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Cairngorm Capital Partners’ Fund II has acquired Helix Tool Company Limited (Helix), an independent cutting tools specialist based in the North of England.
This transaction advances Cairngorm Capital’s strategy to create a new national full-service Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) distribution business providing precision engineering components, specialist ancillary services and in-depth technical expertise to industrial clients.
Founded by Charles and Louise Robinson in 1994, Helix is a leading independent cutting tools specialist offering both consultancy and supply to clients across the aerospace, automotive, medical, oil & gas and power generation sectors. It has built its reputation and long-standing
An affiliate of private equity firm HIG Capital (HIG) is to sell its stake in FNZ, a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) provider to the European wealth management industry, to Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec (CDPQ) and Generation Investment Management (Generation) (CDPQ-GIc) in a transaction valuing the Company at GBP1.65 billion.
Headquartered in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, FNZ is a market leading Platform-as-a-Service provider to the European wealth management industry. During HIG’s ownership, the Company has delivered exceptional growth and substantially grew its footprint and broadened its offering into continental Europe and Asia across all segments, from mass-market workplace pensions to mass-affluent
An affiliate of New Water Capital, a Boca Raton-based private equity firm focussed on lower-middle market companies, has made a growth capital investment in The Perfect Bite Co, a research, development and ideation firm for the frozen food industry.
Founded in 2006, Los Angeles-based The Perfect Bite Co develops innovative recipes and products for a number of prominent national grocery and club brands, as well as airlines and other hospitality companies. President and CEO Teri Valentine built the company based on the philosophy that food should be handmade from scratch using high-quality ingredients. Products created by The Perfect Bite Co
Having raised over GBP650,000 from HNWIs and received offers of GBP1.3 million grant funding from the Welsh Government, AERALIS, a UK start-up pioneering a modular jet aircraft system, has launched a GBP1 million fund raise via Syndicate Room, a B2B crowd funding website, as part of a Phase 2 EIS-Assured funding round.
AERALIS is courting global air forces dissatisfied with traditional pilot training systems, which typically employ a combination of dissimilar training aircraft and non-integrated ground-based training systems. The company is planning to cover all basic and advanced flying training needs with a common aircraft and training system which will reduce
Technikraft, a chemicals business which supplies own-label products to industry, has secured a significant investment from PHD Equity Partners to help to drive its growth.
Technikraft produces over 800 different formulations including cleaners, fuel additives, anti-corrosion and lubrication products. The company, which is based in Humber, serves clients in the UK and overseas including multinational oil companies, automotive manufacturers, engineering firms and wholesalers. The business provides a complete service, from developing and packaging the product to providing health and safety advice.
Established in 1987 by two industrial chemists, Graham Walker and Malcolm Gibson, Technikraft now employs 57 staff at its
O’Melveny has represented leading global IT services provider ConvergeOne Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: CVON) in its acquisition of Advantel Networks, a solutions integrator that delivers security, data centres, storage and virtualisation, unified communications, contact centres, cloud and integrated and managed services, to businesses worldwide.
ConvergeOne serves as a trusted advisor to more than 10,000 customers, including 62 per cent of the Fortune 100 and 48 per cent of the Fortune 500 customers across the healthcare, finance, manufacturing, education, and energy industries.
As a result of the acquisition, Advantel is now Advantel, a ConvergeOne Company. As part of the transaction, O’Melveny
Mid Europa Partners (Mid Europa) is to sell its holding company which owns 99.8 per cent of Polskie Koleje Linowe (PKL) to the Polish Development Fund (PFR).
The transaction, which represents the largest private equity exit in the mountain leisure & tourism sector in Poland, is subject to inter alia customary competition authority clearance and is expected to close later this year.
PKL is the largest and the longest established cable car, funicular, ski lift and ski slope service provider in Poland, with presence in seven locations in the Polish mountains, including the flagship operations at the iconic Kasprowy
The private equity division of Imara Holdings Limited has, over the last twelve months, sourced, structured and invested circa USD4.5 million, on behalf of a European Family Office client, into Zambezi Berry Company (ZBC).
This investment is in-line with Imara’s strategy to invest in high quality management teams, in scalable projects that can deliver high returns on capital. The transaction was originated through Imara’s on the ground footprint (six offices in Africa).
ZBC is located near Chisamba, 20km North of Lusaka, Zambia. ZBC is a joint venture between Zambezi Ranching Cropping, one of the largest agri-businesses in Zambia,
Foresight Group (Foresight) has made a GBP2.5 million growth capital investment in Accrosoft Limited on behalf of VCT funds it manages.
Based in Loughborough, Accrosoft is a software-as-a-service company with two products currently in the market, Vacancy Filler, an Applicant Tracking System which automates the recruitment process for organisations, and Weduc, an engagement tool to enable parent-teacher communication.
Accrosoft was founded in 2008 by Alex Khakbiz and Mitesh Chauhan, experienced SaaS entrepreneurs. Vacancy Filler, launched in 2013, automates much of the recruitment management process for businesses. The product now boasts over 200 customers across a range of sectors, including
HeleCloud, an IT consultancy and managed services provider specialising in highly sophisticated Cloud strategy, implementation, migration and operation services, has secured a GBP2 million minority investment from BGF to further accelerate its growth strategy.
The funding will support the company’s services portfolio expansion, the establishment of its presence into further European territories, and the development of new Cloud capabilities. HeleCloud was founded in 2016 and has grown rapidly and currently has more than 50 employees. It has an exceptional reputation and has already worked on projects with global corporations and household names, and references market disruptors such as Viber, the
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