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Real Capital Analytics (RCA), a specialist in commercial real estate (CRE) data and analytics, has raised USD115 million from Susquehanna Growth Equity (SGE).
“This investment marks a new stage in our evolution and positions RCA for continued growth well into the future,” says Bob White, RCA’s founder and CEO. “My team and I are confident that SGE will provide tremendous support, expertise, and financial flexibility to RCA.”
RCA provides the most timely and reliable transaction information and analysis covering asset prices, capital flows and investment trends in the commercial property industry.
“RCA is the clear leader in commercial property transaction
Private equity firm The Riverside Company has acquired La Galvanina (Galvanina), a fourth generation, family-owned, Italian producer of premium private label and branded mineral water and traditional and organic soft drinks.
Galvanina sells its products to a global customer base comprised of leading retailers, department stores and wholesalers in more than 35 countries, with the US, Italy and Canada representing its largest markets in 2018.
Galvanina has more than 70 years of experience in the large-scale production of premium branded and private label mineral water and soft drinks. The company is known for its healthy, high-quality, pure organic, “Made
Pamplona Capital Management portfolio company Latham Pool Products (Latham) has made a strategic investment in Narellan Pools, a pool supply company in Australia and New Zealand.
Pamplona Capital Management invested in Latham alongside former majority owner Wynnchurch Capital in December 2018.
Narellan Pools is known for manufacturing in-ground glass-fibre swimming pools. The company began as a small family business 45 years ago and has grown to become a global enterprise spanning multiple services, including marketing, manufacturing, and franchising.
Latham President and CEO Scott Rajeski says: “Expanding our industry-leading position to both ends of the globe ensures a strong
Glennmont Partners has successfully raised EUR850 million at the final close of its Third Fund investing in clean energy infrastructure projects in Europe significantly in excess of the fund’s original EUR600 million target.
Based in London, Glennmont focuses exclusively on investment in clean energy infrastructure with assets of over EUR2 billion currently under management. Glennmont has experienced robust growth over the past 6 years and is planning new products for investors seeking sustainable solutions.
Over 70 per cent of Clean Energy Fund III will be invested in projects in the Eurozone with the UK also being an important market. The
UK private equity fund Elaghmore has acquired Gardners, a designer and manufacturer of large format visual displays for world-famous brands and leading UK retailers. Elaghmore has bought Gardners from its management, who will remain with the business.
Based in Cardiff and employing over 100 people, Gardners was an early pioneer in digital print technology. Today, from its state-of-the-art manufacturing facility, Gardners now provides large format graphic solutions to leading brands, retailers and agencies. Gardners offers a full end to end solution, from creative design, through to complex installation. Gardners works with customers across the retail, logistics, construction and leisure sectors.
Silverbear, a member of the ClearCourse Partnership and a membership and CRM solutions provider for professional organisations, trade associations and the wider Not-for-Profit sector, has acquired Decisions, a provider of CRM solutions, application development and support for membership associations.
The deal was financed by ClearCourse and represents the first acquisition made by one of its companies since the Partnership was set up seven months ago.
Decisions provides configurable, integrated management software and consultancy and events management services to member-driven associations, societies, clubs and professional institutes, such as the British Association for Shooting and Conservation and the Society of Genealogists.
BGF has invested GBP10 million in Extentia Group, the property services business formed through the acquisitions of Styles & Wood Group and Southerns.
BGF previously invested in Styles & Wood PLC in 2015 to support the management team’s successful growth strategy whilst listed on the AIM market.
Headquartered in Greater Manchester, Extentia Group comprises 11 specialist businesses, uniquely placed to deliver integrated end-to-end services both nationally and internationally across the full lifecycle of real estate assets – from design, project management and delivery, to optimisation, FF&E solutions and facilities management. Extentia creates productivity-enhancing environments for people to prosper.
Extentia is
Augnet, a London-based technology start-up looking focused on he SMS and messaging space, has secured GBP1.3 million in an investment round led by riple Point Venture.
Triple Point has invested in Augnet alongside a number of industry experts and investors and the funds will be used by to further develop the platform, support the testing stage and invest in its sales and marketing channels.
Augnet has developed a technology that enables SMS messages to be tracked and ensures a 100 per cent delivery rate through a patent-protected, encrypted solution. This means that for the first time, it will be possible
Activa Capital has sold Atlas for Men, a European specialist in multi-channel sales of outdoor clothing for men, created in 1999, to Latour Capital.
Latour Capital is now the new majority shareholder of Atlas for Men, alongside company president Marc Delamarre and his management team.
The exit of Activa Capital, Initiative et Finance and Indigo Capital, comes less than three years after they bought the company in a spin-off from the De Agostini group, alongside Delamarre and his team.
Over the last three years, Atlas for Men has seen its turnover increase from EUR130 million in 2015 to
By Lisa Shea, Manager, Fund Governance Solutions – While some may have dragged mutual funds out to the cart to be hauled away, they remain a sizeable and still growing presence in our industry. Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are also growing, but it’s important to look at the full picture. As of 31 March, 2019, the Investment Company Institute (ICI) reports that there are more than USD19 trillion in assets in open end mutual funds, compared to USD3.77 trillion in ETFs, with AUM growing for both categories.
Furthermore, the ICI’s 2019 Investment Company Fact Book notes that there were more than
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