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An affiliate of HIG Capital (HIG), a global alternative investment firm with USD44 billion of equity capital under management, has completed a recapitalisation of Windows USA (Windows USA).
HIG is partnering with Michael Allbritton, Robert Tankersley, Ryan Guthrie, Eric Oliver and the current management team to provide additional resources to accelerate the Company’s successful growth trajectory. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Headquartered in Royal, Arkansas, Windows USA is a vertically integrated home services business providing replacement vinyl windows to homeowners in the Southern US. Windows USA is one of the largest direct-to-consumer (DTC) providers of replacement windows in
Astorg has completed its acquisition of Corsearch, from Audax Private Equity (Audax). Corsearch’s suite of end-to end brand risk and performance solutions include trademark research, online brand protection, and anti-piracy.
Building on Corsearch’s innovative tools for trademark clearance and brand and content protection, the new owners will invest in the continued development of the business and its services. Corsearch’s management team, led by CEO Tobi Hartmann, will continue to lead the organisation, building on an impressive track record of organic growth and strategic acquisitions.
The acquisition of Corsearch marks the second intellectual property (IP) deal announced by Astorg, which previously
Kenect, a provider of business texting and communications technology, has secured a strategic growth investment from funds advised by PSG, a growth equity firm partnering with middle-market software and technology-enabled service companies.
The investment aims to fuel Kenect’s next phase of growth including: Continued product innovation, scaling the go-to-market, adding to the customer support organisation and pursuing strategic acquisitions, all in order to better serve Kenect’s growing list of clients across North America.
Financial terms have not been disclosed.
“We couldn’t be more excited to work with PSG to continue our mission of connecting businesses with consumers through our messaging
TCG Crossover (TCG X), in partnership with The Column Group, has raised an inaugural USD824 million fund focused on crossover and public investments in the life sciences.
The oversubscribed fund attracted an array of premier investors including university endowments, family offices, pension funds and sovereign wealth funds.
TCG X invests exclusively in innovative drug discovery companies that are seeking to make an impact on unmet medical needs. By leveraging its relationship with The Column Group and its Science Partners, the firm adds extensive scientific and operating expertise to its portfolio companies. While TCG X will invest in some late stage
Norwest Equity Partners (NEP), a middle market investment firm founded in 1961, has appointed Eric Kau, a proven operating executive and CEO advisor, as an operating partner.
Forbion, a European life sciences venture capital firm, has held the final close of the Forbion Growth Opportunities Fund I (Forbion Growth I) at its hard cap amount of EUR360 million (USD428 million).
Forbion Growth I is focused on investing in late-stage European life sciences companies.
Pantheon, Eli Lilly and Company, Horizon Therapeutics, the Belgian Growth Fund, New Waves Investments, Wealth Management Partners, KfW Capital and the European Investment Fund (EIF) are part of a strong base of institutional LPs that supported the fund. Forbion Growth I concentrates on later-stage investments, particularly in European biotech companies that develop novel therapies
Feel, the UK-based digital health company, has closed a GBP4.5 million investment, led by Fuel Ventures and including TMT Investments, Sova VC, Richard Longhurst (founder of LoveHoney.com) and Igor Ryabenkiy (founder and GP of Altair Capital).
Feel is on a mission to clean up the ‘dirty’ world of nutritional supplements and is producing high-quality supplements following an exceptional first year of growth. Increasingly health-conscious consumers spend GBP442million a year on nutritional supplements, oblivious to falling foul of poor quality, ineffective nutrients.
The global dietary supplements market has become a high growth sector in recent years. In 2019, the market
In this week’s podcast, Sunaina Sinha, managing partner at Cebile Capital, discusses the findings of the firm’s recent survey of 100 global LPs, including how LPs have shifted their modus operandi in 2020, who the winners are in terms of allocation flow during the pandemic, and the fact that 51 per cent of LPs expect to increase commitments to private equity in 2021.
musicMagpie, a re-commerce business in the UK and US specialising in refurbished consumer technology, has secured GBP20 million in growth financing through a GBP10 million committed revolving credit facility and a GBP10 million accordion facility from Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) UK Branch.
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