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ARQIS has advised the shareholders of Kroha on the sale of the company to the AR Packaging Group. After approval by the responsible antitrust authorities, the transaction was completed on 30 November 2020.Kroha is a family-run production company for folding box dividers and leaflets based in Germany with production sites in Miesbach and Barleben. With its exclusive focus on pharmaceutical packaging, 250 highly qualified employees and an experienced management team, Kroha stands for the highest quality of its products and efficient processes.
As a portfolio company of the US financial investor CVC Capital Partners, AR Packaging is one of
UK mid-marketprovate equity investor Livingbridge has agreed the sale of The Up Group, a European digital search, advisory and networking firm.Livingbridge’s realisation comes via a strategic trade acquisition from Alexander Mann Solutions (AMS), backed by OMERS Private Equity, the private equity arm of one of Canada’s largest defined benefit pension plans. AMS will support The Up Group in delivering enhanced talent solutions to its clients, scaling its international operations and expanding its team, whilst retaining Up’s strong brand and autonomy to deliver market-leading digital executive search.
Having recognised the firm’s unique offering and backing an experienced senior management team
NextStage, an investment company listed on the Euronext Paris regulated exchange, and a specialist in long-term equity investments in mid-sized companies (MSCs), has sold of its entire stake in the Fountaine Pajot Group.Fountaine Pajot, an brand created by Jean-François Fountaine and Yves Pajot in 1976, has developed unmatched expertise in the design and manufacture of elegant marine catamarans for nearly 40 years, allowing it to sell more than 3,000 boats worldwide. Supported by NextStage since 2015, Fountaine Pajot has been able to develop and strengthen its leadership position, becoming one of two French flagships of industrial know-how in the world
Capstone Partners, an independent global placement agent, has appointed Tiffany Howard (née Bourgoin-Heskia) as a Principal. Howard will be responsible for fundraising and client origination in the UK, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy, Spain and Portugal.
“We are delighted to welcome Tiffany to Capstone Partners. She brings five years of fundraising experience in Europe and North America to complement Capstone’s global distribution platform,” says Lucien Cipollone, Associate Partner at Capstone Partners. “Tiffany’s addition deepens our reach in European distribution, ensuring full coverage for our global client base.”
Prior to Capstone, Howard was Vice President at Quest Fund Placement, where she raised capital
Benevity, a specialist in corporate purpose cloud software, has secured an investment from global software investor Hg. Hg’s investment is expected to further accelerate and scale Benevity’s pioneering leadership in this category.
Hg will lead the investment, which will be made from the Hg Saturn 2 Fund, in partnership with Benevity’s current investors, General Atlantic and JMI Equity, who will remain significant investors in the business, alongside the Benevity management team.
This investment comes at a time when ESG (Environment, Social, Governance), corporate purpose and stakeholder capitalism are taking root in companies of all sizes across the globe and as
Glenhawk as agreed to a GBP25 million mezzanine funding line with Balbec Capital, the global private investment firm, which will support the senior funding line Glenhawk secured with JP Morgan in March as it targets growing its UK loan book to GBP200 million by the end of 2021.The agreement represents the first time that Balbec Capital, which has invested over USD6.5 billion in 20 countries and specialises in investments and joint-ventures in alternative credit opportunities, has partnered with a UK bridging lender. The funding line, which was arranged and closed since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, will be used
Union Bancaire Privée, UBP SA (UBP) has held the first close of UBP Private Debt Fund III, at over EUR110 million. The strategy seeks to earn attractive risk-adjusted returns by investing in privately sourced debt obligations, expanding UBP’s existing diversified range of private debt solutions.
The Private Debt team originates its transactions from the family office universe, an informal network of multi- and single-family offices and businesses backed by family money. The UBP Private Debt Fund III has a lifespan of 4.5 years and will return capital after a two-year investment period. The target size is up to EUR 300 million,
Public pensions in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada tracked by eVestment continue to favour private equity investments over other private markets investment options, according to the latest eVestment Private Markets Monitor covering October 2020. For October, these pensions reported a total of USD3.62 billion in commitments to private equity funds, with an average commitment size of USD53 million. October 2020’s reported commitments were USD1.26 billion more than was reported in October 2019 (USD2.36 billion), but down significantly from the 110 commitments worth a total of USD12.72 billion these pensions reported in September 2020.
After a year of relative
The latest CEPRES Private Capital Market Outlook highlights how the venture capital industry and its underlying technology and innovation across many verticals such as financial services, entertainment, social media and healthcare can stand to benefit from the consequences of the pandemic.
Coadjute – a blockchain network for the UK property market that promises to double the speed of UK property sales by connecting all the parties involved in property transactions – has secured additional funding from a US venture fund, Collab+Currency. The backing will be used to accelerate the launch of the Coadjute Network and strengthen the future product roadmap, and represents another major milestone for the rapid growth of enterprise blockchain, which is becoming an increasingly established technology. With sectors as diverse as banking, shipping and healthcare now embracing enterprise blockchain technology, Coadjute says the time has now come for the
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