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Mid Europa Partners (Mid Europa), a private equity investor focused on Central and Eastern Europe, has completed the sale of Knjaz Miloš, a producer of mineral water and non-alcoholic beverages in Serbia and the surrounding region, to a joint venture between Karlovarské Minerální Vody and PepsiCo, Inc.
Mid Europa acquired Knjaz Miloš in 2015 together with Imlek and Bambi, the leading regional dairy and confectionery players, respectively, forming the consumer group – Moji Brendovi.
Private equity fundraising for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) hit the highest annual level in a decade in 2018 with EUR1.8 billion, according to new data from Invest Europe.
Buyout funds in CEE raised EUR1.1 billion, while the region’s venture capital funds attracted over EUR500 million for the second year in a row, reveals Invest Europe’s 2018 Central and Eastern Europe Private Equity Statistics report, released today.
Private equity investment into companies across CEE reached EUR2.7 billion in 2018, the second-highest amount ever achieved, following 2017’s record EUR3.5 billion. The number of companies backed increased by 50% year-on-year to almost 400,
CenterOak Partners (CenterOak), a Dallas-based private equity firm, has sold TruRoad Holdings (TruRoad), an automotive glass and claims-management company in the United States, to Belron Group subsidiary Safelite Group, parent company to Safelite AutoGlass.
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Based in Woburn, Massachusetts, TruRoad was formed through the transformational combination of JN Phillips Auto Glass and existing CenterOak platform investment Techna Glass, Inc. and has grown from initial platform acquisition through nine strategic acquisitions to serve over 400,000 customers annually. The Company serves consumers, insurance firms, and fleets across the United States via its network of
Sea Link International, a portfolio company of private equity firm New Water Capital, has acquired Hicks Plastics Company, a leading Tier II provider of injection moulded and metallised automotive forward lighting components. Hicks Plastics is headquartered in Macomb, Michigan, near Detroit, with a secondary facility located in Knoxville, Tennessee.
The acquisition, which represents the fourth addition to New Water Capital’s automotive lighting platform, further bolsters Sea Link’s domestic manufacturing and assembly capabilities and will allow Sea Link to better serve its customers across the automotive spectrum. “Hicks’ technical acumen and its long-standing reputation for quality and customer service, combined with
Lovell Minnick Partners (LMP), a private equity firm focused on investments in the global financial services industry, including related technology and business service companies, is to acquire a majority stake in Inside Real Estate, an end-to-end SaaS platform serving the residential real estate market.
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Inside Real Estate provides an end-to-end software solution to residential real estate brokers, teams and agents that empowers their ability to manage the full cycle of home property buying and selling. Founded in 2008, the Company’s platform serves over 200,000 top agents,
Inflexion Private Equity has agreed to acquire Marley, a UK-based roofing specialist, from Etex, a building materials firm based in Belgium which has owned Marley since 1999. The investment is being made by Inflexion Buyout Fund V, Inflexion’s dedicated mid‐market fund.
Founded in 1924, Marley is the UK leading manufacturer and supplier of roofing system products, including concrete and clay tiles as well as associated roofing accessories. The Staffordshire-based business employs 600 people across five manufacturing sites and two distribution centres. Marley benefits from a loyal customer base split between new build, repair, maintenance and improvement.
Simon Turner, Managing
UK private equity firm Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has invested GBP160,000 in data analysis business, Innotech Insights (Innotech), on behalf of NPIF – Maven Equity Finance (NPIF), part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.
The funding will support the expansion of Innotech’s sales team, invest in product development and in the roll out of the company’s flagship analysis system product, Crowded.
Innotech provides both public and private sector organisations with the information they need to make major planning decisions by accurately monitoring pedestrian movements in an area, indoors or out. Innotech’s main product, ‘Crowded’, is a cutting edge analysis
Private equity-focused investment office Souter Investments is to sell New Zealand-based Howick and Eastern Buses and Mana Coach Services to Transdev.
Terms of the transaction, which remains subject to regulatory approval, have not been disclosed.
With its fleet of 145 buses Howick and Eastern Buses currently operates 23 urban routes on behalf of Auckland Transport, whilst Mana’s fleet of 66 buses operates services on behalf of the Greater Wellington Regional Council. Both companies also provide school bus and charter services.
Bill Rae, outgoing Chairman of Howick and Eastern Buses and Mana Coach Services, says: “Both Howick and Eastern
Argonaut Private Equity, has held the final closing of Argonaut Private Equity Fund IV (APE IV), a USD400 million fund focused on pursuing disciplined investments across the industrials, manufacturing and energy services and products sectors in Middle America.
The Fund reached its hard cap of USD400 million and is off to a strong start with over USD120 million of equity capital deployed across four portfolio companies.
“Since holding our first close last year, Argonaut has made investments in multiple platform companies across our target sectors and continues to seek out highly capable management teams wanting to partner and execute on
QueryClick, an Edinburgh-based digital marketing consultancy that aims to transform how effectively advertisers invest in digital marketing, is to embark on an expansion drive following an investment of GBP2 million led by Scotland’s leading business angel investment group, Archangels, in partnership with the Scottish Investment Bank (SIB).
QueryClick has developed a unique, machine learning-based attribution solution – marketing software that enables companies to precisely allocate their investments in different marketing channels to ensure the maximum possible return on investment. While attribution solutions have long been widely available, including from companies such as Google and Adobe, QueryClick’s Corvidae reveals up to
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