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GCP Capital Partners has acquired World Trade Group (WTG), an international provider of business-to-business events, training and online lead generation services, in a GBP27.5m management buy-out.
WTG was founded in 1997 by Victor Lewis and the current CEO, Andrew Brown, and runs a broad portfolio of large-scale business summits in Europe, North America and Asia. The company also has a fast-growing portfolio of online products and technical training courses. WTG is focused on global growth sectors such as energy and pharmaceuticals and was recently featured in the Sunday Times International Track 100 as one of the UK’s fastest-growing international
AGI World and Shorewood Packaging, two leading packaging companies, have become AGI-Shorewood, one of the world’s largest specialty packaging businesses with operations in North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America.
All locations of Shorewood Packaging except those in China are now a part of the new AGI-Shorewood. Closing of the Chinese portion of the transaction will occur later this month.
This transaction is a transformational event for AGI. The merger provides AGI with expanded diversification, entrée to new and growing end markets, and significant positions in rapidly expanding regions like Asia and Latin America. We are now exceptionally positioned to
The Chicago-based private equity firms Promus Equity Partners and Generation3 Capital have purchased certain assets of LogicMark, a company that makes personal medical alarm systems.Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Logicmark produces communication devices for the personal emergency response system (PERS) industry, including two-way emergency communication pendants and related accessories. The company was founded by Mark Gottlieb in 2006 and has rapidly gained new customers in the security dealer, durable medical equipment distributor and governmental agency channels. Promus partnered with Generation3 Capital, LLC to complete this acquisition on 30 December, 2011.
“The company’s differentiated products and diverse customer base
The Carlyle Group has acquired a 48% stake in Bahcesehir Koleji, a private education provider in Turkey. The existing shareholders, the Yucel and Karatas groups, will remain as significant investors in Bahcesehir. Financial terms of the transaction, which closed on 27 Tuesday December, 2011 were not disclosed.
Established in 1994, Bahcesehir Koleji, part of Bahcesehir Education Group, has risen to become one of the largest providers in the nursery, primary and secondary school segments of Turkey’s emerging private education sector. In August 2011, Bahcesehir operated 20 primary schools and 11 secondary schools, serving approximately 12,000 students.
Enver Yucel, Chairman of
Summit Partners, a growth equity firm that invests in rapidly growing companies, has announced a series of promotions — three Managing Directors and five Principals — in its Boston, Palo Alto and London offices.
Robin Devereux, Han Sikkens and Christian Strain have been promoted to Managing Director, and Michael Anderson, Dave Averett, Vincent Lambert, Michael Medici and Peter Rottier have been promoted to Principal.
“Each of these talented individuals has contributed significantly to Summit Partners’ success, and we are proud to recognize their efforts,” says Joseph Trustey (pictured), a Managing Director of the firm. “Their hard work and significant contributions will continue to
The total value of UK mergers, acquisitions, flotations, rights issues and placements was GBP229 billion for 2011, an increase of 11 per cent on 2010, according to Experian Corpfin. The overall volume remained fairly constant, dropping by only two per cent.
The value of UK Large transactions (those exceeding £100m in value) where a consideration was disclosed was up by 13 per cent to GBP201 billion in 2011, with the volume of transactions (300) identical year-on-year.
BDO International has been the most active financial advisor by volume with 83 deals, while Citigroup topped the value league with deals worth
Mu Sigma, a provider of analytics and decision support services for global enterprise customers, has closed a USD108 million investment round led by General Atlantic. This is believed to be the biggest private-equity investment made to date in the emerging market for analytics services, and follows Mu Sigma’s April 2011 USD25 million round led by Sequoia Capital (which also participated in this latest round, raising its stake in the company).
Mu Sigma is a professional services firm that provides its clients with a competitive edge by helping them to institutionalise decision support and analytics within their organisations in a sustainable,
With over 3,000 listed funds, the Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) is one of the leading stock exchanges worldwide for the listing of investment funds, particularly alternative investment funds including offshore funds and Irish regulated products or QIFs.
Managers are listing their funds as a way to reassure potential and existing investors that the fund meets certain standards, both initially and on an ongoing basis, as well as widening the net of potential investors to institutions such as insurance companies and pension funds. Gerry Sugrue (pictured), Listing Manager, Investment Funds at the ISE explains: “So far in 2011 we’ve seen over
Olympus Partners has acquired NPC International, Inc (NPC), the largest Pizza Hut franchisee and the largest franchisee of any restaurant concept in the United States. The company operates 1,153 Pizza Hut units (approximately 19 per cent of the domestic system) in 28 states with significant presence in the Midwest, South and Southeast.
Olympus has a long history of investing in successful restaurant franchisees, including previous investments in the Taco Bell, KFC, Wendy’s, Chili’s and Golden Corral systems.
Paul Rubin (pictured) of Olympus Partners says: “We are excited to be partnering with Jim Schwartz, Troy Cook and the rest of
Vivo Ventures, a healthcare investment firm with offices in Palo Alto, California, Shanghai, and Chengdu, China, has announced the final closing of Vivo Ventures VII (Vivo VII) at USD375 million, which brings the firm’s total funds under management to more than USD1 billion.
Vivo plans to invest the capital primarily in later development stage pharmaceutical and medical device companies in the US and in revenue stage healthcare companies in greater China. As an early entrant to the Chinese healthcare market, Vivo plans to continue assisting companies in both countries in their efforts to forge cross-border partnerships, enabling companies to acquire new
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