Managers
Yukon Partners (Yukon), a provider of mezzanine capital for middle market private equity transactions, has made a mezzanine investment in Corsearch, a portfolio company of Audax Private Equity (Audax).
Corsearch provides brand establishment and protection services to corporate brand owners and law firms in over 60 countries. The Company’s major service lines include trademark screening, trademark searching, trademark watching, online brand protection, and domain name services. Corsearch’s full suite of services empowers clients to easily monitor and protect trademarks and brands in an increasingly complex business environment.
Yukon’s mezzanine capital investment will support Corsearch’s acquisition strategy to acquire complementary businesses
Kurly, a provider of online premium grocery service Market Kurly, has completed a KRW100 billion Series D fundraising round led by existing investors and new participant Global Venture Partners.
Market Kurly, launched in May 2015, has disrupted the online grocery industry through logistics innovation. Its ‘Morning Star Delivery’ service is the fastest and freshest delivery system available to Korean consumers. All orders placed by 11 am are delivered by 7 am the next morning, including fresh produce harvested that same day.
Market Kurly aims to solidify its No1 position in the daybreak grocery delivery market. The Series D investment will
Highview Capital (Highview), a Los Angeles-based middle-market private equity firm, has acquired Frontier Fire Protection (Frontier Fire), a provider of fire and life safety solutions in the US Mountain West and Southwest regions.
Frontier Fire’s management team, including Chief Executive Officer Greg Londo, will continue to lead Frontier Fire and remain shareholders of the Company.
Founded in 1960, Frontier Fire provides full-service fire sprinkler and fire alarm solutions, including installation, retrofitting, inspection and detection. The Company serves an established network of general contractor customers across four states and a diverse range of end-markets, including multi-family residential, healthcare, mixed use, industrial,
Edison Partners, a growth equity investment firm, has exited Kemp Technologies, a provider of load balancer and application delivery controller (ADC) solutions and services, to Mill Point Capital. The exit generated a meaningful return and IRR for Edison Partners.
Headquartered in New York, Kemp is a leader in powering always-on application experience (“AX”) for enterprises and service providers via its next-generation load balancer and ADC technology solutions. Since Edison Partners’ initial investment of $9 million in January 2012, Kemp has seen 6X revenue growth. The company has more than 25,000 customers spanning all vertical markets and 60,000 application deployments across
Arlington Capital Partners (Arlington Capital), a Washington, DC-based private equity firm, has acquired a majority stake in Octo Consulting Group, a supplier of solutions for the US Government across healthcare, national security, civilian and defence agencies.
Octo’s specialised solutions for Agile software development, UI/UX, cloud, infrastructure, blockchain, and other emerging technologies support a wide variety of missions and empower agencies to modernie their ageing infrastructures.
Michael Lustbader, a Managing Partner at Arlington Capital, says: “We have known Mehul and Bob for many years and have watched their success as they have grown and established Octo as the company it is
Funds advised by Permira Debt Managers (PDM) are to support private investment house Ardian in its acquisition of a majority stake in Revima, an international maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) specialist in the aviation sector.
The transaction, co-arranged with incumbent lender Tikehau Capital, continues PDM’s focus on supporting niche market leaders with strong, long-term growth in resilient markets.
Founded in 1952 and headquartered in France, Revima group is a leading independent player in the civil and freight aviation MRO market, specialising in auxiliary power units and landing gears. Revima supports aircraft operators, lessors and repair stations worldwide, positioning it
Nauta Capital, a pan-European VC investing in capital-efficient B2B software companies and lean consumer plays, has closed a new EUR55M fund dedicated to backing its existing later-stage portfolio companies.
The VC firm, with offices in London, Barcelona and Munich, invests in early-stage technology companies from late Seed and Series A and will use the new later-stage fund - dubbed ‘Sidecar Fund’ - to inject follow-on capital primarily from Series C in its portfolio as they mature for later-stage funding.
Backed by current investors from continental Europe, UK and the Americas, including the British Patient Capital, the European Investment Fund,
The last two years have been a boon for global private equity managers. In 2017, total net new assets reached USD552 billion according to Preqin, and although slightly down in 2018, the asset class still attracted USD426 billion.
With close to USD1 trillion in net inflows, it seems investors can’t allocate to private equity fast enough, snapping up co-investment and secondary opportunities to supplement their primary allocations as they seek to maintain healthy long-term returns in what remains a low-rate, low-return environment.
Large managers have dominated the fund raising environment, with Carlyle Group closing the largest fund, Carlyle Partners VII,
UK SME finance provider Maven has completed a GBP450,000 debt funding package to Reed Thermoformed Packaging Ltd (trading as “iPac”) via the North East Development Capital Fund, supported by the European Regional Development Fund.
The funding will enable the company to continue to invest in its state-of-the-art facility to deliver on its ambitious expansion plans.
iPac is a manufacturer of thermoformed packaging supplying bespoke and standard packaging for the food and non-food packaging sectors. The business offers innovative solutions to packaging challenges, combining ingenuity with extensive process, tooling and design expertise to deliver aesthetically and functionally superior packaging to
An affiliate of private equity firm HIG Capital (HIG) has completed the acquisition of Craig Holdings, Inc (Jenny Craig), a specialist in the weight loss industry in North America, Australia and New Zealand.
Founded in 1983 and headquartered in Carlsbad, California, Jenny Craig offers personalised science-based meal plans, chef-crafted premium foods, and a dedicated consultant for each client to provide ongoing support and accountability. The Company’s Innovative Rapid Results Program uses Nobel Prize winning science involving the human body’s circadian rhythm to deliver weight loss and significant health benefits.
“HIG will enable Jenny Craig to continue successfully delivering our time-tested
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