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Private equity investment manager Foresight Group has completed a GBP3 million investment into Ollie Quinn, via Foresight VCT, to fund the rollout of additional stores throughout the UK and Canada.
Ollie Quinn is a branded retailer of prescription glasses, sunglasses and non-prescription polarised sunglasses based in the UK and Canada.
The group has experienced strong growth since inception in 2013, and now has 16 stores across two countries.
Foresight’s private equity team continues to be very active in the UK SME market. The team completed 12 investments during 2016 and Oliver Quinn is among five completed in the
Private equity firm Ridgemont Equity Partners has invested in Dickinson Fleet Services (DFS), a technology-enabled service provider in the vehicle fleet maintenance industry.
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Dickinson Fleet Services provides repair and maintenance services for vehicle fleet owners and operators across the US. The company operates a network of mobile technicians, in addition to 15 branch locations and a national fleet maintenance program. DFS uses a proprietary software platform to manage all aspects of fleets’ maintenance programmes, streamlining communication and providing comprehensive data to customers to allow for improved vehicle uptime and enhanced
OMERS Private Equity (OPE), together with management, has agreed to acquire Inmar from ABRY Partners.
ABRY will continue to be a significant shareholder in the company.
Founded in 1980 and headquartered in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Inmar operates intelligent commerce networks, connecting offline and online transactions in real time for the world’s largest retailers, manufacturers and trading partners across multiple industries.
Inmar’s customers rely on the company to securely manage billions of dollars in transactions across its promotions, supply chain, and healthcare platforms. In addition, Inmar’s platforms generate meaningful data and enable the company to provide clients with actionable
Private equity firm Gryphon Investors has made a majority investment in Wind River Environmental, a provider of inspection, service, installation, repair, and maintenance of non-hazardous liquid environmental waste solutions in the US.
CEO John O’Connell and other members of Wind River’s management team have retained a significant ownership position in the company and will continue to lead Wind River after the closing of the transaction.
Former Republic Services COO and Gryphon executive adviser Kevin Walbridge will become chairman of Wind River as part of Gryphon’s investment.
Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Founded in 1999 and
Private equity fund administrator Gen II Fund Services has increased its assets under administration to in excess of USD150 billion.
Since its founding in 2009, Gen II has grown to become the industry's largest independent firm focused on private equity fund administration.
Norman Leben, managing principal of Gen II, says: "Our dedication to the highest standards of performance in our industry, an unrivalled track record of exceptional client service and our long term focus and dedication to the private equity fund administration have enabled us to reach this milestone. We thank our clients for their trust in us and our
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has completed the sale of Mauser Group to Stone Canyon Industries in an all-cash transaction valued at USD2.3 billion.
Mauser, acquired by CD&R funds in 2014, is a supplier of industrial rigid packaging products and reconditioning services. Stone Canyon Industries, through its subsidiary BWAY Corp, is one of the largest manufacturers of rigid metal, plastic containers and hybrid containers in North America.
Under CD&R’s ownership, Mauser achieved a number of important operational milestones, resulting in 9 per cent per annum revenue growth and 15 per cent per annum EBITDA growth. With more than 5,000 employees,
CheckRecipient, a machine learning start-up that aims to end the problem of misaddressed emails, has raised USD2.7 million in a round co-led by Accel and LocalGlobe, with the participation of Winton Ventures, Amadeus Capital Partners and Crane.
Started in 2013 by three engineering graduates from Imperial College, CheckRecipient has developed an email security platform that uses machine learning to make sure sensitive or confidential data cannot be sent to the wrong individual.
CheckRecipient scans historical email data to understand conventional usage patterns and behaviours in companies’ email systems. Using machine learning allows CheckRecipient to spot anomalies and give users
Private equity fund manager Calculus Capital has closed its Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) fundraising after reaching its GBP20 million target three months earlier than anticipated.
John Glencross, Calculus Capital chief executive, says: “Appetite for investing in unlisted UK smaller companies through the EIS has been growing year-on-year. And it’s not surprising, given the breadth, depth and potential of the investment opportunities available, coupled with the extremely attractive tax reliefs that come with EIS funds, including 30 per cent income tax relief, no CGT or IHT, and high returns that can be generated.”
Calculus says the range and quality of investment
Independent trust, fund and corporate services provider Crestbridge has established a presence in the GCC following its acquisition of Ohad Trust, a Bahrain-based trust, fund and corporate services provider in Manama.
With regulatory consent having now been received from the Central Bank of Bahrain, Ohad has become part of the Crestbridge Group, which also has complementary offices in Jersey, London, Luxembourg and the Cayman Islands.
A full rebranding of Ohad is planned for later in 2017 to bring the business fully under the Crestbridge brand.
Ohad was the first licensed provider of trust services in Bahrain when in
Shore Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused exclusively on the healthcare industry, has held the first and final close of its second institutional private equity fund, Shore Capital Partners Fund II, at the hard cap of USD190 million.
Fund II, raised in less than three months, surpassed its original target of USD150 million and was substantially oversubscribed with investor demand approaching USD750 million.
Fund II will continue the investment strategy employed by the Firm’s predecessor fund and invest primarily in control buyouts, focusing on microcap healthcare businesses.
With Fund II, Shore now manages a total committed capital
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