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Concentrix Corporation, a global provider of customer experience (CX) solutions and technology, has reached a definitive agreement to sell its insurance third-party administration operations and software platform (CIS) to Abry Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm, and Hoplon Capital, an asset manager focused on digital disruption of end markets including insurance.
This will create a new company which will operate as a standalone business bringing innovation to the insurance marketplace. The transaction is expected to close by the end of May 2021 subject to the approval of customary regulatory requirements and closing conditions. The sale does not impact Concentrix’
Arkhn, a specialist in healthcare data interoperability, has finalised a first round of financing of EUR4 million. This financing round was jointly led by Kurma Partners and Newfund, through their respective funds Kurma Diagnostics II and Newfund II, with the support of the European Commission and the public bank Bpifrance.
Founded in August 2019, Arkhn tackles the issue of accessing healthcare data. It has become critical for care facilities and the entire healthcare ecosystem: medical teams, public and private researchers, patients, medical startups and softwares. This imperative need for data sovereignty has been highlighted by the coronavirus crisis and by
An affiliate HIG Capital (HIG) has completed a USD225 million strategic minority investment in eHealth, in the form of convertible preferred stock.
Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, eHealth operates a leading online marketplace offering consumers a broad choice of insurance products that includes thousands of Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, Medicare Part D plans, individual and family health insurance, small business insurance and ancillary health insurance products from over 180 health insurance carriers.
Scott Flanders, Chief Executive Officer of eHealth, says: “We are excited to team up with HIG as we grow scale and market share by helping millions of Americans
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised US investment firm Narrative Capital on its acquisition of Sony Pictures Television’s entire UK channels portfolio.
“This is an exciting time for the media industry and we are looking forward to continuing to work with the Narrative team to build its global business,” says White & Case partner Daniel Turgel, co-head of the Firm’s Global Technology Industry Group, who co-led the deal team.
The transaction includes Sony’s seven free-to-air channels including Sony Movies, Sony Movies Action, Sony Movies Classic, Sony Channel, POP, Tiny POP and POP Max, as well as
Summa Equity is to sell HyTest, a developer and producer of antibodies and antigens, to Mindray, a global medical technology company, for total consideration of approximately EUR545 million.
Since Summa Equity’s acquisition of HyTest in 2018, the company has continued to develop its industry leading antibodies and antigens product portfolio, maintaining and growing market leading positions in several key segments, including cardiac markers, inflammation and infectious diseases. HyTest’s products cover over 20 disease groups and yearly provides antibodies and antigens for in vitro diagnostic (IVD) tests run on over 300 million patients globally. The company contributes to improve UN Sustainable
NV5 Global, a provider of compliance, technology, and engineering consulting solutions, has acquired PES Environmental, an environmental engineering and consulting company providing environmental site assessment, water resources and stormwater management, permitting and compliance, industrial hygiene, and litigation support services.
The acquisition was made with a combination of cash and stock and will be immediately accretive to NV5’s earnings.
Founded in 1989, PES Environmental’s 56 engineers and environmental scientists help public and private sector clients meet their environmental compliance, permitting, and sustainability goals. PES Environmental’s extensive track record with water resources, ground water, and storm water management projects will offer immediate support
Appian Capital Advisory (Appian), an investment advisor to long-term value focused private equity funds that invest solely in mining and mining related companies, has appointed Monica Pinto as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) with immediate effect.
As CFO, Pinto will work closely with the Executive Team in managing the financial operations of the Company at a group corporate and portfolio level. This will include responsibility for relationships with banks and co-ordinating the finance and administration of fund vehicles, with oversight of financial and regulatory reporting, deal structuring and tax, as well as maintaining investor relationships alongside Appian’s CEO and the Global
GoldenTree Asset Management (GoldenTree), a global credit manager, has appointed Simon Granger as Partner and Head of Restructuring & Turnarounds, EMEA.
Granger brings to GoldenTree nearly 25 years of restructuring and turnaround experience. He was previously Senior Managing Director and Head of Corporate Finance & Restructurings EMEA at FTI Consulting, London. Prior to joining FTI Consulting in 2007, Mr. Granger was a Director in the Restructuring & Transactions group at Deloitte in London.
“Our research-driven investment approach and culture of collaboration and excellence have been core to our success for over 20 years,” says Steven Tananbaum, Founding Partner and Chief
Preqin, a specialist in alternative assets data, tools and insights, has appointed Tom Hunt as its new Chief Technology Officer.
In addition to scaling up Preqin’s technology efforts, Hunt will focus on further developing the company’s solutions and data services to continue to provide the alternatives industry with market-leading data and insights.
Hunt was formerly a technology leader at Kantar and GlobalWebIndex, both market research and data analytics companies. He brings a breadth of experience leading engineering and development teams and leveraging data science to collect and manage large and complex datasets.
Hunt joins Preqin at a time when the
According to the first estimates obtained by the Spanish Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (ASCRI), through the European platform EDC, the volume of private capital investment in Spain reached EUR1.125 billion in the first quarter of 2021, 84 per cent more than in the same of period last year, from a total of 236 deals.
Of the total number of investments closed over this period, 207 were Venture Capital deals and 29 were Private Equity deals. The volume of Venture Capital investment experienced a significant growth, with EUR542M distributed among the 207 transactions mentioned above, representing an increase of
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