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Hamilton Lane Advisors, a leading PE advisory firm with more than USD421 billion in advisory assets and north of USD66 billion in discretionary AUM, has filed an 8K with the Securities Exchange Commission, having entered into a USD75 million Multi-Draw Term Loan and Security Agreement with First Republic Bank.
GRO Capital has agreed to become the new majority shareholder and provide further capital into Queue-it, a virtual waiting room software application, to accelerate growth.
ARX Equity Partners has sold its investment in Slovenian healthcare services provider Diagnosticni Center Bled doo (DCB), generating an overall 3.6x cash-on-cash return multiple and an IRR exceeding 25 per cent.
DCB has been acquired by a joint venture involving Sava Re and Triglav, two of Slovenia’s largest insurance companies.
The takeover of DC Bled represents an important step for Sava Re and Triglav, respectively, towards the implementation of their strategic expansion into the Slovenian private health services market, according to a statement.
“We are delighted that DC Bled has been acquired by a blue-chip strategic investor, one that will
Renovus Capital Partners, a Philadelphia-area private equity firm focused on investing in education and human capital sectors, has sold Red Nucleus Enterprises (Red Nucleus) to Riverside Partners (Riverside). Red Nucleus, with offices in the US, Europe and Asia, offers a full suite of digital learning and compliance solutions to the global life sciences industry. Renovus has retained a minority equity interest and will continue to support Riverside in its future growth initiatives. Other terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
“From the beginning we were big believers in Ian and his team. They had built a really talented organisation with unique
Origami Capital Partners (Origami), a private equity firm focused on opportunistic special situations, has held the final closing of Origami Opportunities Fund IV (Fund IV) with USD520 million in capital commitments. Metric Point Capital (Metric Point) acted as the exclusive placement agent for the fundraise.
Origami offers flexible and creative capital solutions for illiquid assets trapped in complex structures. Origami solves challenges for its deal partners across industries, asset classes and throughout capital structures.
The firm’s experience navigating complicated situations and its collaborative, problem-solving approach delivers innovative and flexible solutions for Origami’s counterparties, including: alternative investment managers, limited partners and operating
Kenyan health tech startup Afya Rekod is about to launch an AI and blockchain consumer-driven, health data platform in support of global efforts to curb the coronavirus pandemic.
The platform will provide a portal for people across the world to store their health data in real time, with a special focus on Covid 19.
The system, which is built to help users store their own health data, access health information and connect to health service providers was initially set to launch at the end of July 2020.
“Afya Rekod is a medical data storage platform that allows patients to store
The latest RisCura-SAVCA South African Private Equity Performance Report reveals that the country’s private equity industry again outperformed listed equity over the short- and medium-term, as of September 2019.The 2019 third quarter report, which tracks a representative basket of private equity funds in South Africa, shows outperformance across all three listed benchmarks over the three-year and five-year periods. Over the 10-year period, private equity underperformed across all three listed benchmarks.
The direct alpha earned by private equity relative to the ALSI TRI, FINDI TRI and the SWIX TRI is 2.9 per cent, 4.0 per cent and 5.4 per cent,
Integral Venture Partners (Integral) has held the first close of its first private equity and growth capital fund, Evolving Europe Principal Investments I (EEPI I). The fund, which has a hard cap of EUR150 million, is backed by leading institutional investors including the European Investment Fund (EIF) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and prominent regional and international entrepreneurs.
Integral is focused on investing in central and south-eastern Europe, a region covering 25 per cent of Europe’s territory with population of 120 million. The fund will be seeking equity investments of up to EUR25 million in targets with
Northlane Capital Partners (NCP) has made an investment in VMG Health (VMG), a full-service valuation and transaction advisory firm exclusively focused on the healthcare industry. NCP invested in partnership with VMG’s existing management team and key employees, led by Founder and CEO Greg Koonsman.
Founded in 1995, VMG Health provides compliance related transaction services including: business, real estate, and asset valuation, physician compensation plan design and valuation, buy side and sell side quality of earnings, litigation and dispute services, and reimbursement consulting.
“I am thrilled that we have entered into a partnership with Northlane Capital Partners to continue our firm’s legacy
Guy & O’Neill, a portfolio company of Centre Partners, and a developer and manufacturer of wipes and liquid-fill products in the household cleaning and personal care categories, has acquired Boomerang Laboratories (Boomerang), a Minnesota-based manufacturer of a diverse array of liquid-fill personal care and light-duty household cleaning products. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
The acquisition enhances Guy & O’Neill’s product breadth and capabilities in several attractive categories, provides meaningful additional liquid-fill capacity and creates a larger, more diversified and multi-site partner for customers. Founded in 1999 and based in Spring Park, Minnesota, Boomerang’s breadth of product capabilities
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