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Kian Capital Partners (Kian), a middle-market focused private investment firm, has sold its portfolio company, Empire Group (Empire) to PNC Riverarch Capital (PNC Riverarch). Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.Headquartered in Raleigh, NC, Empire is a wholesale distributor of commercial foodservice equipment and genuine OEM parts into diverse markets, including foodservice equipment dealers, service organizations, buying groups and national chain accounts. Empire’s 5,500+ customers greatly value its technical expertise and national fulfillment capabilities through its seven locations.
“Kian’s leadership, while always being genuine and supportive to the entire team, helped drive alignment in our quest to realize
Alpine Investors, a middle market private equity firm focused on software and services, has promoted Matt Moore to Partner and Daniel Cohen to Principal. The promotions build on the growth trajectory of the firm, which is currently deploying its USD1 billion fund closed in 2019.
“At Alpine, we measure ourselves by the quality of our talented, dedicated and diverse team,” says Graham Weaver, CEO and Founder at Alpine Investors. “Matt and Daniel have been instrumental in our firm’s growth – in making great investments, building the team and creating an amazing culture. We’re excited to recognise their contributions and look forward to
London-based IMAN Capital Partners has, together with a group of investors, agreed to acquire a majority stake in Crealsa Investments, a Spanish provider of web solutions for the financing of invoices and promissory notes to SMEs on a nationwide basis.
LDC, the UK’s leading mid-market private equity firm, says it would seek to increase its investment in UK companies during 2020 after deploying GBP365 million of capital in 2019 to back 18 ambitious management teams.The firm, part of Lloyds Banking Group, said the role of private equity in supporting the UK’s small and medium-sized businesses was ‘more important than ever’. LDC said the plan formed part of its rolling three-year commitment to invest GBP1.2 billion of capital.
In an annual summary of its performance, LDC – which typically invests between GBP5 million and GBP100 million in a single transaction
One of Lithuania’s largest asset management companies, INVL Asset Management, has held a final close of INVL Baltic Sea Growth Fund, the largest private equity investment fund for the Baltic region, at a total of EUR165 million.
Keensight Capital, a private equity managers dedicated to pan-European growth buyout investments, is to sell shares of smartTrade Technologies, a specialist in multi-asset electronic trading solutions, to Hg.Founded in 1999 and headquartered in France, smartTrade Technologies has developed an automated trading platform which enables fast access to a wide range of liquidity for Foreign Exchange (FX), Fixed Income, Equities, Cryptocurrencies, and Derivatives. These solutions connect to numerous liquidity providers, aggregation, smart order routing, order management, pricing, distribution, risk management capabilities, and an HTML5 user interface.
The group is located across four continents, with offices in France, Geneva, London, Milan,
Collision Management Systems (CMS), a connected vehicle data specialist, working with insurers, fleets and remote worker organisations to reduce employee risk, has secured a second round of funding from BGF.This investment comes as CMS passes the milestone of over 100,000 people connected to its award-winning platform. In addition, through the integrations CMS has in place with multiple global telematics vendors, the company can access over 50% of commercial vehicles with telematics installed; subject to consent of the customer.
Founded by CEO Charles Smith, CMS has taken a market lead in using the growing volume of connected vehicle data to manage
EV Private Equity, a global private equity firm focused on the energy sector, has promoted Houston-based Matt Anstead to Senior Partner. In his new role, he will continue to provide strategic input to the firm’s current portfolio of leading energy service companies, in addition to supporting the execution of new investment opportunities on behalf of EV Private Equity.
Anstead has more than 20 years of experience in the global energy sector. He joined EV Private Equity in 2014, and during his time as a partner he helped build EV Private Equity’s position as a world-leading private equity firm specialising in technology-rich
Corfin Industries has announced a strategic combination with Micross Components, a provider of mission-critical microelectronic components and services for high-reliability markets, as part of a transaction led by Corfin’s current majority shareholder Behrman Capital. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Headquartered in Orlando, Florida, Micross serves the aerospace, defence, space, medical, and industrial markets, among others. The company offers an industry-leading portfolio of high-reliability components and services that include advanced component testing, qualification services, packaging services, standard wafer bumping, advanced wafer level packaging services, and 3D integration. Micross has longstanding relationships with blue-chip customers in each of
Former Macquarie Group Senior Investment Specialist Teiki Benveniste has been appointed as the Head of newly formed Ares Australia Management, which was formed as a strategic joint venture between Ares Management Corporation (ARES) and Fidante Partners in October 2019 and is aiming to become one of Australia’s leading credit and alternative asset managers. As the new Head of AAM, Benveniste will be based in Sydney and will be responsible for building strong investor interest in the specialist asset manager and for increasing assets under management as the joint venture launches a range of investment strategies. Benveniste will also serve as a
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