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Montane, a UK outdoor clothing and accessories company founded over 25 years ago, has secured investment from Edinburgh-based specialist consumer brand investor Inverleith LLP, which has secured a majority stake in the company.Montane has established itself as the leading European specialist brand of lightweight, breathable outdoor clothing and equipment for fast-paced mountain sports. Established in 1993, Montane focuses on serving committed and highly active hillwalkers, mountaineers, climbers and trail runners. Its range has steadily expanded to encompass a broad range of outerwear, mid and base layers, legwear, backpacks and accessories for both men and women, with its products sold both
BGF has exited its minority stake in Vysiion Group, a communications infrastructure and outsourced IT service provider. The business has been acquired by Exponential-e, a cloud, network and unified communications company.BGF has backed the Wiltshire-based Vysiion since 2015, following a GBP4 million investment. During this time, revenue and EBITDA have more than doubled, and the exit has delivered a strong return for all shareholders.
Founded by serial entrepreneur Bruce Brain, Vysiion Group was set up to create an IT services provider that could take advantage of the large and rapidly growing Public and Private sector market for infrastructure and
Odyssey Investment Partners (Odyssey) has acquired NSi Industries from Blue Sea Capital LLC. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. NSi is a leading supplier of a wide variety of electrical connector, fitting, control and wire management products for construction, maintenance and repair applications. NSi’s well-known brands include Polaris insulated connectors, Bridgeport Fittings, TORK time and lighting controls and Platinum Tools connectors & tools. NSi has a 40-year history of providing innovative, profitable and quality solutions to its distributor partners with an unparalleled customer-centric approach. NSi is headquartered in Huntersville, North Carolina, with additional facilities in Stratford, Connecticut and Newbury Park, California.
Alternative student transportation company, ALC Schools (ALC), has been acquired by an affiliate of Palladium Equity Partners, a private equity firm based in New York, NY. The student transportation provider, which saw record numbers in 2019 in terms of transporting special-needs, McKinney-Vento, and displaced students for school districts, says Palladium’s partnership will help support continued growth. “We’re very excited about the future of ALC with this acquisition. We chose to join with Palladium after very careful consideration, and we couldn’t be happier to be a part of their family,” says Gregg Prettyman, Chief Operating Officer for ALC.
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As global utilities seek to adapt to a digital world, Energy Impact Partners offers a collaborative platform to invest in technologies that will help them transform.
New York-based investment firm Energy Impact Partners is leveraging a unique investment model to transform the energy and other asset-intensive sectors. EIP’s philosophy is to create a collaborative platform, where industrial players including the likes of Southern Company, National Grid, TransCanada and Alliant Energy, actively participate in providing capital to innovative companies. And in doing so, support their transition plans to becoming cleaner, more resilient energy companies of the future.
EIP’s origins link back
Advent International and Cinven have agreed to acquire thyssenkrupp’s Elevator Technology business, together with the RAG-Stiftung.
Monroe Capital (Monroe) has acquired and recapitalised Ascent Behavioral Health (Ascent), in partnership with Cimarron Healthcare Capital and Ascent’s management team.
Private equity investment firm Sverica Capital Management (Sverica) has made an investment in Cytracom, a provider of cloud-based unified communications (UCaaS) software and solutions built exclusively for the Managed Service Provider (MSP) channel.Based in Dallas, TX, Cytracom has over two thousand MSP partners throughout North America. As the move to the cloud continues, Cytracom’s UCaaS offering enables its partners to expand their service portfolios and provide true end-to-end managed IT services. The Company plans to invest further into features that empower its MSP partners to better sell, support, and manage UCaaS for their customers.
“Our focus has always been on
HS Orka, an Icelandic renewable energy and utility company 50 per cent owned by Ancala Partners, has secured a USD210 million financing package with a group of leading European commercial lenders.HS Orka has also made three senior management appointments, with Tómas Már Sigurdsson joining as Chief Executive Officer, Björk Þórarinsdóttir as Chief Financial Officer and Sunna Björg Helgadóttir as Chief Technology Officer.
The new financing comprises a term loan, capex facility and a revolving credit facility. HS Orka will use the facilities to pursue attractive development projects and strengthen its position as Iceland’s leading privately owned power producer. The company
BlackRock Long Term Private Capital will become the new majority shareholder in Creed, the Paris-based multi-century old luxury fragrance company.
Creed executive Javier Ferrán will become chairman of the company’s board of directors and join as an investor. Ferrán, who has experience with niche luxury brands and in working with European family-owned businesses, assumes his responsibilities following the transaction.
He will work closely with founder Olivier Creed, who will continue as the master perfumer of the fragrance house. The partnership with Ferrán and the Creed family, including Creed’s son Erwin, is BlackRock LTPC’s first investment in Europe. Michel Dyens &
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