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An affiliate of middle-market private equity firm Peak Rock Capital (Peak Rock) has completed its acquisition of Paragon Healthcare (Paragon) in partnership with the management team of the Company.Paragon is a leading provider of ambulatory and home infusion services and specialty pharmacy services. The Company provides comprehensive, high quality infusion services to patients with chronic health conditions and those in need of post-acute care. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, with pharmacy and infusion operations in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington, the Company has built an excellent reputation in the industry for its service to patients across
CIPHR, a leading UK provider of SaaS HR, payroll and recruitment solutions, has completed the acquisition of its strategic software partner, Digits Industries Ltd (Digits). The move follows CIPHR Group’s successful acquisition in December 2019 of Payroll Business Solutions (PBS).
CIPHR has partnered with Digits since 2018 to provide learning management solutions to CIPHR customers, integrated with CIPHR’s people management solutions, and making it easy for organisations to create, deliver and manage engaging online learning activity. Through the partnership with CIPHR, Digits has been able to grow the use of their LMS tools substantially. The two businesses already have more
Panasonic Corporation has launched Conductive Ventures II, with a commitment of USD150 million, a 50 per cent increase from the first fund. Headquartered in California, the new fund will invest in expansion stage enterprise software and hardware technology companies in the areas including artificial intelligence, financial technology, digital health, future of work, commerce, autonomous vehicle technologies, advanced manufacturing, among others. The first fund invested in companies such as Ambiq Micro, Blueshift, CSC Generation, Desktop Metal, Gen G, Jackpocket, Proterra, Self, Sprinklr, Survata and Versatile. Despite the young vintage of Fund I, one of its first investments, Desktop Metal, has announced its
Kirkland & Ellis is advising EP Global Commerce on a multibillion euro voluntary public takeover offer to the shareholders of METRO AG for the acquisition of all non-par value ordinary and preference shares. METRO Group is a German global diversified retail and wholesale cash and carry group based in Düsseldorf.
EP Global Commerce (EPGC) is an acquisition vehicle controlled by Daniel Křetínský, who owns 53%, and is acting in concert with Patrik Tkáč, who owns 47 per cent. The company was founded in April 2016 and is based in Prague. At present, EPGC indirectly holds 29.99 per cent of the ordinary
BV Investment Partners (BV), a middle-market private equity firm focused on the tech-enabled business services, software and IT services sectors, has made a significant investment in sister companies, GlideFast Consulting and Pharicode (GlideFast), two Elite partners of ServiceNow, an enterprise software company and cloud computing platform that helps manage digital workflows. BV is investing alongside GlideFast and Pharicode founders Michael Lombardo, Lloyd Godson, and Stephen Light.
Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Woburn, Massachusetts, GlideFast Consulting is dedicated exclusively to ServiceNow, providing tailored solutions and professional services for ServiceNow implementations and integrations, managed support services, application development, and training for
Medefer, a b2b virtual healthcare provider, has announced a GBP10 million funding round led by private investment firm Nickleby Capital. The growth funding will be used to invest in people and technology to service new contracts, enable new product development and ensure scalable and robust growth from its strong pipeline. The company, founded by NHS consultant Dr Bahman Nedjat-Shokouhi – who still works in the NHS – has been recognised as one of the top 100 most exciting digital health companies in the UK, by the DTI.
A CQC regulated healthcare provider, Medefer is a digital platform that connects GPs,
capital D, a next-generation private equity fund manager investing in disruptive mid-market businesses across Europe, has completed the partial exit from its investment in Invincible Brands.capital D has sold a 75 per cent stake in Invincible Brands’ cosmetics business, comprising the three attractive fast-growing premium D2C brands Hello Body, Banana Beauty and Mermaid+Me, to Henkel, one of the world’s leading FMCG companies.
During the two and a half years of capital D’s ownership, Invincible Brands’ EBITDA more than quadrupled and over the last twelve months, the businesses generated total sales of around EUR100 million (as of June 2020). The
Lafayette Mittelstand Capital has acquired 100 per cent of PPM Pure Metal’s Osterwieck site, in a Carve-Out Transaction from an insolvent subsidiary of Recylex Group, the Euronext (Paris) listed European specialist recycling group of lead, zinc and other metals effective as of 1 August 2020. The acquired company, re-named PPM Reinstmetalle Osterwieck, is a world leader in high purity arsenic and other minor metals for the global electronic, opto-electronic, photovoltaic and PET industries. PPM has its state-of-the-art production location in a newly build own facility in Osterwieck, Sachsen-Anhalt with approximately 30 FTE. It supplies global industry leading manufacturers across semiconductor, telecommunication,
Verdane, a Northern European specialist growth investor, has been the most active financial buyer of Nordic software companies in the period 2016-2020, according to a Q2 PWC Corporate Finance report on software M&A trends and valuation perspectives. Verdane has invested in a total of 19 software businesses based out of the Nordics and Germany since 2016, out of which the PWC report highlighted ten.
“It is an honour to be recognised by the best software businesses and talent in the Nordics as their growth partner of choice. With the ‘next normal’ emerging, where businesses that digitalise everyday life and work are
Investcorp, a provider and manager of alternative investment products, has launched a new platform dedicated to investing in Chinese healthcare companies. As part of this initiative, Investcorp has acquired minority equity stakes in Lu Daopei Medical Group and WeDoctor. Terms of the transactions were not disclosed.
The new platform advances Investcorp’s Asia growth strategy and aims to create a highly curated portfolio of primary and secondary stakes in sector leading Chinese healthcare companies that have remained resilient through the pandemic and are expected to experience accelerated growth in the post-pandemic world.
Mohammed Alardhi, Executive Chairman of Investcorp, says: “Investcorp has been
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