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HIG Europe (HIG) has completed the sale of the 7S Group to ManpowerGroup. As a provider of HR related services, the 7S Group offers solutions in temporary staffing, business support services, and career services.
The 7S Group services complement the ManpowerGroup portfolio while allowing it to become the third largest workforce solutions provider in Germany with regards to industry solutions, technical project services and executive search.7S generated more than EUR310 million in revenues in 2014. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
HIG acquired a minority stake in 7S in 2010 and led the company to become an integrated
International law firm Dorsey & Whitney has appointed Fabrizio Carpanini (pictured) as a Partner in its Corporate Group in London at the beginning of November this year.
Carpanini, who will join the firm at the beginning of November this year, has over 30 years of experience extending across the full spectrum of corporate transactional work, including private equity, corporate finance, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, company and business sales and international joint ventures. His main area of expertise and practice has focused on institutional-facing private equity transactions, acting on institutional and management buy-outs, as well as development capital and buy-and-build transactions.
Funds affiliated with Blackstone Tactical Opportunities have made a strategic investment in the PMI Group.
In connection with the purchase of a significant equity stake in PMI, Blackstone has agreed to provide the Company with a loan for working capital needs in exchange for warrants and certain other rights. The Company intends to use the funds to pursue its investment strategy, which may include raising additional capital. Among other rights, Blackstone will have the right to participate in future equity offerings by the Company and is expected to nominate a director to the Board.
Timothy Graham, President and Chairman
Private equity firm Thoma Bravo is to make a majority investment in MedeAnalytics, a provider of cloud-based financial performance analytics for the healthcare industry.
Prior investors Bain Capital Integral Investors LLC and Emergence Capital Partners will remain minority shareholders. Financial details were not disclosed.
“MedeAnalytics represents an outstanding investment opportunity in the healthcare data analytics sector,” said Scott Crabill (pictured), managing partner at Thoma Bravo. “Andy Hurd and the MedeAnalytics team have built a market-leading business with a well-deserved reputation for product innovation. We look forward to partnering with management to continue growing the company organically and through strategic
CensorNet has raised GBP2m in Series A funding. The funds will be primarily invested into bolstering its R&D for its popular platform, which helps organisations manage the risk of cloud applications in an increasingly mobile work environment.
The round was led by Talis Capital, with existing investors and management participating. Vasile Foca has joined the board as investor director.
SMEs and non-profit organisations use CensorNet to visualise, control and protect all internet activity and the use of cloud applications across all devices. CensorNet solutions give greater visibility to senior management and control to IT departments, allowing organisations to address
Capillary Technologies, a provider of cloud-based software solutions that help retailers intelligently engage with their customers, has closed a USD45 million Series C round of financing led by an affiliate of private equity firm Warburg Pincus.
Existing investors Sequoia Capital and Norwest Venture Partners also participated in the round. Capillary will use the capital infusion to expand its offerings to enable clients to develop an omni-channel view of their customers, both organically by broadening its product suite, as well as inorganically via the acquisition of MartJack, Asia’s leading Multi Channel Commerce provider.
Capillary’s cloud-based platform, which can integrate into
Arma Partners acted as financial advisor in NTT Communications' sale of certain assets of its US web hosting subsidiary, Verio, to the Endurance International Group (NASDAQ:EIGI).
Founded in 1996, Verio is a recognised industry leader in delivering online business solutions to SMBs worldwide. Verio’s solutions provide web hosting, application hosting and SaaS applications that enable SMBs to drive online success. Verio became a wholly-owned subsidiary of NTT Communications in 2000.
This transaction further underscores Arma Partners’ expertise in the web hosting and internet infrastructure sectors and our unique ability to deliver successful cross-border outcomes for our clients across Asia, Europe and the Americas through our
Care Capital Properties has completed the acquisition of eight skilled nursing facilities and one assisted living facility in Shreveport, Louisiana and simultaneously entered into a long-term triple-net lease with Texas-based operator Senior Care Centers (SCC) to operate the acquired portfolio.
SCC concurrently acquired the operations, which also included a rehabilitative therapy company, four hospice agencies and an interest in an affiliated pharmacy provider. CCP purchased the assets for approximately USD190 million and made a USD20 million five-year, fully amortising loan to SCC, resulting in a total transaction value of USD210 million. The initial cash lease yield on the properties is
Idinvest Partners has added two new staff members in its Private Debt debt and Venture Capital and Growth teams.
Verena Romero Frychel (pictured), Investment Director, Private Debt, sources, analyses and executes investments in Private Debt (mezzanine, unitranche, senior loans).
Prior to joining Idinvest Partners in March 2015, she restructured a family business in Mexico after spending two years at BNP Paribas (Media & Telecom Finance) in Paris and two years at Goldman Sachs (Leveraged Finance) in London. Previously she worked in several departments at Commerzbank, Bankinter, Sal Oppenheim and Deutsche Bank.
Frychel is a graduate from ESCP Europe
Venture capital veteran Jeff Williams and Mutual Mobile founder Jason Story (pictured)have joined forces to launch Hangar Ventures, a USD50 million venture fund focused on early stage technology companies.
Hangar will be making new investments in companies looking to raise their first round of institutional capital.
Messrs, Williams and Story believe the ecosystem and climate are perfect for a new franchise in Texas. Their thesis is supported by such well known tech investors like John Jaggers, Managing Partner of Sevin Rosen Funds and David Hunt of Hunt Technology Ventures, who also believe the timing is right for not only
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