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Private equity funds managed by Baird Capital have invested in investment consultancy bfinance. Current CEO David Vafai (pictured) will continue to lead bfinance. He will be joined on the board by Andrew Ferguson, managing director at Baird Capital, and CFO Mark Brownlie, as directors.
Also joining the board as chairman is highly experienced financial and investor relations professional Tim Trotter, who founded public relations group Ludgate, co-founded Citywire, the information service for the global fund management industry and is a non-executive chairman at a number of financial services and asset management related blue-chip companies.
The collective expertise and experience of
CDC International Capital has named Joanna Hislop as an independent administrator and member of the company’s investment committee.
A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and Sciences Po in Paris, as well as a holder of an MBA from Harvard Business School, Hislop started her career in 1995 at Goldman Sachs in London, where she was Managing Director within direct alternative investments, the department in charge of the bank’s private equity funds and private debt.
Following this, she spent six years as a partner and investment committee member at Park Square Capital, a European investment fund based
Antares Capital is serving as administrative agent, lead arranger and bookrunner on a senior secured credit facility to support the acquisition of SambaSafety by ABRY Partners.
Headquartered in Albuquerque, NM, SambaSafety provides driving and fleet safety solutions and motor vehicle records to every industry across the US.
“Antares’ flexibility and strong presence in the technology space made them a great partner on this transaction,” says Nathan Ott, principle for ABRY Partners.
“We’re pleased to have supported ABRY on this transaction,” says Sean Sullivan, managing director for Antares Capital. “SambaSafety’s experienced management team and innovative approach together with ABRY’s expertise is
WorldQuant Ventures, an angel investment firm focused on disruptive companies in technology, with a particular focus on data and finance, has invested in Certrax Risk Compliance Solutions, Inc.
Certrax is a state-of-the-art application and service that allows real estate owners, property managers and service providers to manage third-party risk by electronically tracking, managing and storing contracts and insurance certificates. As part of the agreement, Steven Lau, Managing Director at WorldQuant Ventures, will join Certrax’s Board of Directors.
The application’s cutting edge technology, along with its superior leadership, including Certrax’s Chief Executive Officer Brian O’Keefe and Chief Operating Officer Robert Mitchell,
Private equity firm Thoma Bravo has completed its sale of InfoVista, a specialist in service performance assurance solutions for IP-based network and application services, to Apax Partners. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
“The sale is a tremendous outcome for both our investors and InfoVista, and empowers the company to continue its successful growth trajectory,” says Robert Sayle, a partner at Thoma Bravo. “It serves as the culmination of a complex take-private transaction on a European exchange, the execution of two major acquisitions, and a deep partnership with management to accelerate the company’s organic growth. I know
Noerr has advised Payleven Holding on the merger of the Payleven group with the SumUp group, both mobile payment providers.
The combined company will operate under the name SumUp. The merger is intended to accelerate the international growth of both businesses. All former shareholders in SumUp and Payleven will remain shareholders in the combined holding entity.
A team led by Felix Blobel, a Berlin based Partner and Venture Capital specialist acted on behalf of Payleven. Felix Blobel already advised Payleven in connection with a Series D Financing Round in the course of which Seventure Partners joined Payleven as new investor.
Venture capital firm Mayfield has raised USD525 million from its limited partners across two new funds – Mayfield XV a USD400 million fund that will continue the firm's focus on early-stage investing, and Mayfield Select a USD125 million fund that will target later-stage investments.
"Championing entrepreneurs with our culture of focus and consistency has been the driver of our success," says Navin Chaddha, Mayfield Managing Director. "We raise early-stage focused funds of approximately USD400 million usually every 3-4 years and invest in roughly 30 companies per fund. Mayfield XV is our fourth consecutive fund with a consistent size that follows
Arsenal Capital Partners’ specialty polymers and additives platform, Polymer Solutions Group (PSG), has acquired Sasco Chemical Group (Sasco Chemical), a manufacturer of specialty chemicals for the rubber, wood, consumer and medical industries.
Headquartered in Albany, Georgia and founded in 1948, Sasco Chemical is a leading manufacturer of rubber anti-tack agents in North America with its PolyCoat, TechKote and Sasco Cote product lines. Sasco Chemical has a research and development center in Macon, Georgia, produces more than 1,200 products and distributes them globally.
PSG was formed by Arsenal in June 2015 with the acquisition of Peach State Labs, Inc. (Peach State
Silverfleet Capital, the European private equity firm specialising in mid-market buyouts, has agreed to sell the Kalle Group to a fund managed by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R). The deal is still subject to anti-trust clearance.
Kalle is a global supplier of industrially produced casings for meat products. Silverfleet Capital expects to achieve an investment multiple of 3.5 on an investment of EUR71.5 million. The Internal Rate of Return (IRR) is 22.5 per cent.
Silverfleet Capital acquired a majority stake in the Kalle Group in 2009. Today, Kalle employs some 1,700 people operating from 16 production facilities in 9
The Initial Public Offering (“IPO”) of ordinary shares of Technogym, a world leading supplier of technology and design-driven products and services in the Wellness and Fitness industry, yesterday completed for a listing on the Mercato Telematico Azionario (MTA), organised and managed by the Borsa Italiana SpA.
Gross proceeds of EUR162.5 million will be raised by Arle for the funds it manages, by listing 25 per cent of Technogym’s share capital. A 15 per cent stake will be retained by Arle, reducing to 11.25 per cent if the greenshoe option is fully utilised. Arle will enter a lock-up period of 180
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