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An affiliate of One Rock Capital Partners has successfully completed the previously announced acquisition of Nexeo Plastics, the plastics distribution business of Nexeo Solutions, a subsidiary of Univar Inc.
Nexeo Plastics is a global leader in the distribution of plastics, including polymer products and prime engineering resins. Through its vast distribution network, Nexeo Plastics connects world-class suppliers with customers across a broad cross section of end markets in more than 60 countries in North America, Europe and Asia. Nexeo Plastics utilizes its proprietary technology platform to efficiently serve its suppliers and customers and has distinguished itself as an industry leader
US private equity firm Horizon Capital’s latest USD200 million fund, Emerging Europe Growth Fund III (EEGF III), has acquired a minority stake in the Ajax Systems, a producer of smart security systems in Ukraine for USD10 million.
EEGF III’s investment was made through the purchase of a portion of the shares held by SMRK, an early-stage financial investor in Ajax Systems, and a portion of the shares held by Company management.
Founded in 2011, Ajax Systems is one of Europe’s leading professional security systems manufacturers. Today, the Company’s products are sold in over 75 countries world-wide. Ajax Systems enjoys
HarbourVest Partners, a global private markets asset manager, has opened a new office in Dublin, Ireland.
The new Dublin office expands the firm’s global footprint to ten locations, adding to its presence in Beijing, Bogota, Boston, Hong Kong, London, Seoul, Tel Aviv, Tokyo and Toronto. Craig MacDonald, Managing Director, HarbourVest Partners will oversee operations in Dublin.
The Dublin office will operate under HarbourVest Partners (Ireland) Limited (HVPI), which was established in September 2018. HVPI is authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland as an EU Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM) to conduct regulated activities within the EU on behalf
Centre Partners, a leading middle market private equity firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles, has acquired a majority interest in New England Fitness and affiliates, now doing business as One World Fitness PFF, an owner and operator of fitness clubs under the Planet Fitness banner.
The Company’s founder, Bill Fidler, and other key members of management invested alongside Centre. Financial terms were not disclosed.
New England Fitness was founded in 2006 to operate fitness clubs as a franchisee of Planet Fitness and has expanded its operations to include 18 fitness clubs primarily in the Philadelphia metropolitan
Aquicore, a commercial real estate software company with an all-in-one operations platform, has acquired Entic, a best-in-class prescriptive analytics solution that generates targeted recommendations to drive peak utilities and facilities performance for commercial assets.
With the acquisition, Aquicore begins to consolidate the fragmented proptech market, cementing its position as the frontrunner in commercial real estate operations and performance optimisation.
“I couldn’t be more excited about the merging of these two teams. Together, we will propel the proptech industry forward, giving the commercial real estate industry a powerful solution unlike any it’s ever seen. When experts look back at the
Private equity firms are continuing to invest in the UK, despite the uncertainty created by the Brexit process, according to a new report from eFront, a financial software and solutions provider dedicated to Alternative Investments.
eFront’s research showed that capital commitments have continued strongly since the Brexit vote in mid-2016, with deployment becoming more stable from 2016 onwards, compared with the trend seen over the previous three years. The average quarterly growth of capital deployment from Q1 2016 to Q4 2018 stood at 0.98 per cent, compared with 0.68 per cent from Q1 2013 to Q4 2015.
This pace
LBO France has acquired a majority stake in the Infodis Group, a French specialist in facilities management and systems & network engineering.
The investment has been made alongside Vighen Papazian, Infodis’ chairman and founder; Jacques Gourseaud and Florent Burlet, its deputy CEOs; and Walid Abi Chahla, head of its Visualdis unit; as well as other managers who will hold equity stakes.
Founded in 1985 and based in Roissy, near Paris, theInfodis Group currently employs around 500 people. In recent years, it has achieved steady organic growth while undertaking targeted acquisitions. Its successful integration of several companies, including ITCOM in
General market sentiment indicates that 2019 will be another very active year for M&A deals, according to the 6th edition of law firm Seyfarth Shaw’s Middle-Market M&A SurveyBook of Key M&A Deal Terms.
The data analysed for this year’s survey suggests that the private target middle-market M&A environment will likely continue its seller-friendly trend. The Survey authors expect “add-on” acquisition activity to comprise a high percentage of middle-market deal value in 2019 as private equity-backed platforms continue to grow their businesses and improve fund performance through add-on investments. A desire to expand geographically, plus diversify products and services, enhance technological
Mid-market investor Ergon has held the final closing of Ergon Capital Partners IV, SCSP (ECP IV) with capital commitments in excess of EUR580 million.
Based on strong demand from investors, ECP IV significantly exceeded its target of EUR500 million. ECP IV, Ergon’s first institutional fundraise, attracted both existing and new investors to the platform, with investors from the Benelux, France, Germany and Switzerland well represented in the Fund. The investor base includes blue-chip financial institutions, asset managers, funds of funds, family offices and foundations among others, alongside Sienna Capital, the fully-owned subsidiary of Groupe Bruxelles Lambert, who remained as cornerstone
Private equity firm the Riverside Company has promoted Karsten Langer to Managing Partner for the Riverside Europe Fund (REF).
Langer will lead the management of 30 professionals across Europe as Riverside continues to look for internationally growing entrepreneurial companies.
Langer will succeed Riverside Managing Partner Tony Cabral. An integral part of REF’s success, Cabral skilfully managed the fund for nearly 20 years. He will remain a senior member of the REF investment committee with the title of Founding Partner.
“Thanks to Tony’s leadership, Riverside Europe today occupies a unique position in the Pan-European lower mid-market,” says Riverside Co-CEO
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