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European software investor Hg’s Saturn team and its investors have agreed to a further majority investment in software company Visma, valued at USD12.2 billion in the world’s largest ever software buyout.
The Hg Saturn 2 Fund will purchase the stake from Montagu, a European private equity firm which has been an investor in the business since 2010, and other investors including Hg’s Genesis 7 Fund which will reduce its holding in Visma.
Warburg Pincus and TPG will invest in the company for the first time, acquiring minority stakes. Existing investor CPPIB will increase its stake, alongside other current co-investors in
Berlin-based deep tech company Apheris has raised EUR2.5 million to enable companies to analyse data without compromising privacy.
Cuatrecasas has advised Ventient Energy, the second-largest non-utility generator of onshore wind energy in Europe, on the acquisition of Iberwind and its subsidiaries, a leading player in the renewables energy sector in Portugal, with a portfolio comprising 31 wind farms with a total installed capacity of 726 MW.This deal bolsters Ventient Energy’s position as a leading player in Europe’s renewable energy market by adding these wind farms to the 103 units it already owns and operates across Europe with an installed capacity of 1.9 GW.
Iberwind, with more than 300 wind turbine generators, produces roughly 15 per cent of
Propeller Industries (Propeller), a provider of financial and accounting services for venture-stage companies, has secured an investment from affiliates of Newlight Partners (Newlight), a private investment firm. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 2008, Propeller’s core services include CFO-level financial guidance, comprehensive financial reporting and cost-effective accounting, as well as specialised services such as transaction advisory, trade promotions management, and human resources. Propeller’s teams bring deep, industry pattern-recognition and a cloud-based operating platform that equips founders with real-time reporting and analytics. Today, Propeller employs nearly 200 full-time people across six US and two international offices to
Funding for UK cybersecurity start-ups has increased by a staggering 940 per cent since the beginning of lockdown – with GBP496 million being raised in the first half of 2020, almost outstripping the 2019 total of GBP521 million.
Private equity group Innova Capital is to sell its 100 per stake in Trimo, a leading European producer of high quality façade and building envelope solutions, to Kingspan Group.
The parties have not disclosed the terms of the transaction.
Completion remains subject to regulatory approvals and is expected to take place during the fourth quarter of 2020.
“Not only were we able to achieve a very good return, but we have successfully transformed the company from a local champion into a truly international player,” says Andrzej Bartos, Senior Partner, who led the transaction for Innova.
Hg, a global software investor, partner and supporter of the expansion of global tax software provider Sovos for more than four years, is to lead a further, majority investment in the company through the Hg Saturn 2 Fund.
TA Associates, a global private equity firm with more than four decades of software investing experience, will also join as a significant minority investor to support the next wave of Sovos’ growth. Following this new investment, Sovos is poised to continue its geographic expansion, deepen its partner ecosystem, and respond rapidly to emerging tax and regulatory changes around the world.
Sovos has
HSBC Global Asset Management has closed its HSBC Vision Private Equity 2020 Fund at just over USD260 million.
Investors in the fund, which will invest in a number of private equity opportunities from primaries and secondaries to direct co-investments, include HSBC Private Banking and HSBC Global AM’s institutional clients.
The HSBC Vision Private Equity 2020 Fund is a continuation of last year’s programme, which raised 250 million globally. The next in the series of Vision funds is intended to launch in Q4 2020.
The annual programme of Vision funds provides exposure to a global diversified portfolio by geography,
Baird Capital, the direct investment arm of Baird, has acquired an interest in eCube Solutions Limited (eCube), a provider of storage, disassembly and parts re-use and recycling services to global aircraft owners in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, including major airlines and aircraft leasing companies.
Baird Capital’s James Benfield and Andrew Dyer will join the eCube board of directors.
eCube’s primary operations and headquarters are in St Athan, Wales, with a second parking and disassembly facility in Castellón, Spain. Over the past decade, the company has grown rapidly as a leader in accuracy, turn-around and innovation alongside the
Quorum, a public affairs software platform for legislative tracking, stakeholder engagement, and grassroots advocacy, has secured a growth investment from Serent Capital, a San Francisco and Austin based private equity firm focused on investing in high-growth technology and services businesses.Quorum’s software helps public affairs professionals at organisations like Coca-Cola, Walmart, Toyota, the US Travel Association, the Human Rights Campaign, and the Air Force work smarter and move faster with legislative tracking, stakeholder engagement, and grassroots advocacy. Founded in 2014 by Alex Wirth (CEO) and Jonathan Marks (CTO), Quorum is used by thousands of public affairs professionals across all 50 states
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