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ENDEL, a subsidiary of the ENGIE group, has opened exclusive negotiations for the acquisition of the Pierre Guérin Group.
Capzanine, a European asset management firm specialised in private equity investment, has been a minority shareholder in Pierre Guerrin since early 2017. Based in Niort, the company is a specialist supplier of stainless steel equipment and process lines (engineering, procurement and construction) for the food & beverage and life sciences industries (pharmaceuticals and biotechnology). In recent years, the Group has grown strongly in Asia (mainly China and Korea). Seventy years of experience have refined its high-quality know-how and spread its brand
Edison Partners, a growth equity investment firm, has made a USD8 million growth investment in Suuchi, a supply chain platform provider for fashion brands and retailers.
The company will use the funds to accelerate go-to-market execution and product innovation, as well as continue to expand its network of designers, materials suppliers and factories throughout the United States.
In the USD2 trillion global apparel manufacturing market, the need to shrink the time from concept to consumer is prompting more fashion brands and retailers to seek supply-chain modernisation. Suuchi delivers a next-generation approach to apparel supply chains that streamlines the connection of design
Oak, a new private client, corporate services and fund administration group, has acquired International Administration Group (IAG).
Founded in 2000 by Mark Woodall and Alison Simpson, IAG is a specialist fund administration business headquartered in Guernsey with a team of 43 people. IAG delivers bespoke fund administration and depositary services to private equity, open-ended, listed and alternative asset fund structures and will become the centre of fund expertise within the Oak business.
Oak, which is headquartered in Guernsey, launched in March this year. The business is the consolidation of Oak Trust Group, Consortia Partnership and Kreston IOM which between them
Synthesia, a UK-based startup developing video synthesis technology, has raised USD3.1 million to continue its mission to help brands and content creators scale their video production using AI.
This financing round was led by LDV Capital, early investor Mark Cuban, and joined by new investors MMC Ventures, Seedcamp, Martin Varsavsky’s VAS Ventures, TransferWise co-founder Taavet Hinrikus, Tiny VC, and advertising executive Nigel Morris.
Their cloud-based platform ENACT enables customers to automatically generate personalised and interactive video content for their audiences at an exponentially faster rate and a fraction of the costs.
“Consumers and employees today expect video-based communication
A new Seyfarth Shaw survey suggests that 2019 will continue to be a seller-friendly environment for middle-market M&A deal activity, with more deal participants using representation and warranty insurance policies.
“We are cautiously optimistic that 2019 will be another good year for middle-market M&A activity,” says Andrew Lucano (pictured), Partner at Seyfarth Shaw LLP, when discussing with Private Equity Wire the findings of the sixth edition of its Middle-Market M&A SurveyBook.
“We have closed a number of deals already in 2019 and right now, we are very busy on a number of pending deals and there are still
Fast growing Shearwater Aero Capital, a global corporate aviation finance specialist, is looking to raise up to USD100 million to support its growth, following its strongest performance ever in 2018.
Since Shearwater’s launch in late 2014, the Company has been providing finance solutions for all types of aircraft. Family offices have provided the vast majority of funding for Shearwater’s deals and have received an average Return on Investment (ROI) of between 13 per cent and 15 per cent, with no losses. Funding is relatively low risk with an average loan to value of 65 per cent. As added investment security, all financed aircraft
ClearCourse Partnership, a group of technology companies providing membership software/services and digital capabilities to the membership, events & bookings and sports & leisure sectors, has acquired NetXtra, a provider of intuitive integrated digital services to the membership, charity, not-for-profit and e-commerce sectors.
The deal represents Aquiline-backed ClearCourse’s sixth acquisition and expands the range of digital services that it can provide to membership organisations.
Headquartered in Bury St Edmunds, NetXtra was Co-Founded in 1995 by Simon Hardingham. The Bury St Edmunds based, 25 strong NetXtra team develop and support digital infrastructure services that connect Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems with
Bowmark Capital, a mid-market private equity firm, has agreed to sell CARE Fertility (CARE), a UK fertility clinic group for IVF treatment, to Silverfleet Capital.
Established in 1997, CARE operates nine full-service fertility clinics supported by a network of 13 satellite facilities, providing extensive coverage across the UK and Republic of Ireland. Since its formation, CARE has aided the conception of over 30,000 babies, and its success rates are amongst the highest in the UK. With an extensive R&D capability, CARE has become one of the world’s leading providers of fertility treatment, genetic diagnosis and screening techniques, and associated fertility
Oriient, a specialist in high-performance indoor GPS, announced has closed USD4 million in seed funding from F2 Capital and innogy Innovation Hub, the accelerator and venture capital arm ofGerman energy company innogy SE.
The company is already working with some of the world’s largest retailers, as it scales to unlock the power of indoor navigation by delivering an experience similar to online search, to in-store shoppers.
Oriient provides enterprise level businesses including retailers, airports, malls and wholesalers, with the ability to allow their customers to navigate large areas and locate items with pin-point accuracy. The service is the first solution
Clairvest Group has held a first and final closing for Clairvest Equity Partners VI (CEP VI) at its hard cap of USD850 million.
Marketing of CEP VI commenced in January 2019 with a fund target size of USD800 million. Clairvest’s commitment to the fund is USD230 million alongside USD620 million from third party investors. As with Clairvest’s previous funds, Clairvest will be the single largest investor in CEP VI.
“We are delighted to have a renewed commitment by many of our existing fund investors as well as to welcome several new investors to CEP VI. We are pleased that the
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