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Despite Brexit, the UK is still the top destination for US-EU inbound M&A activity, representing nearly 40 per cent of EU deals since 2009 – and activity could pick up with greater Brexit certainty.
floLIVE, a provider of secure, cloud-native global Connectivity Management Solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT), has secured USD21.5 million in a Series B financing round and appointed Nir Shalom as the company’s new CEO. Led by Shalom, floLIVE will invest the funds to increase its presence in Europe, Asia and North America as well as accelerate its market awareness programs.
Powered by its globally distributed connectivity cloud – floLIVE will address the growing demand among enterprises for secure, seamless connectivity across the globe, with unified management and control.
The funding round was led by 83North, and included notable Venture
One Rock Capital Partners (One Rock) has appointed Rohan Narayan as a Partner. Narayan joins One Rock from Lindsay Goldberg. Previously, Narayan served as a Vice President in Goldman Sachs’ Merchant Banking Division and as a Vice President at Ripplewood Holdings. While at Ripplewood Holdings, Mr. Narayan worked alongside numerous One Rock investment professionals and operating partners, including One Rock Founders and Managing Partners Tony W Lee and R Scott Spielvogel.
“Rohan is a seasoned and highly-respected private equity executive who brings a wealth of middle market expertise to One Rock. Having known and worked with Rohan for many years,
Peak Rock Capital has appointed Jim Lott as Managing Director of Peak Growth Consulting LLC (PGC), a Peak Rock subsidiary that provides operational expertise to the firm’s portfolio companies.Lott joins from GTCR, where he spent the last seven years as Chief Information Officer. As CIO, he worked with GTCR and their portfolio companies to drive value creation initiatives, evaluate investments, and enhance cybersecurity. Drawing on Lott’s extensive experience leading operational initiatives, he will focus on enhancing the firm’s technology related capabilities and execution within its portfolio.
Lott says: “I’m thrilled to join the Peak Rock family. They have built
JF Lehman & Company, a New York and Washington DC-based middle-market private equity firm focused exclusively on the aerospace, defence, maritime, government, and environmental sectors, has acquired UK-based firm GMO, as well as Integrated Global Services, within the space of less than a week.
The firm’s latest acquisition represents the first platform investment by JFLCO’s latest fund, JFL Equity Investors V.
Headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, IGS is a provider of highly engineered, proprietary surface protection solutions and technologies to a diversified global customer base. The company’s technologies and services solve metal wastage and reliability problems in mission-critical equipment found across energy, power
Leading global investor services group IQ-EQ is expanding its Luxembourg senior team with the appointment of senior director Bram Eijsbouts as its new Head of Business Development. Eijsbouts will report directly to Fèmy Mouftaou, IQ-EQ Luxembourg’s chief commercial director. This newly created position reflects the increasing market opportunity identified in the sector, both in Luxembourg and more broadly across the global group.
An experienced commercial director with a demonstrated international track record of 17+ years in the financial and corporate services sector, Eijsbouts has held a number of strategically important commercial roles, each of which arm him with the necessary skills
PEF Services (PEF), a fund administrator for alternative investment managers, has been selected to provide fund administration services to Parliament Capital Management (PCM). “PEF’s reputation for providing exceptional service to its clients, together with innovative technology solutions that will allow us to scale, were key drivers in our decision,” says José R Otero-Freiría, Managing Partner of Parliament Capital Management. “PEF Services’ extensive experience in working with debt funds will help us focus on expanding strategic, high-value initiatives like deal sourcing and asset management, among other areas.”
PEF Services is a private capital fund administrators supporting multiple fund types and investments including Buyout,
Behrman Capital, a private equity investment firm based in New York and San Francisco, has sold its portfolio company ILC Dover to New Mountain Capital. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.Founded in 1947, ILC Dover designs and manufactures a broad range of innovative, highly engineered products utilising high-performance flexible materials. The Company has a more than seventy-year heritage of innovation, and commitment to expanding its product portfolio of mission-critical applications to end use cases including single-use pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical production, personal safety, industrial packaging, infrastructure protection and a range of solutions for human space flight. The Company
Private equity firm CenterOak Partners’ portfolio company Cascade Windows (Cascade) has acquired Amerimax Windows & Doors (Amerimax) from OmniMax International. Amerimax is a manufacturer of vinyl windows and doors focused on the residential retrofit and replacement markets. Amerimax operates two manufacturing facilities in Loveland, CO and Woodland, CA, allowing it to effectively service its dealer customers throughout the Western US. The transaction broadens Cascade’s product offering in the retrofit and replacement window and door segment of its business while also providing incremental production capacity to serve existing Amerimax and Cascade customers in California and Colorado.
“Amerimax has developed a lasting
Stirling Square Capital Partners (Stirling Square) has held the final close of its Fourth Fund with EUR950 million in total commitments raised.The Fund exceeded Stirling Square’s target and represents a nearly 60 per cent increase in size over the firm’s Third Fund.
The Fund received robust support from the firm’s existing investor base and attracted significant commitments from notable new global investors. At final close approximately 60 per cent of commitments were from Europe, 35 per cent from North America, and 5 per cent from the Asia Pacific region.
The Fund will continue to execute the strategy developed
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