Managers
Audax Private Equity (Audax), in partnership with management, has completed the sale of Magnitude Software (Magnitude) to 3i Group (3i).
Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Magnitude is a provider of enterprise information management software that delivers insights on business performance in heterogeneous application and fragmented data environments. Magnitude’s product offerings of business application data access, management, and reporting products help business users simplify management of their data and achieve substantial productivity gains. Magnitude maintains strong relationships with leading ERP providers, SAP and Oracle, and continues to focus on global growth across the ERP ecosystem. The Company has over 1,400 customers globally
Asterion Industrial Partners, an independent investment management firm focusing on infrastructure investments in Europe, is to acquire a portfolio of data centres from Telefónica.
The portfolio consists of 29MW of power through 11 state-of-the-art & highly connected data centres, in Spain, USA, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Peru and Argentina. The data centres mostly have a Tier III or IV certification, representing the highest quality in the reliability benchmark for a data centre’s server hosting ability. The carve-out, which values the transaction at EUR550 million, represents a highly attractive investment in an independent telecoms’ infrastructure platform with a global reach. After recent
Growth private equity firm TA Associates has held the first and final closing of TA XIII with total commitments at its hard cap of USD8.5 billion. Launched in the first quarter of 2019, TA XIII was oversubscribed and exceeded its original USD7.5 billion target.
Commitments to TA XIII came from a diverse group of largely existing global investors, including leading public pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, foundations and endowments. As with its predecessor equity funds, TA XIII will focus on equity investments in middle-market growth companies, primarily in opportunities originated and led exclusively by TA. TA’s investments will range from
Private equity firm OpCapita has acquired maurices, a Duluth-based women’s fashion retailer.
“This is an exciting day for our maurices family,” says maurices President and Chief Executive Officer, George Goldfarb. “We’ve had strong holiday and early spring sales, and are looking forward to building on our momentum with our new owners, OpCapita, who are truly invested in adding even greater value to the maurices brand by providing additional resources and expertise.”
maurices will continue to be led by Goldfarb and its current management, supported by OpCapita’s investment team, as well as a dedicated team in the United States. Jeff
DIP Capital’s Disruption Investment Platform (DIP) Fund I has invested USD1.7 million in Adludio, a globally leading mobile-technology company delivering immersive advertising to mobile devices.
DIP Capital was established in February 2018 and focuses on investing in disruptive businesses. Founded and led by Riccardo Cirillo, DIP has a first fund of EUR40 million for deployment globally and is sponsored by Platina Partners, an independent European investment firm focusing on renewable energy and private equity.
DIP’s investment in Adludio was part of a larger round that also included the majority of participation from existing Adludio investors. The investment will primarily be
Private equity investment in European companies reached a new record of EUR80.6 billion in 2018, a 7 per cent year-on-year increase, according to data released today by Invest Europe.
Private equity funds invested in over 7,800 companies, also a new record, with 86 per cent of the total made up by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
Invest Europe’s 2018 European Private Equity Activity Report is the most comprehensive and authoritative source of fundraising and investment data available. It reveals that investment increased across all segments of private equity, including larger buyouts, mid-market investments and growth capital, with venture capital backing for European
TPG has closed TPG Tech Adjacencies (TTAD), a new investment vehicle focused on capital solutions for the technology industry, with USD1.6 billion in capital commitments, surpassing its hard cap of USD1.5 billion.
TTAD aims to provide flexible capital for founders, employees, and early investors looking for liquidity, as well as primary structured equity solutions for companies looking for additional, creative capital for growth, and is led by David Trujillo, Managing Partner and Partner, Internet, Digital Media & Communications (IDMC), and Nehal Raj, Partner, Software & Enterprise Technology.
“The firm has a history of building new, innovative products and strategies to
Sonae Investment Management (Sonae IM), has concluded an equity investment in Cellwize, a specialist in mobile network automation and orchestration. This funding will accelerate Cellwize’s growth and the expansion of its technology in automation and artificial intelligence, particularly towards supporting new 5G deployments.
“Cellwize is a global technology leader and has been consistently recognised for its high quality and reliable technology by a long list of tier-1 mobile network operators (MNOs),” says Carlos Alberto Silva, executive director at Sonae IM. “Its modular and open, virtualized cloud architecture positions Cellwize as a primary vendor for mobile network operators in a world
RSK Group Ltd, an integrated environmental, engineering and technical services consultancy, has acquired two businesses – Biocensus, an ecological consultancy and Consents Solutions Ltd, a wayleave business.
The acquisitions are the first of this financial year. In the 2018/2019 financial year, RSK acquired 12 businesses and expanded its workforce from about 2000 staff to more than 3000.
Biocensus is a leading ecological consultancy with a network of more than 700 highly skilled and experienced UK-based ecologists. The company has offices in Bath and Stroud, UK, and works on a wide range of projects with a focus on large infrastructure developments.
Sensio AS, a Norwegian software provider for the care tech and smart home markets and a portfolio company of Longship Fund I, has made a new add-on acquisition with a deal to acquire Vesfold Audio.
Vestfold Audio is a Norwegian provider of alerting systems for people with hearing impairment and cognitive challenges, and of high-quality sound systems for classrooms.
Combined, the two companies become a forceful player within the Norwegian care tech market, with a broad portfolio of solutions and products. Through the merger, the company will be the leading supplier of welfare technology to Norwegian municipalities and to users
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