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Commonfund Capital has held the closing of its second secondaries fund, Commonfund Capital Secondary Partners II with USD450 million of capital commitments sourced from investors including endowments, foundations, pension plans, insurance pools and family offices.
The total raised is more than double the USD170 million committed to Commonfund Capital Secondary Partners I in 2016.
“We are pleased to have received such a strong response from limited partners for our latest secondaries fund,” says Cari Lodge, Commonfund Capital Managing Director and Head of Secondaries. “With the size of the private capital secondaries market more than tripling since 2008, this fund
Wind Point Partners (Wind Point), a Chicago-based private equity firm, has acquired A&R Logistics (A&R).
Based in Louisville, Kentucky, A&R is a provider of integrated dry bulk logistics solutions for the chemical and plastic industries and offers a comprehensive suite of services including transportation, warehousing, packaging, and fully outsourced logistics management for many of the world’s largest producers and distributors of chemicals and plastics. The Company operates a national infrastructure of nearly 50 facilities, the industry’s largest fleet of specialised tractors and pneumatic trailers, and a leading technology suite customised for dry bulk transportation.
Wind Point will be partnering with
Willkie Farr & Gallagher has appointed Gavin Gordon and David Arnold as private equity partners in the firm’s London office.
The pair, who were previously partners at Kirkland & Ellis, have worked on some of the most notable private equity deals in the UK and Europe.
“Gavin and David, two well-established leaders in the market, are a terrific addition to our premier private equity platform, and to our London office,” says Willkie Chairman Steven Gartner. “They join Claire McDaid, widely regarded as being one of the top private equity practitioners in the market, and a team that has added tremendous value
Zayo Group Holdings is to be acquired by affiliates of Digital Colony Partners (Digital Colony) and the EQT Infrastructure IV fund (EQT). The transaction would result in Zayo transitioning from a public company to a private company.
Under the new ownership, the Zayo team would continue to execute the Company’s strategy and remain headquartered in Boulder, Colorado.
Under the terms of the agreement, which was unanimously approved by Zayo’s Board of Directors, shareholders will receive USD35.00 in cash per share of Zayo’s common stock in a transaction valued at USD14.3 billion, including the assumption of USD5.9 billion of Zayo’s
Asoko Insight (Asoko), an African corporate data platform, and Orbitt, an African deal origination and processing platform, have formed a partnership to establish an expanded digital platform for companies, investors and advisers across the continent.
Combining Asoko’s unique data acquisition model and growing database of over 50,000 companies with the 1,000 Africa-focused investors and investment service providers on Orbitt’s platform will drive the development of a more mature and highly efficient technology and data-driven investment ecosystem.
The complementary business models are expected to accelerate the reach of African companies looking to grow and access institutional capital, while reducing the time
Investcorp, a provider and manager of alternative investment products, is to sell SecureLink Group, one of the largest dedicated cybersecurity infrastructure and managed services providers in Europe, to global telecoms group Orange for an enterprise value of EUR515 million.
Investcorp first acquired SecureLink, a leading player in the Benelux region, in December 2015 with a view to consolidating the highly attractive but fragmented European cybersecurity market. Over the last three years, SecureLink has experienced strong organic growth, added leading providers in Scandinavia, the UK and Germany to its platform and expanded in China. Investcorp, in partnership with management and founders of
Kaseya, a provider of IT infrastructure management solutions for both external service providers (MSPs) and internal service providers (IT departments), has secured an investment of more than USD500 million from a group of investors including TPG, a global alternative asset firm, and Insight Partners, an existing investor in the company.
The investment will further propel the tremendous momentum that Kaseya enjoyed in 2018, which saw the company grow over 30 per cent while increasing its customer base to approximately 40,000 customers worldwide, as well as successfully completing and integrating four major acquisitions between Unitrends, Spanning Cloud Apps, RapidFire Tools, and
Audax Private Equity (Audax) has recapitalised Reedy Industries (Reedy) having partnered with the Reedy family and management.
Reedy Industries, headquartered in Glenview, Illinois, is a provider of commercial HVAC services, mechanical services, and energy solutions primarily serving commercial, industrial, and municipal buildings in the Midwest.
Bill Reedy, CEO of Reedy Industries, says: “We are excited to be partnering with Audax for the next stage of our growth. We have always put our people and customers first, and Audax is committed to investing in our strong culture and our ability to serve the customer. Audax also brings expertise and resources that
Exabeam has closed USD75 million in a Series E funding round led by new investor Sapphire Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners, which have collectively backed nearly 40 IPOs.
Other existing investors also participated. The funds will be used for expanding sales reach and to expedite new product features and configurations.
In the last 12 months, Exabeam’s market perception has shifted from a user and entity behaviour analytics (UEBA) vendor to a leading SIEM provider. Recognising this, Exabeam was recently named a leader in the 2018 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Security Information and Event Management. During the last fiscal year, 76
Audax Private Equity (Audax), in partnership with management, has completed the sale of Magnitude Software (Magnitude) to 3i Group (3i).
Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Magnitude is a provider of enterprise information management software that delivers insights on business performance in heterogeneous application and fragmented data environments. Magnitude’s product offerings of business application data access, management, and reporting products help business users simplify management of their data and achieve substantial productivity gains. Magnitude maintains strong relationships with leading ERP providers, SAP and Oracle, and continues to focus on global growth across the ERP ecosystem. The Company has over 1,400 customers globally
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