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European private equity firm PAI Partners (PAI) is to acquire Pasubio, a specialised provider of premium leather for the automotive industry, from CVC Capital Partners VI (CVC).
Headquartered in Vicenza, Italy, a renowned leather district, Pasubio is a leading European leather manufacturer, which produces high quality leather products for car interiors serving the premium and luxury automotive segments. Pasubio employs approximately 1,000 people and operates six facilities, where it performs tanning, post-tanning and cutting activities. The Company has plants in Europe and North America as well as a dedicated R&D centre in Italy. Key clients include Porsche, BMW, Bentley, JLR,
Bridges Evergreen (Evergreen), a specialist long-term investment partner for mission-driven organisations, has acquired a majority stake in Skills Training UK, an independent skills training provider.
Skills Training UK is one of the leaders in its sector – it has a long track record of growth and achievement in the design and delivery of employer-responsive apprenticeships and individual-focused skills programmes that align with business needs, creating sustainable employment and supporting social mobility. It has received numerous awards for the quality of its provision, including TES Training Provider of the Year 2019 and TES Apprenticeship Programme of the Year 2020.
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Leukocare AG, a biotechnology company specialised in the field of biopharmaceutical formulation development, has closed a USD17.5 million (EUR 14.6 million) financing, led by Petrichor Healthcare Capital Management, with participation from existing Leukocare shareholders.
The financing consists of a USD15 million convertible loan and a USD2.5 million equity investment from Petrichor. Proceeds will be used to accelerate Leukocare’s US expansion activities, bolster the company’s expertise in the fields of viral vector and vaccine formulation, as well as the emerging field of mRNA formulation, and to expand the Company’s suite of bioinformatics capabilities.
Michael Scholl, Chief Executive Officer at Leukocare, says:
Godspeed Capital Management (Godspeed Capital) has acquired Austin Brockenbrough & Associates (Brockenbrough), an architecture, engineering, and surveying company which supports Federal, State, and Municipal Government clients. The financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
The newly acquired Company will join Godspeed Capital’s existing portfolio company, Prime Engineering, (Prime) under a newly formed multi-disciplinary Engineering & Consulting services growth platform called Prime ABA, LP (“Prime ABA”). Prime ABA will provide a full continuum of architecture, design, engineering, surveying, consulting, and construction management services to a wide range of public and private sector clients, addressing the fundamental and growing demand
BGF has completed a cornerstone investment in The Artisanal Spirits Company plc, a specialist retailer of premium single cask, single malt Scotch whisky and other spirits, as part of its admission to trading on AIM. The admission took place on 4 June 2021.
Headquartered in Edinburgh, The Artisanal Spirits Company (ASC) is the owner of The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS), the leading curator and provider of premium single cask Scotch malt whisky to a global customer base of subscribers. Founded in 1983, SMWS commands a membership of 28,000 members, across 30 countries.
BGF invested GBP7 million in ASC
Peterson Real Assets, a subsidiary of Peterson Partners, Inc, has made a growth equity investment in Crossroads Paper, a 100 per cent recycled paper mill to be built in the Mountain West to serve the growing demand for e-commerce, agricultural and industrial packaging in the Western United States.
“Crossroads Paper is a true environmentally sustainable real assets project that we believe will become a critical piece of the recycling, packaging and e-commerce infrastructure of the West”, says Matthew Day, Partner with Peterson Partners. “We are passionate about helping great people build great businesses. John Sasine and Ron Sasine are not
McGuireWoods continues the strategic expansion of its highly ranked private equity industry team with the arrival of partner Jeffrey Shah, who brings more than a decade of experience in domestic and cross-border deals to the firm’s New York office.
Shah advises private equity funds and strategic acquirers on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and partnerships. He also assists clients with partnership, purchase and employment agreements and equity incentive arrangements. He represents clients in conventional and renewable energy transactions, as well as in healthcare and technology deals.
Shah’s notable transactions include assisting a global alternative investment firm in its USD2.8 billion
F C Laser Limited (F C Laser) has received a GBP1.5 million loan from Maven Capital Partners (Maven) through the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) and backed by the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS).
The business, which specialises in engineering and metal fabrication, is set to use the finance to purchase new technology and enable the automation and expansion of its two sites near Ilkeston in Derbyshire.
F C Laser provides precision laser cutting and metal fabrications that incorporates the latest in fibre technology. The business’s investment in machinery will enable the cutting of a variety of metals
GovExec, an information services company for government leaders and contractors, has acquired two contracting intelligence properties: Military Periscope (Periscope), the globally respected and most-up-to-date, open-source military data source, and Government Contracting Institute (GCI), the business opportunity tool built to target and alert federal government contractors of federal business opportunities aligned to their business expertise.
The announcement was made today by Tim Hartman, CEO, GovExec. The terms of the acquisitions are not being disclosed. Peter Goldstone, chairman of GovExec, served as advisor. The deal was completed with financial support from mid-market private-equityfirm Growth Catalyst Partners (GCP).
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Smart Fertilizer and I-Feeder Technologies, two global agricultural companies, have relocated their head offices to London.
Both companies are part of the YB AgTech Ecosystem, a global agricultural investment company and part of private equity firm Yellow Brick Capital. They were both previously operating out of South Africa and Israel before relocating to the UK in 2020 as part of a new global growth strategy, foreseeing the opportunities of a post-Brexit Britain. With their relocation, both companies will be providing jobs, research fellowships and domestic investment opportunities in the UK.
Both Smart Fertilizer and I-Feeder Technologies provide entirely unique,
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