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SFW Capital Partners, a specialised private equity firm that invests in mid-sized companies providing analytical tools and related services, has sold Spectro Scientific (Spectro) to AMETEK for approximately USD190 million.
Spectro, headquartered in Chelmsford, MA, provides predictive analytics for maintenance of critical assets, comprised of sophisticated instrumentation, consumables, proprietary algorithms and cloud-based software analytics, to a range of industrial and military customers. Spectro’s customers use its solutions to increase asset availability, reduce operating expenses and increase productivity.
SFW acquired Spectro Scientific since it was attracted to Spectro’s strong value proposition, deep application expertise and significant untapped potential for growth
Private equity firm Sentinel Capital Partners (Sentinel) has acquired Apex Companies, a water resources, environmental services, and industrial hygiene firm.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Apex offers comprehensive services to assess, prevent, and cure environmental issues related to water, ground, facilities, and air quality. Apex serves a large and diverse client base spanning both the public and private sectors and a broad range of end markets, including energy, industrial, manufacturing, real estate, retail, and telecom. Apex’s client-centric operating model, nationwide presence, and industry reputation as a leader in environmental compliance and risk management are the foundation
By Gareth Davies, Augentius – For the private equity industry, transparency has become the watchword: everyone wants more granular data, more often. For a number of years demands from investors have called for a deeper understanding of valuations and the reasoning behind them. It is an age-old challenge for LP-GP relationships, but one that is expected to change significantly over the next few months.
Last year investor demands began to be addressed with the formation of the Institutional Disclosure Working Group (IDWG) which was set up to support a more unified approach to reporting. The outcome was five proposed templates to
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CPDQ) is taking an equity interest totalling CAD200 million in Plusgrade, a provider of revenue solutions to the global travel industry. The transaction values Plusgrade at over CAD600 million.
With this backing, the company will continue to execute its expansion plan, which includes penetrating new international markets and expanding its suite of products. Since its founding in Montréal in 2009, Plusgrade has become one of the fastest growing technology companies, and was ranked in Deloitte’s Canadian Technology Fast 50 list in 2016 and 2017. Recently, it also received the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Leadership
21 Partners, a European investment group founded by Alessandro Benetton and Gérard Pluvinet, is rebranding as 21 Invest.
The company says its new name and logo more directly reflect the core activity of the Group, which in almost 30 years of activity has expanded from Italy to other geographies and is further progressing towards pan-European growth.
The new logo represents the vision of the group which is constantly aiming towards the future and continuous evolution.
“I chose the number 21 to identify the company that I founded in 1992 at the age of 28 – Alessandro Benetton, founder
Mercatus, an asset and investment management platform, has partnered with professional services firm, Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) to help customers accelerate digital and data strategies through Mercatus’ Investment Lifecycle Management product.
The new wave of digitalised investors that is emerging has data as a strategic core competence. The companies say that combining Mercatus’ software with A&M services will help accelerate the growth and data-driven intelligence of alternative investment funds globally.
“It’s an exciting time for investors in alternative assets,” says Tim Buchner, COO at Mercatus. “The sheer growth of the space – expected to reach USD80 trillion by 2030 – will
Private equity firm Corsair Capital (Corsair) has made a majority investment in ZEDRA Group (ZEDRA), a specialist in trust, corporate and fund services.
Corsair has a long and successful track record of growing financial services firms across a diverse range of sectors, and its partnership with ZEDRA will support the firm’s continued growth and global expansion.
ZEDRA’s network covers 13 jurisdictions across 15 offices in Asia, Oceania, the Americas and Europe. Its team of nearly 500 industry experts creates and delivers bespoke trust, corporate and fund services solutions to clients, including high-net-worth individuals and their families, international corporations, institutional
MPOWER Financing, a fintech company providing educational loans to high-potential international and DACA students, has completed its largest funding round to-date with USD110 million in new financing for students enrolling in major US universities.
This latest round, led by Gray Matters Capital and Community Investment Management (CIM), will be used to support new product growth and technology enhancements as well as to finance MPOWER Financing’s expanding student loan portfolio.
“We co-created a unique type of debt with Community Investment Management’s leadership team. This USD100 million is just the beginning of MPOWER’s Capital Markets roadmap,” says Mike Davis, MPOWER Financing
MicroVest, a global impact investing asset management firm with USD368 million AUM, has appointed Phyllis Caldwell and Greg Gaeddert as new board members, effective November 2018.
“We are thrilled to welcome Phyllis and Greg to our board at a very exciting time,” says MicroVest CEO Gil Crawford (pictured). “Phyllis’ experience in fixed income and Greg’s expertise in scaling private funds will help us reach more underserved communities and meet our ambitious growth goals.”
Caldwell has over 20 years of experience in the banking industry and comes with a background in community development finance. She brings important fixed income expertise
Main Post Partners, a San Francisco-based private equity firm with deep experience investing in growth companies across the consumer value chain, has held the final closing of its second fund, Main Post Growth Capital II, with USD700 million of capital commitments.
The Fund was oversubscribed and closed at its hard cap less than three months after its official launch. Main Post completed its inaugural fundraise in 2016 with USD400 million of limited partner capital commitments, well in excess of its initial target of USD250 million.
“This Fund is an important milestone for our firm and we are very appreciative to have substantial support from our
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