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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
Churches Fire, a Southampton-based provider of fire safety and security compliance services, has secured a significant GBP75 million refinancing package from HSBC UK and HSBC Asset Management, Northleaf Capital Partners and Siemens Bank.
The senior debt package will provide Churches, which is backed by private equity sponsor Horizon Capital, with significant firepower for future acquisitions. In the last four years the business has successfully acquired 14 companies and now serves over 15,000 customers across the UK.
The company will continue to implement its proven ‘Buy and Build’ strategy with further acquisitions in the pipeline for 2021 and beyond. HSBC
The Robot Exchange has secured a significant GBP500k investment from leading private equity investment firm, Foresight Group, through the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF).
The Nottingham-based business supplies Robotic Process Automation (RPA) software and services to deliver efficiencies to businesses, helping them streamline and automate their processes via robotic infrastructure.
The funding will be used as growth capital, helping The Robot Exchange further innovate in the RPA sector – enabling greater investment in more technical solutions and increasing the volume of customers, markets and platforms that The Robot Exchange can serve. The Company plans to create an additional five
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