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An affiliate of Sun Capital Partners, a private investment firm specialising in leveraged buyouts and investments in market-leading companies, is to sell SOS Security (SOS), a provider of outsourced security services and solutions. Terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed.
SOS specialises in providing security and protection services to clients across a wide range of industries such as financial services, retail, technology and communications, real estate and property management, hospitality and entertainment, and government. The Company has offices in approximately 70 cities across the US and has carried out security work in more than 80 countries.
“We recognised the significant
London-based specialist investment firm Quilam Capital has launched a new strategic partnership with the US investment firm Wafra Capital Partners (WCP).
The new venture, Quilam Special Opportunities Limited, will sit complementary to the existing Quilam Capital business. However, with the support of WCP, the new vehicle plans to deploy several hundred million pounds over the next five years in the UK and European speciality finance markets.
Founded in 2017 by Kieran McSweeney and Marc Sefton, Quilam specialises in supporting and investing in businesses in the speciality finance sector – this includes businesses in the consumer and SME finance, leasing and
SurePrep, a provider of tax automation software and software-powered services to the professional tax return preparation market, has received a significant minority investment from Bregal Sagemount, a growth-focused private capital firm.
Financial terms of the investment have not been disclosed.
SurePrep’s innovative, patented technology solutions automate critical tax preparation workflow tasks, increasing operational efficiency and strengthening end-customer interactions for its clients. The Company serves clients of all sizes, including 47 of the 100 largest accounting firms in the country, hundreds of small to mid-sized CPA firms, and several wealth management groups. SurePrep will use its first institutional investment to
Sports-betting and data technology start-up Mercurius is delighted to announce it has achieved its target of raising EUR500,000 in second fundraising round.
The Milan-based company has now raised a total of EUR800,000 from two funding rounds and will use the money raised to enhance and develop its sports-trading product and further expand the team.
Mercurius was founded in 2017 by Fabrizio Machella, the CEO, Lorenzo Malanga who performs the role of Head of Data Science and Mario Ciardulli who is the company’s Chief Marketing Officer.
Machella says he is excited by the level of interest the business generated in its
Gen Cap America has partnered with management to acquire Griffin Gear (Griffin), a South Carolina-based manufacturer of replacement gearing and gearbox rebuilds for a wide variety of industrial applications. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
“We are excited to have the opportunity to invest with Griffin’s outstanding management team, led by CEO Randy Stewart,” says Gen Cap America Managing Director Chris Godwin. “Their culture and expertise have allowed them to be a market leader for decades, and we believe it’s these qualities that will allow them to continue to build on their track record of success.”
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Linklaters has advised the global co-ordinators, mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners, including JP Morgan, Credit Suisse and BNP Paribas, on a revolving credit facility (RCF), senior secured notes and term loan B for the global French food retailer, the Casino Group.
The group announced this month the syndication of a EUR1 billion term loan B and placement of a EUR800 million senior secured notes, both maturing in January 2024. The announcement was well-received in the market with both the bond and loan oversubscribed.
The complex financing solution across multiple jurisdictions and legal systems was run out of Linklaters offices
Gresham House Renewable Energy VCT 1 (GV1O & GV1A) and Gresham House Renewable Energy VCT 2 (GV2O & GV2A) (the Gresham House VCTs) have made a new investment of GBP1.2 million into bio-bean, the world’s largest recycler of waste coffee grounds.
This investment represents 30 per cent of the GBP4 million funding round announced by bio-bean in April 2019. The Gresham House VCTs’ investment forms the final part of that round, and values bio-bean at GBP7.6 million.
The investment, split 50/50 between the two VCTs and respectively GBP800,000 of equity and GBP430,000 of debt, will further enable the company
Beechbrook Capital, an SME private debt fund lender, has appointed Conor Molloy as chairman of its new Irish SME fund which has made its first investment in the Republic of Ireland.
Beechbrook Capital Ireland SME I is providing a EUR7.5 million finance package for Bio-Medical Research Limited (BMR), a world leader in electrical muscle stimulation technology for the fitness and wellness sector.
The investment will support BMR, led by chairman Bernard Collins and chief executive Brian Sheehan, to broaden and deepen its market-leading product suite which includes the well-known Slendertone and Flex Belt range. Founded in 1969 with its
Weatherford Capital, a family-owned private investment firm, has completed an investment in CloudFactory, a global leader in managed workforce solutions for artificial intelligence (AI) companies. Growth equity investment firm, FTV Capital, led the funding round.
CloudFactory’s WorkStreams combine people and technology to deliver high-quality data to meet the needs of AI and machine learning businesses of all sizes, from resource-strapped startups to large enterprises. CloudFactory employs a tech-forward, managed workforce that provides workers in the developing world with opportunities to connect to the digital economy while empowering them as leaders in their families and communities. The company’s delivery centres in Nepal
Global Healthcare Opportunities, or GHO Capital Partners, a European specialist investor in healthcare, has held the final close of its second fund, GHO Capital Fund II, at its hard cap of EUR975 million.
GHO Capital says the fund is the largest specialist private equity fund dedicated to European healthcare.
Approximately 50 per cent larger than the firm’s maiden fund raised in 2015, Fund II is significantly oversubscribed, exceeding a target of EUR800 million. Since it was founded in 2014, GHO has grown its total assets under management (AUM) to EUR2 billion, making it Europe’s largest healthcare-dedicated investment firm.
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