Managers
An affiliate of private equity firm Harbor Beach Capital (Harbor Beach) has made an investment in Atlantic Southern Paving (ASP). The transaction was completed in partnership with ASP’s Chief Executive Officer, Michael Curry, as well Aldine Capital Partners.
Based in Broward County, Florida, ASP has been a leading provider of pavement maintenance and construction services in Florida, and nationally, for over 25 years. The business, founded by Mickey Curry in 1992, has evolved into a key partner to commercial and municipal customers by providing outsourced pavement maintenance planning, as well as repair, maintenance and construction services to customers including retailers,
Testing, inspection and certification firm Lucion Services has acquired Askams Compliance Services, a provider of full-range asbestos management, surveying, and testing.
Lucion is a multidisciplinary risk management group focused on hazardous materials. Headquartered in Gateshead and operating nationally, the group works with its clients to achieve full compliance with UK occupational safety and environmental regulations.
Founded in 2006 by Stewart McNicholl, Askams has grown to provide national clients with a full range of UKAS accredited asbestos management services including asbestos surveying, testing, analytical services, as well as UKATA asbestos awareness training. The deal – funded by Palatine Private Equity,
KKR has agreed to set up a strategic partnership with NVC Lighting and acquire a majority interest in NVC Lighting’s China Lighting Business (NVC China) for a total equity value of approximately USD794 million.
Following the completion of the transaction, KKR will own 70 per cent of NVC China and NVC Lighting will hold the remaining 30 per cent and receive a cash consideration.
NVC China is a leading lighting company in China, manufacturing, selling and distributing branded lighting products and providing lighting solutions to consumers and business clients through a robust distribution network across China.
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Entities affiliated with BlackRock’s Long Term Private Capital (LTPC) strategy have made a strategic investment in Authentic Brands Group (ABG).
LTPC will become the largest investor in ABG and will work closely alongside its management, led by founder, Chairman and CEO James Salter and President and CMO Nick Woodhouse. LTPC joins existing ABG investors including founding investor Leonard Green & Partners, General Atlantic, Lion Capital, Simon Property Group, Brookfield Properties’ retail group and Shaquille O’Neal.
ABG has experienced significant growth since it was founded in 2010 and is now a world-leading brand development, marketing and entertainment company. The Company’s portfolio
ADL Bionatur Solutions, through its subsidiary ADL Biopharma, a company specialised in research and development of health, cosmetic and beauty products, services and industrial fermentation production, has agreed an EUR25 million debt financing with Kartesia, an independent and privately-owned European specialist financing small and middle-market companies.
The agreement includes financing of EUR25 million and the option of an additional amount of EUR5 million, that can be drawn by requirement of ADL within the next 6-18 months. The parties agreed on an interest rate based on the Euribor + 5 per cent annual interest rate + 7 per cent for payment-in-kind
PurpleLab, a healthcare data and analytics platform, has raised USD3 million in growth financing from Edison Partners. PurpleLab will use the capital to bolster its analytics capabilities and sales and marketing operations.
Provider profiling and medical terminology master data management represents a USD2 billion-plus market in the US, PurpleLab leverages its data and analytics technology platform to help health plans, healthcare providers, as well as life science organisations to model and measure episodes of care. PurpleLab utilises medical and prescription claims data to produce objective, quantitative, and predictive performance measures for 1.8 million healthcare providers across the nation.
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DW Healthcare Partners (DWHP), a healthcare-focused private equity firm, has made a majority investment in CEFALY Technology SPRL (CEFALY), a global manufacturer and marketer of neuro-modulating medical devices for the prevention and treatment of migraines.
CEFALY is the first investment in DW Healthcare Partners V, the firm’s recently closed, USD610 million fifth fund.
CEFALY was founded in 2004 by Dr Pierre Rigaux and Pierre-Yves Muller and is headquartered in Liège, Belgium, with additional operations in the US. The CEFALY device is externally applied by the patient to the forehead to deliver electrical impulses to the trigeminal nerve, a critical
Prestige Funds is launching two new distribution share classes for its Commercial Finance Opportunities Fund (CFO), a Luxembourg based, open-ended SICAV that launched in 2013.
CFO is a direct lending fund that focuses on invoice, asset and commercial finance opportunities, primarily in the UK, and operates a highly diversified investment portfolio of short term commercial and industrial loans.
The new share classes are:
• Distribution ID share classes which are aimed at institutional investors with a minimum investment of USD 1,000,000 (or currency equivalent) and quarterly liquidity (on 90 days’ notice).
• Distribution D share classes which are aimed at
Private equity firm Lovell Minnick Partners is exit its investment in Worldwide Facilities (Worldwide), a national wholesale insurance brokerage, managing general agency and program manager, with Genstar to become a new investor in the company.
Financial terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed.
“It has been a privilege to partner with the Worldwide management team over the past four years. We’re proud to have supported the Company in executing its strategic goal of becoming a larger, more diversified, top-five insurance wholesaler in the US market,” says Spencer Hoffman, a Partner at Lovell Minnick Partners. “We believe Worldwide
Granite Creek Capital Partners, a private investment firm based in Chicago, has made a USD15 million investment in Morrow Sodali, a provider of strategic advisory and shareholder services to corporate clients around the world.
Morrow Sodali provides corporate boards and executives with strategic advice and services relating to corporate governance, shareholder and bondholder communication and engagement, capital markets intelligence, proxy solicitation, shareholder activism and mergers and acquisitions.
Morrow Sodali will use the infusion from Granite Creek to continue making investments in its strategic growth initiatives. Mark Radzik, Managing Partner of Granite Creek, will serve on the Board of Morrow
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