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Citizens M&A Advisory has served as the exclusive financial advisor to FT Synthetics on its acquisition by GAF, a portfolio company of Standard Industries.
FT Synthetics is a fully integrated manufacturer of coated woven fabrics, with a dedicated focus on developing industry-leading new and unique underlayment products designed for the steep slope roofing industry. This includes North American-based operations with advanced equipment for non-woven manufacturing, adhesive application, weaving, coating, lamination and flexographic printing.
Gary Sandhar, co-owner and chief executive officer of FT Synthetics, says: “Kevin Mayer and the team at Citizens provided tremendous support and guidance throughout this transaction. Their
Northlane Capital Partners (NCP) has made an investment in insurance agency Choice Financial Group (Choice).
NCP invested in partnership with the Choice management team, led by Founder and President Richard Braun. In addition, Bob Hilb, an established insurance industry executive with more than 30 years of experience, joined the Choice executive team in conjunction with NCP’s investment.
Founded in 1998, Choice provides property and casualty insurance and employee benefits services to a range of commercial and individual customers. Choice is headquartered in Virginia Beach, VA, with 12 offices across the Mid-Atlantic region. Additional information is available at https://choiceins.com/.
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SWAN a s, an alternative telecommunications operator on the Slovak market, is changing its ownership structure. Slovak private equity fund, managed by Sandberg Capital, has agreed with DanubiaTel to divest its 50 per cent stake in their joint venture. The stake in SWAN will be taken over by SWAN’s sister company SWAN Mobile, a s, a member of the DanubiaTel group.
A new research report – Private Credit and the Trade Finance Opportunity – from TXF Intelligence highlights the increasingly important role of private credit funds in the trade finance market.
Attracted by an estimated global trade finance gap of USD2 trillion, private credit investors are playing a key role in supporting cross-border trade.
The report, produced in partnership with the Alternative Credit Council (ACC), an affiliate of the Alternative Investment Management Association, and Simmons & Simmons, provides an overview of the trends shaping the involvement of private credit in the trade and commodities finance market. Sponsors of the report
A landscaping business which maintains sites nationwide for leading supermarkets and utilities companies has secured a significant investment from Mercia’s private equity funds.
UK Landscapes, a family business which founded in 1997, now employs over 175 staff at its headquarters in Middlewich, Cheshire and regional depots throughout the UK including Leeds, Glasgow, Cardiff, Reading and Harlow. The company serves blue-chip customers such as Asda, John Lewis, Waitrose, Shell, and Santander. The funding will enable it to step up its organic growth and pursue a ‘buy and build’ strategy in the sector.
UK Landscapes was founded by Andrew Preston and
Browne Jacobson’s private equity team has advised independent private equity and infrastructure investment manager Foresight Group (Foresight) on its exit from e-commerce fulfilment specialist, Selazar Limited (Selazar), generating a 3.4x return for the Midland Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) managed by Foresight after less than two years.
The Browne Jacobson team was led by Midlands-based associate Matt Bolton, who also advised Foresight on MEIF’s initial and follow-on investments in Selazar in 2019 and 2020 (respectively), supported by Birmingham-based private equity partner, Gareth Davies.
The exit is the first for MEIF, which was launched by the UK Government-owned British Business Bank (BBB)
Suzanne Beckett from Blick Rothenberg’s Financial Services team takes an in-depth look at partial exemption special methods and the benefits available to private equity firms.
British Patient Capital has made a EUR25 million commitment to the Nauta Tech Invest V Fund, as Nauta Capital announces its final close at EUR190 million.
Investing from late seed and Series A, the fund has already invested in 11 companies in verticals including Fintech, Insurtech, Retailtech, and Open Source, among others.
Nauta Capital specialises in capital-efficient early-stage B2B software companies. The firm’s main areas of interest include SaaS solutions with strong network effects, vertically focused enterprise tech with the potential to transform large industries as well as those leveraging deeptech applications to solve challenges faced by large enterprises.
Aura Biosciences, a portfolio company of Spanish biotechnology venture capital firm Ysios Capital, has priced its initial public offering (IPO) and is trading on the Nasdaq Global Market (NASDAQ: AURA).
Dr Louise Rix, a former VC at Forward Partners, is stepping into the start-up world and taking up a new role as Chief Medical Officer at femtech start-up Béa Fertility.
Co-founded by femtech expert Tess Cosad, embryologist David O’Rourke and product engineer George Thomas, Béa Fertility is developing clinical-grade, at-home fertility treatments for people who are struggling to conceive naturally. The startup raised USD1 million in pre-seed funding earlier this year to expand their team and bring their pioneering fertility solution to market. The round was led by Calm/Storm VC and joined by Q Ventures.
As Chief Medical Officer,
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