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SANNE, a provider of alternative asset and corporate administration services, has appointed Michael Riley as Director, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A).
Based in SANNE’s London office, Riley will be responsible for leading the company’s inorganic and M&A growth strategy across SANNE’s global business.
Riley has more than 15 years’ experience executing transactions in the financial services sector on both the buy side and sell side in the mid-market across the UK, Europe and internationally. Michael brings extensive experience gained within investment banking and mid-market advisory firms within the financial services sector. Prior to joining SANNE, he was a Director within the
RSK Group Ltd, an integrated environmental, engineering and technical services consultancy, has acquired two businesses – Biocensus, an ecological consultancy and Consents Solutions Ltd, a wayleave business.
The acquisitions are the first of this financial year. In the 2018/2019 financial year, RSK acquired 12 businesses and expanded its workforce from about 2000 staff to more than 3000.
Biocensus is a leading ecological consultancy with a network of more than 700 highly skilled and experienced UK-based ecologists. The company has offices in Bath and Stroud, UK, and works on a wide range of projects with a focus on large infrastructure developments.
Sensio AS, a Norwegian software provider for the care tech and smart home markets and a portfolio company of Longship Fund I, has made a new add-on acquisition with a deal to acquire Vesfold Audio.
Vestfold Audio is a Norwegian provider of alerting systems for people with hearing impairment and cognitive challenges, and of high-quality sound systems for classrooms.
Combined, the two companies become a forceful player within the Norwegian care tech market, with a broad portfolio of solutions and products. Through the merger, the company will be the leading supplier of welfare technology to Norwegian municipalities and to users
KPS Capital Partners (KPS), through a newly formed affiliate, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the fitness business of Brunswick Corporation, including the Life Fitness brand (Life Fitness) for approximately USD490 million in cash.
Life Fitness is the global leader in commercial fitness equipment and game tables. The Company manufactures and sells its strength and cardiovascular equipment and billiards tables and accessories under the brand names Life Fitness, Hammer Strength, Cybex, Indoor Cycling Group, SCIFIT and Brunswick Billiards. The Company’s products are sold in more than 160 countries.
Jay Bernstein, a Partner of KPS, says: “We are very excited to
The Instant Group, which was backed by Bowmark Capital last year, has acquired Incendium Consulting, an independent Corporate Real Estate Consultancy.
Incendium was set up by its six founding partners in 2015 and provides large real estate services procurement, consulting, and change management programmes to blue-chip clients.
The acquisition capitalises on Instant’s global, market-leading position in independent flexible workspace solutions through adding enhanced real estate consultancy capabilities.
Instant has delivered compound annual revenue growth of 30 per cent over the past four years, rapidly growing its international footprint to serve its client base. The company has recently been ranked
Progress Partners, a Boston and New York-based M&A advisory firm, has advised Vyze on its sale to Mastercard.
Vyze’s accessible and customizable E-commerce platform through the Cloud will expand existing card and ACH-based credit solutions.
With this mandate, Progress Partners strengthens their presence in the Financial Technology market as they expand to Payments and related companies. The M&A advisory team for this transaction was led by Senior Managing Director Chris Legg and Managing Director David Arslanian – “We believe that bringing together Vyze and Mastercard creates a powerful solution for the credit lending industry, especially in retail, and we are
Pamlico Capital (Pamlico) is to make a strategic investment in Business Network International (BNI), a networking-based business development platform. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
With Pamlico’s strategic insight and resources, BNI will accelerate investment in support of its global network, providing additional technology and training to enhance both the member and franchisee experience. Pamlico is partnering with BNI at an exciting time. Following several years of strong growth, BNI and its dedicated franchisees have built the world’s leading referral marketing network, helping over 250,000 members across 70-plus countries grow their businesses, develop professionally, and create lifelong relationships.
Graycliff Partners has appointed Gregory Olson, former Chief Development Officer for Ichor Systems, as an Operating Partner.
In this role, Olson will work closely with Graycliff’s investment team to source and evaluate new transactions and support current portfolio company management teams within Graycliff’s dedicated equity strategy.
Prior to Ichor, Olson was the President and CEO of Talon Innovations, a Graycliff portfolio company, from 2012-2017. Under his leadership, Talon grew organic EBITDA 10X, acquired two companies, and added over 350 new jobs. Prior to joining Talon, Olson spent seventeen years at Graco Inc in executive roles including Director of
Fortino Capital Partners, a general partner of growth and venture capital funds Fortino I & II, has appointed a new CFO – Bart De Leeuw, an experienced investment and financial manager with past positions at Ernst & Young and Ackermans & van Haaren, amongst others.
Since 2013 Fortino Capital Partners has invested in companies such as MobileXpense, BuyBay, Bloomon, Aproplan, PieSync and the medtech company Dobco Medical Systems. The very first investment was for Zentrick, that was sold to the American firm DoubleVerify in February, after a successful 5-year programme. For the growth and capital expansion of Teamleader and SupplyStack,
Anacapa Partners, a private equity firm focused on acquisitions in the lower middle market, has sold Krueger-Gilbert Health Physics (KGHP), a diagnostic medical physics provider, to Blue Sea Capital LLC. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1987 and headquartered in Towson, Maryland, KGHP is a market-leading, full-service, comprehensive diagnostic medical and health physics consulting group. KGHP’s client-focused team of physicists provides critical compliance services to some of the most progressive hospitals, imaging networks, private practices and research facilities nationwide. Anacapa invested in KGHP in 2014.
“It has been gratifying to see the growth of Krueger-Gilbert
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