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Altendorf Group, a portfolio company of Avedon Capital Partners, has closed the acquisition of Maschinenbau Hebrock and ebm Maschinenbau (together Hebrock), providing a succession solution to its founding family.
Hebrock is a leading provider of high-quality edgebanding machines for craft processing of wood panels based in Bünde and Hüllhorst (Germany).
Avedon invested in Altendorf in October 2017 with the goal of forming the global market leader in high-quality machinery for crafts secondary woodworking, by joining tradition-rich niche market leaders in complementary product categories. With the acquisition of Hebrock, Avedon takes a second major step in executing this buy &
Private equity investment in European companies hit a 10-year high in 2017 at EUR71.7 billion, a 29 per cent year-on-year increase, according to new data released today by Invest Europe.
Almost 7,000 companies received investment, of which 87 per cent were small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
Invest Europe’s 2017 European Private Equity Activity report is the industry’s most comprehensive and authoritative source of activity data. It reveals that private equity fundraising reached EUR91.9 billion in 2017, surpassing the previous year by 12 per cent for the highest amount since 2008. European private equity managers put their investment capital to
Concentra Analytics, a creator of Software as a Service (SaaS) data solutions used to visualise, model and track business operations, has completed a GBP41 million growth equity investment led by One Peak Partners, with participation from co-investors Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital, Joseph Schull, Connected Capital, as well as existing shareholder, City Securities.
Concentra says the investment will enable it to extend its international footprint and increase investment in its SaaS solutions, providing its clients with a real-time, data-driven ability to analyse and re-engineer their operations. Concentra’s flagship product, OrgVue, brings together organisational data held across different systems, making it possible
Private equity firm TA Associates has completed an investment in Datix, a specialty healthcare patient safety software provider.
Existing investor Five Arrows Principal Investments, the European corporate private equity business of Rothschild Merchant Banking, will maintain a significant equity stake in Datix. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1986, Datix is a leading global provider of patient safety and healthcare risk management software. The company’s suite of software products enables over 20,000 sites among more than 800 customers to address daily incident management and regulatory needs through its interconnected modular solutions. The company is headquartered
Tilkee, a start-up founded in 2013 by Sylvain Tillon and Timothée Saumet, has secured a second round of funding totalling EUR3.5 million. Omnes Capital, Evolem Start, Crédit Agricole Création, Axeleo Capital, and Kreaxi participated in this recent round.
Based in Lyon, Tilkee currently has 24 employees. Its monthly recurring revenue (MRR) was approaching the EUR100,000 mark at the end of 2017, with an 88 per cent year-on-year increase in turnover after an impressive 300 per cent increase in 2016.
“The fact that in 3 years Tilkee has not only raised EUR500,000, but has also achieved financial equilibrium has been
Natixis has appointed Michael Moravec as Head of Investment Banking, Americas. He will report locally to Kevin Alexander, Managing Director and globally to Mohamed Kallala, Global Head of Investment Banking.
Moravec will oversee all aspects of the Investment Banking division for Natixis’ CIB Americas platform.
“Michael’s appointment furthers Natixis’ track record of attracting talented banking executives to our entrepreneurial platform,” says Stephane About, Chief Executive Officer, CIB Americas, Natixis. “Michael is a seasoned executive whose experience will support Natixis’ continued growth and success. We look forward to his future contributions.”
Moravec has more than 20 years of experience
Global investment advisory and alternatives platform Mercury Capital Advisors has appointed Nick Savasta as Chief Investment Officer and Partner, overseeing Investment Advisory.
He will report to Michael Ricciardi, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner, and will lead the firm in advising clients across a range of alternative asset classes including direct private equity investments and allocations to fund managers.
Savasta joins Mercury from Michael Dell’s MSD Partners, where he was Managing Director and Co-Head of MSD’s Strategic Investments Group. Previously, he was a senior merchant banker with Allen & Company. He also worked as an investment banker with Morgan
US power and energy infrastructure manager LS Power Equity Advisors has held the final close of LS Power Equity Partners IV (Fund IV) at USD2.25 billion, exceeding its initial target of USD2 billion.
Evercore Private Funds Group acted as the global placement agent for the fundraise with Magenta Capital Services supporting the effort in the Middle East and Asia. Kirkland & Ellis, LLP served as legal advisor.
Fund IV launched in late September 2017 and held its first close in December 2017 on USD1.5 billion. Fund IV attracted commitments from a globally diverse group of returning and new investors
Global law firm K&L Gates has appointed David A Bronner and Todd R Southwell as partners in the firm’s corporate/M&A practice in Los Angeles and Chicago, respectively.
Bronner joins the firm from Nixon Peabody, while Southwell arrives from Clark Hill.
Bronner advises private equity funds, emerging growth companies, family-owned businesses, and public companies on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital investments, industry consolidations, equity and debt financings, and securities transactions. He counsels entrepreneurs and executives on a broad range of corporate and business matters and has served as an expert witness in high-profile law cases in the United
High Road Capital Partners has sold its portfolio company All Integrated Solutions (AIS) to MSC Industrial Supply Co, marking the sixth exit for the firm’s debut fund, High Road Capital Partners Fund I.
The transaction closed on 30 April, 2018. Purchase price was approximately USD86 million.
Wisconsin-based AIS is a leading independent distributor of industrial OEM fasteners, Class C components and MRO products in the Upper Midwest. High Road acquired AIS, formerly known as Accurate Components and Fasteners, in 2012. Under High Road’s ownership, AIS’s revenue tripled and the company made three acquisitions: All Tool Sales, in 2013; Williams
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