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Private equity firm Superior Capital Partners has acquired KDM from CoActive Technologies as an add-on acquisition to its user-interface and product identification portfolio company, Nelson-Miller, Inc.
The transaction represents the eleventh acquisition from Superior’s 2008 inaugural fund and the seventh acquisition since the beginning of 2011.
Nelson-Miller, based in Los Angeles, designs, manufactures and sources customised membrane switches, graphic overlays, nameplates, rubber keypads, touchscreens and other user-interface and product identification solutions. The Company’s products are highly customised and are used by original equipment manufacturers in a broad range of industries such as healthcare, industrial, aerospace and consumer.
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Real estate private equity firm Meriwether Management Company has acquired two luxury residential development projects in Steamboat Springs and Telluride, Colorado.
Meriwether has purchased the remaining fully improved land within Chadwick Estates, a luxury residential development in Steamboat Springs. Chadwick Estates will feature more than 20 residences in a combination of duplex and condominium configurations. In addition to the onsite pool, spa and fitness facilities, the property’s premier location within the base village affords panoramic views and easy access to the ski mountain.
Concurrently with closing on Chadwick, Meriwether acquired the note secured by the third phase of The Lorian
Funds affiliated with CVC Capital Partners (CVC) are to purchase majority ownership of AlixPartners with the firm’s exisiting 125 managing directors maintaining a considerable equity stake in the enterprise. The transaction is subject to closing conditions and is expected to close this summer.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Hellman & Friedman made a significant investment in AlixPartners in 2006; as part of that transaction, Jay Alix, who founded the firm in 1981, transferred a substantial portion of his interest. He will maintain a substantial minority stake in the firm.
Fred Crawford, CEO of AlixPartners, says: “In recent
Ingenious’ Entertainment VCTs (www.ingeniousvcts.co.uk), which recently agreed terms for the successful exit of its stake in the Creamfields dance festival, has made an investment in Liverpool Sound City, a well-established three day international music, media and technology conference and live arts and music festival.
The forthcoming (May 17 – 19) Liverpool-based event consists of a network of conferences, expos and live gigs featuring both new artists and established stars. It attracts the world’s top creative and digital leaders to the city, where they can chart the future course of the music, digital and creative industries. The 2011 event captured a
The Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index for the first quarter of 2012, based on a March 2012 survey of 34 San Francisco Bay Area venture capitalists, registered 3.79 on a 5 point scale (with 5 indicating high confidence and 1 indicating low confidence.)
This quarter’s index rose significantly from the previous quarter’s reading of 3.27 and marks a major inflection point upward in sentiment from the previous three quarters.
This is the 33rd consecutive quarterly survey and report providing unique quantitative and qualitative trend data and analysis on the confidence of Silicon Valley VCs in the future high-growth entrepreneurial
VTB Capital Venture Business and Fast Lane Ventures have former a joint-venture partnership to tap into opportunities in the Russian market.
In accordance with the terms of the transaction, VTB Capital Venture Business led series C investment into Fast Lane Ventures with a total value of USD18 million. The funds will be used to develop the current portfolio of companies Fast Lane Ventures has, as well as provide finance for new investments. It will also be used to further strengthen Fast Lane Venture’s team and expertise.
Aidar Kaliev (pictured), Global Head of Venture Business at VTB Capital, says: "The Russian
International law firm Akin Gump has advised AF Telecom in relation to a shareholder restructuring of Russian mobile phone operator OJSC Megafon with an aggregate deal value of approximately USD8.5 billion. The transaction closed on 24 April, 2012.
The transaction involves AF Telecom increasing its interest in Megafon, Russia’s second largest mobile-phone operator, Altimo selling its 25.1 per cent interest in the company, and TeliaSonera reducing its 43.8 per cent interest to 35.6 per cent.
As part of the transaction, MegaFon is also paying TeliaSonera, AF Telecom and Altimo USE5.15 billion in dividends.
Artem Faekov, corporate partner leading
Atlas Holdings has acquired New Jersey-based Marcal Paper Mills, LLC, a tissue and paper products manufacturer and distributor. The company, now under the guidance of new CEO George Wurtz (pictured), has been renamed Soundview Paper Company.
“We plan to focus on superior customer service and product excellence by building on the quality of our people, our equipment, our papermaking skills and our core brand, Marcal,” says Wurtz. “Soundview’s leadership team is comprised of industry veterans with unparalleled experience in the tissue business. With the strong focus and high standards of this team, Soundview is well-positioned to transform this business, better
Arma Partners has expanded its Technology, Media and Telecoms (TMT) practice, with Buddy Blaha and Kevin Moore joining the firm’s US team, and Jan Helle, Richard Hooke and David Smith joining the firm’s European office
Blaha has over 25 years of transaction experience, both as advisor and principal. Buddy was previously a Managing Director in the Technology M&A Group at Lehman Brothers, where he spent 16 years, was a founding member of the Software investment banking group and led over 200 transactions for companies such as Alcatel, The Carlyle Group, US Interactive, Galileo International, IBM and LG Group. He joins
Corporate specialists at Shoosmiths have advised Patriot Aerospace on its acquisition of commercial helicopter charter specialist Veritair Aviation.
Shoosmiths’ team was led by corporate associate Emma Dolphin (pictured), with support from solicitor Alistair Hammerton.
Patriot Aerospace Group is a leading General Aviation specialist in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland. With operations spanning a full range of national flight training, charter, sales and engineering operations, the group combines three distinct brands, each recognised as experts in their field.
The deal, which underlines Patriot’s determination to form a credible UK alternative to the foreign owned companies currently dominating the commercial helicopter
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