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Two Six Capital, a technology-enabled firm that has pioneered data science for private equity, has advised Baring Private Equity Asia (BPEA) on the acquisition of Acuon Capital, a South Korea-based consumer finance and leasing company.
To harness the power of data science, Two Six Capital combines large scale engineering, statistics and machine learning to analyze revenue data and customer patterns. The firm’s goal is to help private equity investors unmask the intrinsic value of their prospective and current portfolio companies.
“As is the case with each of our investments in the increasingly competitive Asian market, it is critical to conduct
Alternative credit asset manager DFG Investment Advisers (DFG has promoted Timothy Milton to Partner. Since joining the firm in 2014, Milton has been responsible for the management of the Vibrant Capital CLO platform in his capacity as Co-Portfolio Manager.
In addition, Eduardo Cabral has joined DFG’s credit research team as a Managing Director. Cabral’s appointment follows DFG’s hiring of 18-year industry veteran John Hwang in May and further underscores the firm’s commitment to investing in its credit research effort to support the growth and performance of the Vibrant CLO platform. Roberta Goss, Co-Portfolio Manager of the Vibrant CLO platform, has
Mid-market private equity investor, LDC, has strengthened its South West & Wales team, based in Bristol, with the appointment of a new Investment Director, Stefan Gunn.
Gunn joins LDC’s team from NatWest, bringing more than 15 years of relevant experience to the firm.
In his new role, Gunn will be responsible for identifying potential investment opportunities, leading transactions and supporting LDC’s portfolio of investment companies.
Gunn was previously a Director at NatWest’s Bristol-based Structured Finance operation, with responsibility for originating and executing transactions across the South of the UK.
Stefan started his career at Mazars, where he
Guidehouse, a portfolio company of Veritas Capital (Veritas) and leading provider of management consulting services to government clients, is to acquire Navigant Consulting in a transaction valued at approximately USD1.1 billion.
Under the terms of the agreement, Navigant shareholders will receive USD28 in cash per share. The per share purchase price represents a premium of 16 per cent over the company’s closing stock price on 1 August, 2019, the last trading day prior to today’s announcement, and 26 per cent over the company’s 90-day volume-weighted average share price. The closing of this transaction, subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing
Pamplona Capital Management (Pamplona) has completed its acquisition of Loparex from funds managed by Intermediate Capital Group (ICG), alongside members of the company’s leadership team, who remain committed to supporting the long-term growth of Loparex’s customers.
Simon Medley will continue to serve as CEO.
Loparex is the leading global manufacturer of silicone release liners, serving customers in a diverse range of technically demanding end markets, including medical, industrial, tapes, graphics, hygiene, label and composites. Loparex has a global presence, with operations in North America, Europe and Asia.
Paul MacDuff, Partner at Pamplona, says: “Over the last 113 years,
Orrick has advised Kinnevik and Vostok New Ventures on digital health startup Babylon’s Series C investment round, which will raise up to USD500 million. The round makes Babylon the UK’s newest unicorn with the company now valued at USD2 billion.
The financing is the largest ever European digital health raise, as well one of the largest fundraisings in UK venture capital history. New investors participating in this raise included Centene Corporation, MunichRe and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.
Babylon is a digital health service provider that combines AI technology with the medical expertise of humans. The company delivers full
O’Melveny has represented Honeywell in a USD25 million Series B investment in Attabotics, the world’s first 3D robotics supply chain system for modern ecommerce. Honeywell was joined in the investment by Coature, Comcast Ventures, Forerunner Ventures, and Werklund Growth Fund.
The new funding will go toward supporting Attabotics’ continued, explosive growth, including new hires, scaling manufacturing operations, the development of new technologies, and more.
Based in Calgary, Canada, Attabotics replaces the rows and aisles of traditional fulfillment centers with a patented storage structure and robotics shuttles. Attabotics has fulfillment centers across the United States and Canada.
Honeywell is a Fortune
Private investment firm KKR is to acquire a majority shareholding in the heidelpay from AnaCap Partners, with Mirko Hüllemann, founder and CEO of heidelpay, and other key managers remaining as long-term shareholders.
Founded in 2003, heidelpay is a leading full-service payment provider that offers a complete range of payment processing services to online and face-to-face merchants. heidelpay facilitates payment acceptance on behalf of merchants across various payment methods for e-commerce, m-commerce and at the physical point of sale. heidelpay currently serves more than 30,000 retailers and marketplace operators, focusing on SMEs and corporates.
The business operates in a European payments
Foresight Group has made a GBP1.5 million investment from the Foresight Williams Technology EIS Fund into INSPHERE, a specialist in measurement and automation using innovative value-added metrology.
INSPHERE was founded in 2013 by CEO Ben Adeline and CTO Oliver Martin, originally providing metrology consultancy, sub-contract management and training to manufacturing businesses including Rolls-Royce, Airbus and Jaguar Land Rover.
Industries such as aerospace, automotive and defence all employ highly automated manufacturing processes which rely on production lines of robots performing precise and repeatable actions.
Measurement technologies have traditionally been used to verify parts at the end of the production
Eurazeo, a global investment company listed in Paris with EUR17.7 billion in assets under management, has acquired Elemica, cloud-enabled digital supply network.
Eurazeo will support Elemica’s expansion and global growth strategy into new industry verticals, geographies and product offerings.
Founded in 2000 by a group of the world’s leading industrial companies to provide visibility across the Global Process Industries whole supply chain, Elemica offers a suite of SaaS solutions that enables its customers to connect, automate, and have full end-to-end visibility into their supply chains. Elemica serves more than 450 customers worldwide, including 39 of the top global 100 chemical companies.
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