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Private equity firm Excellere Partners has completed investments in Frontline Energy Services and G2 Partners forming an integrity and risk management solutions provider focused on the energy and utility industries.
Frontline, headquartered in Flagstaff, Arizona, offers a host of integrity management services, including programme management, environmental and governmental compliance, field inspection, GPS data collection, cross-bore program implementation, and distribution integrity management program administration.
G2, headquartered in Houston, Texas, specialises in providing integrity and risk management solutions to the energy industry, including pipeline data and records management, pipeline and facilities integrity engineering, GIS and systems engineering, regulatory compliance support, strategic
Retail real estate specialist Simon Property Group has launched Simon Venture Group, a new business that will invest in retail innovation, focusing on opportunities that enhance the shopping experience.
Simon Venture Group will be investing across stages from early-stage to high-growth technology companies, making seed to series C+ investments and focusing on both direct and indirect strategic investment opportunities.
Mikael Thygesen (pictured), chief marketing officer of Simon Property Group, says: "We believe we have only scratched the surface on applying technology to the retail environment in innovative, interesting ways."
Simon Venture Group will be led by J Skyler
Marc Spilker is to step down as president of alternative investment manager Apollo Global Management and as a member of the firm’s executive committee.
Apollo’s executive committee will continue to manage the firm and will rely upon the firm’s management committee of senior executives from the firm’s investment and infrastructure functions to assist in implementing the firm’s growth initiatives and manage day to day operations.
Members of Apollo’s executive committee are Leon Black, chairman and chief executive officer; Josh Harris, senior managing director; and Marc Rowan, senior managing director.
Spilker (pictured) will stay on as a senior advisor
Corporate and finance lawyer Claire McConway has been appointed of counsel within the British Virgin Islands (BVI) practice of multi-jurisdictional offshore law firm Carey Olsen.
In this London-based role, McConway, who has practised corporate law for nine years at international UK and US firms in London, will focus on developing the firm's Russian practice.
She is a specialist in advice on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity and equity capital markets work.
McConway has particular expertise in corporate and finance transactions involving Russia and the CIS, which often use BVI companies, and has instructed on many
Italian Angels for Growth (IAG), Zernike META Ventures, through the Ingenium Emilia Romagna II Fund, and Atlante Seed are to invest in the growth of CellPly, an Italian start up specialised in molecular diagnostics.
The overall investment will come to over EUR2m and will involve the same business team as well as venture capital funds and numerous business angels that will take part in the operation.
It represents one of the biggest seed capital investments carried out in Italy and seeks to contribute to the completion of the prototyping phase of the diagnostics platform developed by CellPly.
The
Private investment firm Inverness Graham Investments has completed its sale of lCCNexergy, a provider of rechargeable power solutions.
The sale of ICCNexergy generated a 5.5x gross cash-on-cash return and a 34 per cent gross IRR for Inverness Graham I.
Under Inverness Graham's ownership, ICCNexergy increased revenue by more than seven times and EBITDA by more than 15 times through both organic and acquisitive growth.
Inverness Graham initially invested in regional battery pack supplier EletriTek-AVT in 2007 and shortly thereafter acquired Nexergy, forming Nexergy Inc. Since then, the company has completed three add-on transactions. The 2010 merger of
Robeco Group is planning to focus on growth in the coming years having finalised a revised strategy for the 2014-2018 period.
Robeco been working on developing this revised strategy since the acquisition of a 90 per cent stake in the group by ORIX Corporation in July 2013.
Robeco’s strategy 2014-2018 will further build on the foundations laid in the previous strategy period. During that period Robeco’s assets under management have grown from EUR132bn at the start of 2010 to EUR205bn at the end of 2013, of which 47 per cent are institutional. The EBIT has increased by 84 per
JF Lehman & Company, a middle-market private equity firm focused on the defence, aerospace and maritime sectors, has added Thomas M Dyer to its operating executive board (OEB).
The OEB is a group of seasoned industry and government executives who have significant experience in the firm's target industries. Through key relationships and sector-specific knowledge, OEB members contribute to sourcing and evaluating transactions, advising on portfolio company strategy and recruiting senior level portfolio company management.
Dyer is a recognised leader in the fields of international maritime law and regulation, government contracting and foreign trade. Dyer's regulatory experience includes issues arising
HIG Capital’s portfolio company, Trinity Services Group, has completed the acquisition of Swanson Services Corporation, a provider of commissary products and integrated software services to correctional facilities.
Based in Denver, Colorado, Swanson has been owned and operated by three generations of the Swanson family since its founding in 1983. Over its 30 year history providing correctional fiduciary technology, Swanson has established a national presence with over 500 clients in 41 states.
“With the acquisition of Swanson completed, we are excited to expand our secure commissary operations to new markets and clients, while offering a growing array of services and
Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) has secured a minority investment by growth equity investor Summit Partners.
IDT’s founder Dr Joseph Walder will remain the company’s majority owner.
Additional terms of the investment have not been disclosed.
IDT is the world’s largest manufacturer of custom nucleic acid products. The company supplies scientists with synthetic DNA and RNA sequences, serving the academic research, biotechnology, clinical diagnostics, and pharmaceutical sectors.
“Our success is based on the highest quality custom biology products, delivered quickly, and a significant investment in research and development,” says Dr Walder. “My team and I have gotten to
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