Managers
Charlesbank Capital Partners has completed fundraising for Charlesbank Credit Opportunities Fund II (COF II) with limited partner commitments in excess of its USD700 million hard cap.Established in 1998, Charlesbank is an experienced middle-market private equity firm with a strong history of investing across a range of core sectors and business cycles. In 2016, the firm launched its integrated credit strategy, designed to benefit from the insights and unique opportunities arising from Charlesbank’s long-term private equity platform. Consistent with its predecessor fund, COF II will focus on credit investments in established middle-market companies, primarily in North America and with average enterprise
New York-based private equity firm CI Capital Partners has partnered with with Paul Winnowski, the former President and COO of Sunrun, and former President of UTC Fire & Security in Europe & South Africa, to jointly pursue platform company investments in the residential solar industry and the commercial security integration industry. Winnowski has significant operational experience in both sectors, having formerly served as the President and COO of Sunrun, the nation’s largest residential solar company, from 2014 to 2018. Winnowski joined Sunrun following its acquisition of Mainstream Energy, a diversified solar energy business, where he served as CEO from 2012 to 2014.
UK private equity house Maven Capital Partners has made a GBP2 million investment in technology company HubIsoft Group. The transaction has been funded through Maven’s managed VCTs, and Gareth Price, Investment Director at Maven, will sit on Hublsoft’s board.
HubIsoft brings new technology to the market that is challenging the way data analytics is exploited to better support decision makers. Over the past two decades, rising complexity of data has resulted in a widening gap between the technical analysis and modelling of this data and key business decision makers. Businesses are therefore finding it harder to access, and trust in
Impax Asset Management (Impax), a specialist asset manager investing in the transition to a more sustainable economy, has published a framework to help policymakers in middle-income countries mobilise the private sector investment needed to meet the climate goals of the Paris Agreement.Ahead of COP26 in November 2021, the attention of all governments will be focused on the challenge of how to attract investment into clean energy economies, the bulk of which will come from the private sector. Policy makers in fast-growing, middle-income countries face particular challenges compared to most OECD countries, who already have significant experience in developing clean energy
A new report from Credit Suisse and law firm CMS analyses the financial and legal implications of the Covid-19 pandemic on M&A transactions in Western Europe.
Ada Ventures has led a GBP570k seed funding round into Organise, a platform aiming to empower workers to campaign for better rights.
German private equity firm Allegra Capital has acquired two high-end printing companies from the Sandoz Family Foundation in Switzerland. Genoud Entreprise d’arts graphiques and Musumeci, two specialists in graphic arts printing, were purchased by a holding company advised by Munich-based Allegra Capital, which focuses on corporate divestitures in special situations.
Genoud, which was founded in 1957, is a Swiss-based printing company which provides graphic arts in all forms of print media for the Swiss watchmaking and other luxury industries. Musumeci, founded in 1837, specialises in the production of sophisticated art prints, superior photobooks and catalogues and magazines for luxury industries
Fresh Direct Produce, a portfolio company of middle-market private equity firm HKW, has acquired Mike and Mike’s Inc. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada, Mike and Mike’s is a non-grower distributor of fresh certified organic fruits and vegetables sourced from the United States and internationally as well as British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec. In addition to fruits and vegetables, the Company also sells grocery and snack products.
“We are excited to partner with Mike and Mike’s Organics as part of our expansion into Ontario,” says Davis Yung, President, CEO,
CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution and a leading impact investor, has committed USD100 million to Helios Investors IV, the fourth private equity fund raised by Africa-focused private equity firm Helios Investment Partners.The pan-African generalist fund will invest in and build market-leading companies across the continent. With a well-established local presence in Lagos and Nairobi, offices in Europe and strong networks across the continent, Helios has grown significantly since its establishment in 2004 and has invested in businesses that operate in over 30 African countries.
Helios has one of the strongest track records in African private equity across
O’Melveny has advised Platinum Equity on its acquisition of L&R Distributors, a wholesale distributor of consumer products servicing more than 17,000 retail locations throughout the United States.The transaction closed on 30 June, 2020.
L&R operates three distribution centres in Arkansas, California, and New Jersey and specialises in large SKU-count categories such as cosmetics, hair care products, stationery, office supplies, and toys.
Platinum Equity is a global investment firm with approximately USD23 billion of assets under management and a portfolio of approximately 40 operating companies that serve customers around the world.
The O’Melveny team advising Platinum Equity was led by corporate
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