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Vancouver and Dublin based Hartley & Marks, the makers of luxury stationary brand Paperblanks, has appointed Moore Stephens, the top 10 international accounting and advisory firm, to manage a private equity investment round to fuel the company’s future growth.
Paperblanks was founded in 1992 and now produces annual revenues in excess of USD25 million selling an estimated 10 million products annually through retailers worldwide. Damian Ryan, Partner, Moore Stephens, commented: “Paperblanks has a growing and loyal customer base. To achieve further growth and win the battle in the digital space, the opportunity lends itself perfectly towards private equity. It’s refreshing
Private equity investment firm Golden Gate Capital (Golden Gate) has acquired The Learning Experience, an academy of early education for children six weeks to six years old.
The Learning Experience, headquartered in Deerfield Beach, Florida, is led by Co-Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer Richard Weissman. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Richard Weissman co-founded The Learning Experience in 2001, building on the Weissman family’s decades of experience developing and implementing child care and early education programs in a safe and positive environment. The Learning Experience offers state-of-the-art facilities and a proprietary curriculum for children to
LFPI has completed an indirect minority investment in the share capital of Umanis. Umanis, French leader in data, digital and business solutions, remains owned and controlled by its longstanding shareholders Laurent Piepszownik and Olivier Pouligny, who have entered into a shareholders’ agreement with LFPI.
To successfully complete this operation, the French financial markets authority granted on 12 June 2018, a waiver of the obligation to file a proposed public exchange offer on Umanis titles.
Gide advised LFPI Group on this operation, with a team comprising partners Antoine Tézenas du Montcel and David-James Sebag, counsel Matthias Grolier, and associates Julien
Venture capital funds globally continued their strong run of performance over recent years in the first quarter of 2018, with a near-record return of 1.45x, according to new data published by eFront.
The company’s latest Quarterly Private Equity Performance Report shows that despite a small seasonal dip from the all-time high of 1.49x recorded in Q4 2017, venture capital returns continued their strong performance of the past three years in Q1, sitting at 1.45x. Multiples have been hovering between 1.40x and 1.50x since Q4 2014 and remain well above the long-term average.
Active global VC funds currently show an
Corsair, a provider of PC peripherals and components for gamers, enthusiasts and eSports athletes, is to acquire Elgato Gaming, a Munich-based provider of hardware and software for content creators.
Global investment banking firm Drake Star Partners acted as exclusive financial advisor to Elgato Systems on this transaction.
“Elgato Gaming designs and develops the world’s leading products for content creation. This transaction was met with strong interest from global marketplayers and we are pleased that with CORSAIR, Elgato Gaming has found a strong partner for its continued international expansion,” says Ralf Philipp Hofmann, Managing Partner & Member of the Global
Capzanine’s Capzannine 4 Private Debt Fund has supported L Catterton and Goiko Grill’s management team in the company’s LBO. Capzanine is participating in the transaction by providing a unitranche loan facility.
Founded in 2013 by Andoni Goicoechea, Goiko Grill is the leading gourmet-burger restaurant chain in Spain. Goiko Grill serves its customers with premium burgers, at affordable prices made with local ingredients and served in a warm atmosphere.
In just five years, Goiko Grill has grown rapidly and now operates some 44 restaurants in 8 Spanish cities, being one of the country’s leading chains. Goiko Grill is based in
ARX Equity Partners (ARX) has completed the majority acquisition of TMX Mobile Solutions (TMX), a Hungary-based mobile device repair business on track to generate a revenue stream of over EUR40 million in 2018.
Going forward, ARX will partner with the company’s senior management, who retain a significant minority stake as part of the deal. The value of the acquisition, which was completed on 2 July, has not been disclosed.
TMX employs over 400 skilled staff, who deliver a service-offering comprised of physical repair, logistics and refurbishment of mobile phones. They repair approximately 500,000 mobile devices annually for B2B customers
International payments company Airwallex has completed its Series B fundraising. The company has now secured USUSD80 million in outside investment, taking their total fundraising to USD102 million.
In this round, returning Series A investors Tencent and Sequoia China were joined by fellow China based Hillhouse, Sir Ka-Shing Li’s Horizons Ventures from Hong Kong, Indonesia’s Central Capital Ventura (BCA) and Australia’s Square Peg, with whom Airwallex partnered in December for USUSD6m Series A+ funding.
The new funding will be used to expand operations globally, with particular focus in South East Asia to deliver on what Airwallex has coined the
Recover Nordic, a provider of damage control, emergency response and environmental services, and portfolio company for private equity firm Agilitas, has made four further strategic add-on acquisitions, bringing the total number of add-ons to fourteen since Agilitas acquired the group in 2013.
The combined revenues from the acquisitions increase Recover Nordic’s revenues by over NOK150 million to a group figure of NOK2.3 billion. The combined group will employ 1,700 employees across about 80 locations in the Nordics.
In Denmark, Recover Nordic has acquired Sydslam A/S, a leading Danish provider of environmental services and industrial cleaning. The acquisition will expand Recover
Law firm Paul Hastings has represented new client Abry Partners II, a media, communications, business and information services focused private equity investment firm, on its recommended voluntary cash offer to acquire all shares in LINK Mobility Group ASA at an offer price that values Link Mobility Group ASA at NOK3,396 million (EUR357 million).
The firm won Abry as a client with the arrival of relationship partner Anu Balasubramanian from DLA Piper in June 2018.
LINK Mobility is one of Europe’s leading mobile communication providers, specialising in mobile messaging services, mobile solutions and mobile intelligence.
Alongside Balasubramanian, the Paul Hastings team included
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