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PixelMEDIA-Docmation, working closely with BV Investment Partners, continues to grow its B2B and B2C ecommerce experience on Salesforce by welcoming the addition of Gears CRM.
Gears specialises in Salesforce Service Cloud, allowing the combined organization to expand its capabilities as a multi-cloud systems integrator. Joining forces last year, Pixel and Docmation’s addition of Gears supports their collective focus to be a leading provider of ecommerce solutions on the Salesforce platform.
Gears is a well-suited addition to Pixel-Docmation with their entrepreneurial roots and focus on Salesforce. Together, Pixel, Docmation, and Gears will be able to help organizations launch, manage, and
Fremman Capital (Fremman) has acquired a majority stake in Kids Planet Day Nurseries (Kids Planet), a UK-based, independently owned nursery operator.
Kids Planet, mostly clustered around the Liverpool and Manchester area (with a recent expansion to Oxford), was established in 2008 by Clare Roberts and her father John Hoban, in response to Clare’s own challenges of finding flexible childcare. With 82 sites, responsible for the education of over 7,500 children, Kids Planet is the largest independent private operator of nurseries in the UK, and third largest operator overall.
Since 2016, CEO Clare Roberts has led a number of acquisitions
Respondents to Dykema’s 17th annual M&A Outlook Survey believe nothing will break the stride of US M&A dealmakers over the year to come, with most viewing the Biden administration’s legislative agenda as positively impacting activity.
A resounding 75 percent of respondents expect the US M&A market will strengthen in the next 12 months, while only 7 percent anticipate it will weaken. Respondents not only predict deal volumes will be up across the board, from small to mid-market to mega-deals of USD1 billion and more, but 9 out of 10 also expect M&A activity among privately owned businesses to increase over
Neil Evans is to re-join Clifford Chance in January 2022 as a private equity partner based in London.
Having originally practised at Clifford Chance, and then Simpson Thacher Bartlett, Evans re-joins from Mayer Brown’s private equity practice having advised on transactions with a range of clients, including Blackstone, KKR and Bain Capital.
Evans’s appointment reflects Clifford Chance’s continued investment in its global private equity practice. The firm has over 700 private equity lawyers globally and the team supports clients throughout the world’s major financial centres and emerging markets. Recent highlights include advising on Clayton, Dubilier & Rice’s bid for Wm
Circulus, produced of post-consumer resins (PCR) from recycled low-density polyethylene (LDPE) and a portfolio company of private equity firm Are Partners, has launched in the US market, with a fully operational plant in Riverbank, California.
Circulus is a portfolio company of Ara Partners, a Houston-based private equity firm specialising in industrial decarbonisation investments.
An emerging leader in plastics recycling, Circulus is building out a widespread footprint of plants that utilise advanced technologies with a multistep mechanical process to transform lower grade plastic into resin suitable for a variety of commercial and industrial applications. The company’s products address sustainability challenges
Altus Group Limited, a provider of software, data solutions and independent advisory services to the global commercial real estate (CRE) is to acquire Scryer, Inc (dba Reonomy), an AI-powered data platform for the CRE industry, for USD201.5 million (approximately CAD249.5 million) subject to adjustments. The transaction is expected to close on 12 November, 2021.
Mike Gordon, Chief Executive Officer of Altus Group, says: “The combination of Reonomy’s AI-powered data platform with Altus’ suite of software, data and analytics capabilities creates a very compelling client offering that will enable our clients to better manage performance and risk within their CRE portfolios
True Wind Capital, a San Francisco-based private equity firm focused on investing in technology companies, has closed its its second fund, True Wind Capital II, with USD817 million in equity commitments, exceeding the Fund’s target.
True Wind was launched in 2015 by Adam Clammer and James H Greene, Jr, who previously founded and led KKR’s Global Technology Group. Fund II will continue True Wind’s strategy of partnering with strong management teams and investing in leading technology companies across niche sectors within large and growing markets, including software, data analytics, tech-enabled services, internet, financial technology, and hardware.
True Wind received
Socure, a provider of digital identity verification and fraud solutions, has raised USD450 million in oversubscribed Series E funding round valuing the company at USD4.5 billion.
The company achieved a USD4.5 billion valuation just seven months after its USD1.3 billion Series D, on the back of 500 per cent year-over-year bookings growth and nearly USD1 billion of investment demand, earning Socure the highest valuation for any private company in the identity verification space.
The round is part of a Series E transaction led by Accel alongside funds and accounts advised by T Rowe Price Associates, Inc. It also includes
The Riverside Company is to sell its investment in Bohemia Interactive Simulations (Bohemia) to BAE Systems, one of the world’s largest defence contractors. Closing of the transaction will occur once regulatory approvals are secured.
Private markets firm Partners Group, on behalf of its clients, is to sell Pacific Bells, a franchisee of the Taco Bell brand in the US, to Orangewood Partners, a long-term focused private investment firm. The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1989 with the opening of a single Taco Bell outlet in Oregon, Pacific Bells now has over 250 restaurants and more than 6,000 employees in the US. Pacific Bells is the fifth largest Taco Bell franchisee in the country with a diversified national footprint across nine states. The Company has proved resilient through Covid-19, largely
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