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Rozetka, the leading online e-commerce retailer in Ukraine and a portfolio company of private equity firm Horizon Capital’s EEGF II fund, and EVO, an internet company behind the country’s largest online marketplace Prom.ua, have completed a merger.
The combined Rozetka-EVO platform has two billion site visits and facilitates 30 million e-commerce transactions per year over four geographies. Rozetka and Prom consistently rank among the top 10 most-visited websites in Ukraine, reaching over 40 per cent of Ukraine’s internet audience. Ukraine’s e-commerce segment, growing at 26 per cent compound annual growth rate in dollar terms for the past 3 years, is
Waterland Private Equity has expanded its portfolio company ATOS to include a second location in Cologne – MediaPark Klinik, a hospital specialising in orthopaedics, with a focus on fields such as trauma surgery, sports medicine, osteopathy and chiropractic.
The acquisition will allow the ATOS group of specialised hospitals to enhance its sports medicine expertise. In combination with its ORTHOPARC Clinic, the addition of MediaPark Klinik also makes ATOS the largest regional provider of specialised orthopaedic surgery.
“MediaPark Klinik is one of the leading specialised orthopaedic hospitals in Germany and is a perfect addition to ATOS. The acquisition allows us
An OMERS Infrastructure majority-led consortium, including Allianz Capital Partners (ACP) and AXA IM – Real Assets, acting on behalf of its clients, is to acquire a 49.99 per cent stake in SFR FttH, a company to be formed by Altice France which will hold and further develop Altice France’s existing fibre to the home business (FttH) in France.
The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and is expected to close in Q1 2019.
SFR FttH is a newly incorporated company comprising the five million FttH homes in medium and low density areas awarded to Altice France to date. With
Swander Pace Capital, a private equity firm focussed on consumer companies, has acquired Nutritional Medicinals (Functional Formularies) and its products Liquid Hope and Nourish.
Founded in 2006 by professional chef and nutrition expert Robin Gentry McGee, Functional Formularies is the leading provider of organic, whole food, shelf-stable feeding tube formulas. Gentry McGee created the Company after searching unsuccessfully for natural alternatives to traditional feeding tube formulas to help her father when he was faced with life-threatening health issues. The company offers unique, organic, and whole food alternatives to traditional feeding tube formulas. Liquid Hope and Nourish are nutritionally complete, plant-based,
VR Analytical is a leading provider of Extractables and Leachables (E&L) testing to the pharma, biopharma and e-cigarette industries.
VR Analytical has nearly 20 years’ experience serving pharma and biopharma clients globally, supporting them in testing their product and packaging safety prior to market launch.
The acquisition of VR Analytical extends Crawford’s the footprint beyond the UK (Hall Analytical Laboratories, Manchester) and into the US, the largest E&L market. It also expands Crawford’s pharma/biopharma and e-cigarette testing capabilities and deepens their knowledge, expertise and capacity. The combined group will continue to deliver the very best scientific insight, information and
Real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield is to acquire Quality Solutions Inc (QSI), an asset-light facilities management provider, from Gridiron Capital. The acquisition of QSI will expand Cushman & Wakefield’s facility management capabilities across North American markets.
Headquartered in Wichita, QSI offers facilities maintenance and managed services in over 75 trades to 110,000-plus locations across various end markets, through over 50,000 qualified vendors. The Company’s integrated, one-stop solution reduces a client’s total cost of ownership and enables clients to strategic plan effectively.
Gridiron Capital originally invested in QSI in 2012 and partnered with the Company to build a scalable operating
Oak Hill Capital Partners (Oak Hill) and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) have entered into a definitive recapitalisation agreement with Berlin Packaging.
As part of the arrangement, CPPIB will make a USD500 million investment in the company. The Berlin Packaging management team, including Chairman and CEO Andrew Berlin, will also make a significant investment. Additional financial terms were not disclosed. The transaction is expected to close by the end of 2018.
Berlin Packaging is a supplier of packaging products and services to companies in multiple industries, providing customers of all sizes with a one-stop shop for glass, plastic,
Addleshaw Goddard’s Leeds Corporate team has advised the management of Pirtek Europe on the exit of The Halifax Group’s majority stake in the company, and acquisition by PNC Riverarch Capital, also a US-based private equity firm.
Pirtek Europe is a leading on-site provider of hydraulic hose replacement and associated services across Europe. Pirtek Europe operates across more than 185 centres and 750 mobile units spanning the UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Netherlands and Sweden including centres in Yorkshire and the North East.
Leeds corporate partner Richard Hunt led the Addleshaw Goddard team alongside corporate associate Thomas Hopwood, with tax partner
TeleClinic has successfully completed its series A funding raising EUR7 million from Idinvest Partners. Having raised EUR2 million during its initial financing last November, TeleClinic is now preparing to scale up the business and provide millions more patients digital access to medical care, with new strategic partnerships and marketing activities planned for 2019.
Today, over 50 per cent of privately insured patients in Germany have free access to doctors with over 30 specialties thanks to TeleClinic. Furthermore, approximately nine million statutory insured patients benefit from TeleClinic as part of their standard care, with e-prescriptions already available to privately insured patients
USound, the developer of the world’s smallest loudspeakers which are protected by over 150 patents, has raised USD20 million in growth investment.
USound’s smart digital micro speakers are based on MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical Systems) technology that enables extreme miniaturisation, distinctive sound quality as well as highest levels of energy efficiency. USound micro speakers are currently deployed in a vast array of applications: Smartphones, earbuds, audio modules for augmented reality and virtual reality glasses, numerous consumer wearables, as well as 3D surround sound headphones perfect for an immersive gaming experience.
Together with strong global production partners like STMicroelectronics, Flex,
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