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Ridgemont Equity Partners, a middle market private equity investor, has closed a growth equity investment in Nolan Transportation Group (NTG), a service provider in the freight brokerage industry.
Ridgemont has agreed to partner with NTG’s management team, who will remain the majority shareholders, to support NTG’s growth.
Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Kevin Nolan, NTG’s president and CEO, says: “This capital raise marks an important milestone for NTG as we continue on our path to become one of the largest providers of freight brokerage services in North America. We welcome not only Ridgemont’s strong logistics
Paul Hastings has advised Jacobs Engineering Group on the acquisition of the patent rights for BAYQIK quasi-isothermal sulfuric acid converter technology and other related technology from Bayer.
BAYQIK technology enables more efficient conversion of process gas with high SO2 concentrations.
Bayer developed, piloted and commercialised the technology over the past 10 years.
A full-scale installation based on the technology has operated successfully for seven years.
The Paul Hastings team was led by corporate partner Ronan O’Sullivan and senior associate Matthew Poxon in London, alongside partner Bernd Meyer-Witting and senior associate Florian Lechner in Frankfurt.
HIG Europe, the European arm of global private equity firm HIG Capital, has acquired a controlling interest in Texbond, a producer of specialty polypropylene nonwovens.
Founded in Rovereto in the Trentino region of northern Italy in 1988, Texbond specialises in nonwovens for specialty applications in the hygienic, medical, construction, automotive, household and agricultural industries.
Terms were not disclosed.
Texbond founder and chairman Giuseppe Gaspari and the chief executive Cristina Parisi have invested in the transaction alongside HIG Europe, providing management continuity as well as technical and strategic expertise to support the growth plans.
Raffaele Legnani, managing director
Graycliff Partners, an independent investment firm focusing on middle market private equity and mezzanine investments, has invested in A-1 Machine Manufacturing, a manufacturer and integrator of machined components and systems to the flat panel display equipment, semiconductor equipment and general industrial end-markets.
Headquartered in Santa Clara, California and with additional operations in San Jose, California and Incheon, Korea, A-1 specialises in medium to large format machining, assembly and full system integration.
The company’s products range from single components to full-scale, turn-key advanced manufacturing equipment and systems.
Graycliff invested out of its latest buyout fund, Graycliff Private Equity Partners
Venture capital firm e.ventures has appointed Arnulf Keese as general partner in the firm’s Berlin office.
Keese joins European partners Andreas Haug, Christian Leybold and Bernardo Hernandez, in addition to North American partners Mathias Schilling and Tom Gieselmann.
Keese, the former vice president and general manager of PayPal DE/AT/CH, brings over 20 years of experience in digital commerce and payments to the e.ventures partnership. Prior to his executive role at PayPal, he held senior roles at Bertelsmann, AOL, giropay and online auction group QXL Ricardo.de.
As an investing partner at e.ventures, he intends to focus on early stage
Medical materials manufacturer Camstent has raised GBP850,000 from a combination of existing and new investors in its latest funding round.
Thanks to interest in the company’s patented bacteria-phobic polymer coatings, the initial investment target of GBP300,000 was extended, nearly trebling the total amount raised during the round.
Currently one in 20 inpatients suffer from a hospital acquired infection (HAI), leading to the loss of thousands of lives globally and adding to costs for healthcare providers.
Government research found that a 10 per cent reduction in infections could save the NHS GBP100 million per annum.
Camstent’s patented bacteria-phobic
Bedell Cristin has appointed Kate Ovenden as managing partner in the firm’s Guernsey office.
An experienced corporate, banking and financial services lawyer who spent 10 years working at City law firm Withers, Ovenden (pictured) became a partner of Bedell Cristin in 2010, having returned to Guernsey to join the firm in 2006.
Ovenden also has extensive experience in advising all types of clients on banking, funds, corporate and commercial matters.
Advocate Mark Helyar, the former managing partner, will remain with the firm in an of counsel role.
Helyar, who has led the Guernsey office since it first
Elm Capital says it has seen a strong first half with primary fund closings and secondary transactions for many of its clients in Europe and North America.
On 26 July, Montefiore Investment completed the first and final closing of its largely oversubscribed fourth fund at the agreed hard cap of EUR420 million of third party capital, exceeding its EUR350 million target.
This result was achieved within just three months due to a particularly efficient process by virtue of strong support from existing and new investors. More than 20 new institutional investors committed to the fund.
With its fourth
Pavilion Financial has closed its acquisition of Altius Holdings, the parent company of Altius Associates, a private markets advisory and separate account management firm with offices in the UK, US and Singapore.
Pavilion has also established Pavilion Alternatives Group, a combination of the operations of Altius Associates and LP Capital Advisors (LPCA), the alternative asset advisory subsidiary of Pavilion headquartered in Sacramento, California.
The rebranding for both organisations is effective immediately.
“Pavilion Alternatives Group will proudly carry forward the shared vision of its two founding firms to provide institutional clients with objective, thoughtful and well-researched advice on alternative
Ufenau IV, a fund advised by Ufenau Capital Partners, has sold its shares in Roth Brandschutz to Equistone Partners Europe, realising a 4x cash return and an IRR of 108 per cent.
Roth Group is headquartered in Gerlafingen, Switzerland, and offers its clients fire protection, insulation and coatings services.
Since partnering with Ufenau, Roth Group has grown the business considerably and increased revenues by 70 per cent to CHF65 million. The number of employees increased from 220 to 350 and Roth Group became Switzerland's largest service provider in its market segments.
In close collaboration with Ufenau, Roth Group completed
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