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Arcapita has acquired a controlling interest in MC Sign Company (MC Sign), a provider of signage and lighting services in the United States, for a total transaction value in excess of USD100 million.
Atif A Abdulmalik, Arcapita’s Chief Executive Officer, says: “We are excited to complete a US private equity transaction and pleased to partner with the management team at MC Sign to help grow the Company’s suite of services and customer base. MC Sign is led by a very experienced team of professionals who have grown the business considerably over the past few years, and we believe the Company
Seedrs had its biggest year since launch in 2017, with GBP125 million invested into campaigns on the platform and 168 deals funded. The company recently surpassed GBP300 million invested into campaigns on the platform and has now funded over 590 deals since its launch.
Five-year old Seedrs completed over 130 per cent more GBP1 million-plus campaigns in 2017 than the previous year, breaking a number of records in the process. Challenger bank Revolut raised its cap of GBP3.8 million from over 4,200 investors in August 2017 as part of their GBP50 million Series B round led by Index Ventures, awarding
Aurelius Equity Opportunities further builds UK team with appointment of Peter Wood as Principal.
Aurelius Equity Opportunities SE & Co has added Peter Wood to its UK team, with immediate effect. Wood joins Aurelius as a Principal, based in the London office, working as part of the investment team to source and execute investments in businesses that would benefit from the long-term strategic direction and financial and operational support that Aurelius provides.
Wood’s appointment builds on a series of hires for the UK business in 2017, including that of Andrew Roth and Thomas Pinks to Aurelius’ investment team. With
Private equity funds managed by Blackstone (Blackstone) have completed the previously announced acquisition of Schenck Process (Schenck), a specialist in measuring and process technology equipment.
Blackstone and Schenck have also announced the appointment of Keith Cochrane as Chairman and Harry Kenyon-Slaney as Member of the Advisory Board of Schenck.
Cochrane brings extensive senior and board-level experience to the role. He is currently Interim Chief Executive of Carillion plc, prior to which he served as long-standing CEO of The Weir Group plc, a leading manufacturer of highly-engineered products and services for the minerals, oil and gas and power industries. He
Brookfield Business Partners is to acquire a 75 per cent controlling interest in the Schoeller Allibert Group (Schoeller Allibert), a manufacturer of returnable plastic packaging systems, for EUR205 million.
The stake is being acquired from an indirect subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM) (JP Morgan).
Brookfield completed the transaction by partnering with the founding Schoeller family who will continue to hold the remaining 25 per cent interest in the Company through Schoeller Group and expects to be a long-term partner in growing the business. The Schoeller Group have the opportunity to increase their ownership over time.
“This
Edge Investments, a specialist investment house focused on the creative industries sector, has added to its team with the appointment of two specialist investment professionals – Niall Santamaria and Joshua Burge.
Santamaria joins Edge from Exodus Ventures, a specialist firm within the high-growth, early-phase digital media sector. A holder of the CFA charter and with an MBA from the London Business School, Niall has served as an investor, board member, strategic advisor and corporate finance advisor during a decade in venture capital.
Burge, with an MSc in Economic and Social History from All Souls College, Oxford joins Edge from Kerdos Ventures, an early-stage technology investor.
FPE Capital (FPE), a growth private equity investor in UK lower mid-market companies, has appointed Connor Trendell as Investment Manager.
Trendell, who joins FPE Capital from Deloitte, where he was a member of the firm’s TMT M&A Advisory team, is FPE Capital’s second appointment following the final close of FPE Fund II. He is a fully qualified ACA and graduated from the University of Edinburgh with an MA (Hons) in Economics.
The appointment marks a further step in the development of the FPE Capital investment team as it continues its focus on the lower end of the UK mid-market,
Inflexion Private Equity has invested in Lintbells Limited, a producer of nutritional supplements for pets.
Founded in 2006, Lintbells is now the leading pet supplements company in the UK, including two key brands: YuMOVE, the number one joint mobility supplement for dogs and cats, and YuMEGA, the UK’s number one supplement for skin and coat. Lintbells has nascent but growing international businesses in Asia and Europe.
The UK market for pet supplements is worth approximately GBP100 million and is growing at 7 per cent per annum as pet owners become more aware of the existence and effectiveness of such
Noerr has advised the airline Condor and its parent company Thomas Cook on the takeover of Air Berlin Aviation.
The subsidiary of the insolvent company Air Berlin PLC & Co. KG is currently undergoing the approval procedure for obtaining a flight licence and has already set up the required structures with the necessary postholders.
The purchase of the company fits in with Condor’s plans to expand capacity in the German market due to higher demand. Air Berlin Aviation is to be included in Condor’s summer flight schedule with six planes once the flight permit has been issued. The company
An affiliate of Sun Capital Partners is to sell Robertshaw Controls Company (Robertshaw), a global leader in thermal, flow, and control management products and solutions. Terms of the private transaction were not disclosed.
Headquartered in Itasca, Illinois, Robertshaw offers the industry’s most comprehensive portfolio of products and solutions, which are designed, engineered and manufactured to integrate seamlessly and aesthetically into OEM products to ensure consistent, safe and reliable performance. The Company has more than 6,100 employees in 11 countries.
“Sun Capital saw the Company’s potential to be a market leader when it was the Invensys Appliance division of Schneider
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