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Astorg, a leading global private equity firm, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Xceptor, a global leader in the end-to-end, no-code process automation market, from CBPE Capital LLP (“CBPE”).
Founded in 2003 and headquartered in the UK, Xceptor is a fast-growing software business operating within the high growth intelligent data automation space, combining a highly scalable, next generation technology platform with deep financial sector domain expertise. The Company employs 160 people across five global offices, and serves a diversified global blue-chip base of banking, financial services, and insurance customers, who utilise the Xceptor no-code platform to re-engineer and automate
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The revenue of the UK’s top 25 holiday parks has increased by 65 per cent in the past five years, validating major PE investment in a sector that has performed strongly during the pandemic, says New Street Consulting Group, the leadership and people solutions consultancy.
The incomes of the Top 25 holiday park groups have increased from GBP1.61 billion in 2014/15 to GBP2.67 billion in 2019/20.
Even before the lockdown, warmer summers and a weaker pound are factors that have contributed to the rise in popularity of staycations in the UK, increasing by 14 per cent between 2014 and 2019.
- 15/03/2021
Oghma Partners, the corporate finance house to the consumer industries acted as the exclusive financial advisors to Novax AB (“Novax”), the investment company of the Stockholm-based, EUR8 billion Axel Johnson Group, on the acquisition of Ulrick & Short Limited (“Ulrick & Short”) the UK-based clean label food ingredients specialist.
This deal is the latest in Oghma’s portfolio of successful cross-border ingredients transactions
The transaction will see Ulrick & Short continue to operate as a standalone business, with the company’s founders Adrian Short and Andrew Ulrick staying on as minority shareholders and existing management team remaining in place.
The transaction marks
- 15/03/2021
PE investors expect a ‘U-shaped’ recovery, according to ‘Covid-19 and the world of private equity: optimism in an uncertain environment’, a survey released today by audit firm Mazars, that gauges investor sentiment in the institutional funding market.
- 15/03/2021
Independent financial planning and investment firm Edelman Financial Engines, along with lead investor Hellman & Friedman, has announced a strategic investment from Warburg Pincus, a global private equity firm focused on growth investing, which will become a minority equity owner and Michael Martin, Managing Director, will join the Company’s Board of Directors.
The investment values the company at USD7.3 billion and is expected to close in the second quarter 2021.
This recapitalisation marks a significant milestone in fulfilling a vision that has long been in the making for the company and its investors. In 2015, Hellman & Friedman’s investment in
- 15/03/2021
Inflexion has made a minority investment in The Goat Agency (Goat), a global social media and influencer marketing agency. The investment is being made by Inflexion Enterprise Fund V, Inflexion’s lower mid‐market fund.
Founded in 2015, Goat is a social media marketing agency focused on helping big brands to use influencer marketing effectively. It couples a data-led approach with deep industry insight to help large blue-chip corporates such as Dell, King and Tesco, reach niche audiences at scale through the use of influencers. Goat is headquartered in London, with 112 staff split between the UK, US and Asia. The business
- 15/03/2021
Venture capital investment manager Deepbridge Capital has completed its latest Life Sciences SEIS GBP1 million funding round.
Companies receiving seed-stage funding include Carocell Bio, Circada, FlutterLab, GenoMe Diagnostics, Glucose Republic and NanOptima.
The Deepbridge Life Sciences SEIS enables private investors to access a portfolio of early-stage companies within the UK’s vibrant life sciences sector, whilst benefiting from the generous potential tax reliefs available via the Government’s Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS).
Deepbridge also manages the Deepbridge Life Sciences EIS, the Deepbridge Technology Growth EIS and the Deepbridge Innovation SEIS.
Over the six-month period to 28 February
- 15/03/2021
HIG Capital (HIG), a global alternative investment firm with over EUR35 billion of equity capital under management, is to sell Infinigate to Bridgepoint, an international alternative asset fund management group.
HIG acquired a majority stake in the Company in 2017. The transaction is subject to clearance by the relevant antitrust authorities.
Infinigate, founded in 1996, is a leading specialised value-added distributor (VAD) for cybersecurity and cloud solutions for the SME segment. The core of Infinigate’s business is software distribution – acting as a sales multiplicator between vendors and resellers, giving market access to disruptive vendors, and providing value-added services, such
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Alderwood Capital (Alderwood), a London-based fund manager, has made two further senior hires – Ryan Sinnott as Partner and member of the Investment Committee, while Jonathan Crawford has been appointed Partner, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer.
With over twenty years’ experience, both in the UK and Australia, Sinnott has a long and successful track record in the asset management and financial services industry. Sinnott joins Alderwood from Northill Capital where he worked closely with Alderwood Founder and Managing Partner Jon Little and was the Director of Strategy and Development. Prior to his role at Northill, Sinnott was the Director
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Affiliates of Lindsay Goldberg, a private investment firm that focuses on partnering with families, founders, and management teams, is to acquire ARYZTA North America (ANA), one of the largest B2B providers of frozen baked goods in the US and Canada, from ARYZTA AG (ARYZTA).
ANA provides breads, sweet and savoury baked goods, and snacks to leading customers in the quick-service restaurant, foodservice, and retail markets across the US and Canada. With over 1,500 unique products, the company has one of the broadest portfolios in the industry, including both private label and branded offerings under the Otis Spunkmeyer, La Brea Bakery,
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