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ARQIS has advised Sankyo Tateyama. on the acquisition of the aluminium foundry (casting) business of Aluwerk Hettstedt (AWH), a manufacturer of cast and extruded aluminium products, and of the entire business of RMG Metallfachhandel (RMG), a distributor of semi-finished metal products.
The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price.
AWH is a manufacturer of cast aluminium billets and extruded profiles and specialises in the casting of medium and hard alloys. RMG acts as AWH’s exclusive distributor and is an integral part of the overall transaction.
With the acquisition of AWH and RMG, Sankyo Tateyama enables its
There was a sharp increase recorded in private debt fund activity in France in 2018 confirming the growing importance of private debt in financing methods, by offering companies and equity investors an alternative and complementary financing solution to bank debt.
That’s according to a new report by France Invest (Association of Investors for Growth) and Deloitte based on a survey of members of the France Invest Private Debt Commission and international firms which have a team specialising in private debt or a representative office in France. A total of 84 per cent of the 37 firms surveyed responded.
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Burford Capital Limited (Burford), a global finance and investment management firm focused on law, has closed the Burford Alternative Income Fund LP (BAIF), a new private fund focused on post-settlement investments.
BAIF will invest in settled litigation matters, monetising a claimant’s settlement and other associated legal receivables. The solution serves to meet the needs of law firms awaiting payment of their fees and clients eager to release cash from the settlement, who find it attractive to secure financing against those expected receipts.
A variety of institutional investors made commitments to BAIF in the aggregate amount of USD297.25 million. BAIF’s investment
SVK Crypto is leading a USD2 million series A funding round for innovative, end-to-end business management SaaS company, MakerOS.
With participation from EOS Global, MakerOS intends to use the funds to expand the company and integrate the EOSIO blockchain technology in their software platform.
MakerOS was co-founded by Mike Moceri and Joe Tavares in 2015. It is a cutting-edge, end-to-end enterprise management SaaS platform for product developers – used by providers of manufacturing services, designers, engineers, and light fabricators. It streamlines business processes and the production of digital and physical products, with the overall aim to increase profitability, efficiency, and security of the
Orion Food Systems (Orion) and Land Mark Products (Land Mark) have signed a definitive merger agreement to create a leading and fully comprehensive foodservice company to serve convenience store operators.
Financial terms of the transaction, which is backed by an affiliate of One Rock Capital Partners, (One Rock), were not disclosed.
Founded in 1983, Orion is a manufacturer and distributor of food products as well as a provider of foodservice solutions to the convenience and specialty retail channels worldwide. The company supplies locations in the United States and abroad with a complete portfolio of foodservice solutions from ingredients to
Nautic Partners (Nautic) has completed the acquisition of LindFast Solutions Group (LindFast), in partnership with LindFast management.
Headquartered in Blaine, MN, LindFast is a master distributor of specialty fasteners in the North American market serving a broad base of national, regional, and local distribution customers through its metric (Lindstrom) and imperial (Stelfast) product brands. As a master distributor, LindFast provides an important link in the fastener supply chain by offering a deep inventory as a “virtual warehouse” of approximately 130,000 low volume, slow moving SKUs that distribution customers need quickly but are non-economical to inventory and source themselves. These SKUs
Private equity firm M/C Partners (M/C) has held the final closing of its most recent fund. M/C Partners VIII (Fund VIII) at its hard cap of USD350 million.
M/C’s specialised investment strategy remains focused on investing in targeted high growth infrastructure and services segments of the USD1 trillion Telecommunications and Information Technology industries.
Led by Managing Partners Jim Wade, Gillis Cashman and Brian Clark, the team’s experience spans multiple economic cycles where they employ a flexible model investing in businesses in all stages from early formation, growth capital, consolidations, mature carve-outs and distressed acquisitions. M/C proactively seeks out well-positioned entrepreneurial
Kettle Cuisine, an artisan producer of refrigerated and frozen all-natural soups, has acquired Harry’s Fresh Foods, a privately held custom food manufacturing company based in Portland, Oregon.
The transaction strengthens Kettle Cuisine’s leadership in the fresh soup category as the only coast-to-coast fresh soup producer.
“Harry’s is a great business and a welcome addition to Kettle Cuisine,” says Liam McClennon, CEO of Kettle Cuisine. “Its strong reputation in the marketplace reflects its high caliber team members, customer relationships, and premium product portfolio, all of which fit seamlessly into Kettle’s growth strategy. Kettle remains committed to its culinary roots of artisan,
EQT is to bring in Nestlé through a minority stake in IVC Group (IVC) to support continued growth in the Company’s next development phase.
IVC also enters into a partnership agreement with Nestlé Purina PetCare EMENA. Through the partnership, IVC will be able to leverage the expertise of Nestlé Purina as a leading expert in pet health, pet nutrition and scientific innovation and gain access to Nestlé Purina’s unique product offering to support its leading-edge veterinary care.
For Nestlé Purina, this partnership will strengthen its collaboration with scientists, veterinarians and pet care professionals as key partners to help deliver advanced
Bitglass, a cloud security specialist delivering data and threat protection to enterprises worldwide, has secured USD70 million in Series D funding from new investor Quadrille Capital and existing investors Future Fund, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Norwest and Singtel Innov8.
This infusion of capital will enable Bitglass to continue its growth and leadership of the Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) market.
“As businesses move to the cloud, legacy security products are obsolete,” says Edward Colby, partner, Quadrille Capital. “Bitglass has built a cloud-first security platform poised to dominate the market.”
Bitglass was founded in 2013 and continues rapid global
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