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DTCP, a technology, media, and telecommunications investment management firm with USD1.7 billion of assets under management and advisory, is opening its fourth office which will be located in Seoul, South Korea, complementing its Hamburg, Silicon Valley, and Tel Aviv offices.
DTCP has hired Dillon Seo, an experienced technologist and entrepreneur, to become country manager.
Since DTCP’s inception, it has invested over USD400 million in venture and growth-stage technology companies in Europe, the United States, and Israel. Its latest fund – Venture and Growth Fund II – counts SK Telecom and Deutsche Telekom as limited partner investors and corporate sponsors,
Activa Capital, a French private equity firm, has appointed Camille Emin as Associate.
Emin will reinforce the investment team and bring her expertise in the analysis of new investment opportunities.
Prior to joining Activa Capital, Camille worked at BNP Paribas as an M&A Analyst for two years, after previous work experience at Transaction R and KBC Bank & Verzekering.
Emin, 26, is a graduate of Audencia Nantes Business School and Ecole Centrale Paris.
Christophe Parier and Alexandre Masson, Managing Partners at Activa Capital, dsayseclare: “We are very happy to welcome Camille to our investment team, which count
An affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management (Cerberus) is to acquire Kellermeyer Bergensons Services (KBS) from affiliates of GI Partners.
Headquartered in Oceanside, California, KBS is a leading provider of technology-enabled, integrated facility management services to customers across North America. With its differentiated technology and comprehensive suite of facility services, the Company delivers high-quality and cost-effective solutions to customers in the industrial, commercial, logistics, retail, and grocery sectors.
“This is an exciting opportunity to partner with a market-leading business supported by a tech-enabled platform,” says Robert Warden, Co-Head of Private Equity and Senior Managing Director at Cerberus. “With its full-suite
Placement agent Monument Group has advised Japanese middle-market buyout firm Aspirant Group (Aspirant) on a fundraising round for Aspirant Group III Series Funds (AG III). The fund had its final close at the hard cap of JPY50 billion in commitments after only seven months of formal marketing.
AG III was the first global institutional fund raised by Aspirant and commitments were secured from European and US investors, and several global fund of funds, as well as major Japan institutional investors. Investors included major financial institutions, pension plans, asset managers, and family offices. AG III closed on 31 October, 2019.
ChartCo, a UK-based supplier of digital navigation and voyage compliance services backed by Equistone Partners Europe, has merged with the Canadian navigation solutions provider Marine Press, backed by Champlain Financial Corporation.
The move will result in the creation of a new global company called OneOcean, which will provide navigation and compliance solutions to the commercial marine industry.
Equistone invested in ChartCo in June 2016 through Equistone Partners Europe Fund V. The merger with Marine Press, which will be supported by a refinancing of the wider group by Pemberton, represents the third strategic transaction ChartCo has completed since Equistone’s initial
Inflexion Private Equity is to acquire the assets of Goals Soccer Centres (Goals), a UK operator of small-sided football pitches. The investment is being made by Inflexion Enterprise Fund IV, Inflexion’s dedicated lower mid‐market fund.
Founded in 1987, Goals provides five-a-side and seven-a-side flood-lit arenas with synthetic grass turf, allowing for year-round play. With facilities for changing and socialising, the centres offer coaching, holiday camps and parties for customers in addition to the arena hire. Goals employs more than 700 people across its 45 centres in the UK.
Barry and Ian McDermott, who were the original founders of Goals
Newcastle upon Tyne-based private investment firm Middleton Enterprises has appointed David Alprovich as Chief Operating Officer.
Alprovich, who graduated from Northumbria University with a First in Finance & Investment Management, joined Middleton Enterprises from Brewin Dolphin as commercial assistant. He rose through the ranks to his new role as the business expanded.
Middleton Enterprises is a GBP100million investment firm which makes investments throughout the UK, with a focus on the North East from its office on the Quayside in Newcastle. Its portfolio comprises of listed companies, private equity and venture capital investments including One Utility Bill, Refract and Atom Bank.
An affiliate of One Rock Capital Partners (One Rock), has completed the previously announced acquisition of the Engineered Components & Systems (EC&S) segment from Enerpac Tool Group, previously known as Actuant Corporation.
EC&S will now be known as CentroMotion, and will continue to be led by Roger Roundhouse, who has been named CEO.
Headquartered in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, CentroMotion is a global company serving the agriculture, specialty and commercial vehicle, construction and other industrial end-markets with motion, actuation and control solutions. CentroMotion primarily serves on- and off-highway OEMs with highly engineered system-critical components under brands that include CrossControl, Elliott,
Scout Clean Energy (Scout), a Colorado based renewable energy developer, owner and operator has completed construction and received tax equity funds for the 300MW Ranchero Wind Farm located in Crockett County, Texas (Ranchero).
Scout is a portfolio company of Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners.
“Ranchero is our first greenfield project developed from inception through construction and operations since our launch as an owner-operator,” says Michael Rucker, CEO and founder of Scout Clean Energy. “Reaching commercial operations at Ranchero brings Scout’s owned portfolio of wind energy generation in operation and under construction to over 800 MW.”
Scout started of construction on
Sherpa Capital, a private equity fund manager focused on mid-sized companies with EUR250 million under management, has has invested in Portuguese company Ferreira de Sá, a producer of tailor-made carpets for the luxury furniture and décor sector.
The acquisition has been made from the founding family, who will remain minority shareholders and continue to be involved in the management of the business.
Founded in 1946 and headquartered in Espinho (Oporto), Ferreira de Sá is a consolidated company in the carpet sector with a clear international vocation that generates more than 80% of its sales abroad.
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