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An affiliate of private investment firm Sun Capital Partners (Sun Capital), has made an investment in Mancini’s Sleepworld (Mancini’s” or “the Company”), a mattress retailer serving the Northern California market. Terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded by the Mancini family in 1969, Mancini’s Sleepworld sells leading brand mattresses and other sleep products such as adjustable bed frames. Randy Mancini, a second-generation owner, has built the successful business to [approximately][Seems odd to appear not to know the precise number of locations] 33 locations throughout the Bay area.
“Mancini’s is in Sun Capital’s sweet spot: a family-owned business in
- 21/09/2020
Prime Capital, an independent asset manager and financial services provider that manages EUR17.7 billion across multiple funds, together with ENERPARC AG, has arranged the junior debt financing for a European solar PV portfolio, which is owned by the independent power producer MKM Invest Group. The portfolio consists of solar PV projects in Germany, France, and Spain with a total capacity of 579MW. The financing of 106m EUR was provided by accounts managed by Prime Capital. ENERPARC, who has been developing and realising the solar parks for MKM Invest Group, supported the fundraising on behalf of the sponsor and will deliver the
- 21/09/2020
Cornerstone Brands has completed its acquisition of FXPress Payment Services Ltd (FXPress) following consent from the FCA. FXPress, a regulated Authorised Payment Institution providing cross-border payment services, is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cornerstone.
Cornerstone is also pleased to announce that it has received the consent of the FCA for the acquisition of Avila House by FXPress.
Completion of the acquisitions means that Cornerstone will bring together the technology capabilities of FXPress, the e-money assets of Avila House and a strong team with decades of experience of the foreign exchange and payments industry to create a leading cloud-based, multi-currency
- 21/09/2020
An affiliate of middle-market private investment firm Peak Rock Capital (Peak Rock), a middle-market private investment firm, has completed its acquisition of Halo Foods Ltd (Halo) in partnership with the exisiting management team.Headquartered in Newport, Wales (UK), Halo is a leading manufacturer of healthy bars and snacks, with an extensive portfolio that includes cereal bars, fruit and nut bars, gluten-free, high protein and nutritionally controlled bars, including the rapidly growing “Skinny” brand. It has a diverse customer base including national retailers and established international brands. Halo has built an outstanding reputation for providing excellent customer service and exceptional product quality
- 21/09/2020
The nature of Israel’s legal system, the availability of local financing, and expanding numbers of tech-based targets helped the country post its best first-half deal figures in over a decade, according to Pitchbook’s 2020 Israel Private Capital Breakdown report.
The report, which was released today and covers both private equity in Israel as well as the nation’s growing VC ecosystem, shows that 24 transactions closed worth USD 2.9 billion in H1 2020 – a year on year increase of 48.3 per cent and 16.2 per cent, respectively.
Israel’s private equity ecosystem is growing rapidly due to several factors, one of
- 19/09/2020
Paladin Capital Group, a leading global cybersecurity and deep tech investment firm, has just announced the appointment of Ciaran Martin, CB, as a Managing Director. Martin is regarded as one of the leading public voices on cybersecurity and joins from the UK Government’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), which he ran as its first CEO in 2016. Prior to this, Martin was head of cybersecurity for the UK Government’s Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) from 2014, before the NCSC was formed.
Paladin Capital is at the vanguard of cybersecurity investing, having invested in close to 50 cyber and advanced technology companies, including
- 18/09/2020
Questa Capital Management, a venture growth equity firm exclusively dedicated to the healthcare industry, has held the final close of Questa Capital Partners II, with USD348 million of capital commitments. The firm’s second fund will invest selectively in later stage companies in healthcare services, technology and medical devices with significant growth potential. The firm has a proven team with a collective 70 years of experience investing in and building growth stage companies.
The Fund was oversubscribed at its hard cap, securing commitments from a diversified blue-chip investor base comprised of leading endowments, foundations, family offices, consultants, pension plans and fund-of-funds.
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- 18/09/2020
Stirling Square Capital Partners (Stirling Square), a pan-European mid-market private equity firm, has made an additional investment in portfolio company DOCU Nordic Group Holdings AB (DOCU Nordic) in partnership with TA Associates. TA Associates will acquire a significant minority stake in the Company from Stirling Square’s Third Fund alongside Stirling Square’s Fourth Fund, which becomes the majority shareholder in DOCU Nordic.
Headquartered in Ljusdal, Sweden, DOCU Nordic is the leading provider of business intelligence and data analytics services within the construction, real estate and healthcare markets in Scandinavia, Central Europe and Iberia.
During Stirling Square’s Third Fund’s ownership, DOCU Nordic substantially
- 18/09/2020
SEI’s latest middle office whitepaper, “Remote Working, Covid-19 and Middle Office Outsourcing,” explores some of the operations challenges and opportunities caused by Covid-19 lockdowns, woprkplace interruptions and the ‘new normal’.
- 17/09/2020
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