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DWS Group’s private equity team has led a syndicate of large institutional limited partners, including Blackstone Strategic Partners and StepStone Group, among others, in facilitating Snapdragon Capital Partners’ and The Maze Group’s strategic investment in Nutraceutical International Corp.
Founded in 1993, Nutraceutical, majority owned by HGGC, is a vertically integrated manufacturer, marketer, and distributor of branded nutritional supplements, personal care, and other natural products sold primarily to and through domestic health and natural food stores. Internationally, Nutraceutical markets and distributes branded nutritional supplements and other natural products to and through health and natural product distributors and retailers.
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In this week’s newsletter, we profile RFA and look at how the company has grown from relatively humble beginnings three decades ago to become one of the biggest cloud providers in the alternative investment sector with a particular focus on hedge funds and private equity funds.
In deal news this week, Veritas Capital-backed Guidehouse announced its acquisition of Navigant Consulting in a deal worth USD1.1 billion, while a new report from Lumina sheds light on recent activity in the often opaque world of private company M&A in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region.
And finally, with the deadline for nominations for
Pan-European private equity firm IK Investment Partners’ (IK) IK VIII Fund is to sell Ellab, a global supplier of solutions and services for measuring, recording, monitoring and validating critical parameters of thermal processes, to EQT.
During the past 70 years, Ellab has grown from a small Danish manufacturer of thermometers to a leading global supplier of thermal validation solutions and services. The Company serves both small and large clients within the pharmaceutical, medical and food industries by providing solutions for applications like sterilisation, freeze drying, heat tunnels and pasteurisation, among others. Ellab’s solutions are used by customers like Pfizer, Astra
Bridges Fund Management (Bridges) has invested in Jump City Holdings (Jump City) through the Bridges US Sustainable Growth Fund.
Jump City is one of the largest franchisees of Sky Zone trampoline parks, operating five locations in the New England region, including the first franchised location in the Sky Zone system.
Sky Zone is the leading franchisor in the indoor trampoline and entertainment space and part of the largest indoor active recreation and trampoline park company in the world, Circus Trix Holdings, LLC. Each of the Jump City locations provides a safe, healthy and fun recreational atmosphere for children, families and
International law firm Proskauer has appointed Leith Moghli as a partner in the firm’s Private Funds Practice, based in London.
“We are very excited to welcome Leith to the Proskauer team,” says Proskauer’s Nigel van Zyl. “We are committed to the strategic growth and expansion of our global funds practice to ensure our clients continue to have access to the very best talent. Leith’s hire is one of a number of significant developments in our implementation of that strategy. His experience representing leading sponsors and institutional investors across a range of industries will be a valuable asset to our clients.”
UNIQA Ventures and Elevator Ventures Beteiligungs GmbH, a 100 per cent subsidiary of Raiffeisen Bank International have invested in kompany, a RegTech platform for Global Business Verification and Business KYC, while previous investors, including the European Super Angels Club (ESAC), have increased their stakes.
“We have followed kompany’s success story for quite some time – we at UNIQA Ventures are convinced that now is the right time for outstanding RegTech startups to benefit from the digitalization of heavily regulated industries like banking and insurance,” says Andreas Nemeth, CEO of UNIQA Ventures.
RBI is investing in kompany via its corporate venture
Bluecrest Health Screening, a provider of affordable health checks, has secured a GBP17 million investment arranged by private equity firm Vespa Capital.
The private healthcare provider offers comprehensive health screening tests and has delivered results to over 250,000 customers across the largest network of mobile clinics in the UK and Ireland.
Bluecrest Health Screening offers unrivalled convenience and affordability compared with traditional high-priced health checks offered by private hospital groups.
The business has achieved rapid growth since its launch in 2012 and is now being used by over 350 employers, who are able to carry out health screenings
KGAL is to sell five photovoltaic plants in Spain by the end of the year. The company has successfully implemented a structured sales process in order to take advantage of what it see as the currently optimal market environment and high demand.
KGAL acquired five solar farms in the autonomous province of Castilla la Mancha between 2007 and 2011 for several mutual funds (Infra Class Energy 3, 4 and 5). Two solar farms, each with a nominal capacity of five megawatts, were sold to a Spanish fund in July 2019. The transfer of ownership of three further parks, with a
A provider of tech-enabled conveyancing services has secured a significant investment from private equity investors, Livingbridge, in a deal that will support its future growth.
Simply Conveyancing Property Lawyers, founded in 2000 by Ashley and Susan King, has become one of the fastest growing conveyancing companies in the UK. It is the first property law firm to integrate Alexa, using voice recognition to allow customers to request quotes, monitor transaction progress and ask questions about the process.
FRP Advisory’s corporate finance team acted as lead advisors to the shareholders of Simply Conveyancing as part of the deal, which will
Eversheds Sutherland has appointed Stacey T Kern as a partner in the M&A and Private Capital teams within the firm’s Corporate Practice Group. Kern will be based in Eversheds Sutherland’s Chicago office, which opened in May.
“As we continue to build in Chicago, we are excited to welcome Stacey to the firm. She brings a strong background and years of experience at the highest levels in both M&A and private equity,” says Mark D Wasserman, Co-CEO of Eversheds Sutherland. “Adding Stacey in Chicago’s important private equity market is another step toward positioning the office as a focal point for our
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