Managers
Mid-market private equity firm Nautic Partners (Nautic) has completed the final closing of Nautic Partners IX (Nautic IX) at the fund’s hard cap of USD1.5 billion in limited partner commitments. The fund was oversubscribed due to strong support from both existing and new institutional investors.
“We are pleased by the level of support and confidence from our limited partners,” says Allan Petersen, Managing Director of Investor Relations at Nautic. “We believe the success of this fundraise is a strong endorsement of our history of delivering long-term results, as well as the strength of our team, our specialised sector expertise, and
Independent fund and corporate services provider, the Aztec Group, has been selected by Altor to provide administration and depositary services to Altor Fund V, a fund domiciled in Sweden and whose Manager is regulated as an AIFM by the Swedish Financial Services Authority.
Focused on investing in and developing mid-market companies in Europe, with a particular focus on the Nordic and German-speaking DACH regions, Fund V was substantially oversubscribed, reaching its hard cap target of EUR2.5 billion in a single closing.
Fund V will have a 15-year investment term. Investments will generally be made in private companies with revenues
Novalpina Capital has held the final closing of its first fund, Novalpina Capital Partners I SCSp, with total commitments in excess of its target of EUR1 billion.
Novalpina Capital is an independent European private equity firm that invests in middle market companies. The firm was founded by Stephen Peel, Stefan Kowski and Bastian Lueken in 2017. The founding partners bring more than 50 years of combined experience in private equity investing, having held senior positions in the European operations of firms including TPG, Centerbridge and Platinum Equity, and worked together for nearly a decade at TPG.
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Spanish lower mid-market firm GED Capital has reached a EUR100 million first close for its new private equity vehicle GED VI España. The fund, which was registered with the National Securities Commission (CNMV) earlier this month, has a target size of EUR175 million.
All of the LPs in GED’s latest fund invested in the predecessor vehicle, including insurance companies, mutual funds and family offices. GED VI España follows the same strategy than its predecessor, deploying equity tickets of between EUR15 million and EUR20 million in companies with EUR3 million to EUR7 million Ebitdas.
The fund expects to make between
China Synergy Fund, co-managed by CICC Capital and TPG, has entered into an exclusivity agreement with Impala to acquire Electropoli, a leading provider of surface treatment services in Europe, notably for the automotive industry.
Former French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin, President of Silk Road Fund Wang Yanzhi, and CICC UK CEO Xia Xinhan attended the signing ceremony and gave speeches.
China Synergy Fund has co-led this investment with Trail Capital, a Paris-based European private equity firm.
Headquartered in France, Electropoli has successfully developed into a pan-European company, benefitting from a strong technology and industrial process know-how. The company
UK private equity house Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has led the management buyout (MBO) of CMS Window Systems (CMS), an end-to-end provider of window and door solutions.
The transaction includes the largest equity cheque written by Maven as well as debt funding from Clydesdale Bank led by its Corporate and Structured Finance team, and additional equity from the Scottish Investment Bank. Exiting investors include mid-market private equity firm, LDC.
CMS specialises in designing, manufacturing and installing energy-efficient and environmentally-friendly products, including PVCu and aluminium, windows, doors and curtain walling systems. Established in 2006, CMS operates from its 15-acre,
Entertainment Partners (EP), an end-to-end provider of production workforce management and automated production software and services to the entertainment industry, is to be acquired by TPG Capital, the private equity platform of global alternative asset firm TPG.
EP’s management team, led by Mark Goldstein, President and CEO, will continue in their roles.
Goldstein says: “We’re thrilled to have found a partner that is excited about our strategic vision as we support the evolution of the entertainment industry. Through decades of hard work and dedication by our talented team, and through a rewarding collaboration with the experts – our clients –
JTC, a provider of fund, corporate and private wealth services to institutional and private clients, has acquired Exequtive Partners, a Luxembourg-based specialist provider of corporate and related fiduciary services.
Exequtive Partners’ 28 employees, including the five principals, will all join the existing Institutional Client Services team at JTC, which this year marks its tenth anniversary of being in Luxembourg, with immediate effect. As well as expanding JTC’s jurisdictional presence, the acquisition also builds on its corporate services capabilities, complements its funds offering and creates greater opportunities for future growth.
JTC is fully committed to Luxembourg, and the industry, and
Turenne Santé has held the first closing of its FPCI (Professional Private Equity Fund) Capital Santé 2, with commitments of EUR 100 million.
Building on the solid track record of Capital Santé 1 and its dedicated team of healthcare experts, the objective of Capital Santé 2 is to invest throughout the healthcare value chain to support the growth and buyout transactions of SMEs and mid-market companies in the sector: healthcare delivery operators, suppliers to the healthcare ecosystem and operators in the Quality of Life and Wellbeing segments.
The healthcare industry and related services are a value-creation sector composed of
Frontier Capital (Frontier), a growth equity firm focused exclusively on software and tech-enabled business services companies, has made a significant equity investment in Clearwave Corporation (Clearwave), a provider of digital check-in, insurance eligibility, and patient payments solutions to health systems and physician practices.
Clearwave’s solutions are utilised by an array of healthcare organisations, including hospitals, health systems, over 30 specialities, urgent care, family, and multi-speciality providers to improve operational efficiency. Clearwave accelerates and increases point-of-service collections, offers real-time insurance eligibility verification, reduces patient check-in times, and significantly lessens data errors thereby reducing claims rejections. By replacing the paper-based processes that
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