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The deployment of private equity capital in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region reached healthy levels in the first four months of 2014 despite a hiccup in April, says S&P Capital IQ in a new report.
General partners in EMEA deployed EUR3.1bn more capital from January to March compared to the same period last year.
However, deal volume in April was only EUR4.2bn versus EUR9.5bn in April 2013, leaving the aggregate for new entry deals at EUR23.2bn, or 4.5 per cent lower than the same period last year, according to the latest quarterly EMEA Private Equity Market
Segulah IV is to acquire Lokaltidningen Mitt i from VLT, part of Stampen Media Group.
Mitt i publishes 31 local newspapers in the Stockholm region, from Vallentuna in the north to Haninge in the south.
“Mitt i is a profitable company with great potential,” says Marcus Jansson, partner at Segulah. “Mitt i is a well-established brand. We see a number of different opportunities for growing the business during the years ahead.”
Mitt i reaches approximately 900,000 readers every week and generated revenues of SEK300m and operating earnings (EBITA) of SEK70m in 2013. The agreement includes a clause stating
Dunedin, the UK mid-market buyout house, has invested in the GBP69 million management buyout (MBO) of EV Offshore Limited.
The company’s early growth was funded by global energy-focused investor Lime Rock Partners.
The deal, directly originated by Dunedin, employed the firm’s trademark DebtBridge solution.
EV designs, manufactures and provides high performance, ruggedised video cameras that are used to diagnose and analyse problems in oil and gas wells.
EV is based in Aberdeen and Norwich, with R&D and manufacturing facilities based in Norwich. It has a further presence in 17 worldwide locations across Northern Europe, Canada, the US,
Private equity firm Vector Capital has appointed Matthew Blodgett as a managing director.
Blodgett joins Vector having spent almost 14 years working with technology companies, including more than a decade as a technology investor.
He was most recently a partner at North Bridge Growth Equity and prior to that worked at Alta Communications and Bear Stearns.
Over his career, Blodgett has worked closely with founders and entrepreneurs building rapidly growing companies in the software, digital media, communications and technology-enabled services sectors.
He will be responsible for building collaborative investment partnerships with entrepreneurs leading breakthrough technology and technology-enabled
Riordan, Lewis & Haden | Equity Partners (RLH) has invested in Clarity Solution Group, a provider of high-value data analytics consulting services.
Clarity helps its enterprise clients increase revenue and reduce cost by discovering hidden trends in the data clients already possess. The company serves clients across a wide variety of industries including financial services, healthcare, media, and manufacturing.
RLH is partnering with Clarity's management team, including CEO Mike Lamble and founders John Papadia and James Urhausen III, to recapitalise the company and further accelerate its growth.
J Christopher Lewis, managing director of RLH, says: "Clarity combines top-tier
Phoenix American Financial Services (PAFS) is offering fund administration services to new investment fund companies operating under SEC rule 506(c).
Because the new funds engage in general solicitation for new investors, Phoenix American provides a range of front office services in addition to the company's back office outsourcing offering which includes shareholder record keeping, transfer agent services, tax and accounting services, printing and fulfilment.
As a result of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, new fund companies operating under SEC rule 506(c) are permitted to engage in general solicitation for new investors. Phoenix American Financial Services now offers
Private equity firm Greenbriar Equity Group has closed Greenbriar Equity Fund III on USD1.1 billion, the firm’s largest fund to date.
The fund’s broad range of limited partners includes foundations, university endowments, family offices, insurance companies, pension plans and other institutional investors.
The fund will follow the same strategy as its predecessors, Greenbriar Equity Fund and Greenbriar Equity Fund II. Since the inaugural fund closed in 2001, Greenbriar has made over 30 platform and follow-on acquisitions.
Regg Jones, co-founder and managing partner of Greenbriar, says: “We are extremely pleased with the strong show of support from many longstanding
The Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA) has made two key senior hires – Jennifer Choi to managing director, industry affairs, and Nicole Caty to managing director, membership and events.
“We are pleased to be adding such talented executives to enhance and broaden the ILPA team,” says Michael Mazzola, ILPA chairman (MetLife). “The ILPA has an ambitious strategy and having the capabilities that Jennifer and Nicole add to the team will allow us to accelerate a number of our programmes.
“Having a dedicated executive attending to the needs of our members has been a priority for the association and adding
Monroe Capital has funded a senior secured credit facility to support the spin-off of BCC Software from its former parent, Bell and Howell, by private equity sponsor Versa Capital Management.
Based in Rochester, New York and founded over 30 years ago, BCC creates postal software solutions and provides extensive data marketing services.
Since launching the firm’s national technology vertical, Monroe Capital has partnered with many of the country’s well known private equity and venture capital firms to finance software, e-commerce, industrial technology and tech-enabled services companies.
EFG Fund Services has been appointed as full service provider to Index Ventures’ latest fund Index Ventures VII, a Jersey-domiciled venture capital fund which has raised EUR400m in commitments from international investors.
The fund will make equity and equity-related investments in early stage companies in the technology field.
EFG Fund Services’ relationship with Index Ventures dates back to 2000 and this appointment brings to seven the number of Index funds to which EFG Fund Services has been appointed.
Index Ventures VII is a Jersey Expert Fund which held its initial closing in April 2014, since when it has
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