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Xirgo Technologies a portfolio company of middle-market private equity firm HKW, has acquired assets and technology of Palo Alto-based Owlcam. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.“We are excited about adding Owlcam’s technology to the Xirgo product portfolio and the immediate impact it’s going to bring to our enterprise customer base,” says Shawn Aleman, CEO of Xirgo. “Delivering AI camera technology with our existing vehicle telematics products was already part of Xirgo’s short-term road-map and strategic vision. The addition of Owlcam technology has allowed us to accelerate that vision, putting us significantly ahead of our original timelines.”
Owlcam’s
Global law firm White & Case LLP today released the results of its Global M&A Sentiment Tracker, a global survey of 800 senior M&A executives in a wide variety of sectors. The survey was conducted in the US, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America in the fourth quarter of 2019 (before the beginning of the coronavirus crisis).Dealmakers across the globe are optimistic about the outlook for M&A activity in the coming year, with 86 per cent of respondents saying they expect M&A activity to increase in their region in 2020.
That’s according to Global law firm White & Case’s Global M&A
LDC, the private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group, has made a number of senior promotions as part of its intention to invest GBP1.2billion in UK mid-market firms in the next three years.
Head of new business Andy Grove is promoted to a newly formed role of chief investment officer and will be responsible for the firm’s overall investment activity, including supporting LDC’s portfolio through the focused provision of follow-on funding, according to the firm. Grove led LDC’s investments into Forest Holidays and Joules.
John Garner currently head of Yorkshire, North East & Scotland, is promoted to head of
Palatine-backed TTC Group has completed the bolt-on acquisition of licence checking and document verification business Licence Bureau.The strategic acquisition sees TTC Group broaden its corporate fleet customer base and further strengthen its compliance capability within its proprietary technology platform, Continuum.
Founded in 2003, Licence Bureau provides licence checking and document verification services for SMEs and large corporates. The company has one of the UK’s largest corporate fleet client bases, with more than 1,400 companies utilising its services, including over 20 per cent of FTSE 100 companies. From its base in Hemel Hempstead, the company has completed more than 4
Government proposals to review how asset holding companies for private equity, credit and property investment funds are taxed could create an opportunity for the UK’s financial services industry, says Jason Collins, Tax Partner, of Pinsent Masons, the international law firm.
VNX Exchange, a Luxembourg asset backed token issuance platform, has launched a new offering – the syndication of an investment round into Middle East e-commerce platform, by a Luxembourg VC fund 2be.lu.This USD2.5 million offering on VNX, is a part of the USD7.5 million new funding round of Sprii. As a part of the round, Luxembourg-based VC fund 2be.lu, a long-standing investor of Sprii, subscribes to the convertible notes issued as a part of the new financing round and offers financial investors an opportunity to join the investment through VNX platform.
“We help lead investors to syndicate deals on the
CEPRES, a leading provider of investment analytics & data solutions for Private Markets, was honoured with the prestigious award for Best Data Management Solutions Provider, European Awards, by Private Equity Wire readers for the second consecutive year. The Award is based on the independent voting of Private Equity Wire readers.
CEPRES introduced its new CEPRES Platform in November 2019, now addressing the full spectrum of Private Market participants – Asset Servicers, Consultants, Fund of Funds, Advisors, Placement Agents and more, in addition to the traditional LP and GP professionals. This made it possible, for the first time, for all these
As WHO classed the Coronavirus outbreak as a pandemic yesterday and governments are taking increasingly significant steps to ensure that businesses can weather the storm, private equity firms are holding back on M&A for the time being, according to Eight Advisory.
As the UK Government is about to step up its response and move from “contain” to “delay” phase, while the Chancellor announces measures for how small businesses can cope with the negative effects of Covid-19, the full impact of the outbreak on the private equity industry remains to be seen.
“Businesses that were presenting attractive medium and long term
LSP, a life sciences investor in Europe, has held its final close of LSP 6 at the USD600 million hard cap. This is the largest fund ever raised in Europe focused on life sciences ventures. LSP currently has USD1.1 billion of capital to invest across LSP 6, the LSP Health Economics Fund and LSP’s public fund and mandates.
LSP 6 will, like its predecessor funds, invest in 15-18, predominantly European private companies developing new medications or medical technologies, who turn cutting-edge scientific innovations into real-world healthcare solutions.
Due to strong investor demand LSP was able to raise USDF600 million, significantly more
Varagon Capital Partners (Varagon) is serving as Administrative Agent, Joint Lead Arranger and Joint Bookrunner on a senior secured credit facility to support the acquisition of ALC Schools, by affiliates of Palladium Equity Partners (Palladium).ALC offers alternative student transportation solutions for a variety of student populations, including special education, homeless, foster and other in-need students. ALC’s transportation solutions ease school districts’ transportation challenges by providing an exceptional level of safety and consistency for their most vulnerable students. Each day, ALC coordinates transportation for hundreds of districts and thousands of students across the country.
ALC has 23 field offices across the
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