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BGF – the UK’s most active investor – has invested GBP6 million in global animation studio, Snipple, to support its ambitious growth plans to develop its own IP and content. BGF will take a minority share.Under the leadership of London based CEO Kaine Pate, Snipple Animation has worked consistently with some of the biggest broadcast networks globally, including Netflix, Warner Bros, Disney, Dreamworks and Nickelodeon.
Its portfolio of animation work boasts a variety of family favourites, such as Where’s Waldo, Dora And Friends, Into the City, Animaniacs, Green Eggs and Ham, Ducktales, Be Cool Scooby Doo and Phineas and
Infrastructure and private equity investment manager Foresight Group has held an interim close for Foresight Energy Infrastructure Partners (FEIP) with commitments of cEUR430 million. Including co-investments to date, this represents a total capital pool in excess of EUR600 million.
This close sees new investment from Postens Pensionsstiftelse, investment manager of the Swedish National Post Service, and a US-based institutional investor alongside the first close commitments of EUR342 million announced in January 2020. In April this year, Foresight signed advisory agreements with nine co-investors for the acquisition of the 231MW Skaftåsen wind project in Sweden (announced April 2020).
Each asset acquired by
An affiliate of HIG Capital (HIG) has invested in Makios Logistics SA (Makios) a provider of integrated logistics services and a specialist in temperature-controlled warehousing in Greece.Founded in 1927, the Company is strategically located next to the port of Thessaloniki. Makios currently owns and operates two state of the art logistics assets in Thessaloniki and also owns logistics assets and land north of Athens with significant expansion potential. As a result of its special custom status, the Company is strongly positioned to increase its share of international trade flows.
Riccardo Dallolio, Managing Director and Head of HIG Europe Realty Partners,
Novo Ventures, the ventures arm of Novo Holdings, has participated in the oversubscribed fourth BioGeneration Ventures (BGV) fund, BGV IV, which has closed at EUR140 million (USD170 million). As one of the most active biotech investors in US and Europe, Novo Ventures’ investment strategy is to identify and invest in life science companies developing innovative products with the potential to significantly advance patient care. This investment in BGV IV Fund enhances Novo Ventures’ reach into BGV’s home market, the Benelux, which is fast becoming one of the leading and most productive life sciences regions in Europe.
BGV, which is based
Collectia has completed the acquisition of German company Dr Duve Inkasso (DDI), a provider of debt collection services in Germany focusing on the private medical and professional services sectors. Financial terms have not been disclosed.
DDI was founded in 1990 and is based in Hanover, Germany. The Company is a specialist collection business focusing on the medical sector with clients such as vets, dentists, doctors, clinicians and other medical practitioners. DDI also has a strong presence in the professional services sector. DDI employs 21 staff and has a current portfolio of over 40,000 cases accounting for in excess of EUR
The agenda is now largely finalised for Private Equity Wire’s inaugural PEWlive Technology Summit, a new flagship digital event that will be held on 10-11 February featuring a high-level line-up of speakers, presenters and sponsors.
Aon and eVestment have formed a strategic partnership to provide operational due diligence (ODD) research through the eVestment platform, recognising the need for more transparency and standardisation of ODD information.
Mid-market private equity firm Inflexion is to make a significant minority investment in Digital Wholesale Solutions (DWS), an independent IT, communications and cloud wholesale platform, which is currently part of the Daisy Group. The investment is being made by Inflexion’s dedicated minority investment fund, Partnership Capital II. As part of the transaction, DWS will be demerged from Daisy Group with the majority of the shareholders of Daisy Group reinvesting directly into DWS. The transaction values DWS at an enterprise valuation of GBP1 billion.
DWS is a high growth software platform business providing IT, communications and cloud products and services on a
Private equity firm The Riverside Company has made a minority investment in Area Wide Protective (AWP) in connection with Kohlberg & Company’s (Kohlberg) recent acquisition of the company. The investment was made out of Riverside’s Strategic Capital Fund (RSCF).Headquartered in North Canton, Ohio, AWP is North America’s leading provider of outsourced temporary traffic safety management (TTSM) solutions supporting infrastructure repair, maintenance and upgrade activities for a broad range of blue-chip utilities, utility contractors and roadway maintenance providers. AWP delivers critical TTSM solutions that are essential to its customers’ operations and ensure the safety of their crews as well as the
Industrial Opportunity Partners (IOP), an operations-focused private equity firm, has partnered with the current management team and owners of Little Giant Ladder Systems (Little Giant), to support a recapitalisation of the business. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Little Giant is a designer, marketer and manufacturer of ladder systems to retailers and distributors in the US and internationally. The Company is based in Springville, Utah and has approximately 250 employees.
Little Giant’s products are used by do-it-yourself and professional customers and are sold through brick- and-mortar, e-commerce, industrial distribution and international channels. The Company designs, engineers, manufactures and sells
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