Managers
U-C Coatings, a portfolio company of High Road Capital Partners, has completed the acquisition of the assets of the stains and industrial coatings business of Eco Chemical, marking the company’s second acquisition under High Road’s ownership.
Founded in 1991, Seattle, Washington-based Eco Chemical is a leading manufacturer of water-based stains and coatings used on pressure treated wood and in the manufacturing of wood products such as fencing, decks, and exteriors.
“The acquisition of Eco Chemical deepens U-C Coatings’ position in the softwood market, adds the pressure treating channel, and broadens U-C Coatings’ product offerings by introducing stains and coatings
Funds advised by EMH Partners have purchased a significant minority shareholding in Liganova Group, a specialist in transforming retail spaces into experience channels.
Liganova Group’s founder Vincent Bodo Andrin and Dr. Marc Schumacher,Managing Partner of Liganova and responsible for the operational client business, will retain a majority ownership in the business and continue to manage Liganova Group.
Liganova Group supports many of the world’s most renowned brands in innovating and executing their retail marketing activities, thereby creating memorable experiences for their customers. “By intensifying digital interactions between brands and customers, we will witness an increase in the importance of
AppLearn, a specialist in Digital Adoption Solutions, has secured a significant investment led by California-based K1 Investment Management (K1), a leading investment firm focusing on high-growth enterprise software companies.
K1’s investment provides AppLearn with significant experience and resources to rapidly expand its global presence and further develop its innovative product suite known as its ADOPT platform.
ADOPT is an AI-powered Digital Adoption Solution that helps world-leading organisations to optimise their investments in digital transformation. By assisting users with complex business processes, infrequently performed tasks and change management activities, the software enables companies to maximise return on their digital investment,
Anacapa Partners, a private equity firm focused on acquisitions in the lower middle market, has completed a growth investment in Israel-based Dooblo, a specialist in mobile survey software, data collection and analysis solutions.
Trail Mark Partners participated in the investment alongside Anacapa. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 2001, Dooblo provides innovative mobile survey software for the market research industry. Dooblo’s flagship product, SurveyToGo, is designed to reduce the cost of traditional paper-based surveys while significantly improving quality of the collected data. SurveyToGo is utilised by market research firms in more than 100 countries
Clients of Connection Capital, a specialist private client investment business, have invested EUR5.2 million in the final close of a European Collateralised Loan Obligation (CLO) fund managed by Permira Debt Managers (PDM).
The Permira Sigma V Fund targets a high cash yield from a diversified portfolio of senior secured European corporate loans to large multinationals, which have an average enterprise value of at least EUR1 billion. The fund’s strategy targets mid-teen net returns and is expected to make regular distributions after the two year investment period. Connection Capital says that the potential to generate accelerated cash returns and to increase
AnaCap Financial Partners (AnaCap), a European dedicated financial services specialist investor, has held the final close of its fourth Credit Opportunities fund, raising a total of EUR1 billion.
AnaCap Credit Opportunities IV was oversubscribed following strong interest from both existing and new investors and is approximately 70 per cent larger than its predecessor. Combined with the firm’s Private Equity funds, AnaCap has now raised funds totalling over EUR5 billion, including credit funds totalling EUR2.6 billion since the Credit Opportunities strategy inception in 2009. This includes AnaCap Financial Europe (AFE), an investment vehicle established by AnaCap in 2017 with the issuance
Kaia Health, a digital therapeutics company, has close an USD8 million funding round, the second significant investment this year. The infusion of capital is led by Optum Ventures.
Kaia Health has developed a smartphone-based approach for managing a range of chronic conditions, with its leading product focused on musculoskeletal disorders (MSK) such as chronic back pain. The investment by Optum Ventures helps Kaia Health address the rising costs of treating MSK-related conditions, the difficulty patients have in accessing gold-standard treatment, and the need for innovative, scaleable and cost-effective technology solutions to confront this issue.
Kaia Health’s world-leading 2D motion
Colorcon has launched Colorcon Ventures to invest in promising companies in the pharmaceutical industry.
Colorcon’s business focus is on advanced coating systems, modified release technologies and functional excipients for use in pharmaceutical immediate and modified release dosage forms.
Colorcon Ventures is a USD50 million venture fund focused on startups that are strategically relevant to the core Colorcon business. The fund will target investments in transformational solutions across manufacturing, supply chain, and delivery of pharmaceutical products and services. The fund is not investing in companies developing active ingredients or molecules.
The fund will be stage-agnostic, with an emphasis on
CAPZA, a private investment platform focusing on small and midcaps, is co-arranging, with BNP Paribas Principle Investments and AXA IM, the unitranche refinancing of La Maison Bleue.
Founded in 2004, La Maison Bleue manages a network of over 280 collective nurseries in France and 60 in Europe (Switzerland, Luxembourg and the United Kingdom). La Maison Bleue is supported by its investors TowerBrook and Bpifrance who have had majority shares since 2016.
CAPZA, BNP Paribas Principle Investments and AXA IM have co-arranged a refinancing deal of EUR150 million. The aim of this deal is to allow for greater development and flexibility
The number of Jersey Private Funds (JPF) had increased 25 per cent in six months. Figures from the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC) showed that the number of JPFs, a structure introduced in 2017 to cater specifically for the needs of small groups of sophisticated investors, had reached 257 by 30 June 2019, up from 205 at the end of 2018, with assets under management of GBP43 billion.
Joe Moynihan, CEO of Jersey Finance, says: “As investors look for stable IFCs that offer specialist expertise, Jersey can be a voice of reason among the noise, ready to support investor ambitions.”
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