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The number of private equity buy and build transactions in the UK rose by 35 per cent during 2020, as private equity houses looked to bolster their portfolio during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to research by Rickitt Mitchell.
Analysis by the corporate finance boutique, in partnership with Experian Market iQ, reveals that a total of 370 bolt-on transactions were completed in 2020 – up from the 276 seen over the course of the previous year.
The bounce back following the Covid-19 pandemic is highlighted by the active second half of 2020, with 232 transactions completed during that period. In contrast,
Partners Group, the leading global private markets firm, has acquired one of the largest district heating platforms (the “District Heating Platform” or “the Company”) in the Baltics, from Finnish energy company Fortum Corporation (“Fortum”).
The Company, which operates across Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, has 74 generation assets, which generate heat capacity of 881 MW and power capacity of 130 MW across 387 km of district heating networks. The District Heating Platform’s fuel is largely derived from renewable or recycled sources, mainly biomass.
Growing demand for district heating is being driven by several transformative trends in the region, including
Aliter-backed Sponge has completed its acquisition of Idox Compliance from its parent Idox plc. With operations in Germany, Belgium and the UK, Idox Compliance provides corporate compliance eLearning solutions to customers across Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the rest of Europe.
Idox Compliance’s leading corporate compliance content, large corporate relationships and geographic footprint are complementary to Sponge’s existing business, which has been created by Aliter through its bringing together of three digital learning businesses, Bolt Learning, Sponge and Skill Pill. Together as one group, it has evolved under Aliter’s direction and continues to exceed its targets despite a challenging economic backdrop.
Manulife Investment Management appointed Joshua Liebow and Mateusz (Matt) Szwarc as co-heads of junior credit for private markets based out of Boston.
Respira has closed an equity investment in the first quarter of 2021 by Capricorn Investment Group’s Sustainable Investors Fund.
This investment aims to catalyse movement of institutional capital towards asset managers with high-quality approaches to sustainability. It will allow for the expansion of Respira’s portfolio-based approach to the carbon offset market.
Acting as an investment principal with secured, long-term contracts with diversified worldwide carbon offset projects, Respira offers businesses the architecture to “progressively achieve emissions reductions targets.” This approach provides institutional investors with both long-term pricing and productivity guarantees.
Robin Bowie, Co-Founder and Director of Respira, says: “We
Global law firm White & Case has advised Epidemic Sound on a USD450 million joint investment by EQT Growth and Blackstone Growth, which values Epidemic Sound at USD1.4 billion.
Epidemic Sound is a global MusicTech company headquartered in Stockholm. The company has democratised access to music for storytellers by providing royalty free music and sound effects. Its innovative digital rights model paves the way for creators, from YouTubers to small businesses to the world’s largest brands, to use restriction-free music to elevate their content, whilst supporting the musicians it works with both financially and creatively. Epidemic Sound was founded in
Procuritas Capital Investors VI (Procuritas) has acquired Polarn O Pyret AB, a Swedish children’s clothing brand, for a SEK330 million (EUR33 million) on a cash and debt-free basis.
Polarn O Pyret, launched in 1976, is internationally recognised forfunctional design and engagement for sustainability.
Polarn O Pyret is headed by Johan Munck, an experienced CEO and driver of change in retail and digital consumer businesses.
“We are excited about having Procuritas as our partner since they share our passion for long-term sustainability,” says Munck. “We have worked hard during the difficult past year to build on our many strengths and increase
Telestream, a portfolio company of Genstar Capital and a specialist in media workflow orchestration, media streaming and delivery technologies, has acquired Masstech, a creator of intelligent, hybrid cloud-based storage and asset lifecycle management solutions for the M&E industry.
The company’s 10th acquisition comes shortly after Telestream’s purchase of EcoDigital – another specialist in content management system technology.
Masstech combines the experience of many decades of broadcast and video content storage management with cloud and other vanguard technology development processes, to identify and address the challenges of the industry’s constantly evolving technical and business landscapes. Today, organisations representing every facet of
Clessidra Sgr has finalised the acquisition of a majority stake in Botter SpA, a Venetian company among the world’s leading exporters of Italian wine owned by the Botter family and IDeA Taste of Italy fund, managed by DeA Capital Alternative Funds.
The Botter family will support Clessidra in this transaction by reinvesting in the company, continuing to play a key operational role, while ensuring management continuity. Italmobiliare and Capital Dynamics, investors in Clessidra Capital Partners 3 fund, will take part as co-investors in the deal. IDeA Taste of Italy has yielded its entire stake.
Founded by Carlo Botter in 1928
Allvue Systems (Allvue), an alternative investment technology solutions provider, has launched its enhanced Fund Performance & Portfolio Monitoring (FPPM) Solution to enable general partners (GPs) to visualise, aggregate and analyse private equity portfolio data in real-time.
The enhancements made to Allvue’s FPPM solution will reduce the operational burden on GPs as well as increase business intelligence, empowering managers to act more efficiently and in real-time. The offering includes a single unified reporting system and interactive dashboards that are available to investors so they can quickly and easily access accurate, updated portfolio data, as well as extensive reporting capabilities to seamlessly
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