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Align Capital Partners (ACP) has closed its second private equity investment fund, Align Capital Partners Fund II, LP and Align Capital Partners Fund II-A, LP (ACP II) at its hard cap of USD450 million.
Verdane, a Northern European specialist growth equity investor, has acquired Confirmit, a global solutions provider for Customer Experience (CX), Employee Experience and Market Research. Verdane is the major investor in data visualisation reporting firm Dapresy and will merge the two companies.
“The combination of the Dapresy and Confirmit solutions will be unmatched in the market research and customer experience arena,” says Pål Malmros, responsible for the investment at Verdane. Tobi Andersson, CEO of Dapresy added, “Dapresy has comprehensive CX and market research reporting software, and Confirmit provides the technology that underpins some of the world’s most sophisticated insights programmes. Together,
Parthenon Capital, a growth-oriented private equity firm, has sold its position in portfolio company ScentAir Holdings (ScentAir).The transaction represents the culmination of a successful five-year partnership with ScentAir’s management team, led by Chief Executive Officer Dan Connors. Connors and his team will continue to lead the company going forward. The private equity arm of CITIC Capital Holdings Limited (CITIC Capital) led the new investment in the Company.
Based in Charlotte, NC, ScentAir is the leading provider of scent marketing solutions to leading brands around the world. Currently servicing over 45,000 placements in 119 countries, ScentAir has been helping industry leaders
Austin-based Eventus Systems, a global trade surveillance and market risk software platform provider, has just raised USD10.5 million of growth capital in a Series A investment round. Investors included a range of venture capital and financial services organisations, led by Chicago-based Jump Capital and Austin-based LiveOak Venture Partners.
The funds will enable Eventus to further enhance its technology, significantly increase its sales, development and service staff globally and continue to grow its customer base. Also participating in the round were existing customers and investors, including Coinbase Ventures and Chimera Securities.
Peter Johnson, Principal of Jump Capital, and Krishna Srinivasan,
Valence Surface Technologies (Valence), which is is majority owned by ATL Partners (ATL) and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI), has acquired Fountain Plating Co, a specialist in product finishing services for aircraft engine and critical components for the aerospace and defense industry in the Northeast region of North America. Fountain, located in Springfield, Massachusetts, maintains Nadcap and AS9100 accreditations along with extensive approvals supporting key engine manufacturers and A&D primes such as Pratt and Whitney, GE, Rolls Royce, Collins/UTC, Sikorsky, and Lockheed Martin. The acquisition is a strategic move by Valence to expand its multi-regional footprint and enhance its position
Arrowpoint Advisory’s Media & Technology sector team has advised the shareholders of Pageant Media on the sale of a stake to Intermediate Capital Group’s Europe Mid-Market Fund.
An affiliate of HIG Capital has acquired Vernacare Limited (Vernacare), an international healthcare products specialist. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.Established in 1964, Vernacare is an industry-leading manufacturer of infection control systems. It has pioneered single-use toileting systems globally, offering patients hygienic care and provides healthcare institutions with efficient, cost effective and environmentally sound toileting and bathing solutions. With sales in over 60 countries, the business employs over 250 people across its UK headquarters in Chorley, its manufacturing plant in Bolton and its Canadian base in Toronto.
James Mitchell, Principal at HIG Capital, says: “Vernacare is a growing
Venture capital fund OTB Ventures (OTB) has launched an early growth technology fund with USD100m in commitments from international institutional investors, including the European Investment Fund (EIF), and high-profile backers including Greg Jankilevitch.Focusing on early stage, post-product, start-ups in the CEE region – spanning Cyber Security, Big Data and AI, Fintech, IoT and Robotics, as well as Cloud and SaaS industry verticals – the new investment vehicle is targeting investment in a total of 16 companies to comprise its portfolio by the end of 2022.
The USD100 million fund is set to be the largest fund in CEE with
Energy storage specialist Leclanché has signed an agreement with Yorkville Advisors Global, a US New Jersey-based investment firm offering debt and equity financing to global, small and micro-cap companies, for an unsecured US dollars convertible loan facility with a maximum ceiling of USD40 million (approximately CHF39 million). The initial proceeds will be used for Company operations and expansion.
The terms of the agreement with Yorkville Advisors allows it to convert each loan note into Leclanché shares based on the prevailing Investor’s Spot Rate of Exchange at the time of conversion and divided by the prevailing share price at time of
The Craftory has invested USD15 million in Dropps, a direct-to-consumer provider of eco-responsible household cleaning products.This investment will allow Dropps to scale up and meet the growing demand for its subscription business. Dropps intends to expand its team and product development capabilities.
Philadelphia-based Dropps invented the original liquid laundry detergent pod in 2008 and is now widely regarded as one of the US’s leading challenger brands. Since then, laundry detergent pods have taken the world by storm, with unit dose detergent sales making up 18 per cent of the USD7.3 billion US market in 2018.
Dropps was named
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