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Apax Partners, Altamir, LBO France and Nixen have signed an exclusive agreement with Bain Capital for the sale of Maisons du Monde, a specialist home decoration and furniture retailer.
The transaction is expected to be completed in the coming weeks.
Apax Partners and LBO France acquired a majority stake in Maisons du Monde in April 2008 partnering with its founder and chief executive Xavier Marie, the company’s management team, and Nixen.
Over the course of the last five years, Apax Partners, LBO France and Nixen have backed the company’s growth strategy, executed by Marie and his team
A team of academics have called on the private equity industry to be more transparent after their study found that a large section of it increases unemployment while actually worsening the performance of the companies taken over.
In the first statistical analysis of the private equity’s institutional buy-outs (IBO), which made up nearly half of all public-to-private buy-outs during the researched decade, Geoffrey Wood of Warwick Business School, Marc Goergen of Cardiff University, and Noel O’Sullivan of Loughborough University, discovered that when they compared 105 publicly-listed firms that went through a buy-out between 1997 and 2006 to a control group
Highbridge Principal Strategies (HPS), a credit and private investment firm, has held the final closing of HPS Specialty Loan Fund III with total capital of over USD3bn.
The fund will invest primarily in newly issued, secured debt in refinancings, acquisitions and restructurings by middle-market companies, as well as companies in special situations.
As part of HPS’ private credit offering, the Specialty Direct Lending platform has leveraged the firm’s global scale and credit expertise, institutional infrastructure and investment strategy to establish itself as a leader in the direct lending space. The HPS Specialty Loan Fund’s dedicated investment team has
Lars Nyberg, former president and chief executive officer of Telia Sonera, has been appointed as board member of Segulah Advisor.
Nyberg (pictured) is also chairman of DataCard and Autoliv.
Between 1995 and 2003, Nyberg was chairman and chief executive of NCR Corp, where he continued as chairman until 2005.
Previously, Nyberg held several managerial positions in Philips and was a member of Philips Group Management Committee.
PwC’s US deals practice has grown to nearly 1,600 professionals, a 12 per cent increase, focused on assisting clients with strategic merger and acquisition (M&A) and capital raising efforts.
"As businesses seek to capitalise on the current economic climate and succeed in a highly competitive deal environment, we continue to invest in our deals team to help clients make better business decisions on their transactions and help them focus on the right deals at the right time," says Martyn Curragh, PwC’s US deals leader. "Our deals business has continued to grow amid the restrained M&A environment, showcasing dealmakers’ need
Intesa Sanpaolo Start-Up Initiative and Wayra, Telefónica’s global start-up accelerator, have signed a partnership to support innovative start-ups.
The collaboration involves Intesa Sanpaolo Start-Up Initiative and Wayra to nurture and help grow innovation ecosystems in Europe and Latin American. The agreement aims to find synergies between both initiatives to support the entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem, sharing deal flows in relevant technology areas, extending mentoring, acceleration services, business development, international expansion and investors reach for the top start-ups from both programmes in their relevant territories.
Intesa Sanpaolo and Wayra believe that a direct involvement in the support of innovative
Vertos Medical, a specialist in treatments for lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS), has closed a financing of almost USD23m.
The proceeds will be used to fund US commercial expansion and the launch of mild in European markets.
The financing was led by Pitango Venture Capital and joined by existing investors including ONSET Ventures, CHL Medical Partners, Foundation Medical Partners, Mercury Fund and Aweida Venture Partners.
"We are pleased to partner with Pitango, an experienced investor with global presence, and we are fortunate to have the ongoing commitment and confidence of our existing investors," says James Corbett, Vertos’ president
Riverstone Holdings, an energy and power investment firm, has closed its latest conventional energy private equity fund, Riverstone Global Energy and Power Fund V, with total commitments of USD7.7bn.
The fund’s original target was USD6bn.
Fund V will pursue the same investment strategy that Riverstone was founded on 13 years ago and has followed ever since—building energy and power businesses around the world with exceptional management teams. To date, Fund V has invested USD2.3bn in 19 companies, including eight repeat management teams.
David M Leuschen and Pierre F Lapeyre, Jr, co-founders of Riverstone, say: "We are extremely pleased
Personetics, a provider of predictive customer engagement solutions for the banking industry, has completed its series B funding of USD11.5m, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with existing investors Sequoia Capital and Carmel Ventures.
This investment will be used to drive sales and scale operations to meet the growing demand for predictive solutions that transform the digital experience for banking customers.
Following the series B funding, Yoni Cheifetz (pictured), partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, will join the Personetics board.
“This round of funding is a significant milestone for Personetics that confirms the huge value and potential of our offering,
International law firm Taylor Wessing has advised Rutland Partners on the simultaneous acquisitions of AFI-Uplift in the UK, Access Rental Gulf in the Middle East and Hi-Reach in the UK for a combined enterprise value of circa GBP85m.
All three businesses are providers of powered access equipment rental for performing work at height. AFI also provides complementary services including safety related training and the resale of ex fleet and third party sourced machines. The triple acquisition cements AFI’s position as a leading operator in the UK market and creates an enlarged group that will be well positioned for further domestic and international
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