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eFront, the leading financial software and solutions provider dedicated to Alternative Investments, has published its latest annual Global Private Equity Performance Series, which shows that Western Europe consolidated its global lead in private equity, with LBO funds further improving their performance during 2019. Overall, 2019 was a positive year for global private equity performance, with most regions seeing rising returns as well as falling risk.
Selection risks decreased in Western Europe, pushing the region further above the risk-return trendline from an already favourable position, and making it the most attractive region globally for private equity on a risk-return basis.
Within Europe,
Eurazeo, via its subsidiary Eurazeo PME, is set to invest about EUR80 million in the acquisition of a majority stake in UTAC CERAM. Current investors, FCDE, CCFA, and UTAC CERAM’s senior executives and key managers will retain a stake in the business. The shared ambition of Eurazeo PME, FCDE and the management team led by CEO Laurent Benoit is to step up UTAC CERAM’s growth in Europe and worldwide, while helping the group expand into new business areas and geographies.
Eurazeo will bring its financial resources and all its expertise (its international network, its experience in the integration of acquired
Growth Capital Partners (GCP), a UK SME private equity firm that specialises in partnering with owner-managers, has made a minority investment in GTS Flexible Materials (GTS), the tenth investment by GCP’s Fund IV.
A group of leading private equity investors have joined forces to create the first international network of Initiative Climat International (iCI).
Award-winning Porterhouse Medical Group joins UK-headquartered, global healthcare communications company imc group, backed by Waterland Private Equity (Waterland), in the first step of its ambitious plans to create an independent provider of global healthcare communications and consulting services to the pharmaceutical and biotech industries.
Jan Pensaert is the founder and managing partner of Valiance, a global life sciences investor focused on addressing the unmet needs of a growing and ageing population. Valiance makes an impact through investments in medtech, with an additional focus on digital and nutritional health.
Corby-based Green Life Buildings Ltd has received a GBP600k funding package from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) East & South East Midlands Debt Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners.The funding will enable the company, which specialises in developing construction technology, to expand its operations and create seven new jobs. As part of its funding plans, Green Life Buildings will be increasing its manufacturing and distribution capacity.
Green Life Buildings provides an innovative lightweight and low carbon building system made up of 3 dimensional latticed panels. These are designed to be low cost, environmentally friendly and able to withstand
Funds managed by Crestview Partners (Crestview) have invested in Upwell Water, a San Francisco-based, water-focused specialty finance company. Upwell Water was founded to create one of the world’s leading water finance companies and acquires and finances water assets to facilitate the deployment of needed water solutions that enable a sustainable water future, one of the core focus areas of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
Crestview’s investment in Upwell Water, alongside a previous commitment from the 2040 Fund and Upwell, LLC, provides the Company with the equity capital to create a USD1 billion specialty finance company. The Company’s capital market solutions
Gen Cap America (Gen Cap), a private equity firm focused on lower middle market buyouts, has sold Aero Systems Engineering (ASE) to Calspan Technology Holding Corporation (Calspan) headquartered in Buffalo, New York. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.Based in St Paul, Minnesota, ASE is a leading provider of design and build engine test and wind tunnel facility solutions as well as lab testing services for jet engines and airframes for a global customer base of OEMs, MROs, militaries, government agencies, universities and research organisations. They offer a portfolio of highly complex, mission critical testing solutions to the global
Symetrica, a manufacturer of radiation detection products for military and homeland security applications, has closed a GBP4 million funding round. The round was led by Parkwalk, the leading investor in startups spun out of UK universities – with participation from other existing Investors and the management team – and includes a provision for a further £2 million commitment from a specialist defence and security investor.
Symetrica was founded in 2002 by the former head of Physics and Astrophysics at Southampton University. The company manufactures, supplies, and supports a wide range of devices – from handheld and backpack-mounted sensors to vehicle-based
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