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Funds advised by local private investment firm Capital Partners (Searchlight) have entered into exclusive negotiations with Astorg and Mellby Gård for the acquisition of Flowbird, a provider of hardware, software and payments for smart parking and smart transport ticketing for municipal and privately-owned car parking and public transport systems. Terms of the negotiations have not been disclosed.
Founded over 60 years ago, Flowbird is the leader in the smart parking industry, working with more than 4,500 municipalities in 80-plus countries. In addition, Flowbird manufactures ticketing equipment, validation terminals and associated software systems for public transport.
Searchlight has entered into
Palamon Capital Partners (Palamon) portfolio company, connected insurance service provider FairConnect, is to acquire G-Evolution from Groupama Assicurazioni Italia.
As part of the transaction, FairConnect will establish a long-term strategic partnership agreement with Groupama, the leading insurance carrier in France, for the provision of advanced connected insurance solutions. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals, and is expected to complete in the second half of 2021.
Headquartered in Switzerland and with major operations in Italy, France and Germany, FairConnect is a leading specialised provider of connected insurance services to some of the largest insurance carriers in
Orangewood Partners (Orangewood), a long-term focused private investment firm, has appointed seasoned private equity investor Eric Engler as Managing Director. In this role, Engler, will be involved in sourcing, deal execution and management of Orangewood’s investments.
Prior to joining Orangewood, Engler spent 11 years at Reservoir Capital Group where he was a Senior Managing Director and a member of the Investment Committee. At Reservoir, Engler invested across the capital structure in a wide variety of industries and was involved in several strategic investments across the investment management space. Previously, he was an investment analyst at DE Shaw & Co focused
MidOcean Partners (MidOcean), a premier New York-based alternative asset manager specialising in middle-market private equity and alternative credit investments, has appointed Eric Gordon and Bob Myers as Operating Partners.
Myers and Gordon, together with MidOcean’s existing network of seasoned Operating Partners, bring significant strategic and functional expertise to the firm and will be instrumental in helping MidOcean execute on its value-added, operating talent approach to middle market investing.
Gordon, a senior executive with over 30 years of technology leadership experience, has been both a CIO and a strategic advisor to global companies in the retail, consumer products, financial services, healthcare
HCAP Partners, a California-based private equity firm and nationally recognised impact investor, has invested in Myndshft, a provider of real-time medical benefits check and electronic prior authorisation technology. Terms of the investment have not been disclosed.
Based in Mesa, Arizona, Myndshft develops real-time medical benefit check (RTMBC) and electronic prior authorisation (ePA) software solutions for payers and providers. In line with the company’s mission to free up people to focus on the work that matters—providing care to patients—Myndshft’s end-to-end solution addresses the complexities and inefficiencies around providing accurate and detailed benefits coverage and out-of-pocket costs at the point-of-care to patients.
Geneva Glen Capital (GGC) has completed the sale of Southeastern Health Care at Home (Southeastern) to AccentCare, a national leader in post-acute healthcare based in Dallas, Texas.
Southeastern is the largest privately-owned home health services provider in Pennsylvania. Headquartered in Bristol, PA, the Company operates in 12 offices across Eastern Pennsylvania and Eastern Virginia serving over 3,100 patients. In addition to its skilled home health business, Southeastern also provides hospice, palliative care, and mobile primary care services. GGC recapitalised Southeastern in 2016 in partnership with GGC Operating Partner Rick Gandersman and the existing management team, led by co-founders George Pinel
Forefront RF, a Cambridge-based fabless semiconductor company, has launched after raising GBP1.5 million from a syndicate led by Bristol-based Science Creates Ventures and including Foresight Williams Technology, BGF, and The Cambridge Angels.
Cairngorm Capital Partners has closed its third fund – Cairngorm Capital III – at its GBP200 million hard cap. The fund, which was oversubscribed, has already made five investments.
Signalling ongoing confidence in and support for its investment approach, Cairngorm Capital is backed by an array of leading international institutional investors, comprising prestigious European funds of funds, US university endowments and major charitable trusts. Cairngorm Capital is particularly gratified that each of its existing institutional investors increased their commitment for Fund III. The firm’s third fund has also attracted new investment from a number of leading North American endowments. In line
Afilio, a Berlin based Insurtech, has secured USD13 million in highly competitive Series A funding to support the expansion of their ‘Peace of Mind-as-a-Service’ platform offering users digital estate management services.
The round was led by CommerzVentures, the specialist fintech investor behind successes including Bought By Many, eToro, Marqeta, and By Miles, who were also joined by Speedinvest, while existing investors Cherry Ventures and Cavalry Ventures participated.
Founded by university friends Till Oltmanns, Philip Harms, and Richard Musiol, Afilio offers its customers a comprehensive and easy to use digital platform for selecting insurance, managing policies, and storing documentation relating to
Kellermeyer Bergensons Services, a trusted partner to operations and facility managers across North America, has acquired American Maintenance. KBS is a portfolio company of Cerberus Capital Management (Cerberus).
Headquartered in Babylon, New York, American Maintenance is a leading provider of facility maintenance solutions. For more than 45 years, it has delivered high-quality janitorial and light maintenance services to clients throughout the United States. The company has experience in the government, education, manufacturing and retail sectors, as well as in sports and entertainment and Class A office buildings. American Maintenance shares the KBS commitment to sustainability, having implemented green cleaning as
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