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Equistone Partners Europe-backed Apogee Corporation has bolted on Hibernian Business Equipment, an Irish print management and managed print services provider.
The deal marks the second acquisition since Equistone provided a significant investment in September 2016.
Apogee has completed acquisitions in Scotland, Wales and Germany this year and will continue to make further acquisitions to drive growth in the UK and Europe.
Based in Limerick, County Tipperary with additional offices in Dublin and Galway, Hibernian is a provider of print technology and services to both the public and private sector. Many government agencies and commercial organisations rely on Hibernian
The number of European private equity-backed deals declined during the summer holiday period, down 15.1 per cent to 309 transactions in Q3 2016 from the 364 transactions seen in the previous three months.
This is according to preliminary figures from the Q3 2016 Private Equity Barometer, published by unquote” in association with SL Capital Partners.
The combined deal value also decreased by 23.5 per cent.
The average deal value in the third quarter (EUR80 million) was 9.9 per cent lower than that of the second quarter (EUR88 million).
Overall the year to Q3 2016 witnessed total deal
Alter Domus, a provider of fund and corporate services, has secured a significant investment from funds advised by global investment firm Permira to accelerate its international growth strategy.
Founded in Luxembourg in 2003, Alter Domus has expanded its global service offer and today counts 31 offices and desks across five continents.
The international network enables clients to benefit globally from more than 1,000 experienced professionals active in fund administration, corporate secretarial, accounting, consolidation, tax and legal compliance, depositary services and debt administration services.
Permira has a long track record of partnering with financial and professional services businesses to
IK Investment Partners’ IK VIII Fund has reached an agreement to acquire Granite Holding (Schock), a granite kitchen sink manufacturer, from HQ Equita.
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
The original inventor of the manufacturing technology commonly used in the production of granite sinks, more than 60 per cent of all quartz composite sinks manufactured worldwide are based on the production technique developed by Schock.
Based on a quartz-acryl composite developed by Schock, the company’s premium product is three times as hard as natural granite and superior in product performance to sinks made from other
UK venture capital investor Albion Ventures has completed the acquisition of OLIM from Close Brothers Group.
The acquisition was first announced on 27 September 2016, subject to regulatory approval.
OLIM is a fund manager specialising in UK quoted equities, with around GBP500 million of assets under management.
The completion of the acquisition further diversifies Albion’s investment management expertise into quoted equities and increases its assets under management and administration to over GBP950 million.
Seven Peaks Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund focused on sparking innovation in the Pacific Northwest, has added Tom Gonser, founder of DocuSign, to its roster of partners.
Gonser most recently served as chief strategy officer at DocuSign, which provides eSignature and document workflow management solutions.
He previously worked at Apple, McCaw Cellular, AT&T Wireless and Wildfire Communications.
"Tom shares our belief that category-leading companies are being built in thriving regional markets across the country and in particular in the West, where easy access to the Bay Area has made markets like Seattle, Portland and Salt Lake City
Emarsys, a B2C marketing cloud company, has secured a USD22.3 million (GBP18.3 million) investment from TPG Specialty Lending Europe (TSLE), the European specialty lending investment platform of TSSP.
The financing will fuel innovation in artificial intelligence and data science, and accelerate growth at Emarsys as it seeks new opportunities in existing and new markets such as the US.
Emarsys customers will benefit from cloud-based marketing technologies resulting from the investment that will allow them to scale personalised interactions with consumers.
The deal brings the total funding received by Emarsys from investors in the last 24 months to USD55.3
Recruitment of marketing and fundraising staff across the alternative funds sector, including hedge funds, private equity firms, real estate managers and third-party marketing firms, reached an all-time high in the third quarter of 2016, according to corporate advisory and search firm Contect Jensen Partners (CJP).
“Hiring hit an all-time high in the third quarter, with marketing moves up across the board,” says Sasha Jensen (pictured), founder and CEO of Context Jensen Partners. “This demand reflects the continued need for experienced marketing professionals to establish fund flows and raise new capital. As we head into the end of the year, we
The Thomson Reuters Private Equity Buyout Index and the Thomson Reuters Venture Capital Index fell by 1.88 per cent and 0.19 per cent, respectively, in October.
Year to date, the indices are up 3.64 per cent and 3.63 per cent respectively.
The Thomson Reuters PE Buyout and VC Indices seek to track the aggregate gross performance of their respective industries in the US.
They are the first indices to allow liquid access to the gross performance of the private equity and venture capital industries through index-linked investment products.
Both the Thomson Reuters PE Buyout Index (TRPEI) and the Thomson Reuters
SPLIO, a SaaS-based customer experience software company, has secured a EUR10 million fundraising supported by three funds – Digital Ambition Fund, BNP Paribas Développement and Amundi Private Equity Funds.
Digital Ambition Fund is managed by Bpifrance under the Future Investment Program led by the Commissariat-General for investment (CGI).
Leveraging its relationship with over 500 customers in the retail and luxury goods sectors, SPLIO developed SPRING, the first cloud-based CEM platform dedicated to retailers.
In 2015, SPLIO generated a turnover of EUR16 million.
The goal of SPLIO’s new management team, put in place by the founders, will be
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