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Section Partners, which provides creative financing solutions for stock and option holders of late-stage, venture-backed private companies, has closed a third fund with commitments totalling USD74 million.
Investors include a global fixed income investment manager, family offices, and individual investors, including a number of prominent venture capitalists and Silicon Valley tech executives.
Section Partners manages funds with committed capital in excess of USD120 million that have completed more than 70 transactions with stockholders of over 30 companies since inception in 2014. Exits to date have resulted from the IPOs of Box, DocuSign, Domo, Lending Club, MongoDB, Pivotal Software, Upwork and
Wynnchurch Capital (Wynnchurch) has acquired Boss Industries (Boss), a specialist in power take-off (PTO) and engine driven rotary screw air technology, offering a full line of vehicle-integrated compressors as well as vapour recovery systems.
Backed by 30 years of experience, Boss provides unmatched quality, design, dependability, and product support while being dedicated to customer satisfaction.
“We are committed to driving value for all of our customers and are thrilled to partner with Wynnchurch as we continue that mission,” says Todd Hudson, President of Boss. “Wynnchurch understands the demanding needs of our customers and has the resources and expertise to
Apex Group (Apex) has completed the acquisition of private equity administrator Ipes, adding USD165 billion in assets under administration to the Group’s portfolio.
The addition of the Ipes business further strengthens Apex’s breadth of service and expertise in the private equity space while also solidifying its position as one of the largest private equity fund administrators in the world.
The close of the Ipes acquisition follows a succession of announcements from Apex, including last week’s confirmation of the close of MMWarburg & CO Asset Management and servicing business in Luxembourg (Warburg) and the recent announcement of Apex’s custody offering
Compass Electronics Group (CEG) has acquired Texas-based electronics manufacturing services (EMS) and third-party logistics solutions provider Protech Global Solutions (Protech).
“Protech has an excellent reputation as a producer of high-quality electronic components with absolutely reliable logistics operations,” says Jeff Roberts, President and Chief Operations Officer of CEG. “We’re thrilled to bring the Protech team’s electronics expertise to our platform. It solidifies our position as a one-stop shop for customers’ design, development, and fulfilment needs while also enhancing our already formidable assembly capabilities.”
Established in 2001, Protech provides a wide range of electronics manufacturing, cable/wire harness assembly, box build and
Dechert LLP has advised Ares Management Limited (Ares) on the refinancing of Daisy Group (Daisy) to support the founder of the business, Matthew Riley in an MBO from existing minority investor Toscafund.
The refinancing of Daisy is one of the largest European private credit transactions completed.
Daisy was founded in 2001 by executive chairman Matthew Riley and has since grown to be the leading independent provider of IT, communications and cloud services to UK businesses. Headquartered in Nelson, Lancashire it has circa 360,000 indirect and direct customers, circa 2,100 partners, circa 4,000 employees, and 30-plus locations nationwide.
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Italian corporate and financial law firm Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners has advised Ardian portfolio and Italian outsourcing company F2A FIS-Antex, on the acquisition of Archimede HR.
Based in Perugia, Archimede HR is a leading workforce management software developer for several industries, including healthcare, transports and retail. The acquisition allows F2A to expand its range of services with highly synergistic specialist competences.
It also strengthens F2A’s strategic position in Central Italy with a new office in Perugia, where all Archimede HR employees and a dedicated software R&D centre will be based. Archimede HR founder Aldo Pascucci will join F2A
Private equity firm Hidden Harbor Capital Partners (Hidden Harbor) has closed its debut buyout fund at over USD265 million, above its target, with contributions from a balanced mix of endowments, foundations, pensions, family offices and funds of funds.
“We are humbled by all of the support from our limited partners, and look forward to building great companies rooted in our core values of integrity, team, high-performance, passion and a commitment to constant improvement,” says John Caple, Managing Partner.
Hidden Harbor was formed in 2016 by industry veterans John Caple, David Block and Christopher Paldino, and places a distinct emphasis
Convelio, a specialist in the shipping of art, antiques and designer objects, has raised EUR1.85 million in funding just nine months after its creation.
Edouard Gouin and Clément Ouizille, the company’s founders, say: “This exceptional investment by Global Founders Capital (GFC), as well as several other business angels, gives Convelio an additional boost, enabling us to accelerate our development. Evolution of the platform, integration of new services, new perspectives are opening up to us and will allow us to maintain our strengths: immediacy, optimisation and performance. We are all the more proud to raise this kind of funding only nine
Activa Capital has acquired a majority stake in Explore, a specialist in the development of B2B business intelligence solutions, to support the company in its development projects.
With this primary transaction, Activa Capital becomes a shareholder of the company alongside its founding directors, Laurent Nicouleau and Philippe Raison.
The strategy of Explore and its subsidiaries is to broaden its unique data platform on its historical markets (real estate, construction, B2B services) and to win new markets through innovative distribution methods and value propositions: business intelligence, integration in management solutions (CRM, ERP), on-demand usage via the cloud, data production and
ARQIS has advised Sekisui Plastics Europe on the acquisition of a 75 perc ent share of Proseat and seven other Proseat companies, from Belgian Recticel NV/SA.
Proseat was established in 1999 as a joint venture between Recticel and Canadian partner Woodbridge Foam Corporation to serve Tier 1 and OEM car manufacturers with moulded seat pads and head and armrests in polyurethane. Proseat Group is composed of eight companies in six European countries (Germany, Czech Republic, France, Poland, Spain, and United Kingdom,) and is building on leading position as Europe’s largest independent automotive parts manufacturer (seat-use cushion material, trim parts such
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