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GovExec, an information services and insights company for government leaders and contractors, has acquired News Service of Florida, a provider of political and policy news.
The acquisition will see News Service of Florida become a part of GovExec’s City & State (CS) platform, which also operates in New York and Pennsylvania, and builds on GovExec’s highly strategic acquisitions the company has carried out over the last year to reinforce its commitment to actionable intelligence and decision support tools for government leaders and contractors.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Peter Goldstone, Chairman of GovExec, served as an adviser,
Align Capital Partners (ACP) has closed the eighth strategic add-on for its utility market intelligence, data science and consulting platform, E Source, with the acquisition of AAC Utility Partners (AAC), a provider of vendor-independent customer information systems (CIS), programme management and consulting services to municipalities and utilities throughout North America.
AAC assists clients in the areas of strategic software assessment, selection, project implementation, system testing and cloud consulting.
Since 2005, AAC has been guiding electric, gas, water, wastewater and multi-service utilities through successful technology projects. AAC will become part of E Source’s Technology Planning and Implementation (TPI) business unit which
Vision Innovation Partners, an eye care platform backed by private equity firm Centre Partners, has acquired Advanced Eye Care, an eye care practice with an onsite med spa, located in Bel Air, Maryland.
The acquisition further expands Vision Innovation Partners’ presence in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area and enhances its growing network of ophthalmology practices in the Mid-Atlantic region.
Since its founding in 2017, Vision Innovation Partners has continuously demonstrated its commitment to partnering with top-performing doctors and expanding patient access to care across its growing network of practice locations and surgery centres in the Mid-Atlantic region. Vision Innovation Partners’
Berkshire Partners, a Boston-based global investment firm, and Permira, a growth-focused global private equity firm, are to sell a majority of their respective stakes in Teraco Data Environments (Teraco) an African, carrier-neutral, data centre and interconnection services provider, to Digital Realty.
Both Berkshire Partners and the Permira funds, as well as existing investor van Rooyen Group, will retain minority equity interests in the Company. Teraco’s current management team, including Chief Executive Officer Jan Hnizdo, will continue to lead the Company and will remain significant investors in the business.
Alpine Investors (Alpine), a people-driven private equity firm, has sold its portfolio company, MidAmerica Administrative & Retirement Solutions (MidAmerica) to US Retirement & Benefits Partners (USRBP).
MidAmerica administers retirement and health & welfare plans for public sector employers.
Terms of the sale have not been disclosed.
Savills Investment Management (Savills IM), an international real estate investment manager, has completed its strategic alliance with Samsung Life, a life insurer in Korea, and its real estate asset management subsidiary, Samsung SRA.
The partnership will allow Savills IM to grow existing products across real estate equity and debt, as well as paving the way for the launch of new strategies targeting asset classes including European Logistics and Living.
Completion of the transaction sees Samsung Life acquire a 25 per cent minority interest in Savills IM for GBP63.75 million paid in cash and an agreement to commit capital of USD1
An affiliate of Starwood Capital Group, a global private investment firm focused on real estate and energy investments, has acquired a majority interest in the assets owned by Land Tejas, a Houston-based residential development company with a more than 20-year history of creating lifestyle communities.
Land Tejas, founded in 1997, is one of the largest master planned community developers in Houston, where the housing market continues to benefit from record low inventory and high demand. The acquisition encompasses 10 communities, many in the late stages of development, with nearly 16,000 residential lots and numerous commercial assets. Land Tejas has become
Alan Song, founding partner and chairman of Chinese VC firm Harvest Capital, has once again made Forbes China’s list of the Top 100 Venture Capitalists. This marks the third consecutive year that Mr. Song has been included in the list.
Through an independent survey conducted in 2021 that examined capitalists who work at over 200 venture capital (VC) firms and are active in mainland China, Forbes China selected 100 investors who delivered strong performance over the past five years. This year’s selection results not only represented the Matthew Effect in the Chinese VC investment market but also demonstrated the Long
Broadview Group Holdings (Broadview), a specialist in direct middle-market investing, has partnered with Carlson Private Capital (CPC) on its investment in Millennium along with management and other co-investors.
Based in Delavan, WI and founded in 2004, Millennium is a value-added distributor and service provider to the broadband infrastructure and related industries. The Company provides products and solutions to over 2,500 active customers comprised of networks, contractors, DOTs, municipalities, and utilities. In addition to industry-leading products, Millennium offers an extensive suite of services and capabilities to support the unique needs of each customer throughout every step of their network infrastructure project execution.
Global investment firm 3G Capital is to acquire a controlling interest in Hunter Douglas, a specialist in window coverings and a major manufacturer of architectural products, from controlling shareholder Ralph Sonnenberg based on a value of EUR175 per Ordinary Share, which values the company at approximately USD7.1 billion.
The Sonnenberg Family will continue to hold a 25 per cent interest in Hunter Douglas, pro forma for the new capital structure. The Board of Directors of Hunter Douglas, represented only by its Independent Directors, unanimously supports the transaction and has entered into a separate agreement with 3G Capital and Ralph Sonnenberg
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