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Mobeus has sold Plastic Surgeon, a surface repair and restoration specialist, to Polygon Group. Plastic Surgeon is the UK’s largest cosmetic surface repair specialist, with particular expertise in fine finishing services.
The company provides high quality, long-lasting repairs to any hard surface, including ceramic, UPVC, brick, stone and glass, in diverse industries from house build, through construction and insurance, to facilities management.
Mobeus originally invested GBP2 million to support the MBO of Plastic Surgeon in 2008 and supported the business through the subsequent recession, which affected its key house-build market. During the investment term, the management team took the company
UK private equity house Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has led an investment, alongside existing shareholders Par Equity and the Scottish Investment Bank, in Edinburgh-based Symphonic Software Limited (Symphonic), a player in the Identity and Access Management (IAM) market.
The funding will be used to further scale the business, investing in sales and marketing resource, as well as product innovation, to ensure Symphonic continues to offer customers a best-of-breed solution in this important and growing market.
Symphonic has developed a fine-grained, context-aware authorisation software solution that enables organisations to securely share critical, time-dependent and sensitive information by managing access to
Accelerate Financial Technologies has launched three zero management fee, performance fee only alternative exchange traded funds (Accelerate Alt ETFs).
Each Accelerate Alt ETF has closed the initial offering of units, and is now trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX).
“Accelerate was founded with the mission to democratise alternative investments by offering hedge fund and private equity-like strategies in low-cost ETFs accessible by any investor,” says Julian Klymochko, CEO at Accelerate.
The Accelerate Private Equity Alpha Fund (ALFA) seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation and to replicate the returns of private equity funds over the long term by investing
BlackRock has completed the acquisition of eFront, an end-to-end alternative investment management software and solutions provider.
BlackRock says the combination of eFront with Aladdin will set a new standard in investment and risk management technology, vastly expanding Aladdin’s alternatives capabilities and providing a whole-portfolio technology solution to clients.
“As more investors incorporate alternatives into their portfolios, the ability to seamlessly manage portfolios across public and private asset classes on a single platform is critical,” says Rob Goldstein, Chief Operating Officer of BlackRock. “eFront will extend Aladdin’s end-to-end processing capabilities in alternative asset classes, enabling clients to get an enterprise view
Monomoy Capital Partners, a private investment firm with USD1.5 billion in committed capital in a family of investment funds, has acquired Kauffman Engineering (Kauffman). Terms of the tdeal have not been disclosed.
Kauffman was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Lebanon, Indiana. Kauffman is a market leading manufacturer of highly-engineered wire harnesses and cable assemblies for electrical systems across the HVAC, commercial equipment, specialty vehicle, lawn care, marine, medical and other industrial markets. Kauffman’s design and engineering capabilities allow the company to provide complex electrical connector products for mid-to-low volume and high mix customer programs. The business operates a
LeapFrog Investments has launched what it says is the largest-ever private equity fund by a dedicated impact fund manager, surging past its USD600 million target to reach USD700 million.
The new fund invests in healthcare and financial services companies – tapping into the demand from billions of emerging consumers in Asia and Africa. This fund alone targets reaching 70 million emerging consumers. Investors include many of the world’s leading insurers, pensions and asset managers, development finance institutions, foundations and family offices. The success of the fund reflects LeapFrog’s outstanding track record of delivering both strong financial results and large-scale social
Affiliates of private equity firm JF Lehman & Company have sold API Technologies (API) to affiliates of AEA Investors LP. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
API is a leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance components and subsystems for demanding RF/microwave and electromagnetic spectrum management applications. The company provides a broad portfolio of mission-critical products to approximately 1,800 global customers supporting more than 200 programs.
Since acquiring API in 2016, JF Lehman successfully worked with management to transform the company’s operations, rationalise its product portfolio, augment research and development activities and enhance API’s sales and marketing strategy –
Ironwood Capital has exited from its investment in Lewis Clark Recycling & Disposal (Lewis Clark), which was sold to Waste Connections. Lewis Clark is a solid waste management company headquartered in Harrisburg, Illinois.
“We were pleased to work with Jeff Kendall and his Laurel Mountain Management team on this successful opportunity and look forward to working together in the future,” says Ironwood Capital Managing Director Dickson Suit.
Jeff Kendall, managing director of Laurel Mountain Management and CEO of Lewis Clark, says: “We worked closely with Dickson and the Ironwood Environmental Services team to execute on a buy-and-build strategy for Lewis Clark. Over the past two
HarbourVest Partners, a global private markets asset manager, has appointed Bill Royer as a managing director and will become Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) in early June.
Based in Boston, Royer will lead the continued evolution of the Firm’s global regulatory compliance program and serve as an adviser to the Portfolio Construction Committee and the Conflicts Committee.
“As HarbourVest has grown in size and expanded into new asset classes over the last few years, we continue to place great value on staying abreast of regulatory changes in the global private markets,” says John Toomey, Managing Director, HarbourVest Partners. “We have continued
21 Invest France has entered in exclusive negotiations to take a controlling stake in the family-run business Landanger. The closing of this primary LBO transaction, the fifth investment for 21 Invest France’s Fund V, should be completed in July 2019.
The Landanger Group, founded in 1947, manufactures and distributes surgical instruments for which it also offers maintenance services. This expert has managed to assert itself as a unique player in France with an international presence in nearly 60 countries.
The Group designs and distributes surgical instruments for open and minimally invasive surgeries through the Landanger and Delacroix-Chevalier brands, the
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