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After more than 23 years as Managing Director, and then Managing Partner of Albion Capital, Patrick Reeve has become Chairman of the business in a newly created role, with Will Fraser-Allen moving to Managing Partner, and Andrew Elder becoming Deputy Managing Partner.
From April, Patrick Reeve will chair the Albion and OLIM boards and continue to be involved in directing the strategy of the business, whilst maintaining key relationships across the Albion Capital VCT range, Albion Community Power and the UCL Technology Fund. Patrick joined Close Brothers in 1989, established Close Ventures in 1996 and led a management buyout in
Intermediate Capital Group’s Europe VII Fund has, in partnership with Mérieux Equity Partners and DOC Generici’s management team, agreed to invest in Doc Generici, one of Italy’s largest independent generic pharmaceutical companies – subject to antitrust approval.
DOC Generici provides drugs for the treatment of common medical conditions with a broad product portfolio and a strong presence in areas including cardiovascular, gastrointestinal/metabolism and neurological treatments. The Company operates an asset- light model and benefits from a consolidated network of suppliers.
This is the seventh deal for the Europe VII fund, which provides long term financing for growing private companies
Private investment firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) is to acquire a majority equity interest in IT solutions integrator Sirius.
With USD3.5 billion in annual gross sales, Sirius provides world-class solutions from proven technologies helping clients transform their business by managing their operations, optimising their IT, and securing it all. Sirius’ current majority owners, funds affiliated with Kelso & Company, will exit their investment at the close of the transaction.
“At Sirius, we are focused on how we can best deliver business outcomes for our clients, which is why we continue to invest in the best technical skills, the
BlackFin has taken a stake in Consultim Group, an independent distribution platform of managed properties for retail investors in France, which was founded by founded Benjamin Nicaise in 1995.
Having distributed more than 57,000 real-estate properties since inception, Consultim saw activity volume of EUR605 million in 2018.
Consultim covers the full investment scope, from referencing to distribution through its commercial brands Cerenicimo, LB2S and VP2. The Group’s offers also include brokerage and financing (Credifinn), accounting (Expertim) and property management (Propertimo). Recently, the company started distributing a new real-estate investment vehicle (OPCI) as part of a partnership with La Française
Capzanine continues to develop its presence across Europe by opening an office in Italy manned by three expert investors. Led by Philippe Minard and based in Milan, this team composed of Riccardo Dore and Tommaso Galletta will be responsible for Capzanine’s investments in Italian SMEs.
The team will also support the transalpine development projects of Capzanine’s French, Spanish and German portfolio companies.
This new stage in Capzanine’s development as an independent European asset management company demonstrates the success of its model dedicated to private investment in midcaps. Capzanine’s ability to offer debt, quasi-equity, minority or majority equity instruments makes
Yukon Partners (Yukon), a provider of mezzanine capital for middle market private equity transactions, has made a mezzanine investment in Corsearch, a portfolio company of Audax Private Equity (Audax).
Corsearch provides brand establishment and protection services to corporate brand owners and law firms in over 60 countries. The Company’s major service lines include trademark screening, trademark searching, trademark watching, online brand protection, and domain name services. Corsearch’s full suite of services empowers clients to easily monitor and protect trademarks and brands in an increasingly complex business environment.
Yukon’s mezzanine capital investment will support Corsearch’s acquisition strategy to acquire complementary businesses
Kurly, a provider of online premium grocery service Market Kurly, has completed a KRW100 billion Series D fundraising round led by existing investors and new participant Global Venture Partners.
Market Kurly, launched in May 2015, has disrupted the online grocery industry through logistics innovation. Its ‘Morning Star Delivery’ service is the fastest and freshest delivery system available to Korean consumers. All orders placed by 11 am are delivered by 7 am the next morning, including fresh produce harvested that same day.
Market Kurly aims to solidify its No1 position in the daybreak grocery delivery market. The Series D investment will
Highview Capital (Highview), a Los Angeles-based middle-market private equity firm, has acquired Frontier Fire Protection (Frontier Fire), a provider of fire and life safety solutions in the US Mountain West and Southwest regions.
Frontier Fire’s management team, including Chief Executive Officer Greg Londo, will continue to lead Frontier Fire and remain shareholders of the Company.
Founded in 1960, Frontier Fire provides full-service fire sprinkler and fire alarm solutions, including installation, retrofitting, inspection and detection. The Company serves an established network of general contractor customers across four states and a diverse range of end-markets, including multi-family residential, healthcare, mixed use, industrial,
Edison Partners, a growth equity investment firm, has exited Kemp Technologies, a provider of load balancer and application delivery controller (ADC) solutions and services, to Mill Point Capital. The exit generated a meaningful return and IRR for Edison Partners.
Headquartered in New York, Kemp is a leader in powering always-on application experience (“AX”) for enterprises and service providers via its next-generation load balancer and ADC technology solutions. Since Edison Partners’ initial investment of $9 million in January 2012, Kemp has seen 6X revenue growth. The company has more than 25,000 customers spanning all vertical markets and 60,000 application deployments across
Arlington Capital Partners (Arlington Capital), a Washington, DC-based private equity firm, has acquired a majority stake in Octo Consulting Group, a supplier of solutions for the US Government across healthcare, national security, civilian and defence agencies.
Octo’s specialised solutions for Agile software development, UI/UX, cloud, infrastructure, blockchain, and other emerging technologies support a wide variety of missions and empower agencies to modernie their ageing infrastructures.
Michael Lustbader, a Managing Partner at Arlington Capital, says: “We have known Mehul and Bob for many years and have watched their success as they have grown and established Octo as the company it is
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