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Akin Gump has advised Swedish e-commerce investor eEquity on the launch of its fourth fund, eEquity IV, which has raised SEK1.6 billion (USD195 million). The fund will support scale-ups and high-growth SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) and small mid-caps in several EU member states, with a focus on Nordic countries.
The newly launched joint European Commission and European Investment Fund (EIF) “European Scale-up Action for Risk Capital” (ESCALAR) pilot program, backed by the Investment Plan for Europe, made its first investment, EUR37.5 million, into the fund.
Patrik Hedelin, managing partner at eEquity, says: “We are very pleased with the fund size
BGF anticipates a strong pipeline for 2021 after marking a strong run of investment activity in 2020, despite the challenging economic backdrop of Covid-19. Over the last nine months, the investment team for Scotland and Northern Ireland has delivered a cornerstone investment in Scotland’s first IPO for two years, invested GBP37 million in over 12 growth businesses and completed the partial exit of one of its longest-standing portfolio companies.
BGF believes 2021 will see a reset in thinking among entrepreneurs after the firm experienced a sharp uptick in enquiries during the last two months from companies either directly or through their
CVC Capital Partners’ (CVC) CVC Growth Fund is to sell Kount Inc (Kount), a provider of Artificial Intelligence (AI)- driven fraud prevention and digital identity solutions, to global data and analytics company Equifax in a deal valued at USD640 million.
Enfusion, a specialist in investment management technology solutions and services, has received a USD150 million minority investment from ICONIQ Growth. The funding is an endorsement of Enfusion’s pioneering cloud-native SaaS approach to breaking technological barriers and removing informational and operational constraints for its investment management clients. In line with Enfusion’s continued profitability and growth, this funding values the Company at $1.5 billion. ICONIQ Growth joins FTV Capital and Hillhouse Capital as institutional investors in the company.
Over the last several years, traditional and alternative asset managers using Enfusion’s integrated front-to-back office software and services have used the platform to simplify
Foresight Group (Foresight), an independent infrastructure and private equity investment manager, has made a GBP3.5 million growth capital investment into IMMJ Systems Limited (IMMJ), a rapidly growing electronic document management solution (EDMS) supplier, with a focus on healthcare.Founded in 2015, by a team experienced in enterprise IT and NHS technology distribution, IMMJ developed MediViewer. This leading EDMS addresses a critical challenge for healthcare providers, digitising patient records and providing a single, easy access interface for clinical caregivers. MediViewer is highly intuitive, secure, quick to implement and works seamlessly with other software systems, achieving high user adoption rates and leading to
Jordan Schneider is joining Holland & Knight’s Miami office as a partner after serving as Vice President, Strategic Initiatives at Perry Ellis International, Inc. Prior to joining Perry Ellis in 2019, Schneider was an associate with Holland & Knight’s Corporate, M&A and Securities Practice Group.
Schneider focuses his practice on representing both public and private companies and private equity funds in mergers and acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures and other general corporate matters. He also represents both insureds and underwriters in connection with transactional risk products, including the issuance of representations and warranties insurance policies.
“We are pleased that Jordan has decided
Kainos Capital, a private equity firm specialising in acquiring and managing food and consumer businesses, has appointed Alex Stanek as a senior associate of supply chain, further expanding its operations management capabilities.Andrew Rosen, Managing Partner of Kainos, says: “We are excited to officially welcome Alex to the Kainos team. We have worked with Alex over the past several years as an outside consultant and she has been a great resource in our efforts to drive efficiencies throughout our portfolio company supply chains. Alex will work directly with Kim Homa, our Director of Supply Chain and long-time member of the Kainos
Livingbridge, one of the UK’s leading mid-market private equity investors, has bolstered its leadership team with the appointments of James Titmuss to Partner, Joe McGee to Associate Director, and Yun Ma to Investment Manager. These promotions underline Livingbridge’s continued commitment to developing a robust and skilled network across the UK.
Titmuss joined Livingbridge’s Manchester office in 2006 after nearly a decade in corporate finance. Since joining Livingbridge, he has developed a strong track-record in partnering with fast-growing, entrepreneurial companies including many of Livingbridge’s successful Northern based investments such as On The Beach, inov-8, Giacom and Onyx Group. Titmuss played a
M/C Partners, a private equity firm focused on small and mid-size businesses in the communications and technology services sector, has promoted Ryan Carr, Abhishek (AB) Rampuria and Julia Senior to Partner from Vice President. Additionally, Arvind Viswanathan has been promoted to Senior Associate.
“Ryan, AB, and Julia have each demonstrated the ability to identify, source and lead deals in their respective industry sectors and have played leadership roles in portfolio management,” says Gillis Cashman, Managing Partner, M/C Partners. Managing Partner, Brian Clark also commented: “Combined with existing Partner, Travis Keller, these individuals reflect the next chapter of M/C Partners leadership.”
Spartronics, a provider of contract manufacturing and design services and a portfolio company of middle market private equity firm One Equity Partners (OEP), has completed the acquisition of Primus Technologies Corp. Financial terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed.
Headquartered in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, andf ounded in 1959, Primus Technologies provides engineering, manufacturing and testing services of circuit card assemblies and box builds for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the aerospace, defence, medical and complex industrial markets. The company operates two facilities in the United States.
“The decades of precision engineering expertise Primus brings, coupled with its excellent
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