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Sheridan Capital Partners has completed a majority recapitalisation of existing portfolio company Smile Doctors. Through the recapitalisation, Linden Capital is joining as lead investor while Sheridan and management are both rolling over equity.
“Working with the entire Smile Doctors team to build the national leader in orthodontics has been a true pleasure,” says Jonathan Lewis, Managing Partner at Sheridan Capital Partners. “Together we have expanded the business from its 12 clinics in Texas and Georgia to over 90 clinics across 11 states. This recapitalisation validates the exceptional growth of the business during our ownership, and our continued investment in the
PNC Bank has closed a USD150 million revolving line of credit for CDI Corp, a portfolio company of AE Industrial Partners. PNC Bank served as administrative agent.
CDI Corp will use the funds, in part, to repay existing debt, partially finance the acquisition by AE Industrial Partners, LLC, and provide for ongoing working capital needs. Products associated with the transaction include treasury management services.
Based in Philadelphia, CDI Corp is a global staffing business that delivers solutions based on highly skilled technical and professional talent. Founded in 1950, the company delivers expertise in engineering and information technology solutions encompassing
Legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised RJD Partners (RJD), the UK Private Equity investor, on the management buyout of Class Tours Limited (Class Tours), a leading provider of language programmes and educational tours to schools in the UK.
This is the fourth investment from RJD’s third buyout fund, following the investment in Barber of Sheffield, and follows RJD’s successful investment track record in the education and leisure sectors.
Based in Hove, Class Tours is a well-respected provider of language programmes to schools with its Château de la Baudonnière courses in Normandy perhaps the most well-known. The business also provides
Mercury Capital Advisors, a global placement agent specialising in private investments, has opened a new office in Seattle, Washington.
The new office extends the reach of the Mercury iFunds platform, a digital solution offering a range of curated non-correlated investments to the wealth management community, namely RIAs and other intermediaries. Located in the Two Union Square building, the office is led by Brian Hanson, Executive Director, iFunds Distribution, who reports to Donal Mastrangelo, Executive Director and Head of US iFunds Distribution.
“iFunds provides digital access to an ecosystem of the same leading-edge alternatives managers and pre-IPO that we source
DataSine has raised EUR1 million in funding from investors including C Entrepreneurs, Sistema_VC and Force Over Mass at the close of the company’s seed round.
DataSine’s proprietary technology analyses transactional and biographical data to determine a customer’s personality, needs, behaviours, and life situation. This enables companies to offer products and services that are directly relevant to their customers and explain them in a way that resonates with each individual.
“DataSine’s technology is unique because it bridges the gap between machine learning, psychology and finance. Put simply – it is the ultimate personalisation engine for banks,” says Igor Volzhanin, Chief
AEP 2017 Ltd has selected Aztec to administer the Accent Equity 2017; a Nordic focused private equity fund advised by Accent Equity Partners AB (Accent).
Established in 1994, Accent has advised funds of over EUR1 billion in committed capital and these funds have acquired more than 80 Nordic mid-market companies since its inception, realising over 60 of those investments. Accent Equity 2017 L.P. represents its eighth fund, with its second and final close raising over EUR315 million (SEK3 billion) in capital.
Aztec will support AEP 2017 with fund establishment activities and provide ongoing administration, financial reporting and company secretarial
Northern Trust has released a white paper outlining key steps investment managers and investors can take to potentially achieve greater transparency in alternative investments such as hedge funds, private equity, infrastructure, real estate and natural resources.
The paper, ‘Alts Transparency: Finding the Right Balance’, is a follow-up to an industry-wide survey conducted earlier this year by The Economist Intelligence Unit for Northern Trust, which confirmed that transparency remains a top priority among alternative investors.
“A decade after the global financial crisis highlighted the risks of large allocations to opaque, illiquid assets, the industry continues to struggle with standards of
SANNE has appointed Stuart Harris as Director of Global Facilities to support the ongoing enhancement of the firm’s growing services and strategic development.
Harris (pictured), will drive the strategic direction of facilities management across the 15 jurisdictions in which SANNE operates. He brings with him 30 years of experience that has included the management of multi-million-pound facility and real estate schemes, and M&A projects across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the UK.
Harris joins SANNE from FIS Global, where he was director of real estate for the EMEA region. He managed all M&A and integration projects covering 77
GMB Mezzanine Capital has promoted Seth Jonker to Senior Associate and hired Beth Nechanicky as Controller.
Jonker joined GMB as an Associate in 2015. Prior to joining GMB, he was in commercial lending, where he provided debt financing in support of private-equity backed buyouts, M&A transactions, and recapitalisations at Wells Fargo.
“Seth is recognized for his growing knowledge of the industry, team contributions, and deal leadership. He will play a key role in supporting our private equity relationships,” says Dan Hemiadan, Partner at GMB.
Nechanicky, a CPA (inactive) by training, brings deep financial and accounting know-how to GMB.
Limerston Capital has acquired Crawford Scientific Holdings Ltd (Crawford), comprising Crawford Scientific Ltd and Hall Analytical Laboratories), from Maven Capital Partners.
Crawford is one of the UK’s leading independent providers of outsourced chromatography consumables and services to the laboratory research and testing sector. This is the third investment of Limerston Capital’s debut fund, Limerston Capital Partners I.
Scotland based Crawford Scientific (founded in 1985) and Manchester based Hall Analytical Laboratories (founded in 1987) provide an array of products and services encompassing consumables distribution with expert advice, training and specialist analytical services to offer the UK’s leading pharmaceutical, research and laboratory
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