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Palatine Private Equity’s portfolio company, MoneyPlus Group (MPG), has completed the acquisition of debt management company Debt Free Me for an undisclosed sum.
Debt Free Me, based in Blackburn, UK, provides a range of debt management solutions to consumers and employs 30 people.
The business will continue to trade under the Debt Free Me brand as part of MoneyPlus Group. The acquisition adds over 6,000 consumers to the MPG customer base.
This is the fifth acquisition completed by MPG since Palatine backed a management buyout in June 2011. MPG now employs more than 190 people and is due
Medical device company NeuWave Medical has raised USD14m in Series B financing, led by new investor HIG BioVentures with participation from existing shareholders, including Venture Investors, WARF and the State of Wisconsin Investment Board.
The financing will be used to further the commercial success of the company’s Certus 140 thermal ablation system and to continue the company’s development of novel interventional and surgical tools.
Concurrent with the financing, H.I.G. BioVentures managing director Michael Wasserman will join the NeuWave board of directors.
During the initial 18 months of commercial availability, the Certus 140 microwave ablation system has been used by surgical
Yellow Wood Partners has acquired Parfums de Coeur, the largest provider of mass-market fragrances in the US.
PDC markets and distributes its products under three category-leading national brands – Body Fantasies, Designer Imposters, and BOD Man – through long-standing relationships with the largest food, drug and mass merchandise retailers in the US. In addition, the company’s brands are sold in a growing number of international markets.
Yellow Wood is acquiring PDC in partnership with the company’s management team, who are also investing equity into the business.
“We are pleased and excited to invest in PDC to support its continued domestic
Huron Capital Partners has recapitalised Ronnoco Holdings in a transaction marking the 60th investment overall for Huron.
Founded in 1904 and based in St Louis, Missouri, Ronnoco manufactures and distributes premium quality coffee, tea and related products sold to convenience stores, foodservice outlets and offices throughout the central US.
Huron, in partnership with Ronnoco’s management team, made the investment with a plan to continue growing the business through geographic expansion, new product offerings and acquisitions.
The Ronnoco transaction builds on Huron’s prior experience and success investing in consumer product and food businesses.
This latest investment was made through The Huron
Future Capital Partners, the GBP6bn alternative investment boutique, has appointed James Pargeter to its business development team as it gears up for a product push in the fourth quarter.
Pargeter has responsibility for corporate financial planning on behalf of FCP’s clients. His remit includes a focus on working with and developing FCP’s network of accountants and corporate tax planners, through whom FCP’s range of investments are marketed.
He will work within FCP’s 10-strong business development team, headed up by Piers Denne (pictured), head of sales.
The appointment is the second in recent months to FCP’s business development team, as
Almaz Capital Partners’ managing partner and co-founder Peter Loukianoff has sold his managing interest in the firm.
Loukianoff (pictured), who is leaving to pursue new opportunities, has retained a passive minority interest in the firm.
Loukianoff and Alexander Galitsky established Almaz Capital in 2007.
Loukianoff will continue to participate in the investment committee and serve on the board of Almaz portfolio company nScaled.
Almaz Capital Partners, whose investors include Cisco and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), was the first technology-oriented venture capital firm to focus on Russia.
"Our success has allowed me the flexibility to consider new
Mid-market private equity firm Palamon Capital Partners has agreed the sale of Espresso House to Herkules Private Equity III, a Norwegian private equity fund.
The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
In 2005, Palamon identified a gap in the Nordic markets for a quality, branded coffee bar offering and approached the founders of Espresso House about purchasing a majority interest and initiating a high-growth strategy. Beginning with 22 outlets in the south of Sweden in 2006, Espresso House purchased a 15 store chain in Stockholm to create a national brand with 37 outlets. From that base, the
Signia Wealth has appointed Ana María Harrison as a managing director.
Harrison is assigned to Signia’s private equity division and will work alongside Spencer Moulton.
She will be joining Signia from UBS, where she was executive director in global wealth management private equity. She has been with the company since 2007 and was responsible for UK client distribution covering 175 client advisers, 580 clients and over USD1bn of commitments in 29 private equity feeder vehicles.
Prior to UBS, she was director and head of global aftersales product management for alternative investments at Citigroup Private Bank. From 2001 to
Patron Capital, the specialist pan-European opportunistic and distressed asset investor, has raised over EUR880m, which includes a EUR100m dedicated discretionary co-investment pool, for its new fund Patron Capital IV.
The fundraising significantly exceeded expectations, creating one of the largest funds within the Patron Capital portfolio. Monument Group acted as the exclusive placement agent.
Fund IV attracted blue chip investors comprising many existing investors as well as over 40 per cent of new investors, including prominent universities, major institutions, private foundations and high net worth individuals located throughout Europe, North America, Asia and the Middle East.
Fund IV will
Foresight Group has appointed Dan Wells as director, US solar.
Based initially in the UK with the specialist infrastructure team, Wells will lead the development of Foresight’s solar business in the US, building on Foresight’s 100MW operating solar portfolio in Europe.
Wells joins Foresight with 12 years’ experience in finance and investment, specialising in sustainability and clean energy infrastructure.
Prior to Foresight he was based in Singapore, running the global corporate finance team at Sindicatum Sustainable Resources, where he helped raise and invest USD300m in clean energy over the course of five years.
Jamie Richards, head of infrastructure at Foresight,
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