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Private equity firm TA Associates has completed an investment in Conservice, a provider of utility management software and billing solutions to property owners and managers.
TA Associates purchased shares from Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, a Los Angeles-based alternative asset manager, which will remain an investor in Conservice. No new shares were issued and no other owners or management sold shares in conjunction with this transaction. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Founded in 2000, Conservice serves the single-unit and multi-unit markets, including apartment communities, student housing, military housing, government-subsidised housing, commercial buildings, homeowner associations and real estate-owned (REO)
blow ltd, a London-based beauty services on demand provider, has secured a GBP500,000 investment from Unilever Ventures alongside an angel and Crowdfunding campaign on the Seedrs platform. The total investment into blow LTD now exceeds the GBP1 million mark.
Unilever Ventures is the venture capital and private equity arm of Unilever, which invests in young, promising companies in the personal care and digital sectors. It looks to invest in outstanding management teams and innovative business models that have the potential to reshape the industry it operates in. The GBP500K investment in Blow Ltd marks their eighth investment from their third
Ardian portfolio company Italmatch Chemicals, a global specialty chemicals group, has acquired 100 per cent from US private equity firm One Rock Capital Partners.
The acquisition sees Italmatch Group consolidate its presence in the American market, with an important manufacturing site which will continue to produce Compass’ Mayoquest brand of products. It will also be expanding its water treatment product range, thus strengthening the leading global role of the DequestR brand in a highly strategic business segment.
This is the third acquisition in the water treatment industry by Italmatch since Ardian became the major shareholder in June 2014, and falls
Sumeru Equity Partners (SEP) – along with existing investors and company management – has made a USD65 million strategic investment in SaaS property management platform Buildum.
SEP Managing Directors, Jason Babcoke and John Brennan, will join Buildium’s board of directors.
“Buildium has successfully made the transition from start up to established market leader, and its large and rapidly growing base of happy customers is a testament to the company’s customer-first philosophy,” says Jason Babcoke, managing director at SEP. “Founder-led teams with strong product backgrounds are attractive investments for us – especially since Buildium was founded in the practice
Wasserstein Partners has acquired Northstar Travel Group, a provider of business-to-business information, content, events, data, research, custom content and software dedicated to the global travel and meeting industries, from the Wicks Group of Companies.
Investing alongside Wasserstein Partners IV were its co-investors, Alberta Teachers’ Retirement Fund Board, John Hancock, and Storebrand Insurance.
Northstar is the owner of well-known brands including Travel Weekly, TravelAge West, Business Travel News, Successful Meetings, Meetings & Conventions, Travel Weekly China, Incentive, M&C China and Web in Travel. The company produces more than 50 face-to-face events in thirteen countries in retail travel, corporate travel, travel technology
Tikehau IM and Ares announced have arranged a major unitranche financing to support Apax Partners in the acquisition of Marlink, Airbus Group’s Commercial Satellite Communication business.
Marlink's maritime and land commercial satcom business is present in 14 countries across Europe, Asia, Middle-East and Americas, and has a distribution network of approximately 400 re-sellers worldwide. The company serves all maritime sectors globally and thousands of users operating in challenging environments in the mining, energy and humanitarian sectors that need highly reliable satcom mobile and fixed connectivity services.
The government satcom business is not part of this transaction and remains part of
Total worldwide entertainment and media revenues will rise at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.4 per cent in nominal terms over the coming five years, from USD1.72 trillion in 2015 to USD2.14 trillion in 2020, according to PwC's Global entertainment and media outlook 2016-2020.
This growth rate represents a slowdown from last year's 5.5 per cent growth in industry revenues, and will lag behind overall global economic growth during the five years. But a closer examination brings a different picture into focus. Entertainment and media is a dynamic, diverse industry with steady and sustainable growth. And while its
Ogier, working with Burness Paull, has advised Brown-Forman Corporation on matters of Jersey law in respect of its GBP281 million acquisition of the GlenDronach, BenRiach and Glenglassaugh Single Malt Scotch Whisky brands.
Brown-Forman Corporation is one of the largest American based manufacturers of wines and spirits and this acquisition enhances its growing portfolio of world famous brands which already includes Jack Daniels, Finlandia and Chambord.
The Ogier team was led by partner Steve Meiklejohn and included Katherine Neal and Ashley Quenault.
Nexxus Capital announces that on 7 June 2016 it reached an agreement to invest in Fondo de Transporte México (FTM), a holding company of leading subsidiaries in the logistics, cargo, personnel and student transportation sectors.
This investment will be made through Nexxus Capital Private Equity Fund VI, and Nexxus Capital VI Trust (jointly Nexxus VI), once certain closing conditions are met, including the approval of Mexico’s Antitrust Authority (COFECE).
FTM is the leading transportation platform in the logistics, cargo, personnel and student transportation sectors that operates under several brands that include Egoba, MyM, and Lipu; among others. Through all
Deutsche Bank has been selected to provide fund administration services for Arroyo Energy Investors, a private equity firm focused on power generation and midstream assets in the Americas.
Arroyo Energy selected Deutsche Bank’s Fund Services team as their exclusive private equity fund administrator providing fund accounting, investor services and regulatory reporting across funds.
“We are proud to support Arroyo Energy with our award-winning fund administration platform,” says Ajay Singh, Head of Investor Services, Global Transaction Banking at Deutsche Bank. “During the entire lifecycle of a fund, Deutsche Bank provides clients with access to a comprehensive range of solutions, value-add services
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