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Aquiline Capital Partners, a global private investment firm specialising in financial services and technology, has closed its investment in Quintes Holding, one of the largest independent insurance brokers in the Netherlands.
Since its founding in 2012, Quintes has built a national footprint of brokers with a focus on serving the Dutch SME sector.
The Company will maintain its corporate headquarters in Culemborg under the continued leadership of the existing management including CEO Gijsbert van de Nieuwegiessen and CFO Alex Klooster.
“The Dutch insurance market presents significant opportunities for continued growth, M&A activity and the need for a dedicated,
Omnes-backed Intys has acquired Univers Retail, a management and operational strategy consulting firm, specialised in distribution and retail. This is the first acquisition completed by the Belgian consultancy firm since Omnes invested in the company in July 2019.
Based in Brussels, Intys is one of the leading consulting firms in Belgium. As a multi-specialist player, Intys has a recognized expertise in the healthcare, energy, industrials and financial services sectors. Its 80 clients include leading companies and institutions in Belgium, Luxembourg and France. The firm generated a EUR35 million turnover in 2019 and has a staff of 360.
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British Patient Capital has invested USD65 million in SV Health Investors’s USD265 million fund, SV7 Impact Medicine Fund (IMF), which is dedicated to investing in biotech companies.
The IMF is SV’s first biotech fund. It will aim to turn scientific breakthroughs into biotech companies producing high impact precision medicine drugs for poorly treated diseases.
So far the fund has invested in UK-based Alchemab, which develops antibody therapies for diseases including cancers, infectious diseases, and neurodegenerative conditions.
Cancer Research UK launched a partnership with SV Health Investors in June 2019 to focus on speeding up the translation of the organisation’s research
According to the first estimates obtained by the Spanish Venture Capital & Priivate Equity Association (ASCRI), through the European platform EDC, the volume of investment in Spain reached EUR1,434 million euros in the first half of the year, with a total number of 344 investments. Although the investment volume has suffered a drop (67 per cent less than in the same period of 2019) due to the fact that no mega-deals have been closed, the number of transactions has remained stable with respect to previous years despite the current situation. Venture Capital has been the driving force with respect to the
CAPZA has held the first closing of its CAPZA 5 Flex Equity fund at EUR450 million, exceeding the final close of its previous fund bu EUR100 million.This first closing confirms the renewed confidence of CAPZA’s historical investors (family offices, insurers, funds of funds, public institutions, pension funds) as well as strong interest from new French and international investors.
This fifth vintage – with a target size of around EUR500 million – has leveraged CAPZA’s proven approach since 2004 by providing – as lead investor – flexible financing solutions combining majority or minority capital, convertible bonds and mezzanine. The Fund aims
Dubin Clark & Company, a private equity firm focused on lower middle market specialty service and branded niche manufacturing businesses, has acquired Affordable Water Heaters and Plumbing, Inc (AWHAP).AWHAP is a in-home provider of water heater replacement, repair and installation services, including ancillary plumbing services. AWHAP has established a reputation for expertise, workmanship, and honesty that sets them apart in the market. AWHAP was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Valencia, California.
“We are very excited about our investment in AWHAP, which provides differentiated services and represents a strong and scalable platform for growth,” says Michael Hompesch, Partner at
Agrimola, a European specialist in the manufacturing, processing and marketing of chestnuts and transformed fruits, has acquired a majority stake in La Nuova Tradizione Srl, a Montecchio Maggiore (Vicenza) based producer of semi-finished ingredients for ice cream makers, pastry chefs and bakers.With sales of over EUR2.5 million, La Nuova Tradizione produces ingredients for two main business units: powders and pastes for ice creams (70 per cent) and jams, candied fruits and flavourings for pastries (30 per cent). In addition to the La Nuova Tradizione brand, the company also operates under three licenses:
• CGI Flavors, dedicated to the production of
Edtech platform Your Favourite Teacher (YFT) is raising capital to expand its operations through private equity investment firm Growthdeck, as Covid-19 sees more schools build online learning into their standard curriculum.Your Favourite Teacher (YFT) is a virtual classroom for GCSE students, which augments and supports the existing Key Stage 4 curriculum with rich video content, automated marking and pupil performance tracking.
Growthdeck says that Covid-19 has sharply accelerated the adoption of remote learning formats, which were already becoming more common in schools prior to the pandemic. A significant number of schools that had not previously embraced online learning are
An affiliate of middle-market private investment firm Peak Rock Capital (Peak Rock)has sold Hasa to GHK Capital Partners (GHK). Founded in 1964, Hasa is a leading producer and distributor of high-quality water treatment products used to sanitise and maintain water systems. Hasa serves the recreational, industrial, and municipal end markets through a network of eight facilities in California, Arizona, Washington, Nevada and Texas.
An affiliate of Peak Rock acquired Hasa in 2017 from the family of the founding shareholders. During Peak Rock’s ownership, Hasa successfully completed a series of transformational growth and operational initiatives, including significant investments in the Company’s
Investindustrial VII (Fund VII) has entered into one of the first European ESG-linked subscription credit facilities.
Investec Bank plc is the Arranger and Sustainability Coordinator of the EUR600 million facility, which is backed by a strong syndicate including State Street Corporation and Banca Intesa Sanpaolo. The facility has been structured with interest payments directly linked to ESG factors in areas such as environment, gender diversity and governance, and will be reduced as long as a number of those parameters are met.
In order to create a positive feedback loop, Investindustrial will ring-fence any interest cost savings made through
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