Managers
Fortino Capital Partners has invested in Maxxton, an all-in one software solution developed for vacation and short-term rental managers.
Maxxton, which employs 200 people, is headquartered in Middelburg, the Netherlands and has worldwide offices. Fortino Capital will assist the Maxxton management to further expand internationally and strengthen their current presence in vacation rentals, holidays parks and serviced apartments.
Maxxton is a software as a service (SaaS) solution to simplify the reservation processes for hospitality managers. Its enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform caters specifically to the needs of the accommodation rental sector. Maxxton automates time-consuming manual work, increases efficiency and reduces
CVC Capital Partners, through its CVC Fund VII and CVC Growth Partners, is to make a majority investment in New York-based technology firm Vitech Systems Group, a provider of cloud-based financial administration solutions.
Vitech is a global firm of over 1,200 professionals that serves many of the world’s leading pension, insurance and investment organisations. Vitech’s software, V3, is available as a cloud-based solution via Vitech’s AWS-based V3locity platform.
Frank Vitiello, Vitech’s CEO, says: “This exciting partnership with CVC brings us the capital, market access, international reach and institutional expertise we need in order to maintain our current growth trajectory
Goodwin’s Private Investment Funds team has advised Advent International on the successful completion of its fundraising for Advent International GPE IX Limited Partnership (GPE IX).
The fund reached its hard cap of USD17.5 billion (EUR15.6 billion) and surpassed the USD16 billion (EUR14.3 billion) target after six months in the market. Advent’s previous global fund, GPE VIII, closed on USD13 billion in 2016.
GPE IX will pursue the same proven strategy as Advent’s eight prior Global Private Equity funds, investing in buyout, corporate carve-out, public-to-private and growth equity transactions, primarily in Europe and North America and selectively in Asia and
Private Client Resources (PCR) has secured a ‘major’ investment from private equity firm Public Pension Capital (PPC) alongside company management.
PCR’s total-wealth aggregation utility specialises in delivering data covering 100 per cent of ultra-high net worth portfolios – including the hardest-to-aggregate illiquid and statement-based assets.
PPC’s investment will fund business growth and provide liquidity to shareholders, allowing PCR to invest in expanding sales, marketing, product development, its geographic footprint and investment in the company’s ground-breaking data sharing architecture.
“Two years ago, we set out to transform PCR from a respected provider of family-office reporting solutions into a broader
European Buy & Build activity reached its highest recorded level in 2018 with a total disclosed deal value of GBP9.5 billion, according to Silverfleet Capital’s European Buy & Build Monitor.
Despite increased Brexit uncertainty, the UK & Ireland remained steadfast as the most active region for add-ons.
The Buy & Build Monitor, which tracks global add-on activity undertaken by European-headquartered companies backed by private equity, identified a provisional total of 702 add-ons in 2018, an 8 per cent increase from the 650 recorded over the same period in 2017.
The average disclosed value of add-ons in 2018 was
An affiliate of middle market private equity firm Peak Rock Capital (Peak Rock) is to sell Lew’s Holdings Corporation (Lew’s) to BDT Capital Partners (BDT). The transaction is expected to close in several weeks.
Lew’s is a rapidly growing outdoor consumer products company with a portfolio of brands, including Lew’s, Strike King, and Hunters Specialties. The Company supplies branded fishing and hunting gear and accessories through the mass market, sporting goods, and specialty outdoor channels.
In partnership with Peak Rock, the Company has successfully executed a series of transformational growth and operational initiatives, including the acquisition and integration of
Central European private equity firm Innova Capital is to become a stakeholder in CS Group Polska, an online marketing services suppliers for the small and medium enterprises sector.
Innova Capital Funds are in the final stages of negotiations for a majority stake in CS Group Polska in what will be the fourth transaction by the new Innova/6 fund, which began investing in April 2018. The company’s current shareholders shall retain minority stakes and will continue supporting its further growth as management and supervisory board members.
CS Group Polska SA specialises in the provision of active online marketing services and web presence
Affiliates of British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) and Preservation Capital Partners (PCP) are to make a ‘significant investment’ in BMS.
The investment, which values BMS at GBP500 million, is subject to regulatory approvals and is expected to close in the third quarter.
The BMS management team, led by chief executive officer Nick Cook, will all remain in their current roles following completion, and management and staff of BMS will remain significant shareholders in the company.
Following the transaction’s completion, Pioneer Underwriters will be owned directly by the current shareholders of Minova Insurance, the holding company that had previously owned
YFM-backed Matillion, a provider of data transformation software for cloud data warehouses (CDWs) has raised USD35 million in a series C funding round.
The investment will allow Matillion to capitalise on its leading category position while continuing to deliver accelerated growth, and extend the capabilities of its flagship product line, Matillion ETL. Following the USD5m series A investment led by YFM this latest round led by Battery Ventures, brings Matillion’s total funding to-date to USD65 million. Series B investors, Sapphire Ventures and Scale Venture Partners also participated.
Continued strong demand for Matillion’s data transformation software, purpose-built for the cloud,
Estera has provided fund services support to Greensphere Capital’s launch of its second private fund and will also be providing ongoing fund administration services.
Greensphere Capital manage a diversified portfolio of sustainable growth companies. It is a leading sustainability investor backing companies and projects that help to mitigate the biggest risks facing our generation – resource scarcity, commodity and fuel volatility, and climate stress.
Estera Director, Norman Amey says “This Guernsey Private Investment fund is a perfect example of a structure that allows for further fund raising in sustainable investing. We have extensive experience in the sustainable and impact investment
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