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Ciesco, a specialist M&A advisory firm operating in the technology, digital, media and marketing sectors, has reported positive M&A activity in Q1 2022 despite geopolitical turmoil.
Cisco’s latest report reveals 500 transactions announced in Q1 2022 in the sector – a 17 per cent increase in year-to-date activity from Q1 2021, with deal activity spiking 48 per cent in January.
Ciesco’s research found Digital Agency, MarTech and Digital Media were the sectors showing the highest deal volume with 86, 67 and 64 deals respectively. Digital Agency was found to be one of the most successful sectors for M&A deals, returning
BluePeak Private Capital – an alternative asset management firm with a strong focus on impact in Africa – has invested in ieng, a pan-African provider of engineering and construction, operations and maintenance, and hybrid power solutions to Africa’s burgeoning telecom sector.
The USD20 million growth capital supports ieng’s geographic expansion plan across the continent, enabling the company to provide innovative and cost-effective solutions to a broader range of clients and industries, solidifying its position as a leading provider of end-to-end infrastructure services and cutting-edge solutions.
In addition, the investment advances ieng’s strategy to meet growing consumer demand for telecom infrastructure
WhiteStar Asset Management (WhiteStar), the CLO, structured products, and broadly syndicated credit arm of Clearlake Capital Group, has acquired the five reinvesting Collateralised Loan Obligations (CLOs) managed by Carlson CLO Advisers, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Carlson Capital.
Totaling more than USD2 billion and branded under the Cathedral Lake shelf, WhiteStar will assume collateral management duties of the Cathedral Lake CLOs effective 31 March, 2022. This marks the second acquisition of CLO contracts by WhiteStar in less than four months.
As a result of this acquisition, WhiteStar manages approximately USD12 billion in CLO assets under management through 27 CLO vehicles, hedge
Tikehau Capital, a global alternative asset manager, and Goldman Sachs Asset Management, have provided a HoldCo PIK facility to support Ardian’s acquisition of Biofarma, an Italian-based nutraceutical CDMO.
Through the provision of this facility, Tikehau Capital and Goldman Sachs Asset Management are partnering with Biofarma’s management team and Ardian to support the company’s growth strategy which seeks to consolidate the market in Europe.
With more than EUR230 million revenue, Biofarma is a leading European CDMO player in the development, manufacturing and packaging of health supplements, medical devices, probiotic-based drugs, and cosmetics.
Thomas H Lee Partners (THL), a private equity firm investing in growth companies, is to acquire a majority interest in Intelligent Medical Objects (IMO), a healthcare data enablement company and market leader in clinical terminology solutions from Warburg Pincus, a global growth investor.
THL’s investment will support the Company’s product development and expanded commercial relationships with hospitals and other health care providers.
Founded in 1994, IMO manages more than five million clinical terms and maps to all major coding systems.
Evercore acted as the exclusive financial advisor and Kirkland & Ellis acted as legal advisor to IMO. William Blair acted
HITS Shows announced today it has secured a majority investment from Traub Capital Partners (TCP).
TCP will further invest in the five show locations currently operated by the company.
HITS will continue to operate as HITS Shows, and its leadership team and workforce will remain in place based out of Saugerties, New York.
The investment by TCP will allow HITS to make improvements to all five venues with the goal of not only investing in the facilities and infrastructure, but also in elevating the level of service and hospitality.
Budget Insight, an aggregator of banking and financial data in France, has secured USD35 million (EUR31 million) in funding from PSG Equity (PSG), a growth equity firm partnering with software and technology-enabled services companies to help accelerate their growth and build scale across Europe and the US.
PSG will be a shareholder alongside the management team and Crédit Mutuel Arkéa. Crédit Mutuel Arkéa invested in Budget Insight in 2019. The investment helped Budget Insight cement its technological edge and pave the way for its new stage of expansion on a European scale. Going forward, Crédit Mutuel Arkéa will continue to
POLARIS Investment Advisory AG (POLARIS) has added three investors as senior advisors to its advisory board – Dajana Brodmann, Marc Lau and Pablo López de Ayala.
The trio will support POLARIS with the selection and assessment of new investment opportunities in the areas of Private Equity, Private Debt and Infrastructure. In addition, the appointments reflect the increasing importance of the Asian markets for POLARIS’ private markets activities and the necessary country-specific competencies.
Brodmann is responsible for E.ON’s private equity and infrastructure portfolio, Lau is a managing partner of Axiom Asia, a specialist in private equity strategies in Asia, while López
Lower-mid market private equity firm NorthEdge has made a series of promotions and a new appointment across its Manchester, Leeds and Birmingham offices, including the appointment of two new partners – Lucie Mills and Phil Frame.
Mills has been instrumental in driving NorthEdge’s value creation approach and embedding it across the portfolio since joining the business in 2019, as Head of Business Transformation.
She will continue to work closely with portfolio management teams to deliver on their value creation plans, as well as build on NorthEdge’s ESG credentials, which recently saw the firm achieve top performer status in the
Mayer Brown Capital Markets, a debt and equity capital markets practice advising clients across the United States, Europe and Asia, has appointed Dr Susanne Lenz as a partner.
Lenz is a capital markets practitioner qualified in Germany and New York. She will be based in Frankfurt and will focus on equity and debt capital markets transactions in both Germany and the United States. Her appointment further expands Mayer Brown’s growing European capabilities in advising companies on IPOs, private placements, and other equity offerings, and complements its special focus on equity, tech and life sciences.
Lenz advises issuers and underwriters
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