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Private equity firm Levine Leichtman Capital Partners has completed the previously announced acquisition of the products division of the material handling business of FMC Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: FTI).
The new company will be named Syntron Material Handling, LLC ("Syntron").
Headquartered in Tupelo, Mississippi with operations in Changshu, China and Salt Lake City, Utah, Syntron is a leading manufacturer of a diversified product line of conveyor and vibratory equipment used to load, transport and feed bulk materials. The Company's products are sold to customers throughout the world in the mining, aggregates, packaging and food industries.
Senior debt financing was provided by
Benhamou Global Ventures, a Silicon Valley based early-stage venture capital firm, has held the first close of funding for BGV II LP.
The fund is focused on seed and early stage investing in enterprise technology including security, cloud-based services, web scale infrastructure, mobility and the emerging Internet of Things.
Benhamou Global Ventures has already made its first investment from BGV II in Qubell, a company providing application deployment and configuration management for web-scale applications. Founded by repeat entrepreneur and enterprise cloud pioneer, Victoria Livschitz, Qubell brings true agility and speed to enterprises online commerce operations.
"As the transformation of the
Salvepar has invested EUR16 million in S2A Group, a multiregional French voluntary sector home care provider, operating in the Pays de la Loire (Aliseo), in the Midi-Pyrénées region (Sadir Assistance) and in Haute Normandie (Adir Assistance).
A number of entities complement the Group in the development of operations in the Ile-de-France (S2A Santé Ile-de-France) or in the area of upcoming technologies focused in particular on telemedicine (H2AD).
The transaction was completed through the acquisition of part of Gemmes Venture’s stake, S2A Group’s majority shareholder, and a subscription to a capital increase of S2A. The capital increase, which was fully supported
Arma Partners has acted as exclusive financial adviser to Automic on its planned acquisition of ORSYP, the IT operations software specialist.
The contemplated acquisition is subject to the completion of the customary works council information and consultation procedures.
Founded in 1986, ORSYP is headquartered in Paris and delivers transformational IT operations software to more than 1,000 blue-chip customers worldwide, many in the most demanding IT environments. With a broad geographic presence and strong footprint in France and Canada in particular, ORSYP complements Automic’s global reach and helps create one of the world’s largest automation vendors.
Following EQT’s acquisition
CertiVox has raised Series B funding of USD8 million from NTT DOCOMO Ventures and current investors Octopus Investments.
The investment by NTT DOCOMO Ventures is its first in Europe, signifying the innovation and strength of CertiVox’s technology and its breakthrough potential to solve current problems in online authentication systems. Taken together with the company’s Seed and Series A financings, CertiVox has raised USD17 Million to date.
With this latest round of funding, CertiVox will accelerate the development and reach of its M-Pin Strong Authentication Platform, the first software-based multi-factor authentication platform that replaces password-based authentication without the need for third party authentication devices. The company will expand its sales, business development and marketing efforts, and continue to drive partnerships with cloud service
RCS Capital Corporation (RCAP) has closed its acquisition of the Cetera Financial Group, an independent broker-dealer, from affiliates of Lightyear Capital for USD1.15 billion in cash.
The transaction creates the second largest independent financial advisor network in the US adding some 6,632 financial advisors to RCAP's growing retail financial advisory platform.
The deal supports the company's vision of providing customised financial solutions that help investors achieve their overall investment and retirement goals through access to a full spectrum of advice, service, credit products and innovative investment solutions.
"We are pleased to complete this game changing transaction well ahead of
Law firm White & Case has advised the first new fund raised by Arle Capital since its spin out from Candover in 2009 on its acquisition of the Innovia Group for an enterprise value of EUR498 million.
Headquartered in Cumbria, Innovia is an international manufacturer of high quality, speciality film for its key markets of labels, overwrap, packaging and polymer banknote substrate. It employs around 1,600 people worldwide and, earlier this year, won the Bank of England contract to supply substrate for the new polymer GBP5 and GBP10 notes.
The White & Case team, led by long-term adviser to Arle Ian Bagshaw, was appointed to advise Arle Capital as manager of the newly raised
Brightpearl has raised USD10 million in a funding round led by new investor MMC Ventures, alongside participation from Quayle Munro and existing investors Eden Ventures and Notion Capital.
“We believe Brightpearl addresses a significant unmet need in a large and growing market. The team have developed an elegant cloud solution, which has become a mission critical tool enabling thousands of successful retail businesses. We are delighted to be leading this round of investment alongside such a strong group of investors and we’re very much looking forward to working with the team to continue building a phenomenal product and company,” says Rory
Paraag Davé, Tom Shelford and David Torbet have been made partners of Bowmark Capital, the mid-market private equity firm.
Senior partner Mark Salter also joins Bowmark’s management committee alongside Kevin Grassby and Charles Ind.
The internal reorganisation follows the recent fundraising of Bowmark Capital Partners V, which closed in December 2013 at its cap of GBP375 million. The new fund’s investment period begins this month and it will invest in growth-oriented service companies, typically with enterprise values of up to GBP100 million.
Salter has played a key role in Bowmark’s development over the past 12 years, including leading
Broadscope Fund Administrators, an independent private equity fund administration firm, has released a white paper outlining key recommendations for private equity firms developing strategies to comply with the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA).
The paper, FATCA Compliance for Private Equity Funds: Navigating the Clutter, outlines the responsibilities of both foreign and domestic private equity funds and suggests measures that should be considered in developing an effective FATCA compliance programme.
"FATCA goes into effect July 1 and there is still considerable uncertainty in the market," says Robert F Aufenanger, founder and managing member. "Private equity firms that have yet
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