: a family-owned business in
Prime Capital, an independent asset manager and financial services provider that manages EUR17.7 billion across multiple funds, together with ENERPARC AG, has arranged the junior debt financing for a European solar PV portfolio, which is owned by the independent power producer MKM Invest Group. The portfolio consists of solar PV projects in Germany, France, and Spain with a total capacity of 579MW. The financing of 106m EUR was provided by accounts managed by Prime Capital. ENERPARC, who has been developing and realising the solar parks for MKM Invest Group, supported the fundraising on behalf of the sponsor and will deliver the
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