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Infoblox, a specialist in Secure Cloud-Managed Network Services, has secured a significant investment from private equity growth investment firm Warburg Pincus. Vista Equity Partners (Vista), an investment firm focused on enterprise software, data and technology-enabled businesses, which acquired Infoblox in 2016, will continue as an investor, with Warburg Pincus and Vista equal partners.
Infoblox is a provider of core networking and cybersecurity solutions that enable enterprise IT managers, network operators, security operators and Chief Information Security Officers to optimise and secure their networks. The investment will help Infoblox accelerate the growth of its core DDI products and continue to invest in
Private equity firm Atlantic Street Capital has appointed Whit Williams as Chief Operating Officer (COO). In this newly created role, Williams is responsible for helping to manage and grow the firm, and sourcing and executing new portfolio investments. He is also a member of the firm’s Investment Committee.
Peter Shabecoff, Co-Chief Executive Officer of Atlantic Street Capital, says: “Whit is a proven leader and investor. We are very excited to welcome him to Atlantic Street Capital as we continue the growth and development of our firm. Given his extensive background, he further strengthens our senior team of investment professionals
Clearwater International has advised Access Creative College, a UKp-based specialist provider of education in the creative industries to 16-19-year olds, on its investment from Apiary Capital (Apiary), a specialist mid-market private equity firm.
Private investment firm GI Partners has held the final closing of its inaugural Data Infrastructure Fund with USD1.8 billion in capital commitments from a broad group of investors. The fund was oversubscribed, surpassing its initial target of USD1.25 billion.
The GI Data Infrastructure Fund continues the firm’s 20-year history of control-oriented investing in hard asset infrastructure companies and properties underpinning the digital economy. The Fund will invest across four data infrastructure sub-sectors data centres, data transport, wireless access, and tech-enabled infrastructure, primarily in North America. The team, which works closely with the firm’s private equity and real estate teams and
The latest IT & Business Services M&A market report from Hampleton Partners, an international technology M&A adviser, reveals how Covid-19 is putting the IT sector on the frontline despite the pandemic’s impact on deal volumes and valuations, with IT departments and suppliers remaining crucial in the shift of entire companies online and in the e-commerce boom. In the first half of 2020, transaction volume dipped to 378 deals, compared to the 416 deals recorded during the second half of 2019.
Along with the number of deals, some valuation multiples came in lower: the trailing 30-month median EBITDA multiple dropped to 9x
Finnish venture capital firm Superhero Capital has announced the first close of its second fund at EUR30 miollion. The fund will make seed investments in Finland and the Baltics and aims to invest in 25 startups over the next four years. The fund will remain open for new investors until the end of 2020.
The fund targets startups that create competitive advantages by refining data into insight. Superhero refers to startups that fit the bill as being ‘insight-driven’.
“There has been a lot of talk about data being the new oil. But how much is data really worth before
Chicago-based private equity firm Kinzie Capital Partners (Kinzie), through an affiliated entity, has acquired Chelsea Lighting NYC (Chelsea).The transaction was completed in partnership with the Company’s management, including Thomas Ike, Brian Horigan and Eric Martin, who will maintain significant ownership interest in Chelsea and will continue to hold key management roles at the Company, with Ike serving as CEO, Horigan as COO and CFO and Martin as the General Counsel and CAO.
Founded in 1994, Chelsea is currently the largest independent lighting and lighting controls distributor serving the New York City market where it supplies the real estate, design
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP), a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, has partnered with management to acquire Tropical Smoothie Cafe. Tropical Smoothie Cafe is a leading franchisor of fast casual cafes with over 870 units across 44 states. The Company inspires a healthier lifestyle by serving better-for-you smoothies, wraps, sandwiches, and flatbreads across multiple dayparts. Tropical Smoothie Cafe was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.
The Company will continue to be run by the existing executive team led by CEO Charles Watson. According to Matthew Frankel, Managing Partner of LLCP, “We are excited to partner with Charles and
By Rodrigo Tavares, founder and president of the Granito Group – With fewer regulatory requirements compared with listed equity, the global USD4 trillion private equity market is lagging behind other asset classes when it comes to the adoption of ESG strategies.
Despite reports of a moribund UK economy, the UK insurance sector has proven its resilience, with M&A activity continuing unabated, according to Clearwater International.The large-scale consolidation of the UK market, which has been running for many years, appears to be continuing. Interest in M&A is likely to continue, as investors view the insurance market as a robust sector and as such have invested in consolidation platforms, most of which have deep pockets funded in part by significant debt facilities. By its very nature, insurance is likely to be less affected by economic uncertainty albeit there may be some downward pressure
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