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Astorg and is to acquire CordenPharma (CordenPharma), a global pharmaceutical CDMO (Contract Development & Manufacturing Organisation) with capabilities in active pharmaceutical ingredients, excipients, and drug products, from International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG).
As part of the transaction, the founders will take the opportunity to reinvest as partners with Astorg.
Established in 2006, CordenPharma today employs more than 2,600 people in 11 manufacturing facilities and one R&D laboratory located across Europe and the US.
Following a strategic review of its portfolio, ICIG had concluded, that CordenPharma in its next growth phase would be best developed further with a partner and that
Align Capital Partners (ACP) has sold Protegis Fire & Safety (Protegis) to Summit Fire & Security (SFS), a subsidiary of SFP Holding, Inc, which is owned by BlackRock Long Term Private Capital.
Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Protegis provides installation, inspection, service and repair for fire alarms, fire sprinkler systems, security systems, fire pumps, extinguishers and fire suppression systems.
This transaction marks ACP’s fifth exit over the past 12 months. Senior Operating Partner Dave Tiley, Partner Jack Parks and Associate Aaron Lewis worked alongside Dyke on the Protegis investment. Piper Sandler & Co acted as financial advisor to Protegis and Calfee
Advent International (Advent) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a significant stake in Imperial Dade, a distributor in North America of foodservice packaging and janitorial supplies, from Bain Capital Private Equity (Bain Capital).
Bain Capital, which first invested in Imperial Dade in 2019, and Advent will have joint Board governance.
Imperial Dade will continue under the leadership of Robert and Jason Tillis, Chairman and CEO respectively, who remain significant investors in the business alongside the current management team. Financial terms of the private transaction were not disclosed.
Audax Private Equity, which invested in Imperial Dade in 2016, also continues
IAC’s healthcare jobs marketplace Vivian Health has secured $60 million in a primary and secondary equity investment led by private equity firm Thoma Bravo, according to a report by Seeking Alpha.
IAC, which acquired Vivian in 2019, and Collaborative Fund also participated in the round.
Vivian will use the new funding to support its growth strategy and future merger plans.
The Oregon Investment Council (OIC) has approved the allocation of an additional $1.5 billion to six alternative investment funds, according to a report by AlternativesWatch.
Mayfair Equity Partners (Mayfair), a dedicated technology and consumer investor, has appointed two new Partners – Paul Reading, from Managing Director, and Tushar Pabari, Chief Financial Officer who will also retain this role.
Mayfair is also announcing five additional promotions and four new appointments, including a Chief Talent Officer.
Reading joined Mayfair from EY as a Specialist focused on post-merger integration planning, reflecting Mayfair’s track record of supporting M&A-led growth strategies. To date, the firm has supported 41 bolt-on acquisitions across 19 platform investments.
Pabari joined Mayfair in 2018 and is responsible for the financial affairs of
Dallas-based, healthcare industry-focused private equity firm Latticework Capital Management’s (LCM) rural health and urgent care platform, Xpress Wellness (Xpress), has acquired Integrity Urgent Care (Integrity) to expand its geographic footprint and provide additional resources to patients and families in rural communities.
Founded in 2017 by Dr Eddy Dark, Integrity currently operates 10 urgent care clinics in rural Central Texas. The addition of Integrity to Xpress’ platform expands its geographic presence to 43 clinics across three states and adds significant clinical and operational leadership to assist with Xpress’ continued growth.
LCM partnered with Xpress in July of 2018.
Fast-growth businesses in the UK continue to attract huge volumes of Venture Capital (VC) investment, despite the uncertain geopolitical and macroeconomic environment, according to new figures released by KPMG.
UK scaleups saw 745 deals completed in the first three months of this year, raising over £6.9 billion ($9 billion), including the $1 billion megadeal for Checkout.com, according to KPMG’s Global Venture Pulse survey.
The report found that a major convergence of factors has helped to continue to energise the UK’s VC market, including a rise in corporate backed VC, private equity funds looking for better returns, and increasing fundraising focused
Kartesia, a European specialist provider of capital solutions for small and mid-sized companies, has provided acquisition financing to allow Christine De Dijcker and Marc Lanckriet to further cement the family control of the ECS, by acquiring the shares held by Kelly De Dijcker and Pieter Balcaen.
ECS, headquartered in Zeebrugge (Belgium) and Venlo (the Netherlands), was created more than 35 years ago, and has grown from a transportation business into an intermodal logistics operator that provides creative, durable and reliable intermodal and supply chain solutions throughout Europe and the UK. ECS manages a fleet of 10,000 containers and places emphasize
GTY Technology Holdings, a provider of cloud software solutions for the public sector, is to be acquired by private investment firm GI Partners (GI).
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