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Syncron, a provider of cloud-based after-sales service solutions, has secured a USD67 million minority investment from global growth equity firm Summit Partners.
The partnership with Summit Partners will support Syncron’s continued development of its category-leading enterprise SaaS solutions and further expansion of its global operations.
Servitisation – where organisations transition from selling one-off products to selling the output or value that products deliver – is leading manufacturers to evolve their after-sales service operations from reactive, break-fix models focused on repair execution, to a new paradigm focused on dynamic repair prevention and maximising product uptime.
Syncron offers a fully
LBO performance has fallen for three straight quarters from its 10-year high in 2017, according to eFront’s latest Quarterly Private Equity Performance report.
LBO funds have enjoyed almost a decade of increasing performance since the financial crisis, reaching an all-time high in the third quarter of 2017, with an all-time low risk in the preceding quarter. Following this peak, performance has drifted slightly lower through the first quarter of 2018, marking three consecutive quarters of declines, reaching 1.45x. However, performance remains well above the level seen during the financial crisis, when returns fell to below 1.1x, and active global LBO
Assets under management at the Edmond de Rothschild Group’s infrastructure debt platform have quadrupled to EUR1.6 billion since the BRIDGE I fund had its first EUR400 million closing in 2014.
The first closing of BRIDGE IV at the end of July 2018 has so far raised more than EUR250 million. Our fourth infrastructure debt fund has two sub-funds, a TEEC-labelled investment grade senior secured debt fund, BRIDGE IV Senior Energy Transition, and BRIDGE IV Higher Yield, a specialist high yield fund, which will seek to deliver higher returns in return for higher risk. Three investments have already been made by
Global investment bank GCA Altium has advised Deep Sea Electronics (DSE) on the sale of a majority stake to Caledonia Investments plc (Caledonia), for a consideration of GBP162 million.
Investment trust company Caledonia, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange, has acquired a majority stake in DSE, a manufacturer of controllers for diesel-powered electricity generators and intelligent battery chargers, as it looks to expand its global presence.
Founded in 1975, DSE operates globally, providing products to support public sector infrastructure projects and defence applications, as well as diverse applications across industry sectors, including oil and gas, telecoms, construction,
Private equity firm The Riverside Company has invested in Woon-Tech, a Boston, Massachusetts, manufacturer of specialty glass for shower enclosures and other residential and commercial applications. Woon-Tech is an add-on to Riverside’s Cardinal platform.
Riverside invested in Louisville, Kentucky-based Cardinal in early 2018. The company manufactures and provides glass products for residential, hospitality and light commercial use. The addition of Woon-Tech complements Cardinal’s product portfolio and will expand its geographic footprint.
“With quick lead times, expansive capabilities and consistent quality, Woon-Tech has quickly developed a strong reputation in the Northeast,” said Riverside Managing Partner Suzy Kriscunas. “We’re excited to
DWS Group and Tikehau Capital have agreed to enter into a strategic alliance, deepening their relationship following Tikehau’s participation in the initial public offering of DWS in March 2018. With the agreement, the two asset managers aim to identify and develop various business opportunities.
“This is an important alliance aligned fully to our ambition to expand our presence further in the Alternatives asset class, an area where we see sharply increasing interest from clients,” says Nicolas Moreau, CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board of DWS Group. “We look forward to working closely with Tikehau Capital to the benefit of
Inflexion Private Equity’s portfolio company Huws Gray, an independent builders’ merchants, has acquired Ridgeons, an independently owned timber and builders’ merchants trading from over 40 mixed branches in East Anglia.
This follows a minority investment by Inflexion Partnership Capital I in Huws Gray in April 2018.
The transformational acquisition will significantly increase Huws Gray’s store base and broaden its national presence, making it the UK’s largest independent builders’ merchants. Like Huws Gray, Ridgeons has a strong focus on the growing repair, improvement and maintenance segment, as well as a large and diversified customer base of over 16,000 clients. The
Quadrille Capital, an independent French private investment firm, based in Paris and San Francisco, has held a first closing above EUR200 million for its Technologies Fund IV, which is targeting EUR300 million.
Consistent with Quadrille’s original and successful strategy, this new fund invests between EUR8 million to EUR12 million across direct investments (2/3 of total), selected from portfolios of VC and private equity technology funds (1/3 of total).
Quadrille’s performance ranks in the top US and European VC quartiles (Preqin). These results leverage proprietary tools the team has used to deliver, for more than 12 years, many successful investments
TRI, a leading global provider of Risk-Based Monitoring (RBM) solutions for clinical trials, has completed a growth capital fundraise to accelerate development of its core technology platform, OPRA and expand its international presence.
Funding was raised through Octopus Investments, part of the Octopus Group headquartered in London.
Founded in 2014, TRI developed the first dedicated cloud-based software for RBM, enabling early risk detection, improved data quality, increased operational efficiency and compliance with regulatory requirements. The adoption of new regulatory guidance requiring risk to be considered from the start of a trial has driven demand for OPRA. TRI’s clients include
SK Capital Partners, a private investment firm focussed on the specialty materials, chemicals and pharmaceuticals sectors, has completed the acquisition of SI Group, a global developer and manufacturer of performance additives and intermediates.
The transaction includes the combination of SI Group with Addivant, an SK Capital portfolio company since 2013 and a leading global producer of specialty additives.
Headquartered in Schenectady, New York, the newly combined company will market itself under the SI Group brand and will be a global technology and industry leader in performance additives, process solutions, pharmaceuticals and chemical intermediates, with strong market positions in
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