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Canadian private equity firm Novacap, in partnership with Investissement Québec, has acquired Logibec, a Montreal-based healthcare software company. The transaction brings Logibec back into Canadian ownership.Founded in 1982, Logibec is one of Canada’s largest healthcare technology companies and is entirely dedicated to contributing to the better delivery of patient care and to assisting healthcare managers in their day to day operations through technology.
“We are grateful for the enthusiastic support of Novacap and its partners in this transaction, which not only brings our company back to Canadian ownership, but also positions us for expansion outside of North America,” says Marc
London-based Investment group RD Capital Partners (RDCP) has completed the acquisition of Southampton-based construction firm Su-Fix Precast, which see the value of RDCP Group rise to over GBP100million.Established in 2015 by Sameer Rizvi and Iryna Dubylovska, RDCP has experienced impressive growth since its inception and is one of the fastest growing private companies in the UK. The acquisition of Southampton-based Su-Fix Precast is the firm’s fourth acquisition this year and means RDCP now control over £100million of investments in the healthcare, hospitality, engineering and real estate sectors in the UK.
Headquartered in Southampton, Su-Fix Precast was established in 2001
Private equity firm The Riverside Company has invested in Cordico, a provider of purpose-built, mobile health and wellness applications that deliver high-quality wellness tools, resources and assessments to public safety customers including law enforcement, fire, EMS, corrections and more. First responders can access these mobile apps anonymously and conveniently 24/7 to get the behavioural health support they need. The investment merges Cordico with Riverside’s Lexipol platform, a provider of public safety policy and training solutions, targeting the same users as Cordico.
“We are thrilled about the opportunity to partner with Dr. David Black and the Cordico team to make these essential
Hedge fund veterans Chris James and Charles Penner are part of the founding team behind new impact investor Engine No 1, which will look to create long-term value by driving positive impact through active ownership and investment in public and private companies through multiple strategies.
Foundation SP (FSP), a specialist Digital Transformation services provider, has secured a multi-million-pound minority investment from leading mid-market private equity firm LDC.Headquartered in Reading, FSP is an award-winning provider of Digital Transformation services to large enterprises and public sector organisations. Its portfolio of cloud, productivity, data and artificial intelligence offerings alongside trusted managed services delivery are transforming high-profile clients across a range of sectors.
LDC has backed FSP’s ambitious management team, led by Simon Grosse (Chief Executive Officer), Simon Walker (Chief Customer Officer), and Tim Ebenezer (Chief Digital Officer). The team have already successfully grown the business to 80
CET Infrastructure, a provider of specialist geotechnical, environmental and materials testing services to the construction and engineering sector, has continued its buy–and-build growth strategy with the acquisition of Card Geotechnics Limited (CGL).The acquisition of Surrey-based CGL, for an undisclosed sum, is the third bolt-on acquisition since leading mid-market investor Palatine Private Equity took a majority stake in CET Group in November 2018.
CGL, which has more than 65 employees based across a network of seven regional offices, is the largest independent specialist geotechnical and geo-environmental consultancy in the UK and Ireland with clients in residential, commercial and public sectors.
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Emerald Peak Private Equity has appointed Lauren Burnhill as managing partner.Burnhill is a recognised specialist in “Access to Finance” – bankable and sustainable financing programs for businesses (micro, small and medium-sized enterprises MSME). As Chief Investment Officer of Accion International, she transformed the organisation’s portfolio, launching and anchoring new funds to support microfinance infrastructure, the expansion of microfinance to new geographies (India, Lok Capital, now on its third social investment fund) and to new products such as microinsurance (Paralife Group SA). Burnhill left Accion to focus on financing “Access to Life” – the health, food security, housing, education, clean water,
Chicago-based private equity firm Entrepreneurial Equity Partners (e2p) has invested in Salm Partners (Salm) alongside the Salm family, who will maintain a significant stake in the Company. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.Founded in 2004, Salm is the largest contract manufacturer of fully cooked sausages and premium hot dogs in the United States serving a blue-chip customer base that includes industry-leading brands. Utilising a differentiated, co-extrusion, cook-in-package manufacturing process, Salm offers better tasting, clean label products with extended shelf lives relative to sausages produced utilising conventional methods. Salm is headquartered in Denmark, Wisconsin where it owns and
The US International Development Finance Corporation’s (DFC) Office of Equity Investments (OEI) has announced the Direct Equity Request for Applications, which invites early and growth-stage companies, working to solve critical development challenges, to submit an application for direct equity investment.OEI is DFC’s new group dedicated to generating developmental impact through direct equity investments in emerging markets. As a financial tool, direct equity provides DFC with greater flexibility to invest in early and growth-stage companies, partner with other financial institutions, and enable investees to scale operations more efficiently to create greater development impact.
“Equity investments are highly developmental because of
Greenbriar Equity Group, a New York-based investment firm, has promoted Matthew Burke to Managing Director.“Matt’s promotion is a reflection of both his proven investment capabilities over the last decade at Greenbriar, as well as our confidence in his leadership going forward,” says Regg Jones, Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Greenbriar. “During his time with Greenbriar, Matt has distinguished himself as a trusted partner to numerous portfolio companies in several of our sectors of focus and has contributed to our success in these investments. Equally important, Matt has played a significant role in building the culture and team at Greenbriar that
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