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Red Rocks Capital’s Global Listed Private Equity (GLPE) finished the second quarter of 2015 up 5.59 per cent, compared to 0.47 per cent for the MSCI World Index.
For the first two quarters of 2015, the GLPE index is up 11.20 per cent, compared to 2.97 per cent for the MSCI World Index, as strong performance from near-record exit activities from index constituents in Europe and North America overcame both continued Euro and Greece currency concerns as well as negative currency impacts of the a strong US Dollar.
"Listed Private Equity firms had a very strong quarter and continue
Pamlico Capital has made a growth investment in Service Express Inc alongside the firm’s existing management team.
Chief Executive Officer, Ron Alvesteffer, and other executive management team members will maintain significant ownership of SEI and will continue to manage the growth of the Company with support from Pamlico. Detailed terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan, SEI is a leading provider of Third Party Maintenance (TPM) services for mission-critical data centre infrastructure focused on server and storage equipment. SEI has extensive expertise across a broad range of products including IBM, HP, Sun, Dell
Marwyn Value Investors has sold 26.5 million depositary interests representing common shares in Entertainment One (ETO LN) at a price of GBP3.30 per share, raising gross proceeds of approximately GBP87.5 million, of which approximately GBP61.1 million is attributable to the Company.
The Master Fund is now beneficially interested in approximately 52.9 million common shares of eOne, representing approximately 17.9 per cent of eOne’s issued common share capital.
Entertainment One was founded in 2008 following the initial reverse acquisition of Entertainment One Income Trust. Since that date eOne has established itself as a leading international entertainment company that specialises in the
IK Investment Partners (IK) is to acquire Auxiga Group, a French and Belgian leader of pledge inventory services. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Since its establishment in 1919 in Belgium and 1975 in France, Auxiga Group has been a bank guarantee expert, drawing up structured and flexible credit facilities using inventories as collateral. The Group operates through four business units: Auxiga and Sofigarant, which are the leading providers of pledge inventory services in France, Warrant, which provides the same services in Belgium and Auxicontrol, a specialist in asset control and floor check services. The Group provides
High Road Capital Partners has acquired Cali Bamboo in what is the fifth platform acquisition for High Road Capital Partners Fund II. The transaction closed on 10 July, 2015.
Cali Bamboo is a manufacturer and direct-to-consumer retailer of bamboo flooring and sustainable building products. Based in San Diego, California, the company offers bamboo flooring, composite decking, bamboo plywood, eucalyptus flooring, bamboo fencing, and cork tiles. Bamboo is among the fasting-growing plants on Earth, making it an environmentally sustainable alternative to conventional hardwoods.
“Cali Bamboo prides itself on providing the highest-quality, sustainable building products, along with delivering an outstanding customer
Noerr has advised the Munich financial investor Deutsche Invest Equity Partners on the acquisition of a participation in PlanetHome AG structured as a co-investment with the US financial investor AP Capital Investments.
The seller is HypoVereinsbank (UniCredit Bank AG).
PlanetHome is a real estate service providers in Germany and Austria. Core areas are the brokerage and financing of residential real estate. The parties have agreed to keep the purchase price confidential.
A group led by Dyal Capital Partners has made a passive, minority investment in Vista Equity Partners that will allow the Austin-headquartered firm to continue to expand its asset management platform.
Vista will use this investment to deepen its network of global investors, to expand its product offerings and to scale its business.
“This investment is an exciting development in the evolution of Vista,” says Vista Founder, Chairman & CEO Robert F Smith (pictured). “Dyal and its parent, Neuberger Berman, will be great strategic partners for Vista, as we continue to take advantage of the growing investment opportunities in the
Century Park Capital Partners has acquired Better Life Technology, a manufacturer, designer, marketer and distributor of vinyl flooring products and printing substrates for multiple end markets.
BLT has a diverse and customisable range of vinyl floor coverings that are used by residential consumers as well as OEMs of marine and transit products. The Company’s products are also used as a substrate in the growing graphic printing market.
BLT was founded by Don & Brett Sneed in 1998. The foundation of the BLT product line is G-Floor vinyl flooring. The original G-Floor Parking Pad was the first product created by Brett
Bunker Hill Capital, a Boston based private equity investor in lower middle market companies, has made a growth equity investment in Courtagen Life Sciences.
Headquartered in Woburn, MA, Courtagen is a diagnostic testing services business founded in 2009 by Brian and Brendan McKernan, who currently serve as CEO and President, respectively. In 2012, they were joined by their brother, Kevin McKernan, who currently serves as Chief Scientific Officer.
“Courtagen is led by an exceptional management team that has successfully executed similar strategies and delivered superior returns to shareholders previously,” says Mark DeBlois, Managing Partner of Bunker Hill Capital. “The McKernan’s
Private equity fund manager Horizon Capital has acquired a stake in Rozetka, an e-commerce company based in Ukraine. The funding for the deal comes from Horizon Capital’s Emerging Europe Growth Fund II (EEGF II). Fnancial details of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Ukraine’s e-commerce recorded growth rates of over 30% for the last five years, in US dollar terms, and still retains significant upside potential as both, internet penetration and online shopping share of total retail remain substantially lower than regional peer levels.
The company, led by visionary entrepreneurs, Vladyslav and Iryna Chechotkin, is the indisputable market leader in
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