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Exclusive Networks Group has acquired Dubai-based Secureway, a security specialist value added distributor in the Middle East with clients in ten countries in the Gulf region and EUR50m turnover expected in 2013.
This operation follows the implementation last September by Omnes Capital and all shareholders of a capital increase of EUR12m for Exclusive Networks Group and acquisition financing of EUR60m raised entirely from ICG Senior Debt Partner.
Omnes Capital acquired a stake in the company in July 2010 during a primary LBO and owns 69 per cent alongside the chief executive officer, key managers, Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners
Waller Capital Partners has opened an office in San Francisco in support of the firm’s continued growth in the technology industry.
As part of this expansion, Waller Capital has also appointed Richard Juarez as a managing director to lead coverage in the cloud services and SaaS sectors.
Juarez has more than 16 years of investment banking experience, including a long career at Robertson Stephens & Co, and most recently as co-head of technology at Morgan Joseph TriArtisan. Throughout his career, Juarez has assisted technology clients on more than 50 transactions, including GlobalScape’s acquisition of TappIn, a raise of equity and
Dutch private equity firm Egeria has selected the iLEVEL Private Capital Data Platform to automate the process of collecting, storing, analysing and reporting on data across its investments.
The Amsterdam-based private equity firm recently closed Egeria Private Equity Fund IV after it was oversubscribed at its EUR600m cap and is iLEVEL’s first client headquartered in continental Europe.
“We have investigated multiple solutions to make our internal analyses and investor reporting more professional,” says Karlijn Schiphorst, fund manager, Egeria. “iLEVEL will enable us to track and analyse the key performance indicators of our investment companies in a flexible and insightful
The Royal London Group (RLG) has entered into an agreement with funds advised by independent private equity firm Vitruvian Partners to support a management-led buyout of Royal London 360° (RL360°).
RLG is confident that the transfer of ownership will enable RL360° to achieve its strategic vision through a further acceleration of the growth that RL360° has experienced in recent years.
The RL360° executive management team, led by chief executive David Kneeshaw, will remain unchanged. Following completion, the company will be re-branded.
RL360° will be further strengthened through support from the global reinsurance group Munich Re, as well as
BDO has appointed Susan Walker as a senior director within the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) team based in London.
Walker has specialist experience in plc advisory and capital markets, and will help to enhance and develop this side of the M&A practice.
John Stephan, M&A partner at BDO, says: “We are delighted to announce the appointment of Susan Walker as a senior director in our national M&A team. Susan will focus on plc advisory work including takeover offers, listings and M&A for public companies which reinforces BDO’s commitment to its full service offering in mid-market M&A. This important hire
Fiona Le Poidevin (pictured), chief executive of Guernsey Finance, explores how Guernsey’s investment and insurance expertise mean it is capitalising on the opportunities presented by the growth of Insurance Linked Securities (ILS).
Insurance Linked Securities (ILS) are growing in popularity among investors as an alternative asset class and with insurers as a means of accessing greater quantities of affordable risk transfer capacity. ILS permit an insurer to purchase additional protection for low frequency, high severity losses, including natural and non-natural perils, operating in the traditional insurance market, typically in the form of catastrophe ‘cat’ bonds or collateralised reinsurance. Investors are
Thomas von Koch has been appointed as the new managing partner at private equity group EQT.
Founder Conni Jonsson, who has served as managing partner since the inception of EQT back in 1994 will, in his role as working chairman of EQT Holdings AB, continue to work full time for EQT and focus on investment advisory activities and increased interaction with EQT investors.
Both von Koch (pictured) and Jonsson will be members of all relevant EQT investment advisory related committees and portfolio company review committees.
“It has been an amazing 20 years leading EQT from a single buyout
Private equity firm 21 Partners has agreed to acquire Synerlab from Ardian.
The transaction will be executed alongside Synerlab’s management team, led by its president Pierre Banzet.
Ardian will subsequently reinvest in the company in order to support Synerlab with its pan-European development, together with 21 Partners.
Synerlab is a pharmaceutical contract manufacturing firm and a European leader in the production of sterile liquid solutions which do not use preserving agents. The company has expertise in small- to large-size industrial production.
The group has a particular focus on R&D, enabling it to support its clients through the
La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and BMO Capital Partners have invested in Corporation de développement Nautilus Plus, which owns the largest corporate network of fitness centres in Québec.
The investment, made equally by la Caisse and BMO Capital Partners, will enable them to acquire a block of shares of the company and Nautilus Plus to continue expanding its network.
"This financing enables us to support a well-established Québec company that has become a leader in its industry," says Normand Provost, executive vice-president, private equity, of la Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec. "With its expansion
Kabbee, the price comparison service for London’s minicabs, has completed a GBP3.8m Series A funding round with a view to accelerating its growth in London and beyond.
Octopus Investments, whose past investments include Zoopla.com, Graze.com, SwiftKey and Secret Escapes, led the round, with Simon Nixon, the founder of MoneySupermarket.com, making a significant contribution.
Kabbee will aim to consolidate its position as London’s most popular minicab app by using the investment to develop its market leading technology and to build its brand. The expertise of Octopus and Nixon comes alongside existing shareholders such as Samos (Betfair, Ocado, Goal.com), Pentland (Speedo,
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