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BGF invested GBP93 million of growth capital into companies based in London and the South East in 2019. Sixteen new businesses were added to the portfolio, and several existing portfolio companies received follow on funding to support further business growth. This brings BGF total in the South East region to GBP586m invested in 115 businesses to date, across early-stage, growth and quoted companies.New investments this year include PredictImmune, a fast-growth developer of pioneering prognostic tools for immune-mediated diseases, direct to consumer menswear brand Spoke and Bf1systems, the market-leading provider of electronic and electrical solutions for the motorsport and automotive industries.
NovaQuest Capital Management (NovaQuest), a healthcare and life sciences focused private investment firm, has closed an investment in InformedDNA, a provider of genetics services. NovaQuest partnered with TripleTree Capital Partners (TTCP) and Frist Cressy Ventures (FCV) to make a meaningful growth capital investment into the company. InformedDNA will use the capital to continue scaling its technology-enabled, genetics expert services, as well as to expand its staff of genetic counsellors. Terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed. InformedDNA will continue to be led by the current management team under the direction of Chief Executive Officer, David Nixon.
“We are
Manulife Investment Management (Manulife) has closed approximately USUSD1.5 billion in commitments to Manulife Private Equity Partners (MPEP). MPEP is the first fund-of-funds product raised by Manulife Investment Management’s Private Markets group as part of its ongoing effort to provide specialszed asset management solutions for global investors.
The Fund was seeded with an existing portfolio of funds and co-investment interests in North American buyout and growth funds invested with more than 25 leading private equity managers. MPEP also includes capacity for new fund investments as well as co-investments to be managed by Manulife Investment Management’s Private Markets Group. MPEP’s fund investment program is
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has appointed Jeff Hawn, former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Quest Software, as a Partner at the Firm.Hawn has 20 years’ experience across a range of senior executive roles in software and technology-related businesses. His prior positions include Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Quest Software (2016-2019), Vertafore (2015-2016), and Attachmate (2005-2014) and Senior Vice President of Operations at BMC Software. Previously he spent 10 years as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, where he was a partner.
“Jeff is a talented software operating executive with deep industry relationships and a strong reputation for
Quadrille Capital, an independent French investment company, specialising in financing companies in the advanced phase of growth (Growth Equity), is pleased to announce three internal promotions.Brice Delome, 31m has been promoted to Partner. A graduate of HEC and Paris Dauphine, Delome started his career at Quadrille Capital in 2013, first as an Analyst, and then as an Associate and Vice President. He has participated in more than 20 investments in the IT, consumer, life sciences and energy sectors.
David Shu, 42 years old, has been promoted to CCO. A graduate of Skema (formerly the Lille Graduate School of Commerce), Shu
FRP, a specialist business advisory firm, has advised Easy Cleaning Solutions Ltd on a refinancing deal with Close Brothers.Headquartered in Norfolk, Easy Cleaning Solutions manufactures private label and own brand cleaning solutions. It’s in-house design and chemist team has extensive experience of chemical manufacturing to effectively develop and scale processes, helping to bring new products to the market place quickly.
Following a competitive process, which was managed by the debt advisory team at FRP, Close Brothers provided a highly attractive financing structure that ensured flexibility and created additional working capital headroom to finance planned growth.
Nick Grainger, partner in the
Riverside Insights (Riverside), a portfolio company of Alpine Investors (Alpine), has acquired ImPACT Applications, a provider of research-backed concussion assessments.ImPACT Applications will continue to operate under its current brand name and its products and services will continue to be offered to the thousands of healthcare providers, schools and organisations that it currently serves today. Mike Wahlster will remain as the leader of the business.
“With the acquisition of ImPACT, Alpine continues its strategy of catalyzing growth by supporting the partnership of complementary businesses within the education and healthcare industries,” says Daniel Cohen, Principal at Alpine Investors.
Both Riverside and
UK relocations and storage businesses, Doree Bonner Holdings Limited, has secured a GBP multi-million debt finance package from Connection Capital, the specialist private client investment business. The package will enable Doree Bonner to refinance its existing senior secured debt facilities, and provide working and growth capital as it pursues a value-enhancing acquisition strategy, with several targets already identified.
Connection Capital says that the deal highlights that SMEs are increasingly considering private capital as a suitable provider for their loan financing needs, and that demand from private investors and family offices for direct debt investments, which provide regular income, continue to grow.
Twin Brook Capital Partners (Twin Brook), the middle market direct lending subsidiary of Angelo Gordon, has committed over USD3.3 billion to private equity sponsors in support of healthcare transactions, including over USD1.3 billion last year alone. In 2019, Twin Brook completed 24 healthcare transactions across 14 subsectors, bringing the Firm’s total number of healthcare transactions closed to more than 80 since inception.
Twin Brook served as lead agent on all the healthcare transactions it supported in 2019, which included 14 new platform financings and 10 add-on financings.
“We achieved increased momentum in 2019, putting over USD1.3 billion to work
Dun & Bradstreet, a provider of business decisioning data and analytics, has acquired Orb Intelligence, a prominent digital business identity and firmographic data provider. “The acquisition of Orb Intelligence cements our strategy to link the digital and physical worlds in the largest global repository of B2B data, and to provide enriched firmographic data to customer profiles to help our clients more effectively execute campaigns to improve customer interactions and revenue returns,” says Michael Bird, President, Sales & Marketing Solutions, Dun & Bradstreet. “Clients can rely on Dun & Bradstreet as the one-stop-shop for all of their data-driven, decision-making and customer engagement
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