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Audax Private Equity (Audax) has agreed to acquire Corsearch, a division of Wolters Kluwer NV.
Corsearch, headquartered in New York, NY, is a leading data-driven trademark and domain establishment and protection business. Corsearch has additional offices in Dallas, California, Brussels, London, Luxembourg, and Paris. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Corsearch provides trademark and domain management services to corporate legal departments and law firms through their brand establishment, brand protection, and domain management business lines.
Geoffrey S Rehnert, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Audax Group, says: “Corsearch is a leader in the brand protection and establishment industry. We look
Ipsum Group Limited (Ipsum) a utilities and infrastructure service provider backed by Aliter Capital (Aliter) has acquired Specialist Power Engineering Contracts Limited (SPEC), a Wakefield-based specialist High Voltage (HV) engineering business.
The value of the transaction has not been disclosed.
Ipsum, which is headquartered in Preston, was backed by Aliter in January 2017 and acts as the holding company for Aliter’s investments into the utilities and infrastructure support services sector. The investment in SPEC will enable Ipsum to broaden its specialist service offering and reach into the electricity sector; diversify its customer base; and expand its geographical footprint across
Align Capital Partners (ACP) has completed the majority recapitalisation of fire and life safety company International Systems of America (ISA) from Gen Cap America (Gen Cap).
This was ACP’s fifth platform company investment since the firm’s first fund closed in September 2016.
Headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, ISA is a leading provider of fire and life safety services and parts for national, regional and local customers. The Company serves as the complete fire/security partner for its customers through decades-long relationships with major manufacturers, servicing and supplying both new and legacy systems, including a differentiated inventory of certified parts that keeps
Swarm64, provider of the scalable data accelerator (SDA) which enables relational databases to perform real-time big data analytics, has secured USD12.5 million in a Series B funding round led by by Intel Capital and Investinor. Alliance Venture and Target Partners also participated in the round.
“We are very glad to welcome Intel Capital as a new investor. The cooperation with Intel will help us serve a global market with the most advanced technology,” says Karsten Rönner, CEO of Swarm64. “Many industries face an explosion in their data processing needs, be it from growing numbers of connected ‘things’, expanding business models
TA Associates, a global growth private equity firm, has promoted six investment staff members in the firm’s Boston, Menlo Park and London offices, effective 1 January 2018.
“It is an honour to recognise the well-deserved promotions of these talented and dedicated team members who have each played a vital role in generating significant value for our investors, portfolio companies and TA,” says Brian J Conway, Chairman and Managing Partner at TA Associates. “We look forward to their continued contributions as we seek growth investment opportunities and work with the management teams of our portfolio companies to reach their full potential.”
Tractel, a specialist provider of working-at-heights and safety products and solutions, is to acquire Scanclimber Oy, the Finnish-headquartered provider of mast climbing work platforms (MCWP), for an undisclosed fee.
Scanclimber supplies rack and pinion vertical access products to more than 250 clients, in Europe, North America and Asia. It has 225 employees, operates a well-invested production facility in Poland, and sells its products through a network of distributors and sales agents globally. Industry forecasts expect MCWP products to be used increasingly as an alternative to traditional scaffolding as construction methods increasingly take into account workers’ health and safety. Scanclimber is
Counter Brands, parent company of Beautycounter, a leader in safer skin care and cleaner cosmetics, has secured a strategic investment from single-family office Mousse Partners Limited.
The investment will accelerate the Company’s strategic initiatives, including the development of a more robust omni-channel business, and provide capital for investments in technology as well as digital and brand marketing. TPG Growth also participated in this round of financing, having previously invested in the Company in 2014. The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Beautycounter, based in Santa Monica, CA, was launched in 2013 by Founder and CEO Gregg Renfrew. Known for
MidOcean Partners (MidOcean), a premier middle market private equity firm focused on consumer and business services, has acquired BH Cosmetics (BH), a digitally native colour cosmetics brand.
MidOcean’s investment will be used to drive BH’s continued growth and expansion.
BH’s founders will retain a significant ownership stake in the Company. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Launched in 2009, BH is a leading, direct-to-consumer colour cosmetics brand focused on the Millennial/Generation Z consumer. BH offers a full suite of high-quality colour cosmetics including products for the face, lips, eyes, brows as well as brushes and accessories. The Company
LightBay Capital (LightBay), a Los Angeles-based private equity firm focused on middle-market opportunities, has successfully completed fundraising for its inaugural institutional fund, LightBay Investment Partners, with total committed capital of USD615 million.
The oversubscribed Fund, which LightBay officially began marketing in April 2017, exceeded its target of USD450 million with commitments from a diverse investor group, which includes leading family offices, foundations, fund of funds, insurers, pension plans, and LightBay professionals.
LightBay is led by cofounders Nav Rahemtulla and Adam Stein, who were original members of Ares Management’s private equity group (Ares) where they invested together for over 15 years.
Capidea Management has held the first closing of its third private equity fund, Capidea Kapital III K/S with commitments of DKK750 million from a group of new and existing Danish and international investors. The Fund has a target of DKK1 billion.
Capidea was established in November 2006 with the objective of making buyout investments in competitive small and medium sized companies in Denmark. Today the firm is led by four partners, Erik Balleby Jensen, Jens Thøger Hansen, Nicolai Jungersen and Martin Jørgensen.
The Fund will continue the successful strategy of the previous two funds of targeting control and highly value-accreting
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