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Generational Equity, a mergers and acquisitions advisor for privately held businesses, has advised Capitol Awning on its sale to private investors.
Capitol Awning, located in Richmond, Virginia, designs, manufactures, and installs custom awning solutions for both Residential and Commercial customers. Their work can be seen on local hospitals, commercial areas, retail centres, and in neighbourhoods all over the central Virginia.
Generational Equity Executive Managing Director, M&A-Technology Practice Leader, David Fergusson, and his team led by Senior M&A Advisor, Gene Gall, with the support of Managing Director, M&A, Corey Painter, successfully closed the deal. Senior Managing Terry Stidham established the initial
Antares is acting as administrative agent on senior secured credit facilities to support CVC Capital Partners Fund VIII’s (CVC) investment in CFGI.
All existing shareholders are reinvesting in the transaction in partnership with CVC, including funds managed by global investment firm Carlyle, co-founders and co-CEOs Nick Nardone and Shane Caiazzo, and the partners of CFGI.
Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Boston, MA, CFGI serves the Office of the CFO as an independent advisor to assist with complex accounting and process improvement needs. Operating without the restrictions created by auditor independence regulations, CFGI serves more than 2,500 clients nationally with
Borderless Capital, a Miami-based venture capital firm dedicated to the Algorand ecosystem, has closed PLANETS.Fund, a USD10 million fund focused on building a green data economy.
The fund will invest in the ecosystem surrounding PlanetWatch, the world’s first decentralised indoor and outdoor air quality monitoring network built on the Algorand blockchain.
“PlanetWatchers” or Air quality sensor hosts participating in the PlanetWatch network are compensated with PLANETS tokens for streaming air quality data. The PLANETS.Fund is planning to invest the raised capital to deploy a global network of thousands of PlanetWatch air quality sensors across the globe. The Fund will also
Blue Wolf Capital Partners (Blue Wolf), a New York-based private equity firm, has sold StateServ Medical (StateServ) to WindRose Health Investors (WindRose). Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Based in Mesa, Arizona, StateServ is the leading durable medical equipment benefit management company supporting hospices and other post-acute care providers in the United States. Since Blue Wolf’s investment in the company in August 2017, StateServ has undergone a significant transformation, growing through its merger with Hospicelink in early 2018 and organically through operational efficiencies and expansion of the company’s customer base.
Jeremy Kogler, Partner at Blue Wolf, says: “When
Blackstone has held the final close of Blackstone Strategic Capital Holdings II (BSCH II), the second Blackstone fund in GP Stakes, with USD5.6 billion of investor capital.
Blackstone GP Stakes specialises in value-added, long-term, minority investments in the management companies of leading private equity firms. This year the team has made investments in Great Hill Partners, GTCR and Sentinel Capital Partners.
Mustafa M Siddiqui, Head of Blackstone GP Stakes, says: “We are thrilled with the positive response we received from a diverse group of limited partners. This is a strong recognition of Blackstone’s unique value proposition in the GP Stakes
MGC Diagnostics Corporation (MGC), a global medical technology company dedicated to cardiorespiratory health solutions, and a portfolio company of Altus Capital Partners (Altus), has acquired Lemon Medical, a medical technology company, headquartered in Hammelburg, Germany.
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Lemon Medical, a German Limited Liability Company, founded in 2009, specialises in the design, development, production, and distribution of single-patient use disposables. These include viral and bacterial filters designed to protect patients, medical personnel, and diagnostic instruments against cross contamination during cardiorespiratory function testing. The usage of these protective products is experiencing significant growth because of
For the first time in history, private equity is on track to invest more than USD1 trillion in American businesses over the course of a single calendar year, according to the American Investment Council’s (AIC) 2021 Q3 Investment Trends Report.
Through the end of the third quarter, private equity has invested USD788 billion in 4,806 businesses across the United States. The amount invested represents an 86 percent increase from the same period in 2020.
“Today’s report confirms that private equity has been a critical partner to help businesses of all shapes and sizes as the American economy recovers from
Adventure Ready Brands, which markets a range of first aid, insect repellent and outdoor recreation products, has acquired LuminAID, maker of a variety of solar-powered lighting and charging solutions for the outdoors and emergency use.
Adventure Ready Brands, which markets a range of best-in-class first aid, insect repellent and outdoor recreation products, announces the acquisition of LuminAID, maker of a variety of solar-powered lighting and charging solutions for the outdoors and emergency use.
Adventure Ready Brands, which markets a range of best-in-class first aid, insect repellent and outdoor recreation products, announces the acquisition of LuminAID, maker of a variety of
The Aquila European Renewables Income Fund (AERIF) has been awarded a four-star Green Rating in its first annual GRESB Assessment for 2021.
The GRESB Assessment is an objective investor-driven global ESG benchmark and reporting framework assessing the performance of real estate and infrastructure funds, companies, and assets. The results provide investors with standardised data to help evaluate complex sustainability issues. GRESB is an important industry benchmark as it can help to protect shareholder value by evaluating and improving the sustainability performance of real assets, on asset level (operating assets only) and portfolio level.
In its first year of participating
Sentinel Capital Partners, a private equity firm that invests in promising mid-market companies, has partnered with RefrigiWear, a provider of industrial workwear for subzero environments.
Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
RefrigiWear makes cold temperature protective industrial workwear for indoor and outdoor use in sub-freezing temperatures and inclement weather environments. RefrigiWear’s products include outerwear, coveralls, bibs, pants, and protective handwear and footwear that are designed to keep users warm, safe, and productive.
RefrigiWear has deep, long-standing relationships with its customers in the food manufacturing, food distribution, and construction and other outdoor end markets. Over the past several years,
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